The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-21

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Notes of the Magazines.
Edwin A. Abbey has made three pictures
for the opening article IN the October Har-
per's Magazine, Illustrating Arthur Sy-
mons's critique of Shakespeare's "Troilus
and Cressida." In the same number Will
lam Nicholson has a picture in color of a
Morris dancer in England. This accom-
panies an article on May-day dances in
Old England by Max Beerbohm. Charles
Edward Russell writes about Burmah and
the Irrawaddy River, Under the title The
River Of Pagoda Land" In which he re-
counts scme facts about Burmese women
which are rather startling to Western
readers. The lazy delights of motoring in
Spain are humorously described by Louise
Closer Hale in an article called The
Manana Habit" Prof. Lounsbury writes
on "Expletives and Non-Expletives.' Cap
tain Mahan tells entertainingly about
''Old-time Naval Officers whom he has
known. Another article of interest is
"The Bible in -Four Hundred Tongues"
by w. G. Fitz-Gerald. There are seven
short stories.
With the October number the new
Putnam's Monthly will celebrate the first
anniversary of it's birth, and 1t has secured
a remarkable list of contributors with
which to start off the new year. Among
the writers appearing in the October table
of contents are Governor Hughes, Cardinal
Gibbons, Booker T.. Washington, Tommaso
Salvini, Sir George Trevelyan, Maurice
Hewlett, John Kendrick Bangs, Carolyn
Wells, w. H. Mallock, Arthur C. Benson.
Transatlantic Tales for October contains
the complete novelette,, "Crevalcore," from
the italian of Neera and a dozen short
stories selected from the French, German
Spanish and Swedish. 1t contains poems
from the French, German and Japanese.
Among the authors represented are Paul
Verlaine, Catulle Mendes, FRANCHISE Cop
| pee, Paul. Bourget and Detlev Won Lilien-
cron. Some of the translators who have
collaborated in this number are Elsie
| Lathrop. Reginald Wright Kaufman, Ed
ward Tuckerman Mason, Sinclair Lewis
and Grace Isabel Colbron. In addition to
the usual editorial pages of foreign liter
airy comment and book reviews, this num-
Der contains the first of a series of arti-
| Giles on Contemporary European Litera-
ture.
In the October number of the Metro
politan Magazine, "The South and Its
Problems" by A. w. Dimock, takes up
| the commercial and social conditions south
of Mason and Dixon's line. 1.-The Key
stone Of Power" by Cheesman A. Herrick,
furnishes an illustration of how educa-
ton measures the power of a nation. Our
Other Race Problem" Is by Day Allen
Wiley. This months installment of "The
Mexican War follows Scott's advance in
to the valley of Mexico. THE water
Wolf of Inland Seas is an out-of-door
article by Louis Rhead.
The Popular Magazine for October com
prises numerous serials and short stories.
From the pen of Bertram w. sSinclair
comes the novelette, for this number, Raw
Gold" a tale of the great Northwest.
THE Dead One" also a complete story
is by A. w. Chisholm. w. B. M. Fergu-
sons "Zollenstein," the serial, is contin-
ued. The fifth of Francis Whitlock's
Tales of the Lost Legion" is probably
the best of those that IA appeared thus
far. H.. b. Marriott Watson's Devils
Pulpit is continued, and there are many
other stories.
October Young's Magazine has seventeen
short stories and a complete novelette,.
They run the gamut from comedy to
tragedy. 1.-THE Ordeal a complete novel;
cite by Lindsay Bashford. a we'll known
! English writer. has a daring theme. In
the bravado of impatient youth, a clever
young American girl resolves to cast on
the shackles of convention, secure In her
| OWN honesty OF n0dIl. DuI III NhC CAN
she turns thankfully back to Mrs. Grundy
and matrimony.
THE Treatment Of Poverty" 1.-THE Hay
wood Trial. "The Photographers Strike, "
THE Essex County Park System" THE
Economic Position of the Slav In Amer
lea THE Boy Problem in the South"
1.-THE International Housing Congress in
London" 'Notions of a Prison Man,
Tuberculosis and the School Children"
Social Service and the Y. n. c. A." are
some of the articles in the Current Chari-
ties and the Commons.
Everybody's for October Has a cover in
white and scarlet to advertise their leading
article, 1.-THE keystone Crime" by owen
Wister. This is the story of the scandalous
cost of Pennsylvania new capitol. There
is the usual number Of readable articles In
the October number, notably Celebrating
a New Ireland" by Maude L. Radford; an
account of fine exhibition at Dublin, and
THE Miracle Workers." by Henry Smith
Williams. giving some Of the amazing re-
cent achievements In industrial chemistry.
Hartley Davis offers some Interesting fig
ures in The Business Side of Vaudeville
Leroy Scott relates the dramatic expert
ences Of a woman reyolutionist in Russia,
and Charles E. Russell, In this months in
stallment OF his series, 'fWhere Did You
Get II. Gentlemen" resumes his study OF
the career of Thomas F. Ryan.
The novelette, which opens the october
number of the Smart Set is by a new Eng
fish writer. H. Cheriton HilgRte, and is en-
ritled "Spinners Of Fate Catherine Carr,
a new Southern writer, is represented by a
story called 1.-The Payers" Anne warner
always a popular contributor TO any maya
zine, writes Smoke, or Fire?" Ellen Du-
vail has a psychological study which she
calls 1.-THE Lamp OF Psyche" and there is
much other fiction and verse.
Ainslee's for October contains the OPEN
ing chapters f a new serial story by Harry
Leon Wilson, the author of 1.-THE Spenders
and 1.-The Seeker" This new novel Is
called "Ewing's Lady" The novelette, Is
a detective story called The Fifth Rob
berry. - by Henry Gallup Paine. Arthur
Strlnger and Eugene Wood are among the
contributors.
In Smiths Magazine there is a timely
article on the financial situation Of the
railroads at the present time that will IN
tcfest every man who has ever thought OF
investing dn railroad stocks or bonds. There
is an article Illustrated with photographs,
telling about the smart waists and new
hats which will be worn this fall. hat will
interest women. There Is an article on a
strange religious house in Europe where
women are never allowed to speak. Eden
Phiupotts has q delightfully."- humorous