The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-12
CURRENT LITERATURE
Observations of New Books and Late
Magazines.

| The January Review of Reviews
/ carries as frontispiece a splendid
picture OF the new Chief Justice, Ed
ward d. White. Reciprocity between
the United States and Canada is dis
cussed by r. r, McGrath, and Efiicien-
Icy, Freight Rates and Tariff Revis-
ion, by Benjamin Baker.
i $3.50. ESH
i Lippincott's Magazine wastes no
time in beginning to fulfill it's prom
Uses of good things to come during
1911. The January issue opens with
a. thoroughly delightful complete nov
elette entitled HLista," by Zona
Gale, famous for The Loves of Pei.
|leas and Etarre."
HHH
\ H Woman's Home Companion starts
the new year with a continued story
in which votes for women" has a
prominent place. This suffragette
Hove story, is entitled "In the Land of
Tomorrow by Maude Radford War.
rem and, as you can imagine, is dis
tinct departure from the usual maya
zine story. Other fiction in this
number includes THE Nine Brides"
by Juliet Wilbor Tompkins.
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} The Ladies' World for January
: starts off with AN excellent table of
contents and the promise Of another
very interesting year. The remark.
J able articles ON The Day of the Boy,
which have been running for a few
, months, are brought to an end with
} one on The Work of the Y. NJ. G. A.
; "a really wonderful work of saving.
S.@s ..a..4..a
: The production of 'Pelleas and Me.
lisande" this fall in the park and the
interior of Maeterlnck's home, the
Abbey of st. Wandrille, was one OF
5 the meomrable literary and dramatic
events of the year. In the January
: Century it is graphically described
by Nine. Maeterlinck, who was Nell.
, sande in the performance.
} ran
. William J. Locke begins a new
7 series of stories in the January Amer
! lean Magazine. They deal with the
adventures of Aristide Pujol, as
: whimsical and entertaining a charac
r ter as the Beloved Vagabond." The
author himself says OF him he is
u the man who never loses an oppor
l tunity and never keeps it when he
has got it." d. a..-. .s......s
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In the first fustallment of his so
called confession" in the January
number of Hampton's Magazine, DR.
J Frederick A. Cook frankly accepts
the decision Off scientific authorities
that his Polar observations were in
= adequate. but 'teils upon what reas
oning he based his conviction that
he reached 3the Pole, the SHADOW
theory" etc. 800 -e
aE~.a 5> eHH
A story that a good many nationa
politicians will read with especial in
, terest is Blue Blazes," which II. B
3 Marriott Watson has written for The
{ Red Book Magazine for January. i
records what befell United States
= Senator who sought, personally, t.
put an end to native uprisings in the
Philippines.
The general excellence of The
D American Magazine is what appeals
|, to the reader. Experts in the bust
ness say that no periodical now pub
lished is attracting more attention
or winning more enthusiastic approx
: al, than The American Magazine. 1
; is publication which exhibits unus
ual energy, liveliness, candor, cour
i age and humor.
.Es
J. No series of similar articles evel
attracted wider comment than Eng
S land and the English from an Amer
q lean Point of View" when it appear
ed in Scribner's a few years ago. TIL,
$ author, Price Collier, spent recently
: year in India and the Far East, an(
I he begins in the January number hi
incisive comments on the whole ques
: ton of the domination of "'The Yves
in the East
: "a " " "
The January number of The Out
ing Magazine offers most satisfy
ing variety of outdoor articles. i
takes you from the snow of the nortl
woods to the everglades OF Florida
from the grouse moors of England tC
Saddle and Camp in the Rockies"
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The story of progress for the veal
1910 is not more record Of the pas
than it is a forecast of the future
An epitome of its brilliant achieve
lments,. marvellous discoveries and
innumerable Inventions is given in
the, January number of Popular Me
chanics Magazine, and every word
prophesies of wonders yet to be.
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The Christmas spirit is still appar
ent in The Delneator for January.
There are beautiful Christmas Illus
trations. in vivid color by Blanche
Greer, Howard Chandler Christy, B
~. .Bosenmeyer and James Moore
Preston. The frontispiece is an il
illustration by Paul Meylap, for "Sar
, lolita" and the cover design Is a pref