Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-28
CURRENT LITERATURE


Ten short stories, all Of the nrst quality.
are included I'm that remarkable fiction
number" the August Everybodys. Some
readers want love story: others prefer
one with adventure. excitement. danger
Lloyd Osbourne has combined both ele-
ments in his automobile love story"
Three Speeds Forward" a masterpiece OF
humor, vivaclty and adroit incident. This
might be called the best story Of the
month, II II were not for o. Henrys "A
Ruler Of Men," which is as good a thing
as this famous short story writer has ever
done. There Is surprise and a sparkle In
every sentence. Nor is IL merely a mag
azine feature" It viii live in literature.
Then there is Jack I.ondon's true-to-life
story, Brown Wolf" II you have dog,
or ever knew dog. or merely wish you
had, you will like this story. It's delight
fully full of real dog nature-and human
nature, too.
In this months instaHment Of Soldiers
of the Common Good Charles Edward
Russell continues his searching studies OF
foreign nations and institutions with a
second article on Japan. 1t is worth while
1T is even imperative, IL you are con-
cerned with craftsmanship, commerce, or
any phase of sociology-to read this mar
rative OF a little nations economic fore
sight, sound statecraft and commercial
| initiative. There are matters in which ours
is sleepy nation compared with this in
| FAINT rival.
| In his third article on "Bucket-shor
Sharks" Merrill A. league brilliantly car.
ries out the promise of his earlier papers
and makes a detailed exposure Of robbers
and their methods. Most people are real.
| izing that 1t is greatly to their interest
not to miss one of these articles.
| Do you know what a Muck Raker
really is2 Thomas w, Lawson will tel
| you, in his contribution to this number
in an article filled with adroitly madi
points and exuberant good humor Every
| American should read 1t, II only for tn,
sake of its soundly patriotic undertone.
A notable midsummer contribution IL
| George Gibbs six drawings in color Of
! The Mermaid" These are among the
most effective and pleasing reproduction,
| of the year.
In addition to the stories already de
scribed, this notable issue contains a stir
ring "Gaucho story" of love and adven
| ture, 1.-THE BethrothHl of Juanita Casas,
by William Bulfn; "Whistling Sandy" 1
powerful picture OF a hero in the desert
by Roy Norton; "A Return" charming
and unusual love story by Arthur E. Nc
| Farlane; and Parker IL. Fillmore's de
lightfully sympathetic child story, "Th
| Lame LAdy's Pansies' And there ar
three little Stories of Real Lise:" "1h
| Silent Wire" by Mary Heaton worse
THE Fiddler OF Thunder Bank" by 7
Jenkins Hams, and The Rejected suitor,
by Dorothy Garfield.
The August Century is notable for tn
strong chapters of A. E. w. Mason's lates
novel, Running Water" and for new
light on the Vesuvius and San Francisc
disasters from William p. Andrews, Ben
jamin Ide Wheeler and Louise Herric
Wall. The discussion of ''rhe Future o
San Francisco" by the president of tn
University OF California is, of course, o
much authoritative interest. Louise Her
rick Walrs story of Heroic San Fran
cisco" is sympathetic record of tn
pluck and heorism of the people of tn
stricken city, written out of the fullnes
of wide experience the writer havin
trsmped twenty miles through the city tn
: day after the earthquake. OF rare In
. | terest too are the Observation-Disclosures ar
3 five, full page, one in color-by c. Dol
mon Robinson drawn in pastel in th
midst of the smoke and flames willial
= p. Andrews account of "Vesuvius