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MAGAZINES.

The August Century is in fact as
well as in name a Midsummer Holiday
Number, being pervaded with the holi-
day and outdoor spirit Castaigne,
whose pictures of the Chicago. Paris
and Buffalo Expositions appeared in
the Century, contributes a group OF
drawings Of the Louisiana Purchase
in his usual vivid and picturesque
style. Summer Splendors of the Chi
nese Court" is an illustrated personal
narrative, by Minnie Norton Wood, Of
a reception by the Empress Dowager
at the summer palace near Pekin-
the first summer function of the sort
10 winch foreigners nave been admit
ted. There is a variety of divertlmg
and humorous short stories: A second
of the Madigan stories by Miriam
Nicholson, "A Pagan and a Puritan"
Susan Cleggs Cousin Marion, by
Anne Warner; THE Reign of Senti-
ment," by Maurice Francis Egan, in
his new field; "A Neurological Ro-
nance" by Mary Agnes Griffin, and,
IN serious vein, an army story by
Capt. Thomas H. Wilson, Not Ac-
cOrding to the Code" The Century
Company, Union Square, New York
McClure's for August opens with
novelette, of child life by Frances
Hodgson Burnett, whose Little Lord
Fauntleroy'' has been generally voted
the most wonderful child story ever
written. This is the story of little
girl, and to it Mrs. Burnett has brought
all the charming fancy of her earlier
efforts. In the short stories of this
number the Mcclure fiction writer's ap-
pear to the best advantage with a col
lection of rafting stories, rattlingly
told. "A Tempered Wind" by 0. Hen
Ty, is concerned with the humorous
experiences of two country takers on
Wall street; how they protected the
"shorn lambs" and went back to IAN
honest living" The Coming of the
Maestro" is the story of thrilling
adventure in the Philippines by James
Hopper. Samuel Hopkins Adams tells
the life tragedy of a crow, king
Coal" which rose to true heroism in
giving its own life for another's. Lin
coin Steffens considers political condi-
tons in another great state in his
Enemies of the Republic" series, Civ
ing to fact all the interest of fiction.
The foregoing are a few of the fea-
lures of the number S. S. Mcclure
Company 1880 East Twenty third
street, New York city.
Country Life in America for August
is a superbly illustrated magazine con-
tanning vacation suggestions and time
ly articles which touch upon all sides
of work and pleasure out-of-doors.
Among the leading articles Cruising
in a Small Yacht" shows how eleven
people enjoyed twenty-one days of
sailing at the cost of S35 each; Swans
and How to Manage Them" is an inter
esting article of especial Importance
to owners of country estates and
farms; The Herring Weirs of the
Maine Coast is quaint account of
picturesque industry; and ''Wyandotes"
has to do with one of the best all
round American breeds of chickens;
while "Hop-Picking in Central New
York tells about an interesting local
lied rural occupation. These and
many other articles make the number
a particularly interesting one. Double
day, Page & Co., "a Union Square,
New York City
Pearson's for August has more than
usual of light reading-to accord with
days when one is not disposed to
take the world too seriously. A new
serial, "ur. Nicholas Stone" opens
attractively. 1t is detective story,
and promises to be full of action and
of human interest. Then there is "A
Sheaf of Ghost Stories" edited by the
Duke of Argyll, whose name is guar
antee for their trustworthiness a fine
story by Norman Duncan, The Wreck
of The Will o. the Wisp;" a chron-
icle of Don O., by K. and Hesketh
Prichard, How He Balanced Accounts
with a King of Finance" and other
stories. The illustrations are good and
in large number. The cover is notice.
able, being a reproduction in color
of Thomas Nast's Brains" cartoon,
that well-known portrait whose head
is a money bag. Parsons Magazine,
2-20 Aston Place, New York city.
The feature of Everyhodys Maya
zine for August is Thos w. Lawson's
STORY of Amalgamated." The initial
chapters introduce the organization OF
Standard Oil and its actual master,
who is a person almost unknown to
| the public. 1t is a wonderful picture
Mr. Lawson gives of the huge bust
ness machine which has its head