The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-07-07
LITERATURE.
Observations Of New Books and
Late Magazines.


the present outlook in American Pol
itics,' with special attention to the
of the presidential cam
paign. The course of the war in the
East and the changes in the Euro
pean situation supply material for
the greater part of A. Maurice Lows
paper on Foreign Affairs
go
The National Magazine for July OPP
ems with a remarkable group picture
of eleven distinguished western uni
versity presidents. Homer Daven-
port, greatest of American cartoon
lists, contributes his very best picture
"a labor of love-a noble and beauti-
full portrait of his father, holding in
his arms Gloria, the tiny daughter of
the famous artist. Joe Mitchell
Chapple, chatting about affairs at
Washington and at the Worlds Fair,
tells how Davenport has won success
on the lecture platform.
. The magazine that is indispensable
in a presidential year, the American
Monthly Review of Reviews, is living
up to its well-earned reputation. The
issue for July is strong in political ar
ticles of wide and timely interest.
Theodore Roosevelt as a Presiden-
tial Candidate" is considered in
graphic, trenchant style, yet with dig
nifty, as BELTS the subject, by one Of
the delegates TO the Chicago conven-
ton. 49,
Seasonable from cover to cover is
the July number of The Housekeeper,
overlooking with summer stories,
verses, pictures and articles. Chief
among the fiction is the first INSTALL
ment of Clinton Scollards two-part
story, "The Cinerary Urn of Sergius
CIaudius," stirring tale OF adventure
in modern Palestine.
The July st. Nicholas has the first
chapters of unique serial, "'Kibun
Daizin,' or From Shark-Boy to Mer-
chant Prince" written by Gensai Mu-
raj, and translated for st. Nicholas by
a native Japanese. Gensai Mural
was once a student of the Waseda
School, founded by Count Okuma,
leader of the Progressive Party in
Japan.
The butterflies on the cover of The
TIL, civ al, 10 "a
light and airy nature of the contents
of the magazine. July being q mid
summer month, the heavfness which
seems to be a feature of most maya
zines is done away with in the case
of The Pilgrim and the contents of
the issue will be found entertaining
merely.
The mystery of wells as a feminine
adjunct to beauty is the theme of a
very interesting essay by Mrs. N. NJ.
w. Woodrow in the July Twentieth
Century Home. Wells are at present
distinctly one of the fads of the
hour and the variety of them is puz-
zling. Mrs. Woodrow's article is il
lustrated from photographs Of wells
and their wearers in many lands.
Five complete stories and one ser
ial provide the reader of the July Co.'S
mopolitan with an unusual monthly
allowance of magazine fiction, and the
stories all have a marked heart in
terest They are the work of Vir-
ginia Yeaman Remnitz, Clara Morris,
Gen. Charles King, Maravene Kenne-
dy, T. w. Hanshew and H. G. Wells.
800
Towns are Purgatory," exclaims
writer in July Outing, and it is an
even chance that he expresses pretty
clearly the hot-weather attitude of
most of us. With full sense of the
fitness of things, Outing for July
comes to it's readers like a cool, pine
laden breeze. The first article, con
the Banks of the Ohio" by Clifton
Johnson, is an outdoor study at
tractively sustained by some of the
authors remarkable photographs.
The frontispiece of The Booklovers
Magazine for July is a silver-point
drawing, from life, Of President
Roosevelt by Carl J. Becker, of Phil
adelphia. 1t is an excellent likeness
of the President in a characteristic
pose. Adventure and recreation are
prominent notes of the exceedingly
timely articles which appear in the
July number.
The Century for July is primarily,
but by no means wholly,a fiction num-
Der. The opening article by Sylves-
ter Baxter describes THE New West
Point" as it is to be, with impressive
drawings, done under the supervision
of the architects, one of which, print
ed in color, is a frontispiece. This
article will be a revelation to the pub
lie of the superb picturesque and
monumental character of the con-
structions now under way.
There are real things in the July
MorIuroSo Tba1y fo;r1u oromd toanh