The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-08-07
LATE LITERATURE
Notes of Late Periodicals ard
Other News Items.


The first literary productions of
Samuel Clemens MARK Twain) were
published in the old Keokuk Post I'M
der the nom de plume of Thomas JEFF
ferson Snodgrass. This was in 1857
and Clemens was working as a COM
positor in The Office. Those were the
days before Mr.. Clemens river expert
ences and consequently before he had
hit upon the nom de plume under
which he became world-famed. Even
thus early in life Clemens was droll
genius and occasionally contributed
articles purporting to be from the sur
rounding country which attracted
much favorable attention at the time.
For fifteen years THE OUTLOOK has
made it's first of August issue a
Special Illustrated Educational Num-
Der. The issue for this year is not
only remarkable because of the num-
Der of eminent educationalists to con-
tribute to it, and the Importance of the
topics discussed, but also from its gen.
eral attractions as an illustrated
magazine.
The ReUieto of ReUietCS for August
Industrial and Commercial Conditions
in Cuba" written by Mr. Albert G..
Robinson, an exceptionally shrewd OBJ
server who has spent many months
in the island, and knows the presens
conditions there at least as we'll as
any American can be said to know
them.
No p4bay. a. - o1oeo i,
great men of the nation at Washington
as the National. In affairs at Wash
tRgtOH," Joe Mitchell Chapple gives
his readers many glimpses behind the
scenes at the capital, with sketchy an
ecdotes concerning men and women in
the public eye. His department in the
August National is brisk and breezy.
The August hectares might almost
be advertised as "the book of the
month" Though it is a typical mid
summer. fiction number-and tip-top
one, too-it manages to find place for
a number of striking articles that will
perhaps be even more eagerly read
than the stories.
The leading feature of the Angus.
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of wheat growing on Southern farm
by Martha McCulloch Williams. One
is reminded by the admirable passages
picturing the budding of the crop and
its harvesting, of the poetic writing
of Richard Jeffreys, whose stories of
outdoor life in England gave him
place among the writers of fine prose.
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Midsummer Holiday Number, with col
ored cover and with illustrations in
color, the general reader will be likely
to turn first to the articles relating to
the West Indian disasters. Those in
clude contemporary records of the ac-
ton of both volcanoes from day to
day, almost from hour to hour.
The American girls whose paintings
are exhibited in the Paris Salon this
year have interested the art eenters of
the world Comtesse de Montaigu will
write about them, for the September
Success" and her article will be IL
Illustrated by reproductions of the sue
cessful paintings.
August number of 10 STORY BOOK
Is Out anu COuIdluS the usual COHlple-
ment of ten clever stories which the
readers of this popular magazine have
been led to expect. Opie Read heads
the list with a character story en-
titled, "a Successful LIAR"
The topics in TABLE TALK are al
ways seasonable, as appears at
glance over the table of contents:
THE Table in Summer" by Majorie
March, is full of information about
the proper food for the summer
months and how to prepare it. Too
little attention, as rule, is paid to
diet in the heated months.
THE Pill GRIM for August is rich
in features which make it a most en-
tertaining midsummer number. The
cover designed by Meta NJ. Filler, pic
lures cornfeld, typical of the great
middle west at this season of the year.
In his department, Men and matters
of moment" the editor. Willis ]. Alb
bot, writes with his familiar force
and brilliancy of recent events in the
worlds history which engage the
thoughts of men interested in nation
al and international politics.