Arizona republican., 1902-09-04
Literary Notes

Literary Notes
 Ralph Connor's new Glengarry sto- ries-two delightful sketches of boy life in field which he has already made famous-form one of the most attractive features Of the September number Of Leslie's Monthly. The first installnlent of the Autcbiogra of a Thief. which is the personal account of the actual career of d well known thief and at the same time a most business like and realistic statement of the de- veiopment of q criminal, also appears this month. This is, indeed, a human document of the greatest value; an au- thentic account at first hand of the life of the under world. The thief tells of his boyhOCd and youth in this article. and traces in his racy and effective style the horribly certain development of the tough into the thief when cir cumstanCes shape the way
 Then there is an interesting account of the Humbert Swindle in Paris. per haps the most daring and successful! fraud of modern times, an instance where a game of bluff was carried on with a skill that has rarely, if ever. | been equalled even in this country; q suggestive and fully illustrated article on the historic development of the race of American negroes. and q sketch of that most familiar and least under stood of natural phenomena, lightning with q number of remarka ble photo graphs.
 Among this months fiction the Pick aninnies' Dream" a story of some lit tie darkies with dramatic ambitions most cleverly and amusingly illus trated. is one of the best pieces of work of it's kind that has appeared
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 One of the most striking features or the September Era Magazine is the ex- cellent poetry. Theodosia Garrison. Nathan Haskell Dole, Norman H. Pit man, s. Scott StinsCn, Rupert S. Hol- land and Charles Morris are represent ed. Charles McIlvaine. who is a recog- nized authority on the subject. writes in an interesting manner of Some Au- tumnal Toadstools'' The complete short stories include A Literary Char aCter," by Albert Lathrop Lawrence; Rain" translated from the Chinese by Helen c. Smith; "MOogwa, the Three Thieves, and the Man-Squaw," by J. Oliver Curwcod; and Tn the Sierras," by Mahlon Stacy. Two articles well worth reading are "'Uncle Toms Cabin in Kentucky" by Joseph NJ Rog- CTS, and Newport Present and Past" by Mary Mess. Marie Antoinette. by Henry Francis and Gabriel Tolliver, by Joel Chandler Harris, are continued. and need no recommendation to those who have read the previous install ments. The Observer and "Old World Themes are as bright and at tractive as usual. as may be said of the remainder of the regular features.
 "A Friend of Cara's," by Louise Betts Edwards, the novelette, with which the September Smart Set opens. is a character study at once very dis tinctive and very strong. The analysis is subtle in it's revealment of a woman's nature, while the rapidity of the action makes every page of absorbing interest to the reader The story is one of the best yet published in The Smart Sets long list of successful novelettes.
 The Story of Jees Uck," by Jack London. is tale of Alaskan life, the history of renunciation; and in it the distinguished author has written one of the best. if not the best sustained effort of his career.
 Another story of especial worth but in lighter vein is The Shining Gloss, by Gertrude Lynch, in which the psychology of beauty's attitude toward itself is most cunningly and clearly portrayed. James Branch Cabell con- tributes a delightful story. entitled As the Coming of Dawn" and Emery Pot tie writes "The Youthfulness of Will kins,' a clever social study. A story of remarkable interest entitled The Logic of Circumstances is from the pen of the late James Hazleton Will lard, while Justus Miles Forman con- tributes An Experiment of Jimmy Rogers's." and there is a dainty idyll, Tn a Bachelors Garden" by Temple Bailey.
 An article written with a beauty worthy of it's subject is. Newport. the Apostle of Estheticism.' by Douglas Story in which the author seriously interprets the significance of American sOciety's summer home.
 The poems of the number. which, grave or gay, are all of un- usual eHCellenCS, are COntflDuteu Dy Bliss Carman. James Jeffrey Roche, Clinton Scollard, Victor Plarr, Frank Dempster sherman, John Vance Che ney, Samuel Minturn Peck, R. K, Nun littrick Albert Lee, Theodosia Garri- son, ZOna Gale and others.
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 The Engineering Magazine for Sep tember treats it's leading topic-"The Future of the Naval Engineer"-in a manner of unusual interest by bringing together two debaters of the highest w. NJ. Mcfarland un- til very recently chief assistant to Ad- miral Melville, U. $. N. and MT Charles M. Johnson, chief inspector of F. N, retired. MT. John son sees in the admiralty's persistent disregard and injustice the doom oi naval engineering, and with it. of na- val efficiency. MT Mcfarland. how over, finds in the very orders which Mir Johnson most deplores a tardy recogni- ton of the claims of the naval engi- neer. and looks with strong hope past all discouragements to the ultimate