Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20
LITERARY NOTES.

W WdluFOu rdWCett. IL teliS Oh tno
good times enjoyed by the children
at their country home at Oyster Bay.
Long Island, New York. and It gives
a number of illustrations which
are very interesting. The American
Boy is always entertaining fot both
young and old. The Sprague Publish
ing Co., Detroit, Mich.
Lincoln Steffens's article on Jacob
A. Riis," in the August McClure's, is
the best character sketch of the most
useful citizen of New York" that has
been written. 1t is the sincere and
intimate view OF one friend by another.
and Of one newspaper man by anoth.
er. So also Is John McAuley Palmer's
paper called Colonel Lumpkin's Cam
paign: the platform of a reformed
captain Of industry" probably the best
satire on modern methods Of high
finance that has yet appeared.
This years wheat harvest in Kan
sas was a recordbreaker and well
deserved the attention accorded to IL
In the August Reviews of Reviews.
where an illustrated article by Philip
Eastman describes the up-to-date
machinery used by the Kansas farmer
In harvesting and threshing his crop.
and gives an insight into an almost
beatific state Of social and Industrial
content, where college graduates toiled
side by side with day laborers, and all
had good pay and bountiful fare.
To most people Yellowstone Park Is
a region Of mystery and magic, and the
story Of its wonders never grows old.
The August Century's account of "A
Place Of Marvels," another chapter in
Ray Standard Bakers Great North.
west series, has added interest for the
reader who remembers The Century's
articles on Yellowstone PARK printed
In 1871 and 1872, the first magazine
emily before the public. The article
will have pictures by Blumsnschein.
Alice Browns powerful new novel.
cite Judgment" begins its first install.
ment In the August number OF Har.
per's Magazine, and Is illustrated In
color. Other fiction in the same num-
Der Is by Robert w. Chambers, Mar.
garet Deland, Mary E. wilkins Free.
man. Marie Van Worst, Arthur Cotton.
Christopher St. John, James Branch
Cabell, Ellsworth Kelley. Muriel Camp,
bell Dyar. and May Isabel Fisk.
The publishers Of Everybody's Mag
azine. in the Aust number, seized the
opportunity offered by the universal
interest in the selection of successor
to Pope Leo XIII. and secured a re-
markable article upon the Pope's ONO
ial biographer, r. Marion Crawford.
Mr.. Crawford IL said to be the most
highly paid writer living. In this
article he reveals some Of the inside
workings of the most perfect organi.
zation in the world. The article,
besides being timely and authoritative,
is extremely interesting.
Country Life In America for August
is a most refreshing number. The
cover design and double page repre-.
sents q most attractive marble swim.
ming pool which makes one long to 60
swimming. THE Race for the
Americas Cup" is an excellent histori.
cal and comprehensive article with
thrilling Illustrations. "The Fox Ter.
rier" is Of exceptional interest to dog
fanciers. Gardening with Thomas"
is most amusing story of a gardener
from the ''owld country" and practi.
cal withal.
Defending the Bank" by Edward s.
Van Zile. is a most amusing and inter-
esting detective story for boys and
girls, in which couple of bright boys
and girl appoint themselves amateur
detectives and are able to run down a
couple of bank robbers who are plan
ming to rob the bank of which the
father Of one Of the boys Is president.
This is at once an exciting and whole
some tale. of which the scene is laid
a. l. -
author. Lothrop Publishing Company.
Boston.
"A Partnership in Magic" by Chas.
B. LOOMS, the widely known humorist,
is an extremely original and clever ju-
venile, Mr.. Loomis's first piece OF long
fiction. 1t has fairy-tale motive in
an entirely realistic setting. A count
try boy, who has a marvellous power
Of plucking fruit from the bare
branches Of any tree, goes to New
York, and with . friend starts In the
fruit business, and makes large sum
Of money in a couple Of weeks of their
partnership. There is a cruel step.
father. and his adventures In New
York in search of the boy. together
with the many city scenes in connec.
ton with the hero's experiences, make
II highly amusing and graphic story.
II Is written in Mr.. Loomis's peculiar
vein Of quiet, but effective fun. 10th
rop Publishing Company. Boston.
In The Delineator for September,
NJ Hudson Moore writes charmingiy
Of that favorite Of old gardens, the
lilac. In the language of flowers, the
lilac, 1t is said, is unrequited love.
Many superstitious fancies hover
about this flower, particularly In Eng
land, where In some rural parts IL Is
regarded with especial disfavor by
lovers. In many small hamlets in
the heart Of England. to give to your
sweetheart q sprig Of purple lilac, is
to say you wish the engagement
broken, while stout-hearted bachelors
sport boutonniere Of II to show that
they are proof against the charms OF
woman. The white lilac is called less
unlucky than the mauve, but neither
should be made a gift between lovers
"She who wears lilac will never wear
a wedding ring" runs an old proverb.
so wise mothers with marriagable
daughters see to II that no sprig OF
this unfortunate flower Is brought in
side the house. In Devon and Corn
wall. pixie ridden countries, the lilac
is the May-fower and a peculiar vir-
tue attaches to it, II gathered before
the sun Is up.
"On Special Assignment" by Samuel
T. Glover, is a capital novel Of Journal
istic life. in which Paul Travers. the
hero of Mr.. Clover's former clever
story. has some striking experiences
in different parts Of the far West, in
connection with his work as special
correspondent. His adventures include
an experience with the Moqui Snake
Dancers in Arizona, the capture and
killing of Sitting Bull, and campaign
of stock men against cattle rustlers in