Evening journal., 1905-10-25
LITERARY

LIfEHAH L
From IT'S dainty and artistic cover
{ by Sidney Addamson to the department
of humor. known as Fantasies" the
/ November number of the Metropolitan
Magazine is delight to the eye and
a pleasant stimulant to the mind. IL
has among its contributors some of the
/ best names in contemporary literature.
/ and also several writer's who have pro-
duccd really notable stories and articles
but whose names are as yet unknown
to fame. The effort has been IN this
number to present to readers the best
material obtainable irrespective of its
source. Mr.. Addamson's cover I'm three
lprntings is supplemented by another of
Mr.. Gibbs beautiful full-color frontis-
pieces representing types of the Ameri-
can girl among the splendid hues of
lold-fashioned gardens. The sweet
melancholy Of Autumn permeates the
scene Of this final picture of the series,
and the tall young woman standing
with her greyhound I'm the foreground
lmakes a veritable poem of the COM
position 1t is a perfect fac-simile of
Mr.. Gibbs exquisite drawing.
! The fiction of this issue of the Metro
politan is of an exceptionally striking
and varied character. The second in
stalment of the extraordinary serial,
1.-The Doomsman," carries the reader
well into the thick of the narrative. IT
is full of stir and color and life inter-
lest. 1t is forcefully illustrated by Her
man c. Wall and Fletcher Ransom.
Among the short stories are Arthur
Heming's unique tale OF Arctic Canada
illustrated by himself; a powerful piece
lof description and analysis by Edith
is. Barnard: a virile story of soldier
life by Vond Reed: a story of business
life by +. +. Stearns; "A delicious little
sketch by Henry Tyrrell. and "A colorful
narrative by w. A. Fraser. The whole
gamut of life is sounded In these mar
ratives. Their scenes change from
tropical Cuba to the snow-bound for
rests of Canada; their characters vary
from the stolid Indian of the northern
wilderness to the clever young society
woman of New York. There are eight
stories in all-each one a crack-a-
jack.
Frederick Trevor Hill the author OF
'The Accomplish" THE Case and Ex-
lceptions," and other books. has just
completed work on "a series of articles
ITO be called Lincoln the Lawyer
which the Century will print, beginning
lin December. Notwithstanding the
fact that Lincoln's practice as "a law
yer extended over twenty-four years
his achievement as statesman SC
transcended his legal Accomplishment
that his chief biographers have neces-
lsarily given but brief space to his ex-
perience as a lawyer Mr.. Hills arti-
cles are largely based upon the exam
ination of court records and other per.
lsonal Investigations i'm the old Eight
Illinois Circuit. over which Lincolr
Travelled. Mr. Hill has had the assist.
? ance of Robert r. Lincoln. Robert r
HIT Judge Lawrence Weldon. anC
many members of the bar and officers
of the Illinois Historical Society.
Americans will find a cure for tn
evils that now beset and hamper them
is the keynote to the remarkable nev
series of articles. soldiers Of tn
: Common Good" by Charles Edward
Russell-articles descriptive of tn
wisest experiments that are being tried
the world over. with the ideal demo
cracy in view. Read Mr.. Russell
= stirring "Forewordr in the Novembe
lEverybody's with its prophecy that tn
{ issue of all great sociological expert
lments will be the rise of the common
people" and you will conclude that hi
( lsincere. sympathetic. unhackneye
= story of the struggles Of presented
!. humanity promises to be something vi
tai to every American. The new serie
o Seems particularly to the point in con
d nection with such a blunt. out-and- -ou
o story of corruption as Mr.. Lawson tell
4 lin this months instalment OF "Frenzie
Finance" Some unknown facts abou
William A. Clark of Montana; tn
story of II. H. Rogers delivery" of tn
u United State Senape; and the tru
u story of the collapse of the Globe Ban
Il of Boston. are among the fragments {
American financial history that NJ
It Lawson now relates for the first tim
The variety Of its subject matte
makes this number OF Everybody's on
of international interest. VanC
Thompson, in an illustrated leading al
ticle, tells the amazing history of I'll
Rothschilds of France" Ernest Poo
n lgives miserable young Russian stu
10 dents heartbreaking story i'm "Tf
m Night That Made Me a Revolutionist;
\ Edmund Russell brings the Orient pow
v erfully before the reader in his illu:
: trated description OF THE Sacred Al
\ imals Of India" and i'm her continus
, tion of the history Of ELLA Raw
m Reader. Financier," Juliet Wib,
10 Tompkins tells of the adventures
Peru of this real-life heroine. In dis
, ltinctly humorous vein is Eugene Wood
"A deliciously informal essay Chickens
!" Conspicuous in the November fictio
"a Is George Bronson -Howard's stror
u Philippine story. with the piquing &
y. tile, "The First Love of the Saxon;
is Marion Hamilton Carter goes to med
M eval Italy for the theme OF her vivi
K story.
a Carpenters Geographical Reader
n Africa. BY Frank G. Carpenter Clot
n l2mo, 1886 pages. With maps and ill