The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-09
TIE PERIODICALS.

LILLE fGhlODlCAbS.
The American Monthly Review OF Re
views for September opens with It's first
class comment on Tho Progress Of the
World" 1t gives a full-pago portrait
Of Bryan for frontisplece, and a number
OF selected cartoons rotate to him. A
good many portraits of eminent persons
in the foreground are carried In this
number. and the chief matters OF Inter
est in the world arc strongly and thor
oughly treated. A record of current
events gives In concise form the affairs
OF the times. There Is a large portrait
Of the Governor of Iowa, with a sketch
of his career, There Is u high apprecia-
tlon OF Sir Robert Hart, the great Gus
toms administrator OF China. There
is an appreciation of Alfred Belt, the
diamond king. who Is treated as an en-
plrc builder and a powerful man of af-
fairs, and not at all the mere accumula-
tor that he is commonly represented
TO have been, ''Kodama and His Sue
cessor," with portraits. Is a fine Japanese
sketch What Hampton Means by
Education" by Albert Shaw, is an
excellent review Of the work done by
that great institution. Schools for tho
Out of School, shows the training insti-
tutions for special instruction In many
expert lines Of employment. "a Success
full Factory School" tells OF the Hoe
apprentice school In New York City,
an excellent exposition. Education and
Revolution In Russia" Tree Culture In
the United Statos," Tho Pike EX-
ploration Centennial" Printing and
Publishing-the Barometer Industry"
Investigating Municipal Ownership at
Home and Abroad" are special papers
OF very great interest and value. The
leading articles of the month in the diff
ferent periodicals are reproduced, and
there are brief notes on topics in the
magazines that are we'll presented. II
is number OF very great value and In
terest. The Review OF Reviews Company,
New York City.
The Atlantic Monthly for September
continues tbs intensely interesting story,
The Autobiography OF a Southerner."
telling OF the discouragements met by
a broad-minded man In his efforts to
serve his State. "The Missionary Enter
prise In China" Is an important paper
on the awakening of that ancient empire,
City Water and City Waste" Is an
article which shows conditions every
where to be pretty much the same as In
Salt Lake; II the water Is free to the
taker, immense quantities are used;
where 1t is metered and the taker has to
pay for what he uses, there is a stringent
brake applied, and the use per capita
dwindles enormously, THE Power OF
Bible Poetry" is splendldly set forth,
with reverence and discrimination
'The Novels OF Thomas Hardy" 'Dere
Ees No God" Ia sketch of the Ghetto In
New York; reviews of Books Of
Science" and the Contributors Club
with an appreciation Of Three Modern
Poets OF Today" complete frst-class
number. The Atlantic Is always brilliant
and stimulating. Houghton. Mifiln and
n,th 1iSh Shar
Cassier's Magazine for September has
a fine historic and economic sketch Of
"The Island OF San Domingo" dwelling
on new surveys and on the development
of copper mines. Electrical Machinery
for Mines" Some Alcohol and Gaso-
line Locomotives" "The Labor Problem
In Great Britain" Locomotive Cranes"
advertising IN Connection With Elec-
triclty supply" and discussion of Cur
rent Topics" and various mechanical
questions make this an excellent number.
1.-The Worlds Copper Output" q record
OF the past twenty -ave years. by John
3. c. Kershaw, the eminent engineer. is
a valuable review in which the surpris-
ing ascent of the United States In the
comparative productiaon Of copper is
fully dwelt upon The Cassier Magazine
Company, publishers, New York.
The Book News Monthly for Septem-
Der begins a new volume, the 2oth, In
excellent style and with number OF
progressive features. The colored frontis-
piece, Munkacsy's After the Wedding"
is good art 1t is "Hopkinson Smith
number" a portrait OF him adorning the
title page and there being many titles
devoted to him and his work. Anna
Katharine Green as a Wife and Mother"
shows the domestic side OF this famous
writer OF detective stories The activ-
tiles Of the literary world are we'll COM
piled IN this magazine, and the book re-
Views are extensive and able. A fine por-
trait Of Margaret Deland is given on
loose sheet, and there are many good
pictures of artists: with live accounts of
them and Of their work.
Current Literature for September dis
cusses Roosevelt. Bryan, and 1908" and
1.-The Career of Hearst" 1t has a collec-
tion OF opinions on Comstock's recent
raid on an art publication In New York
1t gives a summary OF "Salome," the play
by Oscar Wilde, that is creating sensa-
tion in Europe and that next year will
be presented as an opera IN America.
"A New Peril to the Eyesight" Is found
In the moving picture exhibitions, which
are declared TO be serious strain upon
the eye in the illusions which they
create A review OF the worlds Persons
in the Foreground" Literature and
Art" "Muslc and the Drama" Religion
and Ethics" Science and Discovery"
| Recent Poetry" Recent Fiction and the
| Critics." under many titles, with special
| fiction selections, complete an excellent
number. The Current Literature Pub
| fishing Co., New York.
The National Magazine for September
opens with Joe Mitchell Chapple's enter
tanning summary OF matters at the Ma
| tional Capital; 1t gives elegant illustra-
| tions OF the huge new buildings that are
being constructed, one the Senate office
building and the other the House Office
| building, both noble structures and Of
| the very highest value in the work OF
| Congress. There is an essay on Women
in Secret Orders" another on "Nast's s
Historical Paintings" the consideration
| of various editors, good stories, poems,
and well-filled departments. The Chapple
Publishing Company, Boston.
Smiths Magazine for October has a
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