The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-03-03
CURRENT LITERATURE
Observations Of New Books and Late
~ Magazines.

Everybody's for March opens with
new serial, "A Successful Wife, !"
anonymous. Who the writer may be
probably is one of the mysteries OF
authorship which seem lately to have
become d fashionable in the literary
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Emery Pottle contributes to the
enlarged Red Book Magazine for
March one of the most appealing
stories he has ever written, entitled
The Clutch of Circumstances"
In fiction Hampton's occupies a
notable place for March. THE Ter
rible Solomons," by Jack London, is
a humorous and dramatic story of the
South Seas .a
The March issue of the Outing
Magazine is a special Motor Boat
Number, covering the entire field
from the selection of the boat to the
law governing its use, vita such arti.
Buy ION Inland Water Paths" etc.
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The March number. of The Ladies'
World has several pages devoted to
the spring styles, and there are Illus
trated articles showing the new ma
terials, beside an excellent lesson on
dress:naking. There is also some
unusually eood fiction. lt~&s.. ..
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March 10 Story Book magazine,
which OF late has been steadily in.
creasing in size, contains beside its
usual quota of stories, four. very un.
usual but none the less highly inter.
esting features. namely. Editorial
{ Thinklets. $3F 1
& Marvel of the Snow Gems" In the
March Technical World Magazine
asks what magic is there in the rule
of six that compels the snowflake to
conform so rigidly to its laws?
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1.-THE newest star baby Is the lit
tie son of Ethel Barrymore-Mrs
Russell Colt" says Woman's Home
Companion for March. HE is real
stage baby If there ever was one, for
not only his mother. but his uncles,
are among our most popular playeR
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A notable feature of the March
number of scribner's Magazine is the
frontispiece, reproduced very accur-
ately from a photograph direct from
nature in colors by the Lu:Diere' pro-
cess. This and other beautiful Lu.
mlere pictures accompany an article
on Color Arrangements of Flowers"
BY Helena Rntherfurd Ely.
With the number of reading pages
stationary at $50 for the present, it
would seem impossible for Popular
Mechanics Magazine to break its own
record for contents. However, in
credible as it may seem. the March
number leaps beyond all preceding
issues with 500 articles and 294 H.
Illustrations. H.. ~ '-, o.,
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"Is the East Also 1nsurgent?" asks
Ray Stannard Baker in the March
American Magazine, Mr.. Bakers ques.
ton Is also the title of his article. In
1t he calls attention to the revolt of
the progressive republicans in many
of the Eastern strongholds of that par
ty, notably in Massachusetts and
Now Hampshire.
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Mary Gilbert has retold in the
March issue for the young folks of
all ages who read ST. Nicholas that
charming tale from Russian folklore,
"The Hu:npbackcd Horse one of the
dear, satisfactory, once upon time"
Kind of stories.
2 Novelty and beauty are the key
notes of the March Century. A time
~ article is Miss Scidmore's account
OF The Cherry Blossoms of Japan
aproros Of Japan's gift of several
thousand trees to Washington and
New York. 49,.
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It is quito evident that age cannot
wither, nor custom stale, the infin-
tie variety of Lippineott's Magazine.
Each month it hobs up serenely with
a first.cia complete novel, seven or
eight enhancing short stories, and
q wealth of miscellaneous matter, all
timely and readable. t..--'