The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-12-08
CURRENT LITERATURE

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Observations of New Books and Late
! Magazines.
Each Federal census calls for re-
] vision of all aliases and books of ref
erence. The first 20 make the neces-
sary changes and improvements is
! that old reliable bWebster's lnterna-
tiohal Dictionary,p published bye. &c G..
i Merriam Co.. OF Springfield, Mass.
0nithe old foundation a new super
structure has been carried on through
many years by large force of trained
workers, under the supervision of DIR.
w. t. Harris, former United States
Commissioner of Education, and re-
/. enforced by many eminent special
lists. The definitions have been re-
arranged and amplfied. The number
|of terms defined has been more than
doubled. The etymology, synonyms,
pronunciation, have received unspar-
ing scholarly labor. The language of
English literature for over seven cen
turtles, the Technology, of the arts
and and the everyday speech
of street, shop, and household, are
presented with fullness and clearness
In size OF vocabulary, in richness of
general information, and in convent
fence of consultation, the book sets a
new mark in photography. a,
:
The American Review of Reviews
publishes as a timely frontispiece a
fine picture of the late Count Tolstoi
and his wife. Among the notable ar
ticles are The American Production Of
Maeterlinck's Blue Bird" by jean
nette L. Glider, and Rushing Freight
to New York, by Sylvester Baxter.
There is a Merry Christmas indeed
with the December number of the
|Woman's Home Companion. The COW
i er by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Is one of
the most beautiful of modern Madon-
Ehas and is a work of art in itself.
THE Enchanted Chimney. Christ
mas cantata, by Mary Theresa Hart,
4 beautifully illustrated.
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4 The December Century brings the
first of a series of papers on "The
Trade of the World to be written
this first paper Arthur Stanley Riggs
, discusses The Commerce of Spain, /"
dwelling specially upon it's growth and
it's opportunities for Americans.
Most of the important magazines
, get out especially fine Christmas
numbers, and Lippincott's is no ex-
ception to the rule. The complete
novel for December is There Was
Once a Queen" by Edith Robinson,
author of "A Mock Caliph and His
Wife," 1t is a brisk and actionful
story, with it's scenes laid in small
German principality.
Il .s.sr' H,SH &C.,,
4 In The Red Book Magazine, for De.
cember are three stories of childhood
of the sort for which that magazine
has achieved a well-deserved fame.
They are, Decorated" by Avery Alb
bolt, Thicker Than Water" by Ed,
ward Childs Carpenter, and Cupid"
by Gouverneur Morris.
The Christmas number of Scribner' S
Magazine is rich in beautiful illustra.
tions, some of them in coiors, and in
fiction by the best contemporary writ,
ers. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle contrib
utes The First Cargo" which is the
second of his imaginary historical
tableaux, this one dealing with the
coming of the Saxons to Britain.
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A new campaign against the situa'
ton in Utah and the business meth,
DDS of Joseph F. Smith, the Mormon
Prophet, starts in the December Ev,
erybody's. Former United States
; Senator Frank J. Cannon, himself a
Mormon, but not polygamist, writes
with zeal tempered by affection for
: his people. Therefore it is all the
more convincing.
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I. The Christmas number of The La,
dies World is one of the best issues
of that admirable publication that we
have seen, containing fine collection
of short and serial fiction, some real,
ly notable special articles and depart
ment contributions that are full of
value at this particular season. The
gem of the whole is the paper by AL.
bert Bigelow Paine on Mark Twain
and the Children.
William Allen White. is probably as
close a political observer as there is
in the country. His article, The In
surgence of insurgency" in the De-
cember American Magazine is unus-
ually interesting, as in it Mr.. White
points out, very convincingly. certain
things which the recent elections
lclearly indicated.
The most alarming danger to the
children of this country today is the
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