The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-10
CURRENT LITERATURE
Some Observations of New Books
and Late Magazines.

I and Late Magazines.
Suppose Uncle Sam hasn't single
ship to go through Panama! What
of IL? Why not let the foreign car
| riers take the traffic? Asks Agnes G..
Laut in July Technical World Maya
zine.
As part of its fight for Better
Babies" the Woman's Home Compan-
ion publishes in its July number an
able editorial showing how the Unit
ed States is spending $4,000, 000, 900
year for better farms and only $780,.
900 year for Better Babies"
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Pictorial Review for July is, as u.s.
ual, magazine that reflects the
American woman and anticipates her
needs The beautiful cover design
by Harrison Fisher is followed by an
equally beautiful frontispiece, enti
tied Summer is Calling Thee" by
Sarah X. Smith. Then appears the
editorial They Say" and Have You
Heard?'
The July Popular Mechanics con-
tains $50 articles and 419 pictures.
Among the most interesting develop.
ments for the month is the use of the
flying boat as a vehicle for business
travel. Mr.. Harold F. Mccormick,
of Chicago, recently purchased Cur.
tiss machine to be used for. this pur-
lpose and a page Of views show the
lcraft and some of it's unusual feat
lures.
The July Outing offers a diversi,
flied list of articles that are sure to
Iappeal to outdoor enthusiasts. Hit,
Ting the Home Trail from Mt. McKin
Hey" by ,Belmore Browne, is an ex.
IceedinglyG interesting tale of the re
turn trip from "Couquering Mt. Nc
Kinley." Mr.. Browne and his com
Ipanions experienced the earthquake
which created such havoc in the Kad
lax Islands.
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The fiction of Woman's World for
July includes Angelo" by John A
Moroso: 2 the Continuation of Anne
ISt. Cross by Ella W. .Peattie, and
"The Woman That Wanted to Bives'
by Leila Burton Walls. Burns Man
tie gives an interesting account OF
the play, Romance"
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Ida M. Evans, whose analysis of the
difference between salswoman and a
saleslady in a short story in the June
lRed Book Magazine, caused stir, in
PRODUCES story called Town Pumps
land Gold Leaf" in the July issue OF
that publication, with a definition OF
a milliner, which is bound to create
as much attention as was won by heI
June effort
In celebration of the fiftieth ami
versary of the Battle of Gettysburg
1.-THE July American Magazine pub
fishes a graphic illustrated story OF
the battle by Edgar Allen Forbes
which contains many new facts and
stories about that most thrilling and
memorable of all American conflicts
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The July Lippincott's has strong
patriotic flavor. The leading special
Iarticle Is when History Repeats
by Colonel Willard French. II Is an
appeal for saneness and deliberation
in efforts to change our Constitution
and points out the possible dangers
which lie In the adoption of the Initia
tive, the Referendum, and the Recall
about which so many prate glibly
without more than a superficial un
derstanding of what they mean.
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The Ladies' World for July is call
ed a Ten-Story Number, and it has g
fine collection of fiction by such no
table writer's as Mary Heaton worse
Emily Calvin Blake. Ellis Parker But
Ter. Mary Hastings Bradley, Mrs. C
N. Williamson, Grace Duffie Boylar
and John Gruelle, besides some un
signed contributions that are full o
interest.
Scribner's Magazine for July is on,
of the notable Special Numbers. this
one devoted TO Panama. Many efforts
to reproduce the great work of tn,
canal pictorially have been made II
various mediums, but none has beer
quite so successful as the sixteen full
pages reproduced here, directly from
color photographs. $751; ....