The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-03
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Midwinter MAGAZINES.

The February issue of Outing is full
OF the lure of the outdoors. The ar
ticles fill every requirement OF the
outdoor mantle fun OF trap shoot
ing, duck shooting, the borrowed gun.
etc. 1t contains discussion on Mo-
storcycles for 1914 by George M. John.
son; 1t tells how to take care of the
shotgun in an article by Edward
Crosslnan Other articles are Blanket
Woodcraft, The Woman's Weapon,
Man and His Pillow, The Mystic City,
The New Athlete, Down the Slopes of
the Moon, Professor in Place OF Pros,
The Stag Shirt, In White Water, The
Best Way to Build Cooking Fire Out
OF Doors, in addition there are several
other stories and articles OF especial
interest to sportsmen
The February Red Book Magazine
contains. among other notable features
the opening chapters OF remarkable
novel by Elinor Glynn, entitled THE
Man and the Moment The situation
developed in this installment is
tensely dramatic one, and if the pace
is continued the story Will undoubted-
ly be one of the most discussed novels
OF the season. The two other Red
Book serials, Rupert Hughes What
VIII People Say" and George Ran
dolph and Lillian Chester's THE Ball
OF Fire. each come to particularly eff
fect1ve climaxes. Mr.. Hughes story is
well bearing out its publishers de-
scription as s.the Vanity Fair OF New
York, and the Chester novel is a dis.
tinct advance over Get Rich Quick
Wallingford. : The February Red
Book also contains three short stories
widely varied in theme and treatment,
but uniform in their strong appeal.
Especially well worth remembering
among these are "The Turkey by
Albert Payson Terhune; Letters
From the Valley by Frederick Ar
mold Hummer; The Chapel of the Ma
DONNA by l.. ]. Beeston; and jane
by Ida M Evans. All in all, the Feb
ruary Red Book probably contains the
largest and most varied and interest.
ing collection of worthwhile fiction
Ou Tie News STANDS,
The midwinter fiction number is the
February expression OF 1.-THE new spir-
it of the Century" This issue contains
seven short stories, including 1.-THE
Temple of the Countless Gods" a mod
ern Japanese romance by John Luther
Long, author of Madam Butterfly"
The Last War in the World story
OF the future by II. G. Wells. The lat
ter is flight of the Imagination and
a vigorous protest against war. Arts
tically the number is unusually rich,
containing besides many illustrations
for stories and articles, an unpublish-
ed portrait OF Benjamin Franklin, re-
Gently discovered and attributed ito
Fragonard; Rembrant painting en-.
graved on wood by the master wood
engraver, Timothy Cole; numerous
photographs printed in tint; valen-
tine fantasy reproduced in full colors
from painting by Anna Whelan
Belts; painting by George Inness en-
titled Under the Greenwood The
cover design is a landscape by George
Inness, Jr. THE Mexican Menace" by
w. Morgan Shuster, author of THE
Strangling of Persia" and Racial
Consequences of immigration one of
Prof. Edward A. Ross important SER
les, and "The Boy Who Goes Wrong"
by II. Arlington Bruce, are among the
more serious articles. Percy Mack
ayes bird masque, Sanctuary" is the
leader of the poetic contributions
and ten pages are devoted to the comic
section, in Lighter Vein