Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-27
Current Nagaziues and What They Have to Offer

accuses his fireman of being Sentlmen-
tai in his attachment to the maiden or
his heart, quite unconscious OF the TACT
that his own love for his engine might
by some be regarded as sentimental.
/ VIII Carleton contributes two poems
to the August Every Where. one, The
Kidnapped Boys Prayer" which child
! prayer has an immediate answer, ana
Converse with August" which skill
! fully depicts the salient characteristics
of men, widely different in nature and
accomplishments, whose births oc-
CURED in the same month.
Lower Thirteen" is the title of a
| farce appearing in the same number.
! The scene is placed in a sleeping car,
whose occupants one Voluble traveller
gives little opportunity to sleep. Pic
torial Humbugs" is warning to those
who respond to clever advertisements
of whose trustworthiness they are not
| absolutely certain. Goals of Fire is
| a clever sketch which illustrates how
the mistakes of the father sometimes
return upon himself.
Margaret e. Sangster's usual month
ly contribution occupies a full page. 1t
! is called youth and Age" Minna
Irving is represented by a bright two
| StanZa poem.
The various departments have the
usual number of articles which make
their appeal to every part of mans ma
LulS5 pliy oACthAt 4lASiAeehA anu AiiOAS'A'
If, month after month, little comment
is made upon the choice quality of the
many illustrations in st. Nicholas it is
because habitual readers of the maga-
zine have grown used to their uniform
ly high standard and their educational
and artistic value. But each month is
a treasure house of fine pictures-in the
! September issue full page reproductions
of Arthur J. Elsley's painting, who
/ Speaks First" and Arthur T. Merrick's
Coming in on the Flood Tide; and re-
/ productions of Paul Potter's young
/ Bull" Gerard Ter Borch's Portrait of
a Little Dutch Girl" Adrian Van Os-
tade's "Kirmess," Jan Stems "A Men,
agerie" and THE Feast of st. Mich
olas," and Franz Halls THE Jolly
Man"-these last five illustrating Mr..
Caffln's interesting and valuable THE
Story of Dutch Painting"
Four striking long stories form the
nucleus of Peoples for September. The
opening novel, "Sham," is based upon
the popular play of that name, and is
very cleverly written by a playwright
who prefers to be designated simply as
The Man in the Box. 1.-The Snare of
Circumstance" a serial. by Edith E.
Buckley is one of the best mystery
tales ever published, and in this, the
second installment, the mystery re-
mains absolutely impenetrable. Now
that the first half of the tale is out,
Peoples Is offering ten prizes of So each
for the best solution of the puzzle. The
third novel of the trio, which is bound
to attract interest, Is entitled "Norah
of the Woods" by Edward Marshall,
and delineates the free, big life and
love that exists in the northern lumber
region. A shorter but equally dramatic
tale is THE Jackpot" by Stephen
Chalmers. Here a young man finds
himself in terrible predicament which
jeopardizes his life because he shields
an unworthy friend. Any one Of these
stories would mark a magazine as
leader Of strong and interesting fiction.
Peoples combines the three just by
way of showing what a live magazine
can do for its readers.
Rafhes reappears in a new story, ''Mr.
Justice Raffes," by E. w. Hornung
which begins its serial run in the Sep
tember number of Gunter's Magazine
coincident with the enlarging of this
publication of fiction to 1872 pages. "Mr
Justice Rafhes" Is an engrossing ac-
count of the latest extraordinary eX-
ploits and adventures of the genial and
adroit amateur cricketer and cracks
man. 1t is the longest single story
Hornung has written about this re-
markable vogue, and its book length
gives the author possibilities that
short story could not. After appearing
in Gunter's, Mr.. Justice Rafhes" is to
be brought out in book form by Charles
Scribner's Sons who have published all
the previous "Rafhes" adventures.
Other features of the September num-
ber of this magazine are a complete
novelette, of love and army life by e. NJ.
Dell, "a Debt of Honor; another big
inst 1lTDeOt oF Tbil1ine baiY,otc
absorbing romance, Jeanne of the
Marshes; the first part of a two-part
story, I'm Deep Waters" by Campbell
MacCulloch, telling of remarkable
wireless attempt to corner the mer-
chant marine of the Atlantic; "The
Stampede" the sixth of the unique
"Levinson Lea, Lawyer" series, by
Edwin Bliss; 1.-The Last Throw"
dramatic and romantic short story, by
Eleanor M. Ingram; when Saunders
Laughed" a powerful western story, by
Preston Ward; 1.-THE Wireless Double
cross" by George K. Stiles; THE Cam
paign for Christine" by NJ. Worth Col
well; Anna May and the I1an Of Iron"
by Stella Leerburger, and a cluster of
the gems of stories that are making
hit in the department Little Stories Of
Human Interest" In all there are 1872
pages of stirring and entertaining fic-
tion, all beautifully illustrated.
A wealth OF superb illustrations, as
usual, adorns the pages of the Theatre
Magazine for August. A new portrait
of Bertha Kalich appears on the title
page. Two reviews of current New
York musical shoWs-"The FOlies of
1903" and THE Motor Girl"-are pub
lished, followed by an excellent article
on Maude Adams recent triumph in the
huge Joan of Arc production in the
Harvard stadium. Other notable ar
ticle are John Westley-Unconven
Baker; Conan Doyle's new play, "The
Fires of Fate; Actors and Their
Stage Clothes" George c. jerks; "Hen-
rik Ibsen and the Women of His
Dramas" Amelia Won Ende; "The
New Theater and Its Problems" Ed
ward Fales Coward Il. Frank Baum
and His New Plays" D. e. Kessler;
"The Psychology of the Stage Switch
board" Montrose j. Moses; "The Re-
QUEEN of a Grand opera Pioneer" ="
George Ade Davis.
IF you think you have a natural de-
tective instinct if you are fond of fer
reting out mysteries which have puz-
zled everyone else, if you don't always
believe in circumstantial evidence, if,
in short, you are interested in the mo-
tive rather than the act, you can be-
come lost to the world in reading the
best mystery story of recent years
"The Great Conspirator," by Howard
Fielding, beginning in the September
number of Smiths. Is $20,000000 suf-
fcient inducement to commit murder?
And was 1t murder, or did the mis-
Creant mistake the rich Mrs. Seabury
for someone else? Who fired the shot
/ an