The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-09
THE LATE MAGAZINES,

was received lust in time for lhcius"" ="
this issue. aud was accompanied ny
number Of photographs taken py INv"-
tenant Burton j. Mitchc , member OF we
nttlc band Of Americans who accompanied
Funston The article Is too long iol one
number Of Eyerybody's Magazine ana tne
bolance Zoos over to the october issue
The entertaining style characterlzlns ~
demonstrates the fact that Funston Is
capable writer The narrative Is inl wi
interest, and Is not only the authoritative
history of famous exploit, hut on us
merits an exceedingly interesting contriou-
tion to magazine literature.
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Ainsee's for September opens with
trenchant article on "Chicago, the MOST
National city" The author, Richard In
thicum. strikes deeply at the roots Of mis-
government in his attack on the rich men
and corporations Of that city who are TAX
dodgers. Today Chicago's assessed valn'
alton despite her wonderful growth Is
s37. 100000 less than in 1878 The result
of this criminal malfeasance Is shown III
the streets the police and fire departments
and the schools of Chicago.
THE Biggest Camp Meeting In the
world is at Ocean Grove New Jersey
and Eugene Wood tells most interestingly
Of its start and marvellous growth. George
Barry Mallon. the well known New York
sun man. has written most entertainingly
and compreheuslvely on Hoes" in the
series Of Great Types Of Modern Bust
ness" Harvey Sutherland, in an essay
on Ants" furnishes a mine Of informa.
zion In his own inmitable style.
Tho Popular Science Monthly for Sep
TENDER opens with a well-llluStrated ar
tlcle on the great biological station at Ma
pies by Prof w. A. Herdman Of Liver
! pool Most readers will, however. turn
! first to the address on the combating of
tuberculosis, given by Prof. Koch at the
recent congress in London. as the reports
! already published in the daily papers have
attracted wide attention. The address
! gives a very clear and interesting account
n; the present condition Of knowledge in
! regard to consumption and the means by
which It can be comhated. 1t also an
uDunccs as the result Of recent experiments
! that tuberculosis can not he communicated
| from man to cattle and probably not from
! the lower animals to man. There are q
number Of other interesting subjects Include
ed in this issue.
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/ The most prominent feature of the Crl-
| terlon for September is The Mother OF
sam Hills Wfe's Sister by John Ur
| Lloyd. author If "Strlngtown on the Pike"
| General James Grant Wilton contributes
! the first Of three papers on the famous
! Confederate ittcrateur, John r. Thomp
! son and his London diary. Letters Of
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peculiar interest to all musicians witty
| dialogue by Tudor jerks, the conclusion Of
! James Brentwood Prcblc. second hy Rupert
! Hughes, An Hour with the Famous Act
ress, Mrs Gilbert" by Charles Henry
Meter, are among the many interesting
features, The widely quoted series Of ar
ticles on "Onc Century Of Drama" by
/ Mr. Metzer, closes with a survey of Amer
lean drumatsts The magazine contains
charming poems ny such wellknown writ.
ers as r. V. Rislcy, Charles Henry Webb.
! Carolyn Wells Thcodosia Pickering Gar.
rison L. NJ. Montgomery and others.
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The North American Review for Sep
TENDER has two distinct characteristics,
either one Of which makes it a valuable
addition to the current periodical liter
allure An original manuscript by Victor
Hugo on shakespeare opens the numhcr
/ and Ike the article published some time
4 ago by Count Tolstoi. in spite Of the fact
/ that There are only five pages no one can
read the article without getting a new aud
larger conception Of the Elizabcthan poet.
Mr. Harold CoNS article entitled The
Public Debt of Great Britain" opens the
series of The Debts OF Nations. which
in the next few months. will give the read
crs Of the Review the hest popular state.
mcnt Of the financial responsibilities Of the
nations of the earth Prof Goodwin Smith,
ono Of the most valued contributors to
the Review, furnishes an article on "The
Political situation in England" which Calls
the attention Of the reader to Interesting
points in the development Of representative
government Mr.. W. Z. Henley contributes
six more poems, which complete the series
entitled Hawthorn and Lavender: Songs
and Madrigals;" while Mr.. Howels has
written for the number an interesting and
valuable consideration Of the value of the
short story in literature and it's place in
our literature today.
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Tue September number Of Current Litcra.
tnre Is especially strong in scientific mat.
Ter A most interesting collection of artl.
ceS are those on recent archaeological re.
search; 1t is amazing Ia read the lore NJ
buried Babylonian books, TO decipher tho
pictures on the walls Of the tomb Of Donl-
NISSAN. 10 learn the evidence for tho chi.
nese discovery Of America. and to hear ~
me discovery Of the tabled cave in which
Heus was horn and to which Mlnos tho
law'glNer Of Greece, repaired. Current
Literature has recently presented vast
amount Of most necessary information re.
gardng the development Of the organlza.
ton Of capital aud the aims Of organized
labor The literary features of the maya.
zine continue with choice publications.
Il ~
me september number Of Table Talk
contains some very excellent articles ora
entitled Mushrooms Their Food vaInns
ana Poisonous Properties" goes into tho
subject eXhaustlvely. 1t tells Won hon,
10 detect the poisonous ones and how. 80
prepare the good ones. 1t is wr,tton h Nv
pr' T. Elmer Keller. an eminent autbortt,,
on rms subject In this country. .onoar
! quaint and Curious Korea" Is written h,,
an Oh traveller who has in her tr9veis
gone ont Of the beaten paths Of globe tro,,