The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-02-23
LITERATURE
Observations of New Books and Late
Magazines.

The Crowell Publishing Company,
owners of Woman's Home Compan.
ion and Farm and Fireside, has taken
over the American Magazine and will
publish 1t IN. conjunction with It's 9th.
er two publications. Mr.. George H.
Hazen is president of The Crowell
Publishing Company; Mr.. H. J. Fish.
er is General Manager.
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The Ladies' World for February Is
entertaining from the first cover
one Of Cory Kilvert's inimltable child
sketches--to the last. 1t is the Mid.
winter Fiction Number. and SO con.
tains an unusual amount Of bright
story matter. -
The mere fact that it contains Geo.
Randolph Chester's latest novel would
be enough to interest most people in
the February Lippincott's, yet the
said novel is only one item--though
it Is perhaps the most important
in long and imposing table of con
tents. .-.,a
One, of the important features in
me February American Magazine is
al, article by Albert W. Atwood de
,yribing the enormous monopoly ex
ercised, by six express companies IN
america, which control 80 per cent
u the country's express business.
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Seumas MacManus has a story il
me Red Book Magazine for February
nat everyone with drop of Irisf
olood in his or her veins will delight
IL. 1t is entitled, THE Coming Home
of Madge's Johnny"
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Beginning with the March issue
dousekeeper Magazine, now publish
eli in Minneapolis, will move to New
work. 1t has been purchased by Rob
ert j. Collier, publisher of Golfers
Weekly, and Condo Mast, publisher
81 Vogue, Travel and Home and Gar
len. 81. ...
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The frontispiece of Scribner's Mag
sAine for February is reproduction
IN color of striking portrait OF JOIN
La Fargo. Price Golfers articles OF
India and the East are attracting the
widest comment, not only here bu
abroad. ..ia,. '....
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In the second installment of hi!
l"Own Story" in the February Hamp
tons Magazine, DR.. Frederick A Cool
gives for the first time the detailed
account of his meeting in the Arctic
with Mr.. Harry Whitney, with whom
lie left his much discussed scientifi,
Instruments, his notebook, etc.
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The February number of The Out
ing Magazine Ia complete in ii Sc
lection of seasonable outdoor articles
and photographs. It offers a new
word in outdoor work, love ant
play" "
New methods and means of safe
guarding life and the stories of re
cent life-destroying disasters, in sterI
contrast, feature the February mum
Der of Popular Mechanics Magazine
The Chicago stock yards fire is strik
ingly presented. ...#,.-.
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The entirely new feature of thu
February st. Nicholas is the first o
series of letters to the very littl'
folk" among st. Nicholas readers b.
John Martin. They are to be "all-o
the-year letters" and tell of the won
derful things happening every month
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The first month after the meeting
began-with practically no difference
in the tonnage hauled--the saving II
the coal bill alone was more thai
5000. If a proportionate sayini
we're carried out for one year on al
the railroads in the United States
would amount to the great sum o
$55, 900, 0O0.-From The Case of tn
Railroads" in February Technica
World Magazine.