Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-07
LATE MAGAZINES

Point" will read these opening pages
with especial pleasure.
A melancholy interest attaches to the
publication in this number of another
paper by Anna A. Rogers, as it was
completed only a short time before her
death. Mrs. Rogers will be remem-
bered as the author OF one of the At
lantics most successful papers, why
American Marriages Fail" In this
paper she has discriminating and pun
gent things to say under the title,
Some Faults of American Men"
Two other contributions naturally
link themselves in the readers atten-
ton, Richard Burton's virile and sug-
gestive verses, "Vistas of Labor" and
Jonathan Thayer Lincoln's paper on
factory development under the sug-
gestive title 1.-THE Time Clock"
There is abundant material in this
number to stimulate the interest of
those concerned with the problems of
education, and to make good the claim
of the Atlantic as a magazine which
opens it's pages to the fearless discus
sion of such problems: Teaching BIZ
ology in the Schools" by BENJAMIN. c..
Gutenberg; "The Problem of College
Pedagogy" by Abraham Flexner, and,
most important of all, the first public
utterance of the newly elected presi-
dent of Harvard university, A. Law
renee Lowell, Competition in College,"
A delightful sidelight is cast upon
questions of American education by
Laura Spencer Portor in her charming
paper MY French School Days" she
makes some interesting comparisons
between the French and American
teachers she has known.
Timely interest is given to this issue
by the publication of a paper on THE
Socialism of G. Loves Dickinson by
Paul f.. More. Mr.. Dickinson has re-
Gently been lecturing before large and
sympathetic audiences in this country.
Another distinguished Englishman of
letters who is much in the public eye
at the moment is John Galsworthy,
who makes one of his first contribu-
tions to American magazines in a
story called 1.-THE Novelist's Allegory."
A touch of summer with its outdoor
atmosphere is provided by delight
full nature paper, MY Grandmother s
Garden" by Mary M. Bray.
Other contributions to this issue are
THE Phrase Maker" a study of the
youth of Horace, by Anne c. E. Allin-
son. "The Meaning of Venice" by w.
r. Thayer, and the continuation of the
diary of Gideon Welles. There are
stories by Esther b. Tiffany and Louis
Graves and verse by Bertha c. Lowell,
William E. Leonard and Frank Demp-
ster Sherman.
The June National Magazine of Bos-
ton meets the irrepressible desire for
good stirring fiction to follow up the
good health that comes after the sui
phur and molasses of the springtime.
The quadruple frontispiece shows
Mrs. Taft in her inaugural gown The
opening section Of the magazine con-
tains Joe Chapples sparkling comment
on the process of tariff making, COM
bined with pictures that excite the in
terest of the reader. His unique pen
pictures of men and affairs at Wash
ington mark an epoch in magazine
making, affording the entire family tho
open sesame" to the mystic workings
of life and procedure at the White
House and capitol
DR.. II. w. Wiley, chief of the chemis-
try bureau, writes the opening article
Of the series, THE Story of a Great
Nation" for June, summarizing in a
mastery way the discussion on the
great food question. which so intimate
ly and vitally concerns all the people.
Director Newell contributes a fascin-
ating glimpse of the Reclamation Ser
vice" revealing the wonderful devel-
opment of the waste tracts of land in
the arid parts of the west.
p. V. De Graw, fourth assistant
postmaster general tells of progress in
the postal department and gives the
people a delightful peep at the big ma
chine at work.
New history is chronicled in sketch
on "Insular Affairs" written by Gen.
c. r. Edwards, chief of this bureau.
The first procession coming from the
old world to find homes in the new is
ably described by F. H. Larned, assist
ant commissioner general on immigra-
tion.
The third installment of Charles w.
Miller's startling story on the Doctors
Trust" continues the discussion of this
subject that comes right home to every
family, and his surprising revelations
concerning the expansion of doctors
fees will be eagerly read.
The June Housekeeper offers 1.-THE
Magic Eye" by Mary Gibson. This is
q delightful fairy tale. "Peggy's We'd
ding" is a short story done in the Will
liamsons best style Jessie Juliet
Knox, an authority on things Chinese,
has an interesting article entitled
Some Headless Chinese Ladies'" An
raordinary article by Rena Caldwell
Lewis telling of her experiences in a
private employment office is offered.
His is a very unusual piece of work
dealing with the subject of the unem-
ployed. The fashions for the month
are especially practical and helpful
The Housekeeper Corporation, Minne-
apolis, Mimi, is the publisher.