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Show LITERARY NOTS. ' P. Iaribh TTfawfordTrt'i l brilliant younjr novollst, hns an ar Icle In tho August number of Everybody's Mng-nzlno Mng-nzlno In which ho dlscusaosVho prob-lom prob-lom of Leo's successor wlthnn lntl-mato lntl-mato knowledgo of tho ground and tho candidates that no othor writer could command, in view of tho fact that a most cordial friendship existed botwoon tho head of tho church and tho author. It is claimed that Leo appointed Crawford his biographer and gavo him access to much valuablo information that Iho casual biographer would novor liavo acquired. Asldo from this oxcollont nrtlclo, this most estimable niogazlno contains an unusual un-usual number of woll written bits of Action, sonii) oxcollent hnlf-tones of pooplo of promlnonco, and soveral Jolly Jol-ly little stories of real life, tho wholo making a mngazlno ot unusual merit TC-nl A fi.neit' ir nlnnonr In Frank A. Munsoy, tho ploneor in tho Introduction of tho popular prlco mngazlno, has mado a fortuno in tho past fow years nnd now has. many periodicals and newspapers to look nftor, but Munsoy's Mngazlno is novor neglected and grows brighter with ench lssuo, tho August numbor boing tho best numbor yet put form. This Is in kcoplng with Mr. Munsoy's Volley, Vol-ley, to novor retrench, but to Improvo with every lssuo. A numbor of pictures of Lhasa, Iho sacred city of Thibet, aro published in tho August numbor of tho Contury, illustrating il-lustrating a well written nrtlclo by J. Donlkor. To Usho Narzumof, a Kalmuk pilgrim, who twico managed to oludo tho vlgllanco of tho guards, tho world Is Indobtod for pictures of this forbidden cjty and much valuablo information concerning It. Lhasa Is bu..t on Mount Potala near tno mouth 01 wo r.vcr Indus. Tradition says It had ts beginning In tho soventh contury, con-tury, nnd no, outsldors nro allowed within Its gates. Tho "Captain's Toll Onto" Is tho Utlo of a now book Just published by D. Apploton & Co., Now York. It Is by tho lato Frank II. Stockton and is tho last of his novels thnt wi.. ovor ho published. Frank Stockton has wrltton Bomo of tho very best novels of tho ago and his writings havo always al-ways been eagerly sought by both publisher pub-lisher and reador and this, his last novel, la considered by many critics to ho his best effort. Tho book is pro-faced pro-faced by a momolr of tho noted author, wrltton by Mrs. Stockton and contains, besides nn excellent portrait of Stockton, Stock-ton, hlnsolf, illustrations of his homes , i t. I.HHnxl XT 1 nnil sfh'i tla at both Convent, N. J., and Charles Town, W. Va. No library Is comploto without this last work of Frank It. Stockton. Among tho many interesting books rocontly published by Houghton, Nuf-Hln Nuf-Hln & Co, Now York, Is "Tho Legatee." Lega-tee." by Allco Proscott Smith. It Is a drnmatlc and absorbing novol and ono that will bo wldoly road. There is excollont character drawing In It and tho Interest Is woll sustained throughout. through-out. It Is Just tho hook to buy to tuko with you on your summer outing nnd it will boar n second roadlng whon you return to tho home. It Is oxcol-lontly oxcol-lontly nnd tastefully bound, and nn especially handsomo volurao fqr tho library shelves. |