The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09
THE CURRENT MAGAZINES.

/ THE CURRENT MAGAZINES.
What War Will Be With Flying
Machines" is the title of Mr.. Fred
erick Todd's third article on aeronau-
tics. appearing in The Worlds Work
for November The material for this
article was obtained at first hand from
army officers who are now taking an
important part in the development OF
balloons and aeroplanes as fighting
machines. Every fact or forecast given
is the result of interviews with experts
in military aeronautics.
of st. Nicholas is full of good things
and of promise for the year, from the
frontispiece, reproduction of Joan da
Costa's Dolly through the last de-
partment, THE Riddle-Box" There are
the beginnings of two fine new serials,
Bradley Gilman's "a Son of the Des-
ert, and Ralph Henry Barbour's Cap
tain Chub." and seemingly, an I'M
usual number of short stories. The ar
ticle of the number in the eyes of all
boys, big and little, will be the mar
rative of THE West Point of To-day"
written by Col. Charles w. Larned,
member of the faculty Of tle United
States Military academy The illustra-
tons of the sketch are from pictures
secured by Col. Larned specially for
st. Nicholas. This number has the
first installment of w. w. Denslow's
When Grow Up" a series of humor
Gus verse and pictures by the illus
traitor Of The Wizard of o. Father
Goose" etc. The jolly verse, the very
funny pictures, deal this month with
The Autoist.'
Taft at Yale" is the leading article
in The Outing Magazine for Novem-
Der. Mr.. Ralph D. Paine writes it and,
being Yale man himself, he has here
given us most interesting picture of
the career of the present presidential
candidate. The article shows Taft as
giant freshman fighting for his
class; as man looked up to by ais
fellow students and respected highly
by his teachers. 1t is full of many an
ecdotes throwing interesting sidelights
upon a most interesting man. The ar
ticle is illustrated by many new pic
lures of Taft's ancestors, CT Taft him
self as a boy, as a young man, and of
Taft at later reunions. Other arti-
Ices in the November Outing are most
readable and interesting. Oliver
Kemp, the well known artist-writer,
contributes thrilling travel story, H.
Illustrated by his own drawings, en-
titled, up and Down Paradise Val
ley" RALPH D. Paine contributes a
true narrative entitled, THE Last Pr
rates of the Spanish Main" "Basketry
in Mexico is an attractive illustrated
description of leading industry "On
An Oregon Farm" is valuable So
cial study of the great state of the
northwest, well illustrated with photo
graphs.
There are good stories in the No
vember Everybody's Parker Fillmore
has "a Case of Fits" one of his tales
about delightful, tom-boy Margery.
Then there is Elmer Blaney Harris
witty theatrical yarn, Trying it On
the Dog sort of "Beware!" for the
budding dramatist. Macmillan Foster
has strong story, The Citizen in
which he develops the character of an
anarchistic Slav miner in that of
contented, law-abiding citizen. THE
Seat of the Scornful" is by Edward
Salisbury Field. 1t is story of the
Pacific slope, a love-story, with plenty
of life in it and a moral for the snob.
The Century, in the November issue,
begins a group of articles appropriate
to the Lincoln centenary year with
Frederick Trevor Hills "The Lincoln
Douglas Debates Fifty Years Later"
new account of this famous forensic
seven days battle" Mr.. Hill has pre-
served the local color of this unioue
episode in American history. weaving
his story, from material, much of it
unfamiliar, based on the testimony of
eye-Witnesses and documentary eyi.
dence. First of another unusual series
OF papers is "a Conversation on Music
with Paderewski" 1t is tho record set
down by Daniel Gregory Mason. of
free and intimate Chat at the great
musicians table, touching. among
OTHER interesting matters. upon mod.
ern French composers and their music
Robert Haven Schauffler BEGINS a Sc.
RES of papers on his impression Of
Dantzic, city of romance with fling
trations by the German artist scber-
res. Later papers will treat Of
Berlin, Potsdam, Brunswick. Lejpzic
Meissen, Dresden, Hildesheim and
other cities of romantic Germany. or
countrywide interest are the articles
by l.. II. Bailey, director of the College
OF Agriculture, Cornell university, and
chairman of the commission on coun-
try life appointed by President Roose-