The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-09-17
observations of New Books and
Late Magazines.

naughty-appearlng humaniZed lobster.
The stories are all of the crisp and
:. snappy variety, just the thing for
armweather reading.
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The September forum, which is Its
second issue since the magazine re-
verified to the form of monthly pub
j LEGATION, opens with it's customary
survey of American Politics, by Henry
i Litchfield West, who deals specifical-
ly with the opening of the Presiden.
J tial campaign, the Party Platforms
and the probable influence of the in
l dependent vote.
i Each number of Popular Mechanics
magazine is like Christmas stocking
i -crammed full of good things from
top to toe--yet the September num-
Der surpasses previous issues by the
addition of IL pages of reading mat
ter of the same high standard of in
terest the magazine has been wont to
maintain.
1.-THE most beautiful queen on any
throne" this is what Kellogg Durland
calls the Empress of Russia, in his
great series of articles, entitled "The
4 Romance of an Empress which be-
gins in the Woman's Home Compan-
| ion for September. Mr.. Durland, who
is the author of THE Red Reign
spent year in Russia.
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| The September Centurys leading
article is the first popular account
j given to the public of the Wright
Brothers aeroplane, written by them
selves and literally illustrated with
pictures from photographs supplied
| by the authors. Their experiments
which are among the most interest
| ing and important now being carried
| on in the scientific world-place these
1 men at the head of American avia-
| tors.
The September American Maya
zine is fairly alive with good read
ing. Charles Roman leads off the
number with 1.-The Wonderland OF
Delirium" 1t is a record of the per-
sonal experiences of the author, who.
with the past year, lived through
eighteen days of delirium in a Wash
ington hospital. ~
| Count Leo Tolstoy is eighty years
| old this month. His birthday is of
world wide interest, and The Book
News Monthly has printed some sin
gularly valuable articles and pictures
of his undertakings.
| The Red Book Magazine heretofore
devoted almost exclusively to fiction
and remarkably well presented por-
j trait studies of handsome women,
offers in its September issue several
new and delightful novelties. The
leading feature is the first of three
beautifully decorated and lavishly IL
Illustrated articles entitled "Blnons
for Bad Blue Blood" by Charles Ed
ward Russell.
Il A subject of national concern-and
one particularly of interest to the
i American Pacific Coasts discussed
in The Outing Magazine for Septem-
Der. The salmon industry is present,
ed in two leading articles; one is en-
titled Farming the Seas" by Daniel
L. Pratt; the other is entitled "The
Mystery of the Saimon," by Bonny'
castle Dale.
,. up to the present moment" says
Hamlin Garland, in the September
Everybody's, Il have not emphasized
in any way the question of the identi-
ty of the intelligences' which have
manifested themselves. The reason
for this lies in the fact that through
out the experiments so far recorded
was still seeking evidence concern
ing the facts and processes of medium
ship.
| Beginning in The Housekeeper fol
September is the first of a remark
able series of articles under the head
ing, "The Truth About the Public
Schools" Pres. Roosevelt has per
sonally Endorsed the series by a sign
ed statement, as has also the United
States Commissioner of Education
Nora Archibald Smith, the best known
kindergartener, contributes the first
article.
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The Bohemian Magazine for Sep
TENDER contains group of attractive
ly illustrated special articles that are
of peculiar and immediate interest
Mr., owen Kildare. who mas been car
ed the literary prodigy Of the slums
In his article The Wall Of the Under
dog" takes philanthropists TO task
for their bungling methods designed
to regenerate the slums of New Yorl
City.
|, The picturesque features OF thu
5 great West are well symbolized in the
b general makeup OF the picture OF The
I Young Ranchman. which decorates
D the front cover of the Septembel
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