Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-23

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years has been remarkable. The great
| Victorian novelist, who but recently
died, George Meredith, LEADS the mum
Der with THE Sentimentalists," com
edy which had such a charming per
Torrance in London recently and is
probably to be seen in one OF Mr..
Frohman's theatres in this country
The brightness of the dialogue and
the air of polite comedy, with the
ever-present Meredithean wit make it
a real piece of literature by the master
of the comic spirit. The last scene is
in blank verse. Mr.. Roosevelt's article
describes two of his most picturesque
experiences. He was one of the first
white men to see and describe the
killing Of lion by the Nandi tribes
men, armed only with shields and
spears. 1t is a thrilling narrative. He
then pictures a unique journey of 100
miles from the shores of Lake Victoria
Nyanza to Albert Nyanza. This is en-
tirely different from the previous
scenes of his hunt, and the new and
strange peoples, the wild chiefs and
the entirely novel landscape, furnish
him abundant, rich material for a
graphic portrayal of a little known
region. John Fox Jr. has made a jour
ney, "On Horseback to Kingdom
Come" the scene of his very popular
novel, The Little Shepherd Of King
dom Come" 1t describes the quaint
people and the inspiring mountains,
and he finds a heroine more beautiful
than Melissa in the novel. The IL
Illustrations are by George Wright. who
made a journey especially with the
author to get the material for this and
several succeeding papers that Mr. Fox
is writing on the scenes of his fiction.
In addition to the serial, Rest Har-
row." which is approaching it's climax
and will be concluded next month,
there are the following short stones:
"A Question of Latitude by Richard
Harding Davis-a story of an Ameri-
can "muckraker" and reformer who
went to the Congo and discovered his
own weakness. "The Man at the
Wheel" by E. w. Hornung, the creator
of ''Raffles'-a purely modern story
of some fogues and a hero STORY of
a TenderfoOt," by John r. Spears-an
amusing tale Of a professor who re
vealed some knowledge of agriculture
to the residents of an Arizon desert.
The Flight of the Mouse" by Alice
BrOwn-which is the romance of an
American girl in an international mar
rage. His Quest, and the End of 1t"
by Gerald Chittenden-the story of a
trapper and prospector in the wllds of
the Canadian wilderness. AN ApriI
Masque," by Dorothy Canfield-which
describes how an old artist was res
cued from despair. There are beauti-
full reproductions in color of pictures~
by Maxfield Parrish and n. c. Wveth
Woman's Home Companion for Au-
gust. - The August issue of the
Woman's Home Companion is called
THE Good Time Number" and it
lives up to that title in every particu-
lar, giving ideas for summer enjoy
ment of every sort. The fiction is of
the light happy variety with, in most
instances, the atmosphere of vacation
days charmingly depicted. Mile
Mystic" a midsummer comedy by
Anna Steese, Richardson, will doubt
less be acted in many gardens dur
ing the summer and a remarkably
timely article on the Outdoor Play"
by Walter Pricherd Eaton. will help
in large measure to make al fresco
theatricals the popular thing during
the summer. The prize-winning
answers to the (which Girl Would
You Love" contest appear in this
months issue and among the attract
i've and practical articles are How
to Build a House Boat" by Charles
q. Searle; an article about Queen
Mary by Philip Hume Forster; and a |
boys vacation letters to his mother. |
The regular departments are sum-
merry and happy, the fashions are
particularly fetching and the cook |
cry is cool to even read about.