Evening journal., 1903-10-02
in THE LITERARY WORLD

IN THE LITE
The October Century has an attract
I've cover by Iscvendecker OF q mounted
hunter and dogs, which gives a clue to
the prevailing character Of its contents,
far 1t IN a "sportsman's number" con-
taining, with much other matter, a
group Of articles on field sports relat-
ing to France, Great britain and Amer
lea. The democratic tradition IT.
France is represented by an article.
when the French President Goes
Hunting" written and illustir rtod BY
Andre Castaigne. The aristocratic tra-
dition is represented by Sterling Hell
lig's narrative. with the Hounds OF
the Duchosso Dukes" J. NJ. Gleason,
the artist writes of "Two British Game
Parks" Powerscourt IN Ireland and
Drummond CATTLE in Scotland, rnc
supplies pictures OF both. But the most
prsctical ape acceptable article 10
American sDortsmcn viii be review
Of "raeld Sports of Today by Dwight
W.sHuntington. the well-known writer
on this subject.
The fiction includes The Old Drag
on" PA GLADDEN." story by Elizabeth
Cherry Waltz: "tphe object Lesson"
by Edith Elmer Wood: "The Way OF
the Engineers" story Of the upper
Mississippi. by Willis Gibson; SANDY
McKiver, Hero, by Herbert d. Ward.
and the conclusion OF THE yellow
VAN" Richad Whiteing's novel of Eng
lish life.
In the editorial department are plain
spoken words concerning the increase
Of lynching and other unfortunate ma
tional tendencies and q discussion OF
'The Cant About Hard Work"
Mrs. Maud BaiAngton Booth has pub
lished the first chapters OF the story Of
her ,;fe and work IN Lcslie's Monthly for
October and they make an article not
only interesting but Of great permanent
value. She tells not only what she has
done for our prisoners but what she Is Jo-
ing today. There IS another story Of the
delightful Pettson twins I'm the magazine
this month and d rattllng good Spanish
American romance together with an anus
ing hurlesque. which describes n strike Of
the babies against scientific motherhood.
These with six other short stories repre-
sent the fiction. Of a particularly coed
number. There is also an interesting per-
sonal narrative of man who worked his
way cut West as a day laborer; an article
on Clouds" with some remarkable pho
geographic Illustrations. and three or four
excellent bits OF verse.
II Is difficult In the form Of fiction 90
deal with problems like the temptations
Of young lawyer with any degree OF
success, but Frederick Walworth, I'm his
story. Horton Against Packard" which
appears In The Cosmopolitan for October,
has succeeded in doing so. The other
stories in this number are equally divided
between love and humor. The stories of
seumas MacNanus and Herman Knicker-
booker vie.e are light IN tone and funny
throughout while Tom Masons little love
tale admirably sets of the deeper and
moro aombcr STORY OF Matrimony."
Great men figure in every publica-
tion, but it Is interesting to sec new
line OF greatness being exploited In
Everybody's Magazine, which shows q
pleasing tendency TO celebrate "thS
man behind the gun" in place Of IN,
usual stale celebrities. An illustrated
article in the October issue. Heroes o
the Hour" tells the plain story of va
rious plain men who have risen TO he
--Foic fidighrs- -um3ng the past year IN th
emergencies OF food, feud and riot
Ii IS good to see the keen face of Les
lie MatloclS, the man who raced an Or
egon flood and saved 500 lives, as
change from the eternal steel magnate
Sheriff Whitiock, who put down &
crazy mob with his shotgun. Lawyer
Byrd who plunged into Kentucky
feud; Governor Durbin. who played O
governors part - the shame OF his
weaker contemporries--we welcome
them all 10 such fame as printed recog-
milton may give them. Let us have
more Of these everyday heroes.
George Ade gives slang "the go by
in his new book. In Babel" which
Mcclure. Phillips & Company an
nounce for publication about the mid
die Of September, about which rushing
town It may be conceded that he knows
as much as anybody. The book contains
a sheaf Of brief little stories mirroring
the life of the great Western metropo-
lis in all its phases. There are stories
Of the "tenemcnts' and stories Of the
'lalSe front, stories of the respectable
middle class. OF the pnrespectable loaf
ers. Of the police, Of the newspaper
man. Of the cabby, and OF host of
other tyDes that Mr.. Ade knows well
and has hit on with remarkable facil-
ity and aDtness.
The Popular Science Monthly for Oc-
tober contains the following articles:
90
American Indians by DR.. Franz Boas;
Highways and Byways of Animal
Life" by. Professor Herbert Osborn;
"The Correlation OF Mental and Moral
Qualities" by Dr. Frederick Adams
Woods; "Co-cperaiion. Coercion, Com
petition" by Professor Lindley NJ.
Keasbey: "The sherman Principle IN
Rhetoric and Its Restrictions" by Or,
Robert Z. NIorltz: Educational En-
dowments in the eoutlAD by Mrs. Iciz-
nbeth NJ Howe; "IIertzian Wave Wire
less Telegraphy.'' BIZ Professor J. a.
Fleming: An Unusual Aurora Bore
alis." by DR.. A. T. a. king. Science
and Philosophy; "The Southport
Meeting OF the British Association for
the Advancement OF Science" "rhe
school OF Journalism OF Columbia Uni
vcrsitys: "Ihe Employment OF Wo-
men,"
Ray Stannard Bakers articles on
"The Great Northwest" which have
been appearing in tho Century during
the past year. succeeding hts series on
"The Great Southwest" witch that
magazine published the year before.
win continue his notes on those re-
Econs in occasional papers 10 appear