Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01
WITH THE MAGAZINES.
What the Current Issues of the Leading
Periodicals Present This Month.

1.-TWO years dSO LlpplHIOtt ndSa
zine published a Complete Novel"
called "The Lifting of a Finger"
which made decided hit. Tie July
number now contains another novel
from the same pen, that of Ina Bre-
WORT Roberts. Like its predecessor,
EThe Pretenders' is tale of modern
society treated with the same bright
ness and charm, yet showing great
advance in the handling of delicate
situations and subtleties in plot Mrs.
Roberts surely has the gift for making
love- Those who are sin the game"
say she does it just right For jour
ney on cars or boat this story is an
ideal pastime.
Ever since the Atlantic OWNED the
rising genius of Bret Harte, and Sc
cured his contributions, many of it's
most famous and brilliant articles
have been Californian in topic, or
written by Californians. The current
DULY issue of the Atlantic is large
ly California number, and contains
brilliant group of articles which
will engage the attention of all read
ers. Herbert Bashford, editor of
"The Literary West" opens the At
lantic with a thoughtful paper on The
Literary Development of the Pacific
Coast; President David Starr Jordan
of Stanford University writes upon
The Voice of the Scholar: President
Benjamin Ide Wheeler of California
University treats A National Type Of
Culture; and Prof. Gayley furnishes
an important paper entitled What is
Comparative Literature? Ethel ].
Hussey, in Life at a Mountain OBJ
servatory, describes the great Lick
astronomical settlement, its wonders
and uses.
1t would be difficult to imagine a
stronger combination of business sagac-
city, energy and talent based upon
experience than that of TWO such we'll
and favorably known successfully
trained magazine experts as Erman
Jesse Ridgway and John Adams
Thayer, who have lately combined
under the firm name Of The Ridgway-
Thayer Company and purchased from
John Wanamaker that excellent peri
odical, Everybodys Magazine. The
remarkable success which has immedi-
ately followed the intelligent efforts
of these energetic gentlemen, both
working in the same magazine field,
but representing different publishers,
must be to them source of sincere
qualification and self-congratulation
There can be no doubt that their sue
cess, each in his individual undertak-
ing, has been we'll merited and
thoroughly deserved. We doubt if
Mr.. Ridgway remarkable record for
the last nine years with Munsey's
Magazine can be duplicated by any
single individual in the magazine
field unless it be by Mr.. Thayer, with
his seven years of brilliant achieve
ment while associated with the
Ladies Home Journal. followed by
four years of astonishing results which
went far to making the Delineator
widely known, universally popular
and necessary to so many homes
throughout the whole country.
1t has been found necessary to re-
print "The Story of a Bird Lover"
which was first issued in March by
The Outlook Company. Beyond doubt
many who have heard of this book
know little of the author, W. E. ID.
Scout, who has been called "a second
Audubon. He is a graduate of Har-
ward, where he was pupil of Agas
siz. In spite of a lameness which
compels him to walk, even in the
house, with caution and with the aid
of cane, he has travelled all over
the United States, pursuing his study
of the life and character of the bird
Al its out-ofdo natural surround
ings. Not one of the least interesting
things about his achievement is the
fact that d physical impeachment which
would be considered by many people
40 be an almost insuperable obstacle
IN his path as naturalist. has really
Snrned out TO be an advantage and aid.