The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-06-09
CURRENT LITERATURE.
Observations of New Books and
Late Magazines


found within The excellent fiction
includes the final installment of Ell
lott Walkers "A Rose in the Bran
bles."
Besides its high class literary feat
ures, the National Magazine for June
treats in text and pictures of the
three great news interests of tae time
the Worlds Fair at st. Louis. the
war in the Far East. and the national
political campaign.
"Fun Among the Red Boys, their
playthings, their games, their con-
tests, is the subject of sketch by
the late Julian Ralph, in the June st.
Nicholas. Some of the sports de-
scribed offer stirring suggestions for
white boys fun as well.
The Cosmopolitan announces a se-
ries Of articles on the great indus
tries of the United tSates. This is q
subject that must naturally arouse
the widest interest. The June issue
contains the first-"Glass Making, 'by
William r. Stewart.
President Charles f. Thwing, of
the Western Reserve University, has
a suggestive article in the Review of
Reviews for June on Sending a Son
to College" 1t is an article that
should be read by all fathers of pros.
.pective college boys.
In the Twentieth Century Home for
June, Prof. M. " O'Shec, of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, mas most in
teresting and clever paper on the
problem of providing the proper so
cial environment for youth in our
small towns and villages
In the June Madame Jessie Acl1er-
man tells of the wonderful progress
attained by the women of Iceland. in
this far,away, secluded island, so
rocky and impenetrable that it re.
quires sixteen days for the mail to
reachsAits most remote village from
the coast, women edit newspapers
and play an important part in legisla.
ton.
The CHEEKY laugh of the New York
street gamin, a cool breeze from New.
foundland, and little Partisan at
mospnere from the Seine give June
Outing a cosmopolitan character thai
will please every class of reader.
| Genuine, gripping readableness Il
the marked quality of the June Nc
| Cures. This is supplied by a lot o.
high grade, summer fiction covering
wide diversity of places and things
together with number of live, vita,
| articles, and some significant editor
| ial comment.
Hitherto there has been no method
| Of replying to editorial opinions Sci
forth in our monthlies, but Every
body's, with it's usual originality, pro
poses that anyone who does not agree
with its contributors views shall
have the opportunity to set them righ'
or approve, as seems proper. In thu
new department, Straight Talk" il
the June issue of this magazine, {
number of readers have taken advan
tage of this opportunity to criticist
DR.. Hillis's conception of a consoli
| dated church.
A poem entitled Planting a Tree,
beginning What does he plant wht
plants tree?" is going the rounds O
the newspaper press, attributed tt
Mr.. Richard Watson Glider. TIL,
poem, however, was not written b,
Mr.. Glider, according to the Centur!
for June
The June number of The Bookloy
ers' Magazine might aptly be Gale,
an international number. OF the doz
en- articles to be found within its GOV
ers, five deal with men and events il
foreign lands-Japan, Russia, Korea
Mexico, and the Island of st. Pierre
The Red Book for June contains fl
| teen short stories, which in literar
excellence and authorship, make thi
number rank higher than any of it
predecessors. From the beginnin
this magazine has printed nothin
but good stories.
Scribner's Magazine for June COZ
tains an article of remarkable histol
ical Importance. Within fewmonth
there has been discovered in Ne,
York City mass of manuscript ms
terial throwing much new light o
the most romantic chapter in the rec
ords of American exploration tn
transcontinental expedition made b
Lewis and Clark in 1906.
An Iowa girl whose literary work 1
|, attracting unusual attention is Susa
, Heating Glaspell, In the June nun
J Der Of Wayside Tales, just out, Is a