Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-31
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

Ainslees for February has its usual
quota Of excellent fiction; indeed, II
anything, this number exceeds the
high standard with which the maga-
zine began the new year. The feature
Is one which will probably be the most
notable event of the year In periodical
publication It is the beginning of q
serial story entitled Her Son." by
Horace Annesley Vachell. Competent
critics who have read the story IN
manuscript, both here and in England,
have pronounced it to be one of the
most remarkable books written I'm the
last twenty years. This first INSTALL
ment gives promise of confirmation Of
this opinion. Anna A. Rogers Is the
author of the novelette,, "Candace,"
which Is a story mainly concerned with
American navy life. The scene is
chiefly in Venice, but the characters
are American; there is much dramatic
action and a fine love interest.
The medical stories appearing in Tho
Popular Magazine have attracted a
great deal of attention. They are pub
lished under the title of Strange
Cases of a Medical Free-Lance," and
are supplied by w. b. M. Ferguson.
They throw a flood of light upon a
profession that is not supposed by tho
average man in the street to have
much romance about IL. The story In
the February issue of The Popular
is called THE Case of the Musical
Jackal." 1t Is a story of wonderful
interest, and it's hold upon the reader
is undeniable.
Franklin Matthews expose of New
York's police court magistrates leads
particularly vital number of Broadway
Magazine for February.
Other special features of great inter-
est are Charles II. Cochrane's plea for
commission form of government,
Mary Manners THE Winter Pleasures
of Society,"" and Porter Emerson
Brownies account of a Bowery theater
on amateur night" The fiction COM
prises Grace MacGowan Cookies hu-
morous story, THE Gathering In of
Abner wimberly;" Gardner Center
and the Boulevards," by Alice Woods
Ullman Prince Shemus of Ireland"
by Charles Battell Loomis; THE Three
Kings of Libertad," by L. Frank
Tooker: "rhe Vibrant Wire" by Sara
j. Bayles; THE Second Motive" by
Harris Merton Lyon; Her Day." by
Beatrice Wilcox. and Gilbert p. Cole
mans story, "Patrolman Donohue's
First Arrest"
"Stafford's Annual Fables from the
Dark Continuent," by A. o. Stafford, is
intended for supplementary, reading in
the third year, and presents thirty-four
animal fables selected and adopted from
the folk lore of the negro race, both in
Africa and in America. The original
spirit of these fables has been well pre-
served, and they are told in a most at
tractive fashion, which will ofttimes
remind the reader of Uncle RemuS"
stories or the Jungle Books"
Animal Fables. BY A. o. Stafford.
New York American Book company.
A special illustrated magazine en-
titled Prosperous Washington and It's
Resources" has just been issued by the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The maga-
zine Is by far the handsomest and most
comprehensive work of it's kind ever
issued in the northwest, being a COM
plete review of the various industries
and resources of the state, descriptive
articles of cities and the unlimited adj
vantages offered those who desire 10
seek home in this great and prosper
GUS state.
The North American Review for
January ushers in new year in its
| existence with very distinguished
table of contents. Mark Twain, in the
ninth installment of his autobiography
has some notable pages touching Sec
retary Roots recent threat of oblit-
Grating state lines. In the same num-
| Der ne also tells, III MS own VlVlQ mani
| ner how in his youth he served as a
mesmerists subject" What is Es-
peranto?" is the title of the most re-
markable article that has yet been
published concerning the new inter-
national language. 1t is a special ap-
peal to America by DR.. L. L. Zamen-
hof the inventor of the language.
The February Smiths comes with a
complete novelette,, "An Insular Preju-
dice" by Adeline Knapp, a series of we'll
printed half-tone reproductions of the
famous Indian paintings of Edwin Will
lard Deming, the well-known Ameri-
can artist; a funny story by Holman F.
Day, entitled 1.-The Go-uppers," and a
| half dozen short stories of more than
usual value, several departments con-
Quoted especially for women, and a
number of special articles, in which
timely subjects are handled interesting
| ly Besides these, the magazine con-
| tains a series of drawings by A G.
Learned, entitled "Fads of the Ameri-
can Girl" The series is done with deli
cacy and fancy. The magazine also
contains a short novelette, by Robert