Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-05

ence," by Prof. Sylvanus P. Thompson;
What Pragmatism Is Like" by Giovanni
Paplni; 1.-THE Problem of Age, Growth
and Death" by Prof Charles s. Minot;
"The Seventh International Geological
Congress- and ''The Wealth of the United
States"
In variety and interest the October McClure's
is remarkable. After break of two months
Ellen Terry resumes her delightful memoirs
with an account of her domestic life called
my Children and l." which has much anus
ing gossip of Rossetti. Irving, Bernhard.
Charles Reade and other famous people. Prof.
Munsterberg has article on THE Third De-
gree" which points to the legal and medical
possibilities of experimental psychology and
is full Of interest and suggestion for the aver
age lay reader Cleveland Moffett'g '9Winning
the First International Balloon Race an abb
sorbing account OF adventurous sport IN the
upper air. tells how the first International
race won by young American with "a
second hand balloon The latest installment
OF Mrs. Eddy's life by Miss Milmine throws
more light on the methods which made for the
success of this remarkable woman than any
thing that has gone before An Illuminating
Characterization by the only person closely as
sociated with her who lever studied her
with such an unprejudiced and tempered
mind" completes this chapter Harry Orch
ard continues his history OF the unique war
between labor and capital in the mines of
Colorado and Idaho This Is a strong fiction
number. VILLA Sibert Gather contributes q
delicate psychological study of the Intangible
relation of man, his living wife, his dead
wife and the dead woman's friend. Perceval
Gibbon in his ''Meagre Life again displays
his art of making adventure spring up from
the mcst barren soil Viola Roseboros 'Mr.
Weeks is humorous character sketch with
a setting Of army life in the Philippines.
Casper Day completes this brillian array Of
fiction with "Saterville's Apostate," story
of heroism and the triumph of personality
over circumstance. There are two poems.
ION the Heights" by william Aspenwall
rda an w Flor
ence Wilknson.t This is special art num-
Der. There is series OF delightful color
drawings. The Five Senses" by Jessie Will
cox Smith. The cover design is done from a
portrait Of Ellen Terry by Watts. Besides
these there are Illustrations by Jay Hambdge,
F. Walter Taylor and others, and many
quaint old photographs to illustrate the Terry
memoirs
An interesting light is shed upon a very
timely topic In the Outing Magazine for Octo-
ber by F. p. Lahrn of the United States army.
who writes upon 'Ballooning and Aerial Navi-
CATION" Ee reviews the history of ballooning
in order to make the reader appreciate the i'm
portance which this method of locomoton
Is coming to mean to science and to the diff
ferent governments. What he has to say re-
garding the future use of the balloon in war
will command attention. THE Country Fair"
by David Lansing, is an attractive illustrated
account of quaint institution that is now
practically passed away.
Stewart Edward White. who has made a close
and exhaustive study of western social and
Industrial life. contributes to the October num-
ber the first of series of papers on Round
up Days" Mr.. White is master of descrip-
tive English, never better proved than by this
picturesque reproduction of the old-time days
on the western ranges. III
Vance Thompson contributes some Yarns on
the Forward Deck" In these yarns the justi-
ficaton of taking human life is threshed
out in interesting fashion by group of con-
genial souls on board Atlantic liner 1t is
an extremely interesting sociological argument.