Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-28

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size of a mans body has nothing to do
with his spirit; 1.-THE Delusion of Gid
con Snelr' is mystery story of an
unusual sort by James Raymond Per
ry; and John L. Mathews bright hui
man interest story is called Little
Billy Higgins Rhubarb Money"
Educating Our Boys" the series of
four papers by Joseph M. Rogers,
closes in June with chapter giving
Some Practical Suggestions" These
momentous comments of Mr.. Rogers
on preparatory schools have provoked
much discussion, and 1t is not unlikely
that future reforms may be directly
traced to the light thus turned upon
present methods.
| About the bird that made James Lane
Allen famous Jennie Brooks talks in
a delightfully."- intimate way in her pa
per entitled 1.-THE Fifth Summer of Our
kentucky Cardinal"
| Brief, well condensed opinions on the
following themes are to be found in
the ways of the Hour" department;
ia Novel Reason for Travel" by Anne
Hollingsworth Wharton; Millions and
Imagination" by Herman Scheffauer:
1.-THE Artistic Temperament" by Rob-
ert Adger Bowen
The Lippincott poets are chosen for
their merits, and they sing in well var
led tunes. Lippincott jokesters = to
whom 16 pages are set aside every
month = contribute their choicest bits
of humor, which are frequently heard
afterwards from the lips of distinguish
ed after-dinner speakers.
Scribner's for June.-The June num-
Der of Scribner's magazine begins Will
H. Lows Chronicles of Friendships, -
which is almost the first example of
, artist memories in American letters.
Lows recollections have to do with
}, the present generation of American
lartists, many of whom are at the
| height of their career. 1t is a charming
| circle into which he introduces the
reader in the first number-TheOdore
Robinson, R. A. NJ Stevenson, Ridgway
knight, Wyatt Eaton-with the life in
the studio of Carolus-Duran, and in the
court where these artists lived with
their foreign fellow-students. The pa
per is fully illustrated, some of the
sketches by contemporaries.
Another artist who can write is Sid
ney M. Chase, who describes the life
of Maine fishing village in the sum
mer time, giving, in the picturesque
language of an old fisherman, the very
essence of the place. He illustrates il
: fully with his own sketches.
: John c.. Van Dyke describes The
) High Alps from the point of view Of
an aesthetic observer He shows how
the latest theory of the formation o.
, mountains upsets the old belief tha
, they are wrinkles" in the eartn.
5 crust; he then discusses their pictur
: lesque qualities with reference to mass
outline, and color. 1t is the kind O
2 article, by high authority, which i:
! seldom written, but which will, to an,
S intelligent observer, give increased de
light in his contemplation of the noun
tains. The article is accompanied will
: a remarkable series of illustrations>
III Arthur Ruhl concludes his Soutl
American papers with vivid accoun
: of 'Brazil-Where the Coffee Come
{ From
y The short fiction is notable for
story by Edith Wharton, THE Vel
dict" which has to do with the arts
tic temperament; "The Quondam Club,
= by Edward S. Martin. which describe
: a new social experiment, and a railroa
:. tstory by Francis Lynde, Gavin of Bro
= ken Arrow"
Richard Harding Davis conclude
:. Vera, the Medium" with its most dra
4 mats situation.
John Fox Jr.'s great serial, 9Th
Trail of the Lonesome Pine" picture
> the return of June from "civilizing
> New York school,
Two of Mr.. Chase's pictures are r,
produced in colors, and there are othe
striking pictures by F. c. Yohn an
Frederic Dorr Steele.
Il A Caiifornian's Luck.
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