Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
LITERARY NOTES.

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! apolis. The critics are enthusiastic
In their endorsements. The New York
! Sun says: 'The reader is hurried
/ breathlessly from one complication to
| another" The Brooklyn Eagle: "A
delightfully."- fascinating story of ac-
! ton" The Newark Call: For sheer
! delight of mystery, romance and ex.
| citing adventures read The Brass
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Edith Wharton's great novel, THE
! Fruit of the Tree" Is announced
| by Charles Scribner's Sons, publish
| ers, New York. THE Fruit of the
free" is destined to have still greater
success than "The House of Mirth,"
which was the book of its year. BY
the power of the narrative, the re-
markable development of situation
new to fiction though of instant and
universal appeal, and the absorbing
analysis of its effect upon the char.
aoters concerned, it will take place
in the first rank of American novels,
Justine Brent will arouse even more
discussion than Lily Bart. price
s1.5o.)
1t is good news TO all boys and
girls. big and little, that Frances
Hodgson Burnett has written another
Queen Silver-bell" fairy story, "a
Spring Cleaning" which will appear
in an early number of St Nicholas.
There are to be many other short
stories, in every number of the year,
from such well-known writer's for
children as Temple Bailey, Rebecca
Harding Davis, Elaine Goodale East.
nan, B. j. Daskam, and Captain Har-
Did Hammond, the author of "Pinkey
Perkins; and there is to be another
serial story by Agnes McCleland
Daulton, author of From Sioux to
Susan" and "Fritzi," which will run
through several numbers under the
title OF "The Gentle Independence of
8ab."
The November number Of the North
American Review contains as a front
lspiece a fine portrait of Charles w.
Eliot, President of Harvard Univer-
5ity, who is the subject of the second
article in the series on 1.-The Great
Minds of America" Mark Twain
contributes the twenty-fourth chapter
rom his Autobiography. Dr.. Lyman
Abbott, Moncure d. Conway and DR..
w. r. Huntington, of Grace Church,
New York, participate in a symposium
IN. "The Nature of Prayer"
The current issue of Harper's
Weekly, dated November 2, is
special Automobile Number. Its
size has been increased to fifty-six
pages, and, in addition to the usual
contents of general interest, there are
numerous features of particular ap
peal to those who are interested in
motors and motoring. In addition tc
the special automobile features, the
number is noteworthy on account OF
its leading article-a remarkable pre-
sentation by Gertrude Anterior @!
conditions as they exist to-day in the
much-tried metropolis of the Pacific
coats. 1t is entitled "San Francisco
and Her Foes; in it Mrs. Atherton
shows, In her vivid and masterful
fashion, how the city, successfully a
prey to the destructive forces OF
nature and the depravtty of man, Is
gradually coming into her own again.
Mrs. Anterior brings to light some
astonishing facts
The new year Of The Century pro-
misses to be unusually crowded with
entertaining literary and artistic
material. Mrs. George CORVALLIS.
West will contribute to The Century
her memoirs of her life as Lady Rand
olph Churchill and they will appear
during the coming year with illustra.
ton. Robert Hlchens will write an
attractive series entitled THE monu.
nents of Egypt" DR.. s. Weir Nit.
chell will contribute 1.-The Red City"
a new historical novel OF Philadelphia
in the time of President Washington.
Professor Lowell, the eminent Ameri.
can astronomer, will write on MARS
as a Possible Abode of Life" There
will be poem and several essays by
Helen Keller, the gifted blind and deaf
girl. DR.. George F. Shrady will write
Of General Grants Last Days"
Andrew Johnson in The White
House." by William H. Johnson, will
be especially interesting. There will
be several articles ON the Progress of
Photography" Miss Alice Crary, a
great granddaughter of Robert Full.
ton will contribute rec ord of the life
and public services of this famous
man. Sigismond De Ivanowski will
contribute a series of portraits of proc
minent artists of the operate stage
Timothy Coles wood engravings will
be continued. Marion Cri ford will
throw New Light on Beatrice Cenci.'
And there will be many short stories,
all chosen with the care which has
established the high merit of the
magazines stories. The Century Co.
Union Square. New York.
The Best Paper for Family Reading.
The contents of The Youths Com.
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interest of all tastes and ages. The
father, as well as the son, enjoys the
tales of adventure; the mother re
news her girlhood in the stories fol-
girls, while the paper always abounds
in stories, long and short, which may
be read aloud In the most varied
family group to the keen pleasure OF
all.
The Companion for 1903 will be sent
to any address free with sample
copies of the PAPER.
New subscribers who send $1.75 at
once for 1908 will receive free all the
remaining issues of 1907 besides the
gift of the Companions Fonr-Leaf
Hanging Calendar for 1908, in full
color The Youths Companion, 144
Berkeley Street, Boston, Mass.
Everybody's for November opens
with striking article by William
Ward, on Making steel and Killing
Men," which deals fairly with the
problem of the safety of workers in
the dangerous trade of steel-naking
THE Newest Land of Promise" by
! G. w. Ogden, describes graphically
I tha oneojnp nm an cultivation nf thf
| West and the opportunities for
wealth offered to the home-seeker
| DR.. William Hanna Thomson, In
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