Evening journal., 1908-07-21
LITERARY COMMENT
Clement storsr Foster


The first person, singular. is a large
quantity In the makeup Of the average
being 1t is the exudation OF ego, as It
seems; but one cannot help hll up with
pride to know that we know some great
people without having had personal
friendship or colse contact with them
The midsummer number OF the Cen
tury Is calculated to swell the fir .
touch Of this pardonable thought and
bring one closer TO those whom we
have long known. though In spirit
rather than personality.
group of Aldrich letters cite such
interesting personalities as Bayard
Taylor Edwin Booth, Lowell. Fields.
Stoddard. Howells. Clemens. and Wood
berry-all of whom are familiar, ard.
TO degree. favorites-some more than
others-with comment by Ferris Green
slet
1t is with a certain surprise. Mr..
Greenslet says. that one becomes aware
of the wide segment of American Ike
that Aldrich's life touched. "And IL is
precisely in this that one prime inter-
est of his letters lies. Through them
we watch the flow and ebb OF the
literary tides Of more than half "a cen-
tury"
Other features OF our old friend. the
Century are: Travels with a Donkey
sketch by Francis Wilson's daughter
Frances Wilson Huard. when VI,
Were Tramps" Is the record OF jolly
and out-of-the-b beaten path wandering.
in Normandy. which carried the tive
"tramps' into all kinds OF delightful
byways and experiences.
Altogeth. this magazine Is what II
always was permissible eXpression) -
deservedly popular periodical
All fresh and saltwater fishermen
will welcome Louis Rheads latest addi-
tion TO outdoor literature "The Book OF
Fish and lashing" This useful book FOR
anglers covers in a most systematic
and comprehensive way not only III,
methods OF capturing all kinds OF sea
and fresh water fish but tells how. and
when and where to get them, the right
way TO keep them fresh and to shir
them. and finally how to cook them
This is the first book dealing in a IN r..
ough way with the question Of sal.
water game fishes on both the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts and IL will becom
at once a standard Of reference on tina.
subject
This is an up TO The times work
printed by Charles Scribners sons IN
an attractive manner. Il is interesting
even to those who are forced to sta,
at home when the finny denizens jump
The Delineator, Butterick Publish.
ing Company is full Of all that should
delight tht feminine mind. CHow'.
that for a male pessimisD. But ever
humble man, who sits in the corner
while his feminine people discuss-well
talk-can pick up this monthly an
in one story: "The Vigil" almost thint
his better half and daughters are SUI.
rounded with a halo OF romance, anc
that he is the knight errant"
But the frills and fancies of fashion
catch the feminine eye while mere maf
dreams Of the past and figures on tn,
dressmaker bills Of the future.
The Bohemian is good 10 look into
is meat-thick and juicy-to the bone
Something more coming in every issu,
and it is hard to wait; but the Bohe-
mian is a roll Of silk on a counter piled
with the cotton weft.
/ Outing2 Have you seen the last mum.
ber? Guess our doughty Chief Exec.
utive is a fair judge. even though h,
does not enthuse; but the man wh.
knows outdoor life-mountain, dale an
plain-he who breathes deep need
Outing every month in the year II il
a tonic par excellence, especially tC
the tied down"
Swift Gullivers Travels. by James
Baldwin, american Book Coz is ju,
the very best little thing that has eve
happened TO keep the budding ole
from asking questions. How the juve
nile eyes enlarge as they read of thu
Liliputians and the great giants
All children like TO hear of the di
minutive king who sat I'm the palm
of Gulliver's hand. and of the Brob
dingnagian baby who cried to hav
Gulliver given to him as a toy pla'
thing. But they cannot well read thes'
stories in the form in which Swift tol,
them. In this new volume OF the well
known and poplar Electric Reading
DIR. Baldwin has rewritten the famou
voyages especially for children in tn
second and third years in school, pr ,