Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-06
LITERARY NOTES.


"The Girl of La Gloria" by Clara
Driscoll. with illustrations by Hugh
W. Ditzler. is a vivid portrayal or
life on Texas ranch. There is an
intensely interesting plot. dealing with
the feud between Manuel Rodriguez,
and Daniel Benton, handed down to
the granddaughter of one and the SON
of the other, and the appearance ON
the scene of young man from New
York, who falls violently in love with
the little Mexican wild flower of the
prairies. There Is beautiful descrip-
tion or the vast prairies south or
Crpus Crispi and no one can read the
story without feeling that he has look
ed upon the wide-spreading plains and
felt the breath of, the free air OF
heaven as 1t blows across them. Miss
Driscoll has written splendid story
and one which will please. G. p. Put
mans Sons, New York, Publishers.
The Woman's Home Companion for
April is the Easter number, and well
BELTS the season. A leading article,
Most Picturesque of Easter Celebra-
TONS" describes an Easter in Jerusa-
lem. The second in a series of art-
cles on DISQUALIFICATION comes close
home in relating How the Baby Pays
the Tax" The fiction is unusually
good-"The King of Diamonds" by
Louis Tracy, producing new and fas-
cinating complications, and in the
second instalment of Martha and
Her American Kitchen" Marion Har-
land enlisting our interest still further
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ple-and the short stories are capt.
tai. "Fads and Frills OF Fashion" tell,
OF course, about Easter hats and
gowns. "Nature-Study," Mrs. Sang
ster's helpful talk, Mrs. Richardson's
practical advice to "The Girl Who
Earns Her Own Living" and other
regular departments, are as full OF In
terest as ever. Published by The Crow
ell Publishing Company, Springfield,
Ohio; one dollar year; ten cents
copy.
The April Atlantic opens with an ~
Illuminating article on" The Cost of
War;" by c. j. Bullock, who looks upon
warfare as rapidly becoming too ex-
pensive for endurance, fact which
makes for peace and arbitration as
fast as nations shall begin to
realize their burdens. Charles f.
Dole contributes paper on
1.-The Right and Wrong OF The
Monroe doctrine" His view OF that
changing circumstances have made
the original Monroe Doctrine obsolete,
and that we now have nothing to fear
from foreign influences in South Amer
lea.
Miss Agnes G.. Laut, the author OF
Lords of the North" "Heralds or
Empire" "The Story of the Trapper,"
and "Pathfinders of the West" writes
in the Review of Reviews for April on
What the Portland Exposition Really
Celebrates, '-"the heroic period in
the history of the American West"
In the same magazine, Mr.. Edgar Il.
Piper, managing editor Of the Port
land Oregonian, describes the city OF
Portland and outlines the distinctive
features of the Lewis and Clark cen
tennial fair.
The Spring Number of Good House
keeping, as the April issue is styled,
deyotes a considerable space to the
flower garden, with some beautiful
illustrations and leading article by
Hamlin Garland, Novelist and horti-
culturalist, upon "The Decorative Mis-
sion of the Vine" Fashions and dress
making likewise claim more space
than usual, with abundant illustrations
| and the freshest and choicest mater
ial Judge Henry A. Shute writes en-
tertainingly as well as cogently, OF
1.-THE Failure to Make WILL" and
Prof. Louis B. Allyn reports from
laboratory tests the true inwardness
of olive oil, it's virtues, and the shame
less adulteration practced. The
Phelps Publishing Company, Spring
field, Mass.