The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-06-15
CURRENT LITERATURE.
Observations 81 New Books and
Late Magazines

Late Magazines
The tune number OF Ecfihnere
Maaasinn contains articles Nv dlstln.
eulshed writer's, including Henry van
Dyke, nr. George r. Ftshpr, rresl.
dent John Finley and Mrs. whartonl
and an abundance OF beautiful lllus'
tratlona, notable the very humorous
drawings by A, II. Frost
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IN the thirty.two pages which com
prise tite June American hey there is
not a dull line, and both In variety
and class 81 matter the paper "a head
and shoulders above any other period
ical for boys.
Wide human interest Ii The striking
thing about the juno McClure's. The
college man is the first concerned in
the sensational disclosures of "The
College Athlete" which tells, for the
first time, some astonishing facts
about the financial arrangements by
which some of the "stars" are secured
and kept at college.
A glance through the beautifully II.
lustrated pages Of the June House
keeper is sufficient to show why this
up-todate publication has come to be
known as the Magazine of Helpful.
| ness"
A magazine that is filed with seas
enable interest for women Is the
July Delineator. In 1t the summer
fashions are exqulsitely pictured, and
described by such fashion authorities
as Helen Berkeley-Loyd and Edouard
La Fontalne, of Paris.
The June st. Nicholas is decidedly
an outdoor issue, as is fitting for a
June magazine. The second Install
ment of Edwin w. Fosters "our
Friends the Trees" introduces young
readers to the horse-chestnut, the diff
ferent blrches and beeches, and 9th.
or interesting denizens of our parks
and woods.
There Ia 50 distinct war flavor to
the June Century that 1t might well
have been called a Memorial Day Is
sue Thomas M. Semmes contributes
"A Pupils Recollections Of 'Stonewalr
Jackson; Leighton Parks, very hap
PLY told What Boy Saw Of the
Civil War; George Langdon Kilmer,
Boys In the Union Army" subject
of growing interest; and "by one who
followed him." "Recollections OF Jul
bal Early"
The June number Of Outing, with its
two dozen articles, ranging from tEs
best and latest fiction from the pen
Of Charles @. d. Roberts to the thor
oughly practical solution Of one very
vexing contributing problem, EN-.
phaslzes the wide appeal this hand
some monthly Is making to the maya
zine reading public. .ua
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The June number of Everybody's
brings to us the crucial instahment OF
"Frenzled Finance" Nr. Lawson's In.
innate recital Of the First Great
Crime Of Amalgamated. The happen.
ings of that now famous midnight
session at the National City Bank on
May 4, 1899, when Henry II. Rogers
and James stillman introduced an In
famous bogus subscription and dc.
frauded and robbed thousands, are
clearly and dramatically told.
The Pilgrim for June comes with
one Of tho most attractive covers THIS
excellent magazine has ever had. And,
by the cover, Is the pleasing quality
Of the contents indicated.
The breezes Of outdoor America
stir through the handsome pages OF
the Country Calendars June number.
From Stewart Edward Whites glow.
ing account Of how to reach and en-
JOY the snowy Sierras, his fayorite
camping ground, TO John Burroughs
prose poem of his peaceful woods and
fields and flowers, there Is through
out the freshness OF the true outdoor
spirit. ....
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The June Cosmopolitan is filed
from cover to cover with host of en-.
PERTAINING and interesting stories and
articles. The names of Octave Than.
et David Graham Phillips, Alfred
Henry Lewis, Josiah Flynt, John Bur
roughs, r. Jenkins Hams, Richard lie
Gallienne and Acton Davies are
among those appearing in the table OF
contents.