The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-29
LITERARY NOTES.

Country Life in America for August fol-
lows the changing year with superb pic
lures and articles on gardening, birds and
wild flowers, vacation pastimes and many
| things of the outdoor world during the
month. A leading article on "Polo," by
| Cha rles Quincy Turner, tells Of the popu-
lar game two thousand years old; I'm
| dian Harbor" is about an ideal country
seat on the rocky shore Of Long Island
| Sound, and 1.-THE Kingfsher's kindergar-
ten is u delightful story, with marvellous
photographs, Of the rattle-brained bird
that burrows in the ground and Is the
best fisherman in the world. The home
making series deals this month with eX-
ternal features of the house, and the
making Of water-gardens, with beautiful
flowers ard vegetation. There are beau
tful pictures of the plants and the animal
life in the water
The Worlds Work for August gives a
large portion of its pages to the season.
able subject of summer outings. A series
Of striliineiy interesting stories and eX-
periences descriptions of recreation coun-
try, articles on striking development Of
the continental-wide business of vaca-
ton-making, all filled with the spirit Of
the American summer, are written by
Walter II. Page, Julian Ralph, Lindsay
Denison, Charles +. Holder, L. Il. w.
Chambers. Arthur Goodrich, W. G.. Cum
nif and Ray Stevens. And the hundred
illustrations which accompany this special
feature of the number help the text to
bring the reader into the midst Of the
Great North Woods the varied New Eng
land resorts. by Wisconsin lakes, over
the Rockies, by the shores Of Santa Cata-
lima.
The August Delineator is a special fc-
ton number and most attractive MIDI
summer ISSUE The spell of the season Is
over its pages. The fiction consists of six
short stores-two of novelette, length. All
the stories are illustrated in the artistic
manner characteristic of the magazine.
One of the many unannounced features Is
the story of the building and furnishing
of charming and artistic, yet ineXpen-
sive house. told in narrative form by
Grace McGowan Cooke. DR.. Murray's
new paper in the series on the training of
children treats of precocity The depart
ments in the magazine are standard, but
the matter in them Is always new and
timely
For fifteen years the Outlook has made
its first of August issue special illus
trated educational number. The issue for
this year Is not only remarkable because
of the number of eminent educationalists
who contribute to 1t, and the importance
general attractiveness as an illustrated
magazine. Among the contributors are
President Nicholas Murray Butler, of CO.
lumbia university; President Hyde. of
Bowdoin; President Harris. of Amherst;
Dean Jordan. of Smith college; Professor
George Il. Vincent, of the University Of
Chicago; Professor ]. r. Wheeler, of Co
lumbia, and DR.. Edward Everett Hale.
The Century has come into possession Of
four separate original contemporary
documents relating to the West Indian
disasters. which are In the nature of
"tinds," and which the editor claims are
likely to make tho August Century, In
which they will appear, "for all time to
come mine of trustworthy evidence re-
lating to these events" Three of the
writer's had narrow escapes and all three
made most careful observations of the
volcanic phenomena.
Edith Wharton's story. 1.-THE Reckon
Ing" in Hnrpers Magazine for August Is
a remarkable study of a woman and the
price she had to pay for holding too
liberal theories regarding the marriage
relation.
A brilliant bit of writing Is Lincoln Stef-
fens' very brief sketch in the August Me-
Clure's of John Mitchell. "A Labor
Leader of Today