Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-11
LATE MAGAZINES

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The September issue of Scribner's Mag
azine is noteworthy for it's art features.
The frontispiece 1.-The Refugees" and the
| full-page print IAN Alarm" are repro
ductions. in color of two drawings, by
Philip Goodwin. of moose in their wild
habitat Both are spirited and likelike.
Arthur Symons contributes a paper on
-ierra." which is illustrated in tint by
Peizotto, while Charles s. Chapman, an
artist, who contributes both pictures and
text describes and illustrates an expert
ence In the woods with a timber 'culler,"
whose business 1t Is to Gull the accumu-
lations along the sideways. The illus
trations show the logging camps in win
tier. "Leviathan," by Henry Van Dyke,
| is the sixth and concluding paper on
days Off," by the author. 1t is an
amusing story of rivalry in fishing and
! love between two Connecticut clergymen
in the ancient village of Samaria. There
| is a suggestion of an allegory, which
may be discerned If sought for. Madame
Waddington writes of international mar
riages, telling how American girls fit into
italian and French households, and she
praises their skill in managing their hus-
bands relatives. Thomas Robins contrib
utes delightful essay on the social spirit
who made it, and their attitude toward
life. Sidney Lee, in the third of his pa
pers on 1.-The Call of the West" tells
what the English of Elizabeth's time
knew of the Indians, by reason of the
occasional visits of natives to England.
He traces the knowledge that Shakes
peare showed of the Indians and how 1T
Influenced him in "Caliban.,, Brander
Matthews discusses the difference between
Poe's detective stories and the modern
kind. There are three short stories, and
a further installment of Mrs. Wharton's
new serial, THE Fruit of the Tree"
The Atlantic Monthly announces that
this fall it will celebrate it's semi-cen-
| tennial This backbone of American
magazines" so independent in the plain
ness of it's orange cover and its refusal
to print pictures, deserves hearty con-
gratulations from all over the country.
Half century is a long time in this land
for anything, and half century of sound
writing and thinking on vital topics Of
our soundest public men calls for more
than passing notice. Turning to the files
we find in the first issue CNovember, 1850,
Parke Godwin's 1.-The Financial FURRY"
the title alone of which suggests its spirit
In the last issue august, 1900, Anna A.
Rogers writes on subject of large in
terest: why American Marriages Fail"
And in the long series of brilliant articles
between we read many important chap
| ters in American history. A career like
the Atlantic's is unique in the magazine
world.
| Putnams Monthly presents two photo
graphs of the So-called "KesselStadt
Death Mask" which purports to be the
actual death mask of Shakespeare. Some
of the reasons are presented for believing
| in it's authenticity. The frontispiece Of
the number is a portrait of Joseph H.
Choate, former ambassador to England
| from the United States, and now one Of
the prominent figures of The Hague peace
conference. William A. burlington con-
tributes a sketch of the life and charac-
/ ter of the eminent jurist and diplomat
There was recently presented in the Met
ropolitan Museum of Art replica of
Robins famous statue, LAge d'Airain
(the Brazen Age). Annie Nathan Meyer
tells of her recent discovery of the source
in Hesiod of what she believes to be
Robins inspiration for this statue. jose
phine Tozier writes of a recent visit to
| Knutsford, fmmortalized by Mr. Gaskell
under the name of Crawford" N. p
Dunn tells of the portraiture work of
West, the famous painter, and there are
a number of other articles full of inter-
esting matter.
| Lippincotts for September opens with a
novelette, by Carolyn wells. "A Chain of
Evidence" and the plot is based on
murder mystery of a unique sort in fic-
ton. 1t is an excellent detective story.
Notable among the shorter stories is Elsie
Singmaster's "The Long Courting of
Henry Kumerant," a Pennsylvania-Ger-
man story in which humor and pathos are
commingled: Captain Lloyd Buchanans
offering is tragic sketch of the Boer
war, entitled 1.-THE Reporter Who Made a
Story" you" by Prince Vladimir Vani-
atsky is a love story. 1.-THE Passing" by
Jane Belfeld, is an emotional monotone
''The Girl from Tres Pesos" by Elliott
Flower, is tale of love and adventure
in the southwest May Harris, "The So
phisticated Mr.. Lettrede" is dainty and
mirth-provoking.
Two essays of excellent quality are
"Queen Dolly" by La Sale Corbell Pick
EFT. and Shelley" by George l.. Knapp
Other brief essays are "As to CnIld Labor
Agitation" by George Allan England: :
"Pessimism in Modern Fiction" by Sarah
d. Upham. and THE Animal story" by
e. L. Sabin. Some tuneful verse and the
usual complement Of jests, jingles and
anecdotes complete the number.
The leading article in the September
Atlantic is by Mrs. Anna A. Rogers, a
newcomer in the pages of the magazine
but known as a writer of short fiction
Her theme is why American Marriages
! FAIL and her reasoning on the subject
| will be likely to attract attention. The
paper is a spirited discussion Of the view
point of the American woman. Perhaps
not every one will agree with Mrs.
Rogers conclusions. Earl Percys DIM
ner Table" by Harold Murdoch. Bos-
ton bank president and author. contrib