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JULY MAGAZINES.

In the ATTRACTIVE tdoic " ~S"t~SD -
the July number of the New England
Magazine. The number opens with a
descriptive article, profusely illustrat-
ed entitled "Block 1sland's story.
Fletcher Osgood writes interestingly OF
1.-The Last Primeval White Pines OF
New England" "Bridges-Ancient
and Modern" are exhaustively treated
by Clyde Ebert Ordway. Many fine
half-tones accompany the article. Other
of note are: Amateur
Genealogy," Fannie Wilder Brown;
"Jamaica as a Summer Resort,
Maurice Baldwin, ana Italians Of New
England" Amy Woods. Half dozen
clever short stories and several charm
ing poems round out the number.
The Criterion for July has a table of
contents that cannot fail to appeal to
its many readers. AS most fitting to
the vacation season, fiction predomi-
mates, there being very nearly dozen
entertaining stories and sketches, by
clever writer's. There are also Sew
eral illustrated features of merit, in
GLIDING: 1.-THE Salem Of Hawthorne,
Rufus Rockwell Wilson; 1.-The Cont
mental Sabbath" George Grantham
Balm, and Some Aims of the Consum-
ers' League" Katharine Louise
Smith. Interspersed among the arti-
cles and stories are many charming
verses.
Harper's Bazaar has always been
recognized as one Of the leading period
icals for women i'm this country, and
glance at the table of contents in the
July issue will show how fully it merits
the many words of praise given it,
Margaret Deland leads off with a
characteristic article, Concerning
Glass Houses James Huneker
writes appreciatively Of "Maeterlinck
and the Eternal Womanly." Elizabeth
Jordan contributes one of her delight
full stories of convent life, entitled
1.-The Voice of Truth" Alice X. Fail
lows discusses "Self-Government for
College Girls" Katherine Cecil Thurs
tons serial, 1.-THE Masquerader" still
holds the readers undivided interest.
Articles which especially interest the
up-to-date housewife are: THE House
keepers TooIboX," Norwegian Work
on Collars" 1.-The Cold Dinner" Hints
to Housewives" and the usual fashion
departments.
The Smart Set for July has a strong
list of contributors. The place of
honor in the lengthy table of contents
is accorded to an amusing story with
moral, by Cosmo Hamilton, entitled
"a Sense of HumOr." Sir Gilbert
Parker, NJ. p, discusses Edward VII,
Ambassador" Barry Pain is repre-
scented by an interesting sketch entitled
Reclamation Work. Seumas Mac
Manus contributes one of his delight
full tales, Denis Reads Coup d'Etat."
Other contributors to this readable
number are: Madeline Bridges, Joaquin
Miller, Elizabeth Duer, Julian Haw-
thorne, Harold Fielding. Nora May
French, Charlotte Elizabeth Wells and
Edward Barron.
The current quarterly number of The
Forum presents a notable list of con-
tributions. Henry Litchfield West
opens the number with an able review
of american Politics." A. Maurice
Low gives an exhaustive review of
Foreign Affairs" The subject of Eli
nance" is practically handled by Alex
ander D. Noyes. Henry Harrison
Suplee fully sums up what has been ac-
comrlished III recent months in the
field of applied Science Probably
one of the most readable contributions
is Herbert w. HOrwill's delightful arti-
Gle on 1.-The Art of er-Writing."
Two articles of interest to educators
are: educational Outlook" Ossian II.
Lang: and why Our Educational Ma
chinery Does Not Yield a Better
Product" J. NJ. Rice. Four important
special articles are also presented, as
follows: "The Ethics of the Panama
Case" ]. P. Gordy: Justice and
Equity in Panama" Willis Fletcher
Johnson: civil Government in the
Moro Province" Henry Secular |
Townsend: and 1.-The Affairs of the |
Congo State" Samuel Phillips Werner.
The important questions of the day |
are ably treated in the North American |
Review which has long been recognized |
as one Of Americas leading magazines |
In the current number are noted thir- |
teen papers bearing for the most part |
upon matters of timely interest. They |
include: "China in Transformation and |
the War;" Archibald r. Colquhoun;
-NdtlstIIiVl W tioiHC, w.
Mabie: THE British in Tibet: A Rus |
sian View" Prince f. Oukhtomsky; |
"Why Women Cannot Vote in the |
United States" Ida Hustled Harper;
THE Labor Problem on the Panama |
Cenal," General P. c. Hams; Arms |
and Ammunition in Japan" w. II. |
Rlumenstein Democratic Expansion" |
H. w. Seymour: rs American Litera-
ture BOurgeois?' Josephine Daskam |
Bacon: "a Foreign Estimate of Mr.. |
''Degeneracy of the Ger |
man Army" Wolf Won Schierbrand; |
and '"The New HELL" George T. Knight. |
Varied and interesting are the articles |
and stories presented in Pearson's for |
July. Nearly all of the contributions
are Illustrated adding much to the at
of this number. In brief |
the table of contents includes: Indian
Nights Entertainment" A. Sarah
hosh; Running the Cam
paign," Day Allen Wiley; "The Sheriff |
Of Ranger County" w. w. Hines; |
Thomas Mast" Albert Bigelow Paine; |
Modern Methods Of Finance" Henry |