The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-05
Magazines for November

mystery eleverly woven and absorbing:
Home" by Edwin Bliss, is another OF
the popular 'Lexinson Lea Lawyer Sc
ries of complete stories, each OF Whlcn
is a revelation of some modern graft and
a very human work Of fiction as Wen.
Home" Is written about the crooked
schemes OF a certain class OF Ies1 es-
tate operators in our big cities. Wnen
1 was King" by VIII Lisenbee, and Tine
Loot of Chaug-Chao," by Frank l.. PARK
ard, are thrilling stories or adVentufs.
ELUSIVE Elizabeth" by Prestsa WARD
is an unusual story Of love, ponlcs,
racing and gambling. me secohu part
OF l. II. Ridges New Zealand story,
strong climaXes brings 20 a Satisfactory
conclusion an exceptionally fine novel,
Besides all these the December Guntef
contains several Little Stories or HUI
man Interest" always a popular feature
YOUNGg-This magazine presents for
December its typical array Of artistically
sensational fiction. 1t claims Tor It's $40
ries everything but dizziness ana stupid
ity and the reader tired of the average
prosy style OF fiction VIII ina long
list Of tales Of the piquant, daring grim,
absorbing variety in this number. IN
the novelette,, 1.-THE Worth OF a Man." by
William 1illinghaEt Eldredgey Is
woman, delicious, alluring, feminine, A
story without a woman is ike champagne
without bubbles always i is woman
the woman one loves or the woman VINO
loves One-whO betrays or incites mans
finer or cOarser instincts and sends him
stumbling along untried paths. Aiicia's
audacity supplies bubbles aplenty, in a
series OF cOntretemps, irresistible in their
piquancy. It's gay, chuckling novelette,,
cleVerly skirting the too daring possioiii-
ties of changed identities and turning
them into felicitous comedy and romance.
HAAdPTONs- magazine has closed
a contract with Commander Robert Z.
III aaaH nHa
to his own story OF the discovery or the
north pole. The commander was unwilling
to make any business arrangements Of
any kind until his claims Of discovery had
been passed upon by the National Geo
grap hic society, the highest authority IN
America He submitted all Of his proofs
to this organization and on November 3
they were formally accepted and Peary
was voted a gold medal This left him
free to choose from the many offers that
had been made him by the magazine pub
fishers and book publishers. The comps-
uuOn between magazine editors to obtain
the exclusive rights to Commander
Peary's story Of the discovery of the
north pole has been the keenest in the
history of periodical publication. 1t is the
first feature that has ever been bid for
by every magazine OF the first class IN
the world. Realizing the demand there
would be for it, the offers from the start
We're higher than had ever before been
made for any magazine feature. Hamp-
toms bid higher than any other maya
zine because its editor is convinced that
this Is the greatest fact story that has
ever been possible to offer to the public.
PUTNAM S.-The Following is the ia
bic of contents for December:
Senator Francis G. Newlands, fronts
piece What Conservation Means to
the Nations Progress and Prosperity
Day Allen Wiley, The Sword IN the
Mountains" Chapters LID illustrat-
ed by Robert Edwards, Alice MacGOw-
an; The Sermon on the Mount" John
Gilpin Pyle; John Brown: Modern He
brew Prophet" illustrated, z. n. Val
iandigham; THE Bench Of DesolattOn."
V Henry James; Opportunity and the
Man." Walter B. stevens, The Chang
ing Road" "a pOem), Katherine Lee
Bates; Jerry Ga story illustrated by
Ten Million a Year" Ca story, Maarten
Martens; Omar and Reason" "a
poem), Arthur Guiterman; The Ameri-
can Opium Peril" Hugh c. Weir. The
River and l." /. Gllustrated), John G.
Niehardt; Maternity" "a poem). (illus-
trated), Anne p. L. Field; Orange
Lily" "a story), Eden PhillpOtts;
Making Small Farm Pay, A. w.
Day: stevenson and Henley" Beatrice
Post Gambler.
SASSILIS-This magazine for Decem-
Der gives especial attention TO the de-
velopment Of aerial navigation, the
leading article, by J. o. Newman, be-
tiCn at Frankfort, representing the lat
est progress in the art, while another
paper is the first installment of a study
of the scientific principles OF aerOplane
design, by II. II. Suplee.
The history Of the gradual produc-
ton Of one Of the most important Of
tools, the modern planning ma
chine, is given IN rightly-nlustrated
paper by Thomas r. Shaw.
Machinery for handling materials is
given consideration in two fully-illus
trated articles, one, by j. F. Springer,
upon cranes and grab buckets, and the
other, by Sterling H. Bunnen, discuss
ing that most efficient aid in modern
the wire-rope galloway.
An interesting paper upon the appli-
cations and limitations Of the electric
current for heating purposes is con-
tributed by H. NJ. Phillips, while more
technical article upon the design and
OF ships rudders rounds
out a number Of interest and value
alike to the engineer and the general
reader.
SCRIBNER'S- Christmas number
of Scribners Magazine contains wealth
of pictures, many of them in color, a
special Christmas frOntispiece and coll
Ored cover, seven short stories filed
with the Christmas spirit and articles
with poems of unusual beauty.
But with all these special Christmas
features the main interest of the num-
Der is in Theodore Roosevelts third ar
ticle on his African experiences. This
one is entitled 'On Cafari. Rhinos and
CRATES" Each one Of these articles
shows the remarkable care which Mr..
Roosevelt has put on its literary I'm
ish. In this article there are descrip-
uOns OF the expedition on the march, |
Of a moonlight tramp across the wild
country after a dead rhinO, of stalking
a giraffe, which are as dramatically |
picturesque as anything in professed |
books Of adventure.
II IS all done so simply that there is
none of the parade OF artificial clever |
ness about it. That is why these arti-
cles have increased their audience from
month to month. 1t is the most fas-
serial now in progress.
one OF the gems OF the number is an |
unpublished poem by Robert Louis /
Stevenson, addressed to H. c. Bunner.
The Christmas McCiure's is an ideal
holiday number-flled with seasonable
dction. beautiful illustrations and in
teresting and informing articles. Jes-
sic WILCOX Smith, whose pictures OF
child life have become famous. con-
tributes a set Of awnings depicting "A
Child's World" which are Reproduced
In full color. The number is particu-
larly rich IL fiction. There are Christ
mas stories by Mary Stewart Cutting.
Gertrude Han. Margaret and Arthur Z.
and stories by Perceval
LandOn, J. O. Cobb and Orr Kenyon
Foremost among the articles is "Di- /
vorce and Public Welfare" b. George
Elliott Howard, who says that bad
laws are mainly responsible
for divorce. David Soskice writes OF
Russias most terrible
political prison. Rudolf Cronau de-
scribes "The New Germany:" Rufus |
Steele tells how wild horses are trap
oad and w II Rfdnfnrr Hsvrf4pS NJ tsf,vro