Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-09
CURRENT LITERATURE.


the rate Of one a month during the com.
ing summer. The next in the SERIES volume
vi, will probably be issued in June. 1t 4,
written by Prof. Evarts b. Greene Of the
| Illinois State university, and bears the
| title OF Provincial America. The single
| story Of a nation, wrought by a quarter OF
hundred pair of hands, is an event of the
utmost importance in the literary world in
which all intelligent persons must feel a
| lively interest. The excellence Of the re.
suit, however, is assured by the fact that
the authors of the separate volumes are
| specialists in their respective subjects
Unity is given to the series by the able
editorship Of Prof. A. B. Hart of Harvard
university.
Among more than 200 distinct contribu-
tions to the Youths Companions Ave June
issues will be articles by Carroll d. Wright.
Prof. Dudley Sargent, Helen Keller and
David Buffum, the authority on the care
and training Of horses; stories by Mar
garet johnson. winifred Kirkland, the
writer of college stories; Fisher Ames, jr.,
Carroll Watson Rankin and others, who
are always to be counted upon to delight
the Companions audience.
The World Today has surpassed itself
in the June Recreation number in variety
Of topics and illustration. 1t would be
hard to find a 25-cent magazine that would
appeal to as cosmopolitan taste and divers
likings as this 1O-cent periodical does in
this latest issue.
1t is now sixteen years since the outlook
began its annual practice of publishing
about the 1st of June a special illustrated
number having to do with out-of door
life, vacation experiences and recreation
generally. AS usual, the Recreation num-
Der for this year contains a large variety
of articles and several scores of pictures
The Garden Magazine for June is a
superbly illustrated number of this most
practical of all outdoor publications. From
the Gardeners Reminder on the first
page, telling the actual things to do, to
the many departments on Hardy Borders" :"
Annual Flowers" the Bulbs" Water
Gardens" and the like, 1t covers tAf sub
Ject of planting and of growing flowers,
vegetables and fruits during the month, in
the most adequate way.
The June issue of Country Life In Amer
lea Is the annual vacation number and Is
the strongest outdoor issue Of the maga-
zine In its history. It gives 100 vacation
experiences, ranging from deep sea yacht
ing in small boat to an automobile in
the wilderness of the Canadian mountains.
And the 100 first hand experiences are so
many hints for each reader of the methods
in which he can plan his own vacation.
Personal Magnetism and Auto-Sugges-
ton" is the title of the leading article In
Suggestion for June, n magazine of the
New Psychology for thinkers (Chicago).
The magazine advocates the theory that
correct mental attitudes have far-reach-
ing effects on every condition OF life, and
that all have inherent psychic powers
which may be cultivated with great profit.
The Reader Magazine for June contains
the first installment of Meredith Nichol-
sons new story, "The House of a Thou
sand Candles" which will run through
seven numbers of the magazine. The
story is conceded by those who have had
an opportunity of reading It to be by far
the most vivid. intense and virile novel Mr..
Nicholson has produced.
Mayor Dunno of Chicago General o. o,
Howard. Charles Warren Stoddard and
Dallas Lore Sharp head the list of con-
trtbutors to the June National Magazine.
Mayor Dunne's theme is Chicago and
Municipal Ownership" and he declares
there are $90,00o0O0 OF water in the stocks
of the Chicago street railways that will
never be paid for by the city.
The June number OF The Booklovers
Magazine is particularly full of timely and
we'll illustrated articles. There are four
beautiful pictures in color, including Meis
sonier's celebrated portrait OF himself. now
in the Louvre There is also a most inter-
est'ng group of full-page pictures OF
famous American illustrators in their
studios.
A glance through the beautifully illus
trated pages OF the June Housekeeper is
sufficient to show why this UP o-date pub
hcation has come to be known as the
Magazine of Helpfulness" In one or
other or the many practical departments,
edited by experts, the busy housewife will
hnd solutions for all Of her daily problems.
In addition to help and instruction there
Is much OF entertainment In the number.
Emerson Hough's recent resignation
from the edltorship OF Field and Stream"
left him with more leisure to work at his
own contributions to outdoor literature In
the June Country Calendar he gives in
structions that should be clear to the
veriest greenhorn concerning "Flycastine
to Catch Fish"-not the SNOWY. but useless
exhibition fiycasting.
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