The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-02
MAGAZINE NOTES.
The Open Court.


 .e,h,,,.r.s Religion" by w. H. Cor ruth is the opening article or rhe open Court. From a careful study oi .he noet,s works, letters, address the writer states what he conciudes 'o oe Schiller's Religion, his beller III -Hou' , Christianity, Immortality, Prayer' ,hs Bible, formulates what may DO
 his creed and concludes the paper
 "From the standpoint of the en- n,ohfened thought of the twentleth century Schiller was without ques',o,l l a deeply religious man and all oi ms writings no less than his hfe pear testimony to the fact
 . Henry Ridgley Evans writes in.ero estinr anecdotes of Some Old Time Coni'7rers" !" of Louis Apollinaire Comte, of Philippe Talon, of Henry Rooin' or posco whose name Is still adopted by mapicians of today, of John Henry An derson. of Colonel Stodore, or SlShor Antonio Clitz, of Alexander Heempurs or and of all their most successlui oe- captions. ..rha 1ytanu,,s Mite: pr, I. K. Funk's Prac- tical Joke," by Thaddeus E. Wakeniah, II, h, ",rhe Immortality of the Soul. Reply to Mir Thaddeus B. Wakeman, oy the aa,tor. "France and the Vatican, by Tres Ruyot; Father Hyacintne anu His Wife;" "A Caprice on a Muslcal Theme" and many topics or interest under the heading, Miscellaneous. ssraIesv for July.
 The second (July) issue of Iaies | ,ui,v meets the high expec'a.loiiiss TOT ? aroused by the first number or I, ,nl, | naw "Maeazine of the world
 Eiction." The table of contents in | cIudes as many famous names as h v | to he found in the first issue' anu .n | stories are If possible, or even are sxcellence. while the translalohs ai' A,,irahIa throughout There are sew
 ntaar contributions in this nutnoer , | ,o,n.,ing the serial "Siren Nolces' py Iean Reibrach, the conclusion oi a l mart story a complete noVel anu ioua teen short stories. Eight lane are represented the French asaih .i'.. i | ing with seven stories, Whiie oe' ..5 contributes three, Russia tWo' anu | Danmark. Spain, Italy, Hungary anu hmar,ca one each Not only are these | etories thoroughly representatNe VI | the various literatures from Which 'ile' are taken. but each one has some spe- | cial and individual interest: In Narle,y var ', and literary merit 1t would pc oiiiiSui I | to match this issue of Tales m the ms | tory of magazine publishing. l The complete novel, The Duel, IS ,rarsiated from the Russian of Anton | Chekhov The author, who mas pe'h | qenerally considered the artlsllc leau- | CT of the modern Russian school oi ic- 1 tion writers, died recently a1ter nay | ing produced several plays, consiu- | erable number of short storles' anu 'i'is | sinele longer work. The story IS one l of the most striking products or young Russia, detailing with marvellous real , fem the soul history of beautlrul young widow and her lover, Russiat military officer. It is enriched wltn | strong character studies and Is marked by a sense of humor as origlnal as II l Ia rare in Russian literature. Alto | pether this novel Is one of the most | Valuable of recent contributions to oui | literature from a foreign source. Thf | Russian short story is represented bI | "Roleslov." one of Maxim Gorky's mos interesting and characteristic tales. 1 Among the short stories from th' French probably the strongest an' most memorable is The Coward" b! Catulle Mendes, the famous novelis | and poet "A Funeral Oration." D! Leon de Tinseau is, however, notabl, | clever and characteristic tale, am others no less interesting are con tributed by Marcel Provost, Ludovi Halevy, Louis de Gramont and w. d Pawlowski The younger generatio
 of German authors Is admirably repre- sented in stories by Heinz Trovote an Ludwig Jacobowski. in addition to tn conclusion of Rudolf Stratz's two-par story, "Simoom,' which ends with | powerful dramatic climax. Herma | Bangs Otto Heinrich" from the Da nish, a pathetic tale of a mothers de votion, contrasts admirably with tn Hungarian Karl c+urafs Irresistible hu nor in "Gregor Ponoge's Widow Tn Italian story Is a powerful study D
 the famous drarlatist ard novels D'Annunzio. and the Brazilian autho Elias Zerolo, represents Spanish litera
 ture The single American story l
 this international collection, "Burr
 Bridges" by Gouverneur Morris, is en
 tirely worthy of the distinction accord
 ed to 1t. Indeed, the plan of includin
 in each issue of Tales one America
 story of exceptional merit is especial
 to be commended.
 The number is enlvened throughor
 by amusing examples of humor trans
 lated from the leading European com
 journals, and the value of the magazin
 to the general reader is greatly 1T
 creased by a department of notes o
 the authors represented. under tt
 title Tales and Their Tellers."
 Personal and Pertinent.
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