Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-07-31
REVIEW TABLE.

Pictorially the Midsummer number
of The Metropolitan Magazine is ex-
traordinary in the high quality Of its
offerings to the public. Here is the
list of illustrators: A. B. Frost,
George Gibbs, Fernand Lungren, N. G.
Wyeth, Frank Tenny Johnson, Peter
Newell, A. G. Machefert, Henry HUT,
H: G. Wall, F. D. Steele, Blendon
Campbell, c. D. Hubbard, F. Stroth-
mann, and Garth Jones.
In the August Housekeeper Marian
Bonsall continues her intensely inter-
esting series Of articles on 'The
Tragedy of the Mormon Woman" This
months installment is especially de-
voted to the subject of what the Nor
mon woman believes. Clear explana-
ton is made of the doctrines of proxy
marriages and baptism for the dead.
It 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 Norman woman, which
she can only achieve by bearing a
large number Of children. A number
of unusual incidents which came under
her personal observation during her
investigations in Utah are related by
Miss Bonsall.
The contents Of The Era Magazine
for July embrace an attractive variety
for midsummer reading. "How De-
troit was Saved from Grafters," by
John w. Ryckman, is an instructive
and interesting chapter in civic eco
nomy. "The Jamestown Exposition"
profusely Illustrated, gives an enter
tanning forecast of the commemora-
ton in 1907 of the first settling of
Virginia, which antedated the landing
of the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock.
The eighth in the series of this mag
azine's profoundly impressive articles
on "The Despotism of Combined Mil
lions,"~ gives amazing revelations of
mismanagement and misuse of the
peoples money in certain large life
insurance companies-a subject of the
greatest concern to the public at this
time. Besides these strong features
there is goodly variety of fascinating
short stories, all of which makes the
current number of this progressive
magazine one Of the most readable
among popular.priced periodicals.
The J. s. Ogilvie Publishing Com
pany, of New York, announce for i'm
mediate publication Letters of Self
Made President" which are said to
be far superior to 1.-THE Letters of
Self-Made Merchant" in humor, be-
sides dealing with the political, social
and military questions Of the present
time. The author, James J. Neville,
is a prominent newspaper man. Mr..
Norman E. Mack of the Democratic
National Committee, commends the
work in the highest terms. 1t will be
issued in cloth binding, and contains
100 pages. Price, rs cents.
The New England Magazine for July
holds its own we'll among current pub
locations. The number opens with
some illustrated material on the
quaint and historically interesting
town of Kingston, Mass, by Ethel
Hobart. Mary stoyell Simpson writes
most entertainingly of the celebrated
portrait painter, Gilbert Stuart, in his
role of "oldLtime Bostonian," and the
famous Stuart portarits of the first
five presidents are reproduced In this
connection. Delightfully."- reminiscent
of the "good old days" is Louise e.
Dew's account of "a Visit to Grand
mothers" accompanied by pleasing
illustrations. Horace Kephart, in a
paper of fresh and unusual interest
gives detailed directions for hunting
wild bees, which he describes as a
rarely exhilarating, If somewhat
hazardous, sport. .-
Is money, or the present mania for
amassing 1t, really an evil? Read two
remarkable articles in the August
Everybody's, dealing both with the
direct and the indirect effects OF the
money-mania; they may help you to q
conclusion. A. miracle Of millions"
as performed some half dozen years
ago. In Boston, by the now notorious
New England Gas & Coke Company"
(Henry M. Whitney and H. H. Rogers,
leading spirits), is the amazing revela-
ton reserved by Mr.. Lawson for this