The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-27
AUGUST MAGAZINES

OUTING-In the matter of general in
terest perhaps Vance Thompson's article
upon 1.-THE French Peasant in the Fields"
is the most notable of the number. Ii is
profusely illustrated by photographs.
There are others. however. that are ex-
ceedingIy we'll written and of significant
interest. Such are "On the Road with
the Players" by Charles Belmont Davis i;
The First American Voyagers to ia
pan," by Ralph ID. Paine; Knocking
About Cape Cod" by Thomas Fleming
Day. John G. Neihardt's stirring poem,
The Battle Cry" is the kind of verse
that grips and thrills.
The issue has welcome number of ar
tistic photographs which give much pleas
ure to the reading of articles.
The practical articles of the number are.
The Country Home Water Supply" by
Eben Il. Rexford: Pedigree in the Bird
Dog" by Todd Russell: and POSSIBILITIES
of the Pony" by w. Arson. In THE
Viewpoint" Mr.. Caspar Whitney, the
editor, has some pertinent things TO say
regarding the training of American rifle
men. He also touches with considerable
ginger upon the attitude of DR.. Eliot of
Harvard toward athletics, and he sums up
the years intercollegiate athletic doings-
THE BOHEMIAN - There are twelve
stories In the August Bohemian. bright.
clever and snappy as usual. In Lieu OF
Edith" by Kilbourne Cowles, Is the story
of a substitution in love on a western
ranch. THE Fitting of Princess Sonia. y
by Aubrey Lanston, is an ingenious story
of European secret service. The Locked
Bag is gripping yarn by Adele Marie
Shaw. Other stories In the number are;
THE Climax" by James Francis Dwyer;
Bridge and Mrs Rossiter." by w. Carey
Wonderly; Dog Eat Dog" red-blooded
story of western life by Charlton Law
renee Edholm; The Man in the Chute.
a rural comedy by James ]. Carroll;
THE Price the Woman Paid" strong
story of th> cotton mills of the south,
by Gathering Carr; The Palace of IS
ure." an unusual story by Clarissa
Mackie.
In addition. are the humorous features
of twenty pages or so and well written,
reliable Guide to the New Books"
SCRIBNER'SLThe following is the ia
BILE of contents of the August number:
The House of Rimmon. Henry Van Dyke;
The DOwry. Margaret Sherwood; Back to
the Farm (poem), Martha G. d. Bianchi:
The Pretext. Edith Wharton, Son of
Dreams, Caspar Day; The Gasoline Prai-
rie Schooner, Walter f. Peck; An Olym-
pic Victor. chapters $40. James B. Con-
molly: Forty Minutes Late, F. Hopkinson
Smith: The Trail of the Lonesome Pine,
chapters 25-2S. John Fox, jr.; The Here
sizes of Paul, l.. Allen Harker: The Point
of View: The Field of Art. Frank FOw-
Ter.
METROPOLITAN August number
of the Metropolitan Magazine opens with
A particularly interesting article, Our
Nays Great Task" by John R. Win
chel. illustrated with splendid photo
graphs taken on shipboard John ID.
Wells writes of The Scars of War in the
Shenandoah" comparing with rare charm
and sympathy the Dattlefields OF forty
five years ago to their condition today.
This article brings us closely in touch
with the stirring and unhappy events n
which our fathers played a part: The
Southwest Evolution. by Charles Nj. Har-
vey, is timely and valuable and explains
how the desert is being made to blossom
TO make room for American progress.
.'Voodoo-Its Effect on the Negro Race,
by Marvin Dana, takes up the history
of this really little known cult and It's
bearing on the negro problem. Charles
Frederick Holder has an interesting out
of-door article in "A Leaper of the kuro-
shiwo" There is an unusually good lol
of summer fiction. including The Rever-
end Bong" by Henry Miner Rideout
..Rv Faith Alone" by Helen Sterling
Thomas; For His Country's Honor" by
Florence Hardiman Miller; Grace MI
chel." by F. H Lancaster, and Me
Zaouda of the Hoggar, by Il. Me
tour In the matter of Illustration tne
number os unusually beautiful ana breezy
WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION-Tht
August issue of Woman's Home Compan'
ion is full of delightful stories-Just the
right sort OF midsummer reading. Jus'
to pick up the magazine and look at tnt
little Dutch boy and the windmill on th'
cover makes you feel cool and comfort
able. Then. when you open the magazine
YOU come across enough stories and en-
trancing Illustrations to give you ENJOY
ment for the entire month. Some or I'M
authors are Temple Bailey. Juliet VII
nor Tompkins, Marion Hill. Ruth Wilson
Herrick, May Isabel Fisk. Clinton Dan
gerfield and Harvey J. O'Higgins. AnC
when we tell You that these stories are
illustrated by Orson Lowell. Alice Bar
Der Stephens. Charlotte Weber-Ditziei
and other famous artists. you Will appre
ciate what a treat this summer magazine
has for you.
AINSLEES -Ainslee's Magazine fol
August shows that its publishers continue
to be alive to their opportunities, for there
is no falling off from the high standards
which they have set and have pursued sc
successfully; indeed, this number Is ar
advance.
The complete novel is new story by
Miriam Nicholson. called Flower o Sage
brush" a tale with an unusual plot. skill
fully worked up. holding the interes
without effort and introducing some very
attractive characters.
May Sinclair's new novel. which Aims
lees is running serially. THE Immorta
Moment" is continued in its second In
stalment and there is no risk taken In
pronouncing II IN many respects equal
II not superior. TO the best she has hith
erto done: that is. to 1.-The Divine Fire.
Mary H Worse has another of her in
imitable Jimmie stories, which she calls
zone Day of Jimmie" 1t is as funny and
entertaining as any of its predecessors
A very remarkable story Is one called
THE Protest" by Angela Morgan, who
is a newcomer in the field of fiction. but
whose work In this tale would do credit
to a veteran. -.
POPULAR.-The August Popular open
with a very timely and interesting com
plete novel of underground diplomacy. Isl
lent Service" by George BronsonH How
ard Grim. silent and mysterious are tn.
workings of government secret agents. AL
the principal governments of the worlt
have department the workings of which
are almost wholly unknown to the genera