Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-09-20
LITERARY NOTES.


The first of three papers of fascf
mating travel and exciting adventure
In Central Asia is the leading article
article in the September Century. In
the fall of 1904 Langdon Warner,
member Of Professor Raphael PUN
pelly's archaeological expedition
made one of the few attempts which
have been successful to reach the an.
Client and isolated city of Khiva. The
account naturally falls into three
parts, the first narrating the obsta
cles, dangers and interesting expert.
ences of travel in this remote part
Of the world.
The handsome football cover In
cnlors that adorns the September
number of The American Boy
marks further step In the very sue
cessful effort of the publishers to pro.
duee what they claim to be "the best
boys paper In the world" The text
and illustrations OF this number are
of the most interesting character.
The continued stories by Tomlinson,
Sratemeyer, and Alger are the chief
features around which the boys in
terest will center this month. The
efforts Of the publishers to organize
boys into bands for literary and ath.
letic pursuits, their effort to get the
paper into the hands of shut-in boys,
and their scheme for rewarding boy
heroes ana boy prize winners in
school as set forth in this paper, will
not be overlooked by its many read
ders. The Sprague Publishing Co,
Detroit, Mich.
In an especially interesting article
entitled Secretary Roots Diploma
tic Triumph in South America"
Correspondent for Harper's Weekly.
directs attention in the current issue
of Harper's Weekly to the slgnifi.
canoe OF the Secretary's visit to
South America, and, particularly, to
the warmth of his reception In Bra
I'll, the most conservative Of the
Southern Republics. With the trained
observers oye, Mr.. Chamberlain has
viewed the events he witnessed I'm
Rio de Janelro, and related them with
| graphic pen. The article Is ade-
quately illustrated, one large double
! page photograph showing Mr.. Root
and his party at the State luncheon
held in his honor by the Brazilian
! Minister Df Finance.
There Is a city in New England
with schools for every class of clti-
zens. schools for mechanics, for busy
mothers, for backward children, for
adults who do not speak English.
They call iC "a City OF Special
Schools" and Marion Meius has
written a wonderfully interesting ar
tice about 1t for the September num-
Der of Everybody's Magazine.
| Whether you are parent or teacher
or student, you will want to read this
inspiring story OF experiments that
have succeeded, this prophecy Of the
education of the future.
The September Review of Reviews
Is unusually rich In character sketch
es. Johnson Brigham tells the life
story OF Albert Baird Cummins, just
renominated for Governor OF Iowa;
| Ralph II. Graves writes of "Sir Rob.
ert Hart, the Briton who Became a
Dictator in China; William Il. Stead
contributes froH his own personal
knowledge a sketch of the late South
African diamond king, Alfred Belt;
while editorial reference is made to
the careers of the late Viscount Ko'
dana, chief of the Japanese general
STAFF, and his successor, General Oku.
Articles OF especial interest in Har.
per's Magazine for September are az
follows: "A Little Mexican Town." by
Thomas A. Janvier, illustrated with
photographs; Life and Sport In
Nubia," by Captain T. c, s. Speedy.
with illustrations; "The Wonders OF
Cellulose," by Robert Kennedy Dun.
can, professor of Industrial chemis-
try In the University of Kansas, with
illustrations. Among the stories are
"The Spanish jade" by Maurice
Hewlett, with paintings in color by
Elizabeth Shipper Green; "a Boy
and a Girl" by James Hopper; "A Per-
sonal Offering" by Grace Ellery
Charming; "a Horses Tale" by
Mark Twain; 1.-THE Obsession Of Ann
Gibbs" by Margaret Potter; "The
Apostates," by Marie Manning.