New-York tribune., 1912-04-07

later. IN id.'. l'H VIII II
have 20 wal. u-,u YOU
reach The most exciting Sir John Ro1ton.
part of the story before
You become really ac-
quain,cd with this very remarkable man.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has always been
DISTINGUISHED tor his characterization. In
this rcspcc, ne has no superior among novel;
ists. He even succeeded in making Sherlock
Holmes a reality. one Of the most familiar
symbols in our common speech. And yet,
when YOU come 90 measure The great de-
tcctivc. You find that he is really an ab-
straction. and not human at all.
TnTHE LOSTwORLDt the characters thus
far introduced are human intensely human.
Next week YOU will meet the two men who
complete the quartet that made the pcrlouS.
thrilling Journey into the unknown part Of the
world where prehistoric life survives, and IN
their way they are as strongly individual as
Professor George Edward Challenger,
who will take Your breath away in this num-
bcr
Next week YOU will learn exactly how the
expedition came into being and how It's per-
sonncl was made mp. There is a graphic, oX-
citing account Of a big meeting. Maybe 1t
will not impress YOU at first So deeply as it
should; but later on YOU will recall that lively
meeting very often. You will find that the
public generally was much more skcpucal
abou, the undiscovered land with its strange
monsters than YOU could possibly be- 1t took
a fighting man like Professor Challenger to
withstand the bitter attacks.
OF course YOU will read THE LOST
WORLD very eagerly; but YOU must
save time for other features i'm our next STU
DAY MAGAZINE. II is truly a distinguished
number. one Of those which manage to reach
the high plane We are constantly striving 20
attain.
MAKING A NATION WHISTLE is by
Charles X Harris. who has made more peo-
pie whistle than any other man I'm this coun-
try. He has written more popular songs, and
made more money ont of them, than anybody
csc-and he can't distinguish one note from
another on the piano. lie depends wholly
upon his car. II YOU are old enough, YOU
know about After the Ball. his first and
biggcs, success. "a million and a half copies
of it were sold and he tells how he COM
posed it when hr was a schoolboy. And YOU
know. perhaps. his Two Little Girls in Blue
and Mid the Green Fields OF Virginia"
" lust Break the News 20 Mother, Some
where" Hello. Central, Give Me Heaven
and never SO many more the nation has
whistlcd. Mr.. Harris has definite and
mighty interesting ideas about song writing,
and that is probably the reason he is more
successful than any Of the hundred and fifty
thousand other people in this country who
are trying to write popular songs
dynamite JOHNNY o'BRIEN con-
~ cludcs his narrative Of adventure and
history i'm our next SUNDAY MAGAZINE. II
YOU have read any of the instdlmcnts, you
will bc sorry they are ended. Next week he
tells how he nearly carried out what would
have been the croWung achievement of his
career. for which ne was 90 receive half
million dollars This was nothing less than
the rescue of Captain Drcyfus from Devils
Island. He had his plans all made and
there isn't any doubt he would have sue
cccdcd. but before ne could act the French
Government anticipated him and transported
Drcyfus to Paris for the trial that ended IN
Scotch verdict.
THERE will bc another Of the admirable
health articles 10y DR.. Eugene /. Fisk,
who writes about science as if it were fiction.
so interesting does he make his important
talks.
THE BLACK COBRA is one Of Michael
whites stories OF India. As in some OF
the predecessors he contrasts modern science