Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04
LITERARY NOTES.

when the host and hostess take the
thought and trouble to "sleep occas.
ionally in their own bed.chambers.
1t is promised also that the pictures,
by Charlotte Harding, will be more
than usually attractive.
That Everybody's Magazine really
has the biggest scoop" of the era in
Thos. w. Lawson's STORY of Anal
gamated" is abundantly shown by the
first instalment of the series proper
which Is in the August number. The
| toreword was portentous with promise
Df startling disclosures. The initial
| chapters introduce the secret organi-
| tation Of Standard Oil and its actual
master, who Is a person almost I'M
known to the public. 1t is wonder
Jul picture Mr.. Lawson gives of the
huge business machine which has
IT'S headquarters at &c Broadway, New
York, and he paints, for the first time
n his real colors, the man he declares
10 be the greatest business genius of
The period, Henry H. Rogers. Then,
With brutal directness, he describes
how in dividing the profits of the
Amalgamated deal the biggest finan-
tiers in Wall Street were tricked and
deceived like the yeriest, crowd Of
lyros.
The August number Of Harper's
Magazine is a notable ticIlon number.
Besides the instalment of Mrs.
Wards story. THE Marriage of Will
liam Ashe," there are ten short
stories, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps,
Robert w. Chambers, Margaret De-
and. Mary E. y wilkins Freeman,
Alice Brown, Elizabeth Jordan,
James Edmund Cunning, A. Russell
Weekes. Mrs. Charles Terry Collins,
Ind Edwina Stanton Babcock.
The Penobscot Man." by Fannie
Hardy Eckstrom, is volume of stories
pf adventures taken from true life.
There are ten delightful stories in
which the men of Maine are brought
into view in a very interesting man
ner. Speaking of the book the Brook
iyn Eagle says: 1T is seldom that
book presenting so much of the
strength and simplicity of rough man.
hood comes before the reader. 1t is
true to the core; not mere fiction, but
well worth while. "-Published by
New York. Price $125.
THE Crossing" by Winston Chur-
chill, author of The Crisis" Richard
Carvel," etc, comes from the press of
the Macmillan Co, &C Fifth Ave, New
York. The theme of Mr. ChurchillS
new novel is largely the peaceful con-
quest of the Louisiana territory by
American settlers during the years
from the purchase of louisiana OF
ward. The books timeliness is OBJ
viOus; but what is more to the pOir.t
is that the story pOrtrays the immi-
grafton of Americans into the Louis
lana territory, their settlement there
in, and the gradual, sure wy in which
they brought the empire sold to us by
France under American rule and I'M
planted in it American social and pc
| ltical ideas. Mr.. Churchill also de-
scribes the life of that age in the
states bordering on the east bank of
| the Mississippi, and the ideals and
standards which actuated the people
! of those states, and puts into the forn
of fiction the whole American spirit
Of the early years of the nation. This
is the second novel in point of time
| in the series of novels dealing with
American life which Mr.. Churchill Is
writing Richard Carvel," which
dealt with the Revolutionary War
was the first. and "The Crisis" which
dealt with the Civil War, was the
fourth.
Hundreds of historical books have
been written about New York, but the
first attempt to include in a single
volume a complete view of the city's
most interesting features is found in
"The Real New York" The skeleton
of the book is the story of a party of
visitors to the metropolis and their
varied experiences, under the guild
Rnce of two or three self-appointed
shOwmen. Gerald De Peyster, a
i wealthy young Knickerbocker, natur
ally assumes the responsibility OF
pointing out to the young San Fran
cisco art student, Miss Coils, the
cosmopolitan attractions of his native
city. "Ananias" Blake, typical New
York newspaper man, falls in with q
Chicago man who is bent on eXplOr
ing the underworld and convinces the
Westeraer that New York is not alto
gether a city of innocuous Endergar
ten virtues. A preacher from Terre
Haute who comes to the metropolis
with pre-conceived notions of it's I'm
speakable wickedness, Is so cleverly
plloted about that he sees only the
city's good side-its magnificent char
tiles, its providence for the unfortun
ate. its churches and schools and
parks and means of healthful recrea
ton. The experiences of these little
parties form a kaleidoscope of inter
esting scenes and provide opportuni
ties for humor, of which author ant
illustrator have been quick to take al
vantsge-The Smart Set Publishing
Co, New York City.
A profusely illustrated paper upol
The Prehistoric Ruins of America,
Is presented in The Ladies' Worlt
for September by Louise e. Dew
which contains personal experienc,
and "reminiscences of days spent IL
the mysterious lands in our far west
where the evidences in building an,
utensils Of strange form and color o
civilization long years dead, whel
Columbus discovered the continent
are so abundant and convincing.
The Macmillan Company, Sc Fiftl
Ave. New York, have just published
splendid story entitled 1.-THE Merr,
Anne" by Samuel Merwin. author O
His Little World" and joint autho
of The Short Lived War" "Calu
met *" etc, with illustrations an,