The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-02
Literary Notes.


Good Housekeeping for June has an
attractive table of contents, including
thirteen illustrated articles and sketches
upon topics of interest to the reading pub
lie, especially TO housekeepers The
Phelps Publishing Company, Springfield,
Mass.
A new writer appears in the June Nc
Cures in the person OF Riley H. Allen,
who tells blood-stiring Klondike story,
called "For the Under Dog 1t is a
powerfully written tale of strong men strug-
Cling against the fercest elements and
primal passions in whom humanity and
some Unborn instct of nobility finally con-
/ quer the evil they would do. Sert Nc
/ Williams, Of the Canadian NJ 1un,ed Po-
! lice, and Chambers, thu outlaw. I'm whose
DIES Jerate heart there glowed a fierce pride
which made him scorn to strike the under
dog" are wonderfully strong characters.
| The FIRST OF series of realistic stories by
/ N. Nj. w. Woodrow, which are to be
| published in McClure's Magazine appears
10 the June number under the title The
New Missioner Ii is the story of woman's
! inhumanity to woman, of the final victory
miss onary who found her Fl Id Tor labor
in the hard life OF Colorado mining camp
Social changes in the West are in no.
thing more remark 4ble than ia the fast van
ishng life Of the Indians, and ia the June
Century, which is to be "Western num-
ber," this feature comes 10 from marked
attention. Mr.. Borglup's studies OF
Dakota life are the subj ct of an article on
him entitled "a Sculptor OF the Prairie"
with examples of his work The Last
Protest" a story of Montana by Henry
Oyen, is written from personal experience
OF the Crow Indians, and Hamlin Garland
gives two short stories of Indian life in
Oklahoma. Ada Woodruff Anderson,
under the title of 1.-The Problem of Lis
BETH" presents story of the Washington
hop-helds descriptive of the life of the
Siwashes in that State, and there is a
reproduction in color of the painting,
1.-The Sculptor and the King" by Georg9
de Forest Brush, whose studies of Indian
life are well known. Other features of
general interest are "A,tractive Features
of the St. Louis Exposition by its
President, David X. Francis; The Con-
clusion of the Louisiana Purchase
Treaty." two pictures by Andre Cas-
by Ray Stannard Baker; "The Asiatic
Trade of Our Pacific States by Harvey
W. Scott; "A Curious Minnesota Ro-
NANCE" by Archer Butler Hubert of
Ohio, giving fully and authoritativey the
facts relating TO a supposed heir to the
Servian throne now living in Minnesota.
John H. Denison opens the June A.
lantic with discussion OF The Great De.
fusion of Our Time, namely. the belief
that the world is organiz- ID upon the ba-
sis OF pure physical force. Against the
dominance ofthis 'tooth-and-nail" doctrine
DR.. Denison enters a brilliant and witty
protest. Ray Morris, editor OF the Railroad
Gazette, treats Trolley Competition with
Railroads, Analysing the opportunities
and problems of the interurban electric
system in its competition wi h the steam
railroads. Col. Higginson in his remi-
nisCenses this month writes OF Butterflies
Chose beautiful but noiseless insects) 10
Poetry,-with passages from his own
early outdoor note books and quotations
from famous butterfly poems. The
Diplomatic Contest for the Mississippi
Valley, from which he dates 1.-THE rise Of
the United States into the position OF a
world power, the arbi er of America and
Professor Norton contributes another in-
teresting install ment OF John Ruskin's
Letters.
No feature of the June ST. Nicholas
the vacation number" will appeal so
strongly to boys of all ages as Allan p
Ames'S How to Keep a Base Ball
Score" Mr.. Ames, who is a practical
score. keeper, suggests that lovers of the
national game will fad it worth while to
know the system he describes and il US
uales with reproductions of two page,
from a score-book. "Fun Among the
Red Boys" their playthings, their games,
their contests, is the subject of sketch
by the late Julian Ralph, announced to
appear in the June s.. Nicholas SOM
OF the sports described offer stirring sug-
gestions for white boys fun as well.