The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-05-27

space to the theatre as does the Metro | pclitan.
 The illustrations in the June Metropoli- | tan are both numerous and good. Many
 of these are of full-page size. number | of the foremost names in American illus
 tration appear in the table of contents
 and point to their best work. As in it's
 literary contents, this magazine will con- 1 tinue to introduce the work of clever 1 young artists, good drawing counting for
 more than a widely heralded name.
 The June number of Everybodys brings
 to us the crucial instalment of 'Frenzied 1 Finance" MT. Lawsons intimate recital
 of the First Great Crime of Amalgamat- | ed The happenings of that now famous | midnight session at the National City l bank on May 1, 1S99 when Henry H. Rog-
 CTS and James Stillman introduced an in-
 famous bogus subscription and defrauded
 and robbed thousands are clearly and dra-
 matically told. Here are faets-facts about
 a conspiracy of which the public has never before had an intimation. This elaborate
 account of the methods by which the pub
 lie was feeced will be startling revela- 1 ton. It Is a marvellous piece of literary | work MT. Lawson has set before us 1 Never has his wonderful power of vivid | description been so marked as in the ac- ! count of the events, hour by hour of that | eyentful day No modern writer could
 portray more brilliantly and realistically l the scene of the money worshippers
 crowding about MT. Lawson in the Wal l dorf-Astoria eager for inside information
 Verify, it's the South Sea Bubble all over
 again
 Equally vital is MT. RusselPs article 1 answering the Garfield report on the
 beef trust Everybody has stood aghast 1 at MT. Garfeld's conclusions. Have we all i been wrong ?Can it be possible that our
 meat bills are not alarmngly increas- l ing? Is the beef rust a shadow? Mir | Russell answers these questions. Like a 1 chemist he tests each claim of the re- l port in the raoium-lighl of reason, re- l lentlessly revealing it's erroneous state-
 ments He shows how it's conclusions are l based on only one phase of the trust or l ganization and only one small part of 1 the trust operations, and how 1t neg l lects entirely the most essential, the
 most obvious points. Surely says Mir. l Russell, 'this is. d most extraordinary | document to be issued from the office of the national government"
 I The publishers of Everybody's claim l this number the second anniversary num- 1 ber is the best they have ever issued.
 They have given us in addition a remarka- | ble story by Robert Grant, the author of 1 'rhe Undercurrent," in which his keen l insight Is turned on one phase of our | civilization. There is novel and enter ] taining article on Copper, Outcault & Co"
 the story of the Comic Supplements. by l Roy l.. McCardell with interesting per sonal items about the creator of Foxy Grandpa" the father of the ''Yellow l Kid" and the rest of the comic artists 1 The pencil drawings of the Hudson river 1 by Vernon Howe Bailey are full of beauty and distinction. MT. Elliott Flower con l tributes a significant story of a messen- | iSG a
 strong love story. William Bull l fin, humorous story of the Pam
 pas; and Caroline Duer. Anne O'Hagan
 E. l.. sabin. and ~f~es help to make up
 a fine fiction list The publishers can
 truthfully claim 'the best number yet.n
 The first (June) issue of "Tales." which has just appeared, offers a re-
 markable array of fiction by famous authors. It contains seventeen stories, of
 which sixteen are translated from vari-
 ous European languages. Most of these
 stories are by famous authors, and all
 are thoroughly characteristic of tho various lteratures, typifying the bril- 1 liancy of the French. the realism of the i Russians, the keen analysis and whole | some humor of the Germans, the pictur- esque qauity of the Hungarians. the 1 pathos of the north and the romance of | Spain and Italy
 The leading story is complete novel | ''The Fairy" by the Comtesse de Mar
 tel, better known as "Gyp." It is a capital
 study of a coquette, enlivened by much wit and by telling pictures of French l life and manners The most important short story from the Trench is Anatole | Frances "Crainquebille." charming tale
 of poor Paris peddler and his conflict
 with the law Other characterize French
 stories are: "The Helping Hand" by trfa Ilal. laxr ra1 Capus; "The Gold Chan," by Georges
 Maurevert; and 'Joliboy Candidate" by l Max Fischer. There Is also the first in-
 stalment of a serial by an important
 French anthor-"Siren Voices" by Jean | Reibrach
 1 Two of the stories from the German are especially notable-'The Fate of the Ba-
 relieved by rather grim humor, and Ernst von Wozogen's "The Gloria Breeches,'' a delightfully."- amusing story
 of a lovable old rural parson and his | clerical superior. Besides these. Ger
 many is represented by q dramatic little l tale by the famous Baroness von Heyk- | ing and by the first half of a two-part
 serial "Simoon," by Rudolf Stratz.
 The most famous of the vDung<r Rus ] sian authors. Maxim Gorky, Is at his l best in 'Makar Chudra." a wonderfully vivid and dramatic picture of gipsy life | and love. "The Peacemaker' is by Italy s
 most noted story teller, Mathilde Serao, and the foremost woman now writing in | Spain, Emilia Pardo Bazan. contributes
 the striking story called "In the Names | of the Father An amusing little sketch. "The Smuggler," by Stephan Tomorkeny. | Is from the Hungarian, and "A Royal | Salute" Is by Swedish author, Daniel l Fallstrom.
 | The American author selected for this l international company is James Hune- ker. His Pan Is a remarkable fanr
 tasy on theme that is probably new to | literature
 l With stories from eight languages and | a dozen names of international reputa-
 ton in it's table of contents. the first l issue of Tales goes far. to justify it's
 rather ambitious subtitle, "A magazine | of the worlds best fiction."A
 The Gawk Engraving Co. makes the | k,-k -f-