The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-08
Observations of New Books and
Late Magazines.

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lis Parker Butler, born in Muscatine,
of which city he was for many years
a resident, has another humorous sto-
ry, "The Great American Pie Com
pany," in the September Century. I'll
is rollicking satire on certain
phases of the trust question. Mr.
Butler is rapidly coming to the front
as a humorist. His first hit was"The
Reformation Of Uncle Billy" publish
ed in the Century, to which most of
his work has been contributed. DR..
G.. Walter Barr of Keokuk contributes
story, 1.-THE Victory of the Valiant,
to the September Success. Frank G.
Moorhead has another Iowa political
story, THE Call of the Woods" in the
September National. Edwin l.. Sabin
contributes poems to the September
issues of Smart Set, Good Housekeep-
ing and Leslie's Magazine. The Iowa
contributions are becoming more nu-
merous each month.
49,
In twenty-five articles in the Sep.
TENDER number of The Cosmopolitan,
Mr.. John Brisben Walker gives to the
world the result of his personal stud
les at the Exposition, dictated to ste
nographers at the time.
The Pilgrim for September is one
of the very best magazines of the
month and of itself is proof that a
popular magazine may be published
in the west without any lack of quail
ity or of interest.
Those who have net seen the fam
Gus Coney Island since it's great fire
a year ago will gain a good conception
Of its glorious revival in an article
appearing in Golfers Weekly for
August 81, by Mr.. Arthur b. Ruhl.
President Roosevelt as Europe
Sees Him" is the title Of an article in
the September p view Of Reviews by
Louis e. Van Norman, who y .mmar-
lies the most significant Of le Euro,
pean. press comment on the nrsl
vesasAaassaSss ~
American president whose pefsohaIft,
has really interested continental, a.
well as British, journalists.
49,
Overlooking with practical helpful.
ness for the housewives is the Septem.
Der number of The Housekeeper.
Elizabeth w, Morrison and Mary Eos
ter Snider tell how to use the autumn
fruits.
Scribner's Magazine for September
contains number of outdoor arti-
cles peculiarly suited to the culminat-
ing month Of the recreation season.
The September st. Nicholas brings
interesting chapters in the two seri.
ais, Gensai Murai's "Kibun Daizin, or
From Shark-Boy to Merchant Prince,
the story of a Japanese. boy for Amer
lean lads, and Mary Constance Du
Bois's charming tale for girls, "Elinor
Arden, Royalist."
The secret method of multiplying
millions by which the enormous for,
tunes of Standard Oil and other big
| financial institutions were created
vertically out of nothing is the text
of the September installment of''Fren.
zied Finance" by Thomas W. Lawson
in Eyerybody's Magazine.
/ McClure's Magazine for September
is vigorous expression of American
life and interest, part fact, part fic.
ton, all entertaining. Several seri
GUS articles give it commanding i'm
portance and character.
The Metropolitan Magazine for Sep,
TENDER presents capital new sol
dier" story by Rudyard Kipling, en-.
| titled Mrs. Bathurst" In this new
tale all of the authors earlier strength
and fancy, and all of his later skill
and mastery of narrative, are happily
combined,
If you despise vacations and good
| times in the open, you do not want to
read Outing. But if you are on va
cation, or would like one and can not
have tor, any way, If you are hot
and sweltering and tired of the dirty
city-you will welcome the vacation
! number of Outing.
! The yellow Peril is found on the
I cover Of the September 10-Story Book
in the form of Chinese Dragon OF
most eccentric design. In this mum
Der the contents is strong and varied
The current American Boy, publish
ed by the Sprague Publishing Com
pany, Detroit, Michigan, is noteworthy
especially for its account of American
Boy Day at the st. Louis Exposition
July 9Th, which was planned and car
ried out by the publishers of tina
| periodical.