Evening journal., 1908-08-13
LITERARY COMMENT
Clement storsr Foster.


Good. comfortable propositions begin.
as matter of course. when workaday
affairs end. An easy chair, with tho
light from left shoulder slant. a good
book and-for the masculine-a pipe.
But the book is the enjoyment for
either sex. no matter what the COM
Portable things held out by those who /
care for our creature comforts. Given |
a good book and comfortable surround |
ings and what intelligent human has |
cause for disgruntlement.
The magazines are easily cracked /
and the kernels are rich. The books |
Of the month are of more than ordi-
nary interest. No matter how short |
the time afforded. it is well spent In
turning the pages and reading-thinll-
ing, too, of the subject matter in
hand.
1t is, perhaps. presumptive, to offer
to guide along peculiar pathways; but
choose the road yourself. We viii
only suggest what is here and com
ing.
The magazines for tho month reelS
with interest-eairly overflow witk
themes and conteXts cnthralling even
though varied. and are calculated to,
and WILL distract attention from plat
form and pSitical policies.
Ladies. OF course, occupy the fore
ground. The Deiineator r--The Buutericls
Publishing Company, n. Y.-for Sep
tember,-here insert any number of
exclamations and thrilis-has gone a
few better than usual. The beautiful
cover design is by Carl Eleinschmidt.
and while the enumerated contents
rumber several heart-warmers. "Stra-
della" by F. Marion Crawford, is the
carried story. 1t appears from re-
cent looking into, that papa, mamma,
brother and sister. all take some inter-
est in the Deiineator
Isaac N. Stevens? Going TO ask
him for the privilege of becoming
familiar and TO be permitted 20 call
him by his first name B. W. Dodge
and Company, New York. perpetrated
one Of the best that ever happened
when they printed his 1.-THE Liber-
ators."
It's dedication shows that It was
written for a purpose, viz: To point
out the obstacles to a successful public
career for the honorabIy ambitious
youth of America.
''The Liberators" shorld find a well
come in every American household. for
while it is fearless L Is clean; while
It deals with abtruse and complicated
government subjects It does so in an
entertaining and delightful way; while
1t is fiction of a high order all OF it
might easily be fact; while Il Is
romantic it is wholesome and elevat-
ing.
A great number Of books are promised
this year by Cassell and Company, and
the authors who are thinking for
lovers of good reading. and who VIII
print through this medium are: Mrs.
Campbell Praed. Charles Eddy. Lillias
Campbell Davidson, w. Bourne Cooke
Headon Hin, Helen Wallace. Madgs
Barlow. and Walter Wood.
Novels by Fred. NJ. White. Ludwig
Lewisohn, Edith Sessions Tupper,
Dorothea Girard, Richard Duffy,
Charles Frederick Holder and p. 6.
McCord. are among these promised
this autumn by B. w. Dodge and Com
pany.
Two important additions 10 their
series of "Color Books will be male
this fall by Dodd. Mead and Company.
The first of these has for its title "The
Greater Abbeys of England" It Is
written by the Right Pew. Francis a.
Gasqpst, head Of the Benedictine Order
in England. author Of a number OF
other books dealing with the history OF
English monasteries. The forthcom-
ing volume win be Illustrated with
sixty full-page pictunes in color from
paintings specially made for this WORK
by Warwick Goble. The other new
book in the series is by II. J. Maclxind-
er, and has for its subject "The Rhine .
describing the latter from it's source
among the Alps to its mouth. The
work will contain fifty -four full-page
illustrations in color from paintings
specially made for it by Mrs. James
Jardine. Five books have already been
issued in this series.
Early in the cal B. w. Huebsch viii
bring out a book by Franklin Mat
thews describing the cruise of the six
teen battleships of the United States
Atlantic fleet from Hampton Roads tc
the Pacific. Mr.. Matthews was one O.
the correspondents accompanying Che
fleet. and his articles giving an account
of the cruise furnished a record Of life
on shipboard, the perilous trip through
the Strait of Magellan, the memorable
receptions to officers and men at tn.
various South and Central American
ports. These articles viii now b,
brought together and issued, with ap.
propriate illustrations, as a continuou:
chronicle Of a voyage unique in tn,
history of our navy
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