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The current number OF the North
American Review has brilliant list OF
contributors, and presents table OF
contents that cannot fail to appeal to
all thoughtful readers. For years this
magazine has been one OF our most
valued exchanges. but never at any
time was 1t more ably edited than now.
In the lengthy list Of important con-
tributiOns TO the present Issue are
noted: Physical Degeneration In Great
Britain" Rt. HON. Sir John e. Gorst,
M. p; 1.-THE Religious Life OF the
Negro" Booker r. Washington: Auto
cracy and War;" Joseph Conrad; "The
Industrial Situation in Ireland" ]. W..
| Root: Reform in the Roman Catholic
Church" Rev. Prof. Charles A. Briggs,
d. D.: POLAND Today" Robert After;
and Marriage and Divorce from Lay
| Point of View" Elizabeth Carpenter.
Tales for July presents a large num-
Der Of readable stories by well known
authors OF this and European countries
| The number opens with an interesting
novelette, by Antony Chekhov. entitled
| 1.-The Duel" which deals with Russian
life. The remaining stories are all ex-
cellent, as the following partial list OF
| the authors represented will indicate:
Marcel Provost, Maxim GOrky, Gouver-
neur Morris, Ludovic Halevy, Karl
Mural Gabrielle d. Annunzio and Her
man Bang. Those who always INCLUDE
| a generous amount Of fiction in their
summer reading will find this magazine
| q most welcome addition to their list.
EveryboGy's Magazine for July pre-
| sents a table of contents brimful OF
variety and entertainment. Able
| articles, pleasing stories. poems and
miscellaneous features make up the
feast. Lloyd Osbourne opens the num-
Der with an interesting story entitled
| Schmidt" Seven other clever stories
| are noted, the whole forming most de-
lightful reading for the lazy days.
| Thomas w. Lawson continues his
articles on "Frenzied Finance. the story
of the Amalgamated." Martha S.
| Bensley contributes another interesting
| installment Of the Experiences of
| Nursery Governess." Another import
ant contribution is the Making Of a
| Yale Athlete" by DR.. William Ander-
| son. This article, in common with
nearly ali contributions to this number,
is profusely illustrated. The depart
ments give much interesting matter.
Tom Watson's Magazine for the pres
ent month opens with a group of able
der of the number contains a large
amount Of instructive AMI entertain
ing reading including the following
al
F. F. O'Connell; what Buzz-Saw
Morgan Thinks" w. 5. Morgan; "a
Phase Of the Money Problem Bankers
| Dare Not Discuss" Albert Griffin;
Scars of the Southern Seas" COM
plete novelette,. George Bronson
Howard: why I Believe in Free
Trade" Winston Churchill, M. p: 1.-THE
Abundance of the Heart" Harriet
Prescott Spofford; "Gorman Of Mary
land" Joseph Dannenberg; and
monarchy Within the Republic" Fon-
tame T. Fox.
Gertrude Atherton contributes tho
complete novelette, to the July Smart
Set. 1t is delightful story and treats
of the experiences Of sorne European
travellers. hence it's title THE TRAVELLING
Thirds" This number contains a gen.
erous installment Of short story fiction
including the following: Mrs. Pawling's
Subterfuge." Frederic Tsber Cooper:
Two Recurring Gilbert Frankau:
"The Idolatry of Shirley Burr"
Beatrix Demarest Lloyd THE Graft
ers." Ellis Parker Butler; "Tryst."
Emma Wolf: MY Kind of Man." Flea
ror H. Abbott; and "a Dress Re-
hearsal." Harold MacGrath. Edgar
Saltus has a clever article on The Inn
portance of Being Somebody" There
are also many charming poems and a
large amount of entertaining miscel-
lany.
''The Late Mrs. Mary A. L;vermore:
A Portrait "A Bonaparte at the Head
of the American Navy" John Paul
Jones and Our First Triumphs on the
Sea-" Charles Henry Lincoln: For the
Conquest Of the Pole" p. T. McGrath;
"Argentina: The Wonderland of South
America" John Barrett; How Mia
CARA is 'Harnessed,' Truman A.
DeWeese: why Norway Has Separ-
atcd from Sweden The Norwegian
Viewpoint" "A Swedish View of the
Revolution, THE Freight Rates that
Were Made by the Railroads." w. -
Taylor; 'The La Toilette Railroad Law
in Wisconsin,: "Street-Railway Fares
in Large Cities" Howard S. Knowlton.
''The New Mortgage Tax in New
York." Edwin r. A. Seligman; and
Some French Books that American |
Women Ought to Read" by Stephanc
Jousselin are the able special articles |
that make up the current number Of |
the American Review Of Reviews. In
addition there is the always full review
Of the leading events Of the month.
The July Magazine Number of the
Outlook comes laden with good things.
The departments devoted to a review
of the weeks happenings. editorials.
and books and authors are well filed
with timely matter. The contributed
articles are varied and interesting.
Edward Everett Hale has the second
installment Of his ''Tarry at Homo
Travels treating this month of New
Hampshire and it's many points OF in
terest. Papers Of biographical interes.