The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-07-05
CURRENT LITERATURE.
Observations Of New Books and
Late Magazines


lpanion is soothing and restful--jusl
the thing for warm-weather reading
1t does not stir up irritability by de
nunciation, but aims to find the good
in everything and to offer examples
for emulation rather than avoidance
The Bohemian for July appears in a
new and attractive form with an orig
inal and very striking cover design
by William G. Krieghoff. Mr.. Wey
mer Jay Mills opens the magazine
with theatrical story entitled 'The
Darling of the Park" 1t is a clever
bit of fiction.
OF seasonable and timely interest
is the series of papers on "The Ocean
ic Game Fishes of the United States,
by F. L. Harding, commencing in the
July number of Field and Stream. Mr..
Harding is an enthusiastic salt water
angler.
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July 10-Story Book is out with a
very Frenchy cover, and the usual as
sortment of snappy stories. John F.
Dillon heads the list of authors with
a racy club story entitled The Count
ess Of Loie Sherard." Martha McCul-
loch Williams contributes a very clev-
er story entitled THE Duplicity OF
Clarice."
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Scribner's Magazine for July, in the
series on "The Railways Of the Fu-
ture," describes a great Canadian
Railway project. The Grand Trunk
Pacific is an all-Canadian line, from
the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, and
far north of existing railways. 1t will
penetrate new territory in Athabasca
and Northern British Columbia.
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Patriotism is the keynote of the
July st. Nicholas; and the spirit of
the midsummer holiday enters into
pictures, verse, stories and sketches.
Captain Harold Hammond, author of
the Pinkey Perkins stories and West
Point instructor, writes with authority
of "Honors to the Flag" Thomas w.
Lloyd describes THE Great Seal Of
the United States"
The midsummer fashions with
wealth of illustrations in color and in
are attractively por-
.rayed in The Delineator for July.
Helen Berkeley-Lloyd tells how the
summer girl will be frocked and fur
beloved, and the dress Of Paris is dis
,ussed by NJ. Edouard La Fontaine,
me of the best known critics of Paris.
IN the literary section the most nota-
Die feature is the opening chapters of
The Chauffeur and the Chaperon," a
new story by c. N. and A. NJ. William
son, authors of "The lightning Con-
luctor."
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The almost tragic vicissitude attend
INT upon a youthful Americans cele-
,ration of independence Day in a for
sign land are admirably set forth by
Henry Louis Mencken in a story en-
titled, "The King and Tommy Cripps,"
which leads the short fiction in the
July issue of The ned Book Magazine.
The Pilgrim for July opens its four
teenth volume with a beautifully IL
ustrated and entertaining story in ref
srence to a vacation retreat for our
strenuous President, selected by Mrs.
in the fastness of the Vir-
ginia Mountains. 1.-TWO Famous Mon
illustrates in picture and
story the famous old Chartreuse re-
treat.
There is a touch of Edgar Allan Poe
in the strong, weird story, 'The Hat
and the Man." by Henry Irving Dodge,
in the Woman's home Companion for
July that is heightened by Dan Boards
effective illustrations. Among other
original tales and sketches is Clara
Morris reminiscence, my Pirate.
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The July Century is well named a
fiction number, with a serial, Seeing
France With Uncle john" by Anne
and short stories from Alice
Hegar Rice, author Of Mrs. Wigs;
Hope, Harry Stillwell Ed
wards, Lawrence Mott, Edna Kenton,
Grace Eleanore Towndrow, Annie G.
George S. Chappell and w.
Albert Hickman.
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History is making faster in Russia
han anywhere else in the world-and
/ is vital, deep-reaching history, too.
Vance Thompson, in the July Every
,ody's, brings before you with wonder
Jul art the scene and incidents Of that
great national drama. Mr.. Thompson
vas in st. Petersburg for Everybody 5
when the Tsar ceded to the Douma Its
nemorahIe privileges,