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The Metropolitan Magazine tor Sep tember, an unusually attractive num- Der. containing a list of entertaining features, Insects from Brobdinghag," by Rene Bache, with photographs, is well worth reading. A timely contri- button in this issue is a paper by Ho- mer Saint -Gaudens on Charles James Fox" Thomas Nelson Page is repre- sented by one-aot play called "The Hostage" or Along the Potomac There are, as usual, a number of good stories and many illustrations.
 The Technical World Magazine for September contains much in text and Illustration that is of unusual interest and value. The following is a partial list of the leading articles of the num- Der:
 Seldens Explosion Buggy-The orig lnal inventor of the automobile and his long wait for wealth; Leroy Scott; il- lustrated. When the Sun Grows Cold Faul P Foster. Three Hundred Shots la Minute-Dewey S. Beebe. Over the Ice by Auto-Max A. R. Brunner: H. lustrated. Doom of the Farm Horse David Beecroft. New Rival of Pana- ma Canal-Rene Bache. Gold in 0 Thousand Sand Pits-Waldon Fawcett. Creating New Harbor-N. A. Bowers Worlds Great Canals-William R. Stewart, Ultimate End of Small Pota- toes-W. D. Graves; illustrated. Weaving Panama Hats-M. Glen Fling; illustrated. New Yorks New Finger-Frederiok Williams
 The Technical World, Chicago, III.
 The Septemper number of Gunter's Magazine contains the first install- ment of the sequel to MT. Barnes of New York one of the successful nov els published in the last fifty years. Ever since its wonderful popularity MT. Gunter has been asked for a sec- ond part of the book by both publish CTS and public, At last he has seen his way to fitting and equally powerful addition to the story, under the title of "The Shadow of a Vendetta
 In addition the number contains "The Indecision of Margaret" by l.. M, Montgomery A charming story of the way minister selected a husband for young lady who was unable to make up her mind which was the right man, etc., etc.
 Ainslee's for September has a varie- ty of short stories that will suit every degree of taste. Anne Rittenhouse has Sulphur and Carolyn Rapelyea one on American Complexities" The po- etry is far above the average, and Is Iby Margaret Houston, Charlotte Beecher, John Curtis Underwood, Clin- ton Scollard( J. Lee Matherson and Frank Dempster Sherman.
 In Everybody's for September Mari- on Melius has fine article on "A City of Special Schools" It is very inter- esting. Three articles in this issue throw searching light on the Ameri- can life of to-day Merrill A. Teague lconeludes his series on ''Bucket-Shot Sharks with an appeal to the presi- dent and to congress to remedy the evil; Frederick Trevor Hill points out @ national frailty in "The Dollar Mark land the Hall-Mark of Fame;" and facts of the most vital interest to the greater part of our population are set forth in F. w. Hewes' valuable study. "How the American Wage -Earner Spends his Income" The short stories in this September issue would justify the claim of a Special fiction number"
 The new Hartford Monthly for Au- gust t(Volume I, No. ID opens with an Illustrated article showing the compen- sations of those who stay at home in the summer, among them being Eliza beth park, of which a beautiful view is given. Miss Hewins and Miss Esther B. Owen contribute an article on "The Non-Mterary Uses of the Hartford Public Library" Edward Asahel Wright describes defects in the placing out system for children, chiefly as 1t is practiced in Massachusetts. There is a story, '%The Musical Fire Escape" by Mrs. Wright, the series of articles on The Younger Artists of Hartford" is continued by James Britton, and the words and music of song, "En Twi- light Glow" are reproduced in fac simile of the manuscript. The words are by Mir Wright and the music by Hermann L. Bolles Hartford artists contribute several pictures and DOT traits of an interesting character and the dressing of shop windows under the head Show Windows and the City Beautiful Is interesting. Besides these there are many shorter pieces, and one page is given to a portrait of the late Rufus H. Jackson and a trib- ute to him. As before, NIr. Britton contributes some striking drawings, aud the theater receives @ good deal of attention. Published by the Hartford Monthly Publishing Company, Courant building, Hartford. One dollar per VeaE ten cat1ts per nOnV