The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-02-08
CURRENT LITERATURE
Some Observations of New Books
and Late Magazines.


Gunners along the shore will read
THE Passing of the Battery" by Per.
cy NJ. Cushing in the February Out.
ing. with pleasure not untinged with
regret. For the trampers and camp.
ers Warwick S. Carpenter has writ.
ten Camping in Winter" with all the
necessary clothing, outfit, food and
shelter tips.
A modern suburb of London with
new Queen Anne houses is the Witch.
ing Hill estate, which is the setting
for the stories Of adventure which L.
W. Hornung will contribute to Serb.
ner's Magazine, beginning in the Feb.
ruary number. F. G. Yohn, who il
Illustrated "Raffles," will illustrate
these stories. =. .tN
The February number of The La.
dies World bears new imprint-The
Mcclure Publications, Incorporated
but an announcement by the editor
states that the only editorial change
will be in he way of Improvement,
and giving even greater value to the
subscriber. Certainly this particular
issue is all to the good.
The argumentative-mind will find
ample grounds for heated discussion
in the February Lippincott's complete
4,
Clinton Dangerfield. rs a gentleman
ever justified in breaking his pledge
word?' Does the plea that 'alPs
fair in love and war afford Endicott
any excuse for making use of his
modern weapons?"
Every sane and well-instructed
American should be at once a pro
gressive and a conservative. A man
may hold fast to well-established in
situations and at the same time seek
to reform abuses and to make laws
and governments conform with social
changes.-From The Progress of the
World" in the American Review of
Reviews for February. .-. r.
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Five papers in the February Cen
fury bring unusual force and knowl
edge to the discussion of topics of
current interest. OF worldwide i'm
portance is Mr.. Whelpleys astonish
ing revelation OF the growth and
promise of "Germany's Foreign
Trade, which he describes as "a
marvel OF the age" and which, of
course, is at the bottom of the cause
of dangerous friction with England.
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Another Of John A Moroso's ciever.
ly conceived Solid Ivory" stories APP
pears in the February Red Book Mag
azine. 1t is the tale of a police lieu
tenant who was too slow.witted to
make mistakes and OF criminal
who found a way to defeat finger
print Identification.
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Real improvement on an already
bright and entertaining periodical are
shown in the February number of
Cartoons" the second issue, which
was published on the fifth. As in the
first number, there are more than 200
reproductions Of the cleverest and
timeliest cartoons of current Ameri-
can and foreign publications. but to
these have been added eight pages OF
fine half-tOne reproductions. A feat.
ure is the cover design by John L.
McCutcheOn.
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The February WOman'S Home Com
panion contains a remarkable short
story entitled The Way" by Juliet
Wilbor Tompkins. 1t is a story that
has aroused a tremendous discussion
over the question as to hove much of
a sacrifice one woman could or would
have the right to make for her friend
who is in trouble.
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Among the good things in the Feb
ruary ST Nicholas is the beginning
Of new serial by Emile Benson
knipe and Arthur Alden Knipe. 1t
is called The Lucky Sixpence," and
the heroine is a dear little English
lass. who is heartlesSly shipped off
to the colonies, where the latter
scenes OF the story are to be set.
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The recent introduction OF machin.
cry and mechanical appliances has
done much to revolutionize the meth.
DDS employed in the manufacture OF
valentines, but this industry still OF.
ferS a promising field for the inven.
tor as in many of its processes no
substitute has thus far been found
for handiwork, says the February
Popular Mechanics Magazine in an
illustrated article. ..
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These systems, first approved by
the consulting experts of the board
make it fairly certain that the city
will get dollars worth of labor or
material for every dollar IL pays out
At any rate, with the cost system
once installed, il is an easy matter
to locate waste and extravaganza,
while graft is made practically i'm
possible. From Socialists at Work
February Technical World Magazine