Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-04-21
BOOK LORE FOR MAY.
What The Magazines Contain
That Is Readable.

George Bruce Cortelyou to- the fore
again. AS expected, he mas been given
the Cabinet office of Postmaster Gen.
eral. Mr.. Robert J.>Wynne being re-
lieved of the duties he so ably per-
formed and sent to London as Consul
General, an enviable position. Truly,
Mr. Cortelyou's career has been pyro-
technic; he has gone mp Ike the
rocket, but unlike its tabled compah-
ion stick, has not come down again.
1t is just seven years since he entered
the executive Office at the Mhlte
House. as assistant secretary TO the
President, the martyred Mckinley.
From the Metropolitan for May.
A new magazine which has inst
appeared, with the name TALES, VIII
embody at least one feature new TO
publications devoted to fiction.
TALES will publish each month
serial. a complete novel and "a number
of short stories translated from various
European languages. While the names
of many famous authors of France,
Germany, Russia and other countries
are familiar TO American readers, they
are in many cases mere names, and
there is probably large reading pub
lie which will welcome the opportu-
nifty to learn something OF their
works. Such a magazine will I'M
dou btedly meet real demand.
Gelett Burgess's novelette,, which
opens the MAY number of The Smart
Set. will surprise his admirers, for in
"The Nisionists" he has entered an
entirely new field aud produced story
which is not only timely but powerful
and Accordingly interesting. lie has
gone to Washington for the locale OF
this tale. The heroine is young
girl who, through force of circum-
| stances, becomes a member of So
ciety of socialists who call themselves
'svisionists - Her adventures are
wonderfully exciting and the tragic
| denouement is unforeseen. This novel
cite will win new laurels for Mr.. Bur
| CESS OF the fourteen short stories
| in this number. it is not too much TO
| say that each one stands out as an IN
dividual example of fine and clever
| writing.
| Considerable interest is now being
| manifested by thinkers and students
| in various phases of practical psychol-
ogy, brain building, the development
/ of will power, concentration, thought
/ force and similar subjects; to those
| who seek information on these matters
| the May issue of Suggestion (Chicago)
q magazine of the New Psychology,
| will prove of interest. Ii deals with
such matters as auto-suggestion, psy-
| chic research, memory culture, drug
| less healing. nature cure, personal
magnetism and the acquisition of
i 10, nd fhrnnnh
/ the application of inherent psychic
/ powers all along rational and scientific
lines.
There is nothing in McClure's for
May that is not, first of all, good
reading. The stories. six of them, are
| singularly various but all entertain
| ing. The articles, as always in Nc
| Clures invest interesting, important
| information with real story quality.
| First of Importance is an article by
| William James, of Harvard Uniyer-
sity, an appreciation of his friend,
Thomas Davidson, whom he character
ICES as a man "who tried to be on
earth what good people hope to be III
heaven - In these days of fierce
| struggle for material gain, such life
| is an inspiration. Thomas Davidson,
though little known, is heroic fig
ure. Lincoln Stetfens writes frankly
and fervently of the trust licensing
industry of New Jersey. His trained
eye sees the larger significance of his
subject and the story, tinged with his
own broad Americanism, passes be-
yond merely local interest. 1t, has
power to stir every right thinking
American.