The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-03-07
CURRENT LITERATURE
Some Observations of New Books
and Late Magazines.

IL I1du IL DC bOHt, --Int olOiy Va
an engineers desperate battle against
cold and ice in Alaska-and New Or
leans and the Big Ditch"--a particu-
larly significant Interpretation of the
meaning of the Panama Canal--are
striking features of the March Tech
nical World Magazine.
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The March number of Seribner's
Magazine shows very distinguished
and cosmopolitan list of contributors,
including the Englishmen, Sir Henry
Norman, NJ. p, John Galsworthy, E.
w. Hornung and A. e. w. Mason; the
Americans, Edith Wharton, Robert
Grant and Henry Van Dyke, and Nam
sen, the Norwegian explorer.
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The March number of st. Nicholas
has the first chapter of an enticing
new serial, "The Townsend Twins
Camp Directors" by Warren l.. FL
dred. The first scenes are in New
York City, with promise that the
Townsend Twins and the readers of
their experiences are to be carried up
to a summers good times on Lake
Champlain.
Stephen Chalmers continues Foot,
loose and Free" in the March Outing,
and Hubert Footner has explored
and described New Rivers of the
North"-a great canoe trip. The
gasoline enthusiasts are cared for by
Ocean Racing in Small Motor
Boats" by L. de B. Handley; "Insur'
Sloss.
Nearly every magazine editor in
the United States is able to make an
emphatic statement as to which num-
Der of his periodical is the best each
year. 1t may be the October or il
may be the June number but the ed
itOr knows without a flicker OF hest
tation just which one it is. With the
Popular Mechanics Magazine it is al
ways the March number that has this
Fatalistic tendency to surpass.
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Eugene p. Lyle, Jr., whose articles
IN the Might Riders" of the Ken
lucky tobacco fields created a stir not
long ago. weaves the color of the
obacco district into a gripping tic
lion story, entitled "Dormouse Val
or" in the March Red Book Maya
zine.
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The March American Magazine
contains the first authentic report
published in this country of certain
highly important discoveries in
London laboratory as to the relative
strength, both mental and physical
Of the younger children of a family
as compared with the older children
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On the art side the March Century
IS unusually varied in its interest
The frOntispiece is Rembrandt's re
| markable painting, The Mill" tone
If the finest of Coles impressive
wood engravings of Masterpieces in
American GalleriesO, for which the
happy owner is said to have paid hall
a million dollars.
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The Ladies' World for March is
called the Spring Fashion Number
md it bears out its title by strik
| ing cover by NJ. f. Musselman ant
series of pages showing the newest
| things in clothes and in the accesso
ries of dress. There is also a page
showing the latest fabrics in color
| The general contents of the number
are up to the usual high standard.
March is still blustery enough tC
make us seek indoor comforts anC
diversions, and we turn to books ant
| magazines with a Zest which will per
haps be lacking later, when the
spring sunshine lures one to the open
Lippincott's for March will be found
most desirable fireside companion
Woman's World for March features
THE Case for the Administration,
by Daniel Read Anthony, Jr, republi
can representative from Kansas
This is an answer to The Case Of
the Progressives Against Taft" by
Medill Mccormick, which appeared II
the February number.