Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-19
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pieces of work, holding the readers
attention closely to a most unexpected
ending.
: Harper's Bazaar is determined that
American women shall speak beauti.
fully. IL persistent editorial effort will
teach them. 1t is now following up
Mr.. Henry James's famous criticisms
by some helpful practical articles on
How TO Acquire Clear Speech" by
John ID. Barry, Instructor in Diction
and Interpretation at the American
Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Towards Pyle's remarkable new.
painting of Abraham Lincoln forms
the frontispiece of Harper's Magazine
for September. A. was made to ac-
company an article containing new.
and unpublished facts about Lincoln's
last day, told by William II. Cook,
his personal body guard. The open
ing article of this number is "A
Country Under Two Kings" by Robert
Shackleton, description Of the only
land in the world over which two
kings are in peaceful authority.
President Roosevelt, in the Sept
ember Everybody's, returns to the at
tack of the Mature Takers" Over
his own signature he repeats the
charges of falsehood, directing his
fire chiefly against w. j. Long, whose
affidayits he declares are worthless"
A group of prominent naturalists
also contribute to the controversy in
this number.
The September ST. Nicholas has a
decided flavor of adventure running
through it, beginning with the front
ispiece reproduction Of Nicholas
Maes's ''The Boy Falconer," to which
reference is made in N. Hudson
Moore's account of hunting With
Hawk and Hound"
In the American Review of Reviews
for September an article on saint
Gaudens and American Sculpture" is
timely and of great value. 1t is
written by Ernest knaufft, and con-
tains a portrait of the sculptor and
other Illustrations. Another article
which proves extremely interesting is
The Prohibition Wave in the South" "
by John Corrigan.
A fine picture OF 'Minnehaha" oc-
cupies the front of the September
American Boy, and the matter con-
tanned In the issue is fully up to the
standard of this high class boys
magazine. Among the short stories
and articles are: Capturing on Out
law showing how a quick-witted boy
was more than a match for experience
ed men: Benjamin West" being an
interesting biographical sketch of that
great artist; "The Spell At Number
Six" telling of an exciting spelling
match between two schools.
The first of series of articles by
Henry w. Neyinson, the distinguished
English correspondent, describing the
country between the Caspian and
Black Sea and its peoples, Georgians,
Armenians, and Tartars, their Gus
toms and occupations, and chiefly
their sufferings under the tyrannies
of the Russian government, appears
in the current issue of Harper's
Weekly.
In the September number of The
North American Review the Editor
announces that the experiment OF
publishing twice month is to be dis
continued, and that here after the Re.
view will appear monthly. 1t will be
enlarged and improved in form, but
the price will be reduced to $500 a
year and 35 cents a number. With
its new cover, of artistic and appro-
priateiy dignified design, the Review
is strikingly handsome magazine.
An admirable magazine is the Sept.
ember Atlantic, varied, brilliant, and
readable as ever. The leader, a
divorce article, Why American Mar
riages Fail" by Anna A. Rogers, pre-
sents a new and unexpected view OF
this great question. An historical
sketch, Earl Percy's Dinner-Table."
by Harold Murdock, is of unusual in
terest to students Of the American
Revolution.
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. New
York, have recently published new
volume of poems by Sam Walter Foss,
entitled Songs of The Average Man;
three novels. Love Is The Sum of
1t ALL" a plantation romance by
George Cary Eggleston; Gayle Lang
ford" a love story of Revolutionary
times, by Harold Morton Kramer, and
Ruth Erskine's Son." by Pansy; all
so fourteen juveniles, nearly all Of
which are by established authors, and
which are as follows:-"The Great
Year." fifth volume of the Phillips
laxeter Series, by "A. T. Dudley; -Four
Boys In the Land of Cotton" second
volume of Our Own Land Series, by
Everett T.. Tomlinson; Defending
His Flag" by Edward Stratemeyer;
Treasure Seekers of the Andes, "
fifth volume of Pan-American Series,
by Edward Stratemeyer: "The Ken.
ton Pines" story of Bowdoin Col
lege, third volume of Raymond Ben.
son Series, by G. B. Burleigh; Long
Knives" story of George Rogers
Clark's Expedition, by George Cary
Eggleston; "The Boys of Pigeon
Camp" second volume of Pigeon
Camp Series, by Martha James; Five
Little Peppers in the Little Brown
House." eleventh volume of the fam
Gus Pepper Books" by Margaret
Sidney; Helen Grant, Senior, fifth
volume of the Helen Grant Books,
by Amanda NJ Douglas; "Marion's
Vacation" by Nina Rhoades;
"Randy's Prince" eighth volume Of
the Randy Books, by Amy Brooks;
Dorothy Dainty At Home" fifth vol
ume of the Dorothy Dainty Series,
by Amy Brooks; "Kitty-Cat Tales
by Alice Van Leer Carrick; "a Lit
tie Prospector," by Edith M. H. Bay
Ior.
1.-The Scarlet Car, by Richard
Harding Davis, has been recently
published by Charles Scribner's Sons
New York. OF the book, the Boston
Herald says: "He dashes into 70
nance, adventure, and fun with .
gay spirit and thrilling power OF
narrative that carry everything be
fore them" The Cleveland Plain
dealer says: 1T would be attempting
the impossible to institute a search
for more refreshing midsummer
story that The Scarlet Car" The