Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-30
CURRENT LITERATURE.

CURRENT LITERATURE
For a midsummer number. the Theatre
Magazine for June is unusually full of
good features 4 particularly timely
article deals with natures recent cata-
clysm IN San Francisco. showing the
damage done TO the theatre buildings by
the earthquake and fire, and illustrated
with splendid photographs There is an
interesting interview with Charles Klein
the author of the most successful play of
the season. "'lhe Lion and the Mouse.
and another article describes the per-
sonaNty Of Florence Roberts. a Western
actress who has just made her debut in
New ork. Edward Gordon Craig the
talented son Of Ellen Terry. discusses art
m the theatre Of the future, and W A.
Lewis writes Of Frank Mayo The Man
and the Artist There is q picturesque
account Of Sweet Anne Oldfeld one of
the prominent players Of the Eighteenth
Century, and also an excellent dcscrip-
ton OF Richard Strauss opera 'Salome
illustrated with many pictures of the
scenes and the interpreters. AS is well
known. all our leading womens colleges
take keen interest IN theatncals. and the
number contains an interesting article
proiusely illustrated showing how the
college girl concerns herself with the
stage. There is an account also of Ellen
lerrys golden jubilee, with many old
photographs, and the usual departments
are fully mp TO the standard. The pic
lures, which are nearly 100 in number,
include a colored portrait Of Sarah Bern
hardt on the cover, and a full page half
tone plate showing Eleanor Robson in
her new play by Clyde Fitch, "The Girl
Who Has Everything. The other pic
lures are Mrs. Fiske in her new play,
Dolce" Amelia Bingham in Joan Of
Arc William J. Kelly, Joseph Cav
thorne, Nella Bergen and Jeanette
Lowrie in Sousa's new opera "The Free
Lance, Francis Wilson in "Ihe Noun
tain Climber" and "The Little Father of
the Wilderness" Florence Roberts in
various poses, Edith Wynne Mathewson,
the English actress who delighted us in
"Everyman," May Blaney, the clever
English ingenue, Annie Irish Adele
Ritchie and Ada Lewis together with the
principal scenes from the Casinos latest
success, "The Social Whirl," Dorothy
Grimston, Eda Bruna Helen Hale,
Flora Bowley, Maud Adams, as "Peter
Pan, Ida Conquest, Robert Lorraine and
many others.
The June number Of Recreation
magazine deserves special men
tion. The illustrations, every one of
them, certainly have been selected and
placed by an expert who puts considerable
love into his work The makeup of the
magazine as a whole is much superior to
what IL has been in the past; the articles
and stories are a better selection and
edited with more skill, and the cover de-
sign for the first time takes rank with
those of the best magazines. In all, IL
is a clever piece Of agazine-making and
there is reason to expect that this and
future numbers will be among the best
sellers on the news stands. The cover
design, by Frank Tenney Johnson, Is in
full colors. The leading article, "Wth
the Free in Arizona, by Julian A. Dimock
relates much of interest about the Navajo
Indians and is illustrated from remark
ably good photographs. George Carling's
article, Trying Out a Motor Canoe, ="
while instructive, is at the same time a
good story There are two illustrations
from photographs. Calling on the
Marsh Birds, by Bonnycastle Dale. is
the story of the authors photographing
the shore birds OF Canada; il is illustrated
from excellent photographs Of the wild
birds. In Girls on a Roundup" Flor
ence S. Dubois relates the experiences
Of herself and her girl friends when they
accompanied the cowboys Of a Montana
ranch on a roundup. In eau Sable, the
Highly Interesting Walter c. O'Kane
tells of a canoe cruise down the famous Au
Sable River in Michigan, illustrating his
AL a-t.a
Salmon Fishing Made Easy" by John
O'Donnell, tells Just when. where and how
to catch salmon at a comparatively small
expense. "A Swing Around Vermont 4"
| by Edward Cave, is the story Of the
authors experience when he visited the
game wardens of the Green Mountain
State in February. "Ihe Williams River
| Country by Andrew Price tells about the
Wilderness that remains in West Virginia
and in Adventures and Misadventures
OF a Salmon Angler" Charles A. Bramble
narrates experiences he has had in North
ern wildornesses. There are several other
stories, and a really beautiful poem is
"Wanderer' by Roscoe Brumbaugh.
There is as much important entertain
ing reading in McClure's for June as one
would expect to find in volume let alone
n single number Of a magazine. The leading
story is Buried Treasure, by Stewart
| Edward White, which combines romance
and reality most suggestively and which
goes with a swing reminiscent OF Stevenson
| Mr.. Ray Stannard Baker contributes the
sixth OF his series, "The Railroads on
/ Trial, telling the astonishing story OF
| how Danville. Va, has wavered between
| prosperity and ruin because Of its struggle
with the Southern Railway Mr. Burton
| j. Hendrick continues the story Of Life
Insurance with a resume Of the work of
/ Elizur Wright. the Pioneer, who made the
/ failure OF a liie-insurance company a
mathematical impossihility, and who
| gave the Equitable, the New York Life
and the Mutual the strength to with
stand the awful test of the last , months
| "Nellow Fever: A Problem Solved" by
| Samuel Hopkins Adams, is a most en-
4 crossing story of last summers Battle Of
l New Orleans Mr. Adams tells OF the
| discovery of the mosquito theory and how
/ by It's working out last year this country
/ has probably been saved from another
great epidemic of yellow fever Carl
Schurz continues his "reminiscences of a
/ Long Life with an account OF Paris ON
| the eve of the Second Empire. The
second instalment OF the kiplng series
is even more engrossing than the first.
| "On the Great Wall is the story of how
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