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MAGAZINES

"A Fall from the Sky" by Augustus
Post in the October Century. is the
exciting story of how two Americans in
an exploded balloon dropped third of
mile and lived to tell the tale. This
remarkable adventure was one of the
incidents of the Gordon Bennett inter-
national balloon race at Berlin, Oct. IL,
1909: and the two Americans were a.
Holland Forbes, vice president of the
Aero Club of America, and the writer
OF the article. It will contain the third
of Mr.. George Kennan's papers on The
Reaction in Russia" n review of events
since the Bloody Sunday" Of January,
1905 This last paper will deal With the
laws, the courts. and the prisons, set
ting forth in detail how the people. In
spite OF certain alleged privileges and
rights, fare still living under an all
powerful bureaucratic administration.
with methods quite as lawlcss and des-
potic as those which made the lives OF
Russians miserable % or 80 years aSo.
In some respects the situation is better
than it was in the closing years of the
last century, but In other respects II ID
much worse"
The October number of the American
Magazine is an unusually important
issue, of chief interest is tho remark
able article by f. Alexander Powell
entitled THE Betrayal of a Nation.
n powerful and convincing narrative of
tho authors experiences and ooserva-
tons while in Mexico. supplemcnting
the 'Barbarous Mexico" series that mas
been appearing in this magazine. Mr..
Powell visited Mexico. not as writer,
hut as n traveller, and came therc Ia
yorably inclined to the powers that be
and received many courtesies from per-
sons of high office. including l}iaz MN,
self. He. writes of how he penetrated
tl1e wall of pretensc and got at some
notable facts and truths. especially IN
relation to politics and business. VI
eoIal Importance are Miss Ida NJ. Tar
halls article, 1.-The Mysteries and
C.rIeltles of the Tariff" In which she
deals with the farcicinl tariff duties
which are making nll-wooi exclusively
n rich mans fabric. and what a rev
Men did In Pittsburs," by a. j. Mock,
who tells the story Of the recent priptts
scandals In that city
Other features are: II. AddinEton
Bruce's 1.-THE New Mind Cure Based on
stance, "If." II. remarkable poem by
Rudyard Eiplng. Livery IN America
hy Jesse Lynch Williams and the last
Two acts of John GalsworthS's note
worthy play of Justice.
Inc Haynes Gilmore, David Gray
son. Edward Hungerford, Lincoln Io,-
cord, William Johnston. George Mill
den Martin and Mary Heaton Norse
Glllmore's and David Grayson's being
especially good.
The leading feature in tho Octoher
McClures Is the opening of new
series entitled "WorkinE Girls lsuu-
gets: A Series of Articles Based upon
Individual studies of the seit-snp-
nortins Girls in Now York 1t ~
announced that these articles hrS
based on an Investigation connucte"
nv tho National Consumers League,
and covering the earnings or WorNins
girls, their expenditures Tor shclter'
food clothing, etc, and their unccr-
tain struggle to preserve health ana
vitality. The series opens with an
article on New York department store
girls in which the stores or indi-
yidnal workers are given In detail,
The second installment OF Gol6win
Smiths "Reminiscences deals with
the founding of Cornell University,
and his Introduction to Washington So
cicty, and contains many "reminiscences
of AEassiz, Lowell. George William
curtis, Ezra Cornell. etc. Savicr
Paoli's "reminiscences Of tho kings
and queens of Europe Is continued
In nm article on King Edward VII. An
article on John and simon Newcomb is
II most curious and interesting study
az hcrcdty John Il, Redmond. the
leader OF the Irish party In Parliament,
tells IN a short and striking article
what ireland Wants" A number of
letters from Roman Catholic orgnnisn-
lions. challenging Pcrcevnl Gibbons
account of the Fcrrer trial, together
With an article by Andrew i. Ship
man. entitled "An American Catholics
View OF tho Fcrrcr Case" ARE print
cd in this number of McClure's. to-
gcthcr with Mr.. Gibbon's reply to his
critics.
Tho fiction in this number Is strong
md distinctive. Perhaps the most
striking story Il "a TategGd't OF Sea-
son" BY Singmaster The second of
Percevnl Gibbons Adventures of
Miss Gregory" Is n vivid searchiight
cast on one Of the dark corners OF the
African coast. MRS, Landy's Casta-
w.,y," by Freeman Putney, Jr., and
."The Widow Who Couldn't shoot" by
franklin X. clifford, IRE the other two
stories In this number. ;g5' 81