Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-11

Ozark Horses of Democracy" the COM
ments on the yellow PERIL " Setback
for Uncle Sam at The Hague" and the
Overthrow of the German Court Cam
arila" will make even the seasoned news
paper reader look up and take notice.
The personal sketch on 1.-The Jezebel of
China" and the strong and vital descrip-
ton of This Man barrow" are no
longer Journalism, but literature Our
Foremost Living American Writer"
american Heroes in Bronze and Mar
ble," richly illustrated. 1.-The Literary
Madhouse of Modern Germany" and
searching study of Turgenieff, the great
est of all novelists, in the literary sec
ton are equaled in strength and interest
only by such articles as 1.-THE Essential
Indecency of the Puritan Mind" 1.-THE
Fascinations of the Pragmatic Method"
and Bernard Shaw's Solution of the
Problem of Evil under Religion and
Ethics Shaw is also represented in
Music and the Drama, the most power
full scenes from the most sensational
play of this brilliant Irishman, Major
Barbara" are reproduced. "Debussy and
the Music of Tomorrow" 1.-THE Verdict of
the World on Tolstoy's Assault Upon
Shakespeare and "Nordica's Dream of
an American Bayreuth' are among the
topics there discussed. "Ticklishness as
a Key to Human Evolution" "What the
Human Race Owes to the Moon" "Esch-
arotics as the Long Sought Cure for
Cancer are some of the subjects treated
under Silence and Discovery. They make
up feel that in the twentieth century sci
ence has transplanted romance and that
truth is indeed, at times at least,
stranger than fiction. Recent Poetry and
Recent Fiction are well represented; nor
is the Humor of Life neglected A story
by Fogazzaro completes the issue.
The veteran naturalist, John Burroughs,
comes out strongly in the August At
lantic Monthly against the idea of rea-
soning power in animals His theory is
that they are so apparently wise in the
sphere of instinct that close observer
is surprised at their utter stupidity in
facing a new problem. The familiar
phenomenon of birds dashing themselves
against windows, thinking to destroy q
reflected rival, he cites as an instance.
What cleverness we see in the lower
orders is merely the ignorant facility
gained from necessity-if they are not
clever they starve. The same law runs
through all nature, from the trees which
give forth new buds to replace plucked
ones to the birds who lay another clutch
of eggs when despoiled of the first Mr..
Burroughs article is so simple and sin
cere and reasonable that it's effect should
be a quieting one in the storm and stress
of the animal controversy.
The usual wide Variety of interesting
special articles fiction and art feat
ures is to be found in The outing Maya
zine for August. Emerson Hough's
story, "The Way of Man." of which
another installment is published in this
number, is proving itself one of the
very best stories of the year. Ralph
| D. Paine has a complete humorous
story entitled "The Sentimental Anar-
chist"
Just at this time when polar explora-
| ton is receiving so much attention an
article entitled Ten Years of Arctic
and Antartic Exploration" will appeal
| to every reader. 1t is well-told and
suggestive summary of decades
search for the north and south poles.
Other special articles are good sub
stitutes for the summer vacation. The
Bondage of the River" by L. d. Sher-
man, is a description OF two weeks
canoe trip in Maine. Running the
Rips" by Thomas F. Day, tells with
| gusto of the tempting perils of sailing.
| 'Black Bear HonlSing in the Valley of
Kashmir" will interest the American
sportsman and the student of human
nature at large in it's account of un-
usual and ridiculous hunting methods
in India THE Female Hermit of Okla
loacooche Slough" is pen-picture of
a human curiosity of a Florida swamp
Charles H. Cochrane, the well known
magazine writer on industrial and en-
cheering topics, contributes two mo-
table articles to the August number OF
the Van Norden Magazine. In the first
provements," Mr.. Cochrane totals ST.