Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-06

4 AcK LoNDON's new novel, said to
be in a measure autobiography,
y opens the September Pacific
Monthly. The story starts off well and
the reader IS given a liberal Installment
which carries him nicely into the yarn.
1t would seem, however, that an error
has Oeen made in Offering cash prizes
for predicted solution Of the taie.
London. work Is strong enough 10
stand alone, and certainly needs no
such freak advertising Marlil nuet, :,
is announced as STORY OF charilctel.
IL so the prizes are douoly uhappio
priate. ..,,o
cover this month and offers an inter-
estinr content. Prof. 4. j. j. See Wrltes
in Informative and captivating style u
How the Mountains Were Made IN tle
Depths of the sea-" MAJ, ,Norueau coi.-
frihutes the first of a two part charac-
Ter study, "Father, Open the Door,. q
p. Connolly has timely article. con,
sniracies of Capital and the Courts.
Charles Frederick Holder writes one
OF his admirable out-of-dooT artlcies
on "The Trout Streams OF the MIS-
sions." The fiction is up to the usual
standard.
The September Century contains, the
first Of William H. Crooks remlnis-
cences of Andrew johnson in the Whlte
House. Mr.. Crook was for many yeaas
q member of the White House stan,
and his intimate recollections OF the
Johnson presidency, written In collabo-
ration with Margarita Spalding Gerry,
have peculiar interest as discussing a
little known, perhaps less UNDERSTOOD
statesman. Another distinctive do
graphical feature is 1.-THE Early Life q
Robert Fulton" prepared by Alice
Crary Sutcliffe, herself great-grand-
daughter of the inventor Miss Crary
has been intructed by the Fulton fam
lily with the shaping Of some interesting
new material which, with new portraits
4 of and by Fulton, recently has come TO
light. "The Future Wheat Supply of
the United States' is considered by Ed
ward G. Parker of the University OF
Minnesota agricultural experiment sta
tion, who last June started for Man
churia, there to organize, at the re-
quest of the Chinese authorities,
Manchurian experiment station and
agricultural school. Mr.. Parker's paper
is of vital and timely interest. The
Wright brothers have contracted to de-
liver to the United States government
complete aeroplane, which fact
Strengthens the popular appeal of their
full account of the construction and
achievement OF the new and successful
flying machine. Kate Greenleaf Locke,
writing of 1.-THE Gardens of Southern
California" has produced an article at
once tempting and suggestive. Harold
Parker supplying photographs of pc
culiar charm.
.Oikiomania," according to the
worlds inventor, DIR. Norman Bridge of
Chicago and Los Angeles, means that
kind Of emotional friction whereby two
people who really love each other may
mutually and nervously jar and CRATE
almost to the necessity of separation.
Lily A. Long in her notable story en-
titled "Oikiomaniacs," gives, via Har-
pers Magazine for September, strong
hint OF the reason for certain unsatis-
factory marriages. Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps and Norman Duncan tell other
and good tales. Lewis e. MacBrayne.
under the title Of THE Judgment of the
Steerage," describes a shipload of
home-bound Portuguese and Italians,
tinted sketches made on shipboard be-
ing offered in illustration. THE Mother
of the American Athens" by William
Dean Howells, consists of travel
sketch depicting the English, Lincoln
shire, Boston. An unusual and fasci-
mating paper tracing the orb of sight
from the eyes of worms and animals up
to the human, is from the pen OF Ed
ward A. Ayers, M. d. Professor Louns-
berry of Yale, still fighting the language
purists, insists that various phrases
dear to the heat of the colloquial
speaker are justifiable, quoting "The
WOISI OF Int IWO, WHICH WAS BOOQ
enough for Robert Louis Stevenson"
as an example. The other contents of
the number are good.
"The Contracting Engineer" the
imam who sits on the bank of a river
with blue print in his hand and sees
the way over" forms the topic of a
vivid article by Benjamin Brooks. pub
lished in the September Scribner's. |
The life Of this man, one Of the most
picturesque and striking of modern in
dustrial figures, is made very real and |
telling. Paul Wilstach, for many |
years friend and secretary of Richard
Mansfield has prepared the latter's |
biography, which will begin with an
account of his hard apprenticeship to
art in London. giving, as basis of the
Prince Karl fainting scene, real IN
cident in Manstields early career The |
only scrapbook the actor ever kept |
contains the described clippings from |
English newspapers, detailing his 1879
success as Sir Joseph Porter in Pima
fore" Another reminiscent article of
note is Will H. Lows account of Saint |
Gaudens. in whose studio he worked |
for some time. DIR. Henry Van Dyke, |
who has gone to Europe for year. |
there to lecture before the French uni
versities, concludes his scriptural
drama, 1.-THE House of Rimmon," In |
this number. the closing situation be-
ing described. as unique in literature. |
James B. Connolly also brings his Mar |
athon story, "An Olympic Victor" to
an effective end.
The September Smart Set offers a |
wide range of clever fiction. The first |
part OF Gertrude Atherton's new novel. |
"The Gorgeous Isle" promises well for |
the tale as a whole 1t is written in
the authors characteristic style. with |
the scene laid in the West Indies and |
with passionate love story set against |
this brilliant background. Lillian Bells |
dashing sketch, "The Courage of Kit
tie" provides effective contrast with |
its bright revelation of the manner in |
which a plucky. humorous society girl
cures and captures a difficult father
in-law. particular Parmalee," by |
Mrs Luther Harris, Is gentle satire |
on 'the Brahmin caste of Beacon
street" and will be as much appre-
ciated in Boston as in Chicago. The list |
of other we'll known writer's of short
stories is too long to mention. and
there is abundant good poetry The
French story, Michel Provins La Lu-
rniere" embodies powerful pathos ex-
pressed in delicate mode.
"The Naval Battle of the Future" is |
discussed by Hudson Maxim, world fa
NOUS DIS an inventor of naval and mill
tary appliances. in the September Met
ropolitan. Photographs and portraits
add interest The number supposedly |
is dedicated to fiction and there are
pIenty of clever tales by such authors
as Arthur Cotton Robert A. Pachmann,