Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-08-05
LITERARY LORE.
What The Various Magazines For
August Contain.

The leading fictionai feature of the
Mid -Snmmey Holiday Number of The
Metropolitan, will be strongly
wrought and intensely interesting tale
by A. T. CUTLER Cough (Q) who by
many discerning critics is considered
the legitimate successor of Robert
Louis Stevenson. This author has
achieved nothing so striking since his
Dead Mans Rock" and THE De-
lectabIe DHthy. - His story in the
August Metropolitan he calls :" A Jest
of Ambialet. , II is superbly illustrat-
ed by Herman.C = Wall. one of the
ablest of Howard Pyle's pupils.
Mrs. Burton Harrison s name has al
WAYS been identified with particularly
entertaining fiction, and for many
wears she has not given rs so capital 8
piece of work as 1.-THE Carlyles, the
long novel which opens the August
number of The Smart Set. 1t is by
far her most important story, and is a
distinct departure from her former
novels. The scenes are laid in and
around Richmond during the stirring
days of 1865, and the introduction OF
several historical events Iadds greatly
to the interest of a splendid dramatic
love story. No novelist dealing with
the Civil War period has succeeded in
creating a more realistic atmosphere
or characters more convincing. A
number of The Smart Set containing
more variety and higher average of
merit has never been issued.
In its August issue Tales once more
presents a remarkable collection of
great stories translated from various
European languages. The issue con-
tainss a complete novel an instalment
of seIiel and a round dozen short
stories, supplemented by the usual IN
teresting notes, biographical and crit
ical, on the authors represented. Five
of the stories are French. three Ger
man, two Russian, one Italian, one
Spanish. one Swedish and one Amerl-
can. The complete novel, THE Con-
quest of Jerusalem" from the French
of Miriam Harry, is undoubtedly the
most important work thus far present
ed by Tales to its readers. The single
American contribution in this issue
is 1.-THE Demi- Amateurs, by Stanley
Olmsted, new author, who in this
story begins a career which is I'M
doubtedly full of promise.
In the August Housekeeper Marian
Bonsall continues her intensely inter
esting series of articles on 1.-The
Tragedy of the Mormon Woman.
This months instalment as especially
devoted to the subject of what the
Mormon woman believes. Clear expla-
nation is made of the doctrines of
proxy marriages and baptism for the
dead. 1t is apparent that polygamy is
the very cornerstone of the Mormon re-
ligion, since it was expressly COM
manded by revelation of Joseph Smith
and is directly concerned in the Eek
altation'' of the Mormon woman,
which she can only achieve by bear
ing a large number of children. A
number of unusual incidents which
came under her personal observation
during her investigations in Utah arc
related by Miss Bonsall. 1t is inter
esting TO note that The Housekeeper S
articles are receiving not only the en-
thusiastic approval and support of
church workers throughout the coun-
try, but are stirring up considerable
indignation among the Mormons in
Salt Lake City and elsewhere. Edi-
torial mention is made in the August
number of warm articles by Apostle
Penrose in the Desert News, obJeoting
to the plain truths The Housekeeper is
telling about present day polygamy.