The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-06-10
CURRENT 'LTERATURE
Observations Of New, Books and Late
~ Magazines.


been published, is appearing in the
American Magazine. The June issue
contains another contribution from the
pen of Hugh S. Fullerton. the Chicago
EXPERT in-swhich he deals with the
+, DECIDING Moments of Great Games
Perhaps the most noticeable feature
ofathe June Woman's Home Compan-
ion Is the wealth of fiction. There are
ten stories in this issuenot heavy,
psychological diagnoses of world-worn
minds, but breezy stories of love and
fun thai are, suitable to- the season. b !
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IA line In the June Lippincott's de-
seribes one of its two Department. as
sane. stimulating. optimistic" which
adjeetives might with equal appropri'
ateness be applied to the entire mag,
azfhe The June issue opens with a
stirring complete novel of the ''Zenda"
type,by Grace MACEDONIAN Cooke, whose
abilityeas successful writer has been
demonstrated byta long list Of success
.ful books. Her new tale Is entitled
'The Royal Line" and the short stor-
les are no whit behind the novelette,
in point Of excellence. IL s ....,3t +
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Leading place is given in the June
Century tosa curious piece OF fiction,
called with the Coin tof Her Life"
the first of three stories turning on,
the popular superstition OF thirteen at
table The authorship Of these stor-
:fes'is not now fanh6hnced, further than
TO say that DR.. s. Weir Mitchell. Owen
Wister and Margaret Deland are the
which was suggested BY a, private dis,
cussion, OF the ttnHuePce iaf point of
view on human judgments~ ~. y
= Four bright, readable Special Articles
and more than twice that number of
fascinating Short Stories, together
with the Portfolio of Stage Favorites
and Department of Humor make the
June number of The Bohemian Maya
zine one OF remarkable interest.
The three short stories in The Out
ing Magazine for June are the kind
that can be unhesitatingly recommend
ed for, warm-weather reading. = They
have strength and. genuine interest.
Holman, Day the author of King
Spruce" writes Loves Licensed
Guide, story Of the Maine woods and
ofsa guide who staked his professional
reputation against a wealthy magnate.
that the daughter might find the man,
she loved IL. - IL. gS
Hampton's Magazine Is trying to fnd
out What to do with our millionaires; !,
soSthe 1e aieuf sBasksd an English critic
to- take aloak at the situation Mr.?
g. X Chesterton. hss responded In an.
article entitled, Talking MiIlionaires
Out of Their Money" Charles Ed
wand Russell also has powerful ar,
ticle on james J. Hill and his Great
Northern Railroad. ,',~'.- r ~. .
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From slaughter OF the Innocents," -
iniJune Technical World Magazine, we.
learn that more than 100000 children
offschool age are annually laid pros
trate by the three preventabe dis
eases of diphthera. tuberculosis and
scarlet fever, and 10000 OF these ill
nesses" terminate fatally. In diphthe-.
ria and scarlet fever the infection gen
orally passes from pupil to pupil in
the early stage of the disease, which
only medical inspection can detect.
How Boys from Maine to California,
Rich and Poor. Live and Play and
Work on the Wonderful Biltmore Es
q tate, Is told by Day Ellen Wiley, in
June st. Nicholas. Up I'm the heart of
, the great Appalachian forest is little
A, colony OF young Americans who can
truly be called woodsmen for they
are living and working amid the wood
lard to gain such knowledge of the
tree that they can earn a0livelihood
e from their skill in what the scientist
calls forestry. -r.-> d.
Tn the Photo.l1ra Magazine for June
the work OF Rudolf Duhrkoop, prob
ably the most popular portrait photo
grapher in Germany, furnishes the lead
ing pictorial feature of the issue
Several beautiful reproductions exem-
pity the great variety of his success
full cbaracterlzations and the wide
scope q. his genius in technique.
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When Jacques Futrerle wrote The
Greek God which appears in The Red
Book Magazine for June, 1t must have
been in protest, against so-called pretty
girl fiction. The heroine of the tale;
is a homely girl and the hero is the
BEAUTY. The story is delightful.
With this month the magazines take
ON a summer air and devote most of
their space to fiction. The June issue
OF The Ladies, Wcrld. which has just
arrived, has number of stories that
are very entertaining, among them be.
ing Little. Moccasips, pathetic story
OF an indian mother and child, by