Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-03
IN CURRENT MAGAZINES


The cover for Sunset Magazine fol
April epitomizes the spirit of the west
san Francisco Two Years After" 1t IL
called, and the section of the city
shown is crowded with sky-scrapers
Within are printed an interesting pano
ramic view of the city of today, to-
gether with numerous tone cuts o.
many of the new buildings AS rec
ord of what has been accomplished a.
the city of the Golden Gate the number
is noteworthy. A feature of the issue
is the first OF series of stories, eacf
complete in itself, which Owen Wistel
has rewritten from Lin Mclean" one
Of his earlier novels.
The April Bohemian with its nine
short stories and it's splendid illustra'
tions, it's special articles and the rarely
good selection of its humorous materia
is one of the best issues yet of this en-
tertaining monthly. 1.-THE Only Cir
and the Other Fellow by Edwin L.
Sabin. is a classic of pure sentiment
1.-The Coming of the silence" is dis
tinct achievement by its author, James
Francis Dwyer. who proves here thai
he is q master of curious psychology
and weirdness. Other stories are: The
Young Person" by Fannie Heaslip Lee
thoroughly clever; The Service of the
Temple" by Eleanor Nj. Ingram, ar
Easter time love story as delicate as
frost work. "A Domestic Waterloo 9
serio-comedy of married life, by r.
Irving Fletcher; "A Bill of Exchange,
by Il. Leonard Nicholson, an ingenious
burglar story. Miss Mabel Taliaferro
writes of my Yesterdays" An account
Of 1.-THE Princenton Tiger" with many
illustrations, by its editor, is the sixth
in the series of humorous college jour-
nalism.
Beatrix Demarest Lloyd has written
several novelties for the Smart Set
but her latest story, THE White Stain
will prove the most popular of them all
The opening scenes are in Italy, WhltheI
a young English artist has gone to
paint certain picture. There he meets
a beautiful young Italian girl The
story then shifts to Paris, where the
real drama begins. and delicate yet
strong situation is handled with con-
summate art
Caroline Duer, who never fails to
write an entertaining story, is at her
best i'm the April number with a con-
tribution called Their Little Ways
The situation is unusua in the extreme
"A Coup d'Theatre," by Dorothy Cam
field, is a charming story of a summer
colony.
The complete novel in Ainslee's for
April is a mystery story by Henry Gal
lup Paine. and is called THE Fore
finger" The scene is laid in New York,
the action is brisk and exciting all the
way through, and the episodes fit into
eacn other as neatly as in a perfect
puzzle Ada Woodruff Anderson has
a fine western story called THE Gov
ernment and Miss Silvia Mary H
Worse has another of her inimitably
funny child interest stories called
"Fishbait and Wives" A story of
unique interest is one by Cosmo Ham
ilton called "A Very Ordinary Affair
"The Power Behind the Throne" by
la Mabie, is a tale involving the
clash of financial and political interests
with a mans sense of honor backed
by a woman's sentiment.
The current number of Smiths Mag
azine opens with a complete novelette,
by Anne O'Hagan, 1.-THE Long Reck-
ching" tale of love, Socialism and
modern business conditions. An at
tractive feature of the magazine is a
section of sixteen pages devoted to
copyright photographs of operate stars
who have been singing in New York
this season. The article, "A New
Transcontinental Railway" by Cy
>Warman, describes Interestingly the
work tha tbs being done by the Cana
dian government and the Grand Trunk
Facific in opening up virgin stretcn