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Show ; f REVIEWS OP THE IATEST j BOOKS AND MAGAZINES I , IN PRAISE OF BOOKS. ; Hook lovers grateful tribute pay, r n sober pr or votive lay. For well they know their magic powor 2 To charm and cho-r the darksome hour. Like the sweet llowers arc books we love, Tln-v oft a benediction prove. 3 Like star-eyed daisy of the Spring. T'hev n -w-bom. plensurvs to us bring; "WWJc tire choice wisdom they impart . Inspires boi;h i n'telltrci and heart. A n.1 ''tis through books alone that we Hold cotwrse wiith antiquity "With Homer tuid the clnssuc minds. Whose k'jniinR Fast and Present binds J History, philosophy, and song. All t me ch'Tislu-d books belong, Whether a field or kxify nook. Or quiet hio-me wekume the book AVe love our batman folk meanwhile e The book is sure our fanev to beguile. t BOOKS AND MAGAZINES. The Century is a salt water number, and has a dashing cover whereon a green wave with a top like a head of cauliflower flirts with a full-rigged ship. There are. not many stories instead, in-stead, ne frets an interesting article on Winslow Homer, a painter of, the sea; Joshua Plox-um's account of the Failing around the world; Kliza Scid7 niore's tale of cruising up the Yange-pte; Yange-pte; Franklin T. Uttllen, who wrote the i. "Cache-lot" story, whites "The Way of t a fhip," and a number of other noted ii authors contribute their best to this 1 breezy September number. . James Mor- i- gan writes of an incident in American jt history, which he calls "An American Forerunner of Dreyfus," that is apro-: apro-: pos. ( Lippinoott's has a striking novelette by Maurice Hewlett, who wrote "The Forest Lovers." This story is called "The Duchess of Nona." and is so abso- i lutely unique in thought and treatment that it will attract wide attention. Oc- . ...jci.mollv il.r.. is n hint of tlmrirp Meredith in Mr. Hewlett's work, but t he is a writer who needs depend on no man for guidance. Dr. Wolfe tells of : the places where Frank Stockton has ' composed most of his clever stories, and there are short pieces of fiction by "Dodo" Benson, liuth McEnery Stuart, Charles M. Skinner and Mrs. Schuyler i CVowninshield. The magazine is one of the interesting publications of the month. Serihner's has some excellent fiction. Grace Ellery Channing's "Francisco and Framisca" is a pretty Spanish-Califor-nian tale, perfumed with blossoms of orange and rose; Joel Chandler Harris' "Chronicles of Aunt Minerva Ann" is rich in humor and excitement, while Charles Warren's story will appeal to many. More of Robert Louis Stevenson's Steven-son's letters and Frederic Irland's "Where the Water Runs Roth Ways" j also add to the number. The illustrations illustra-tions are particularly good, and Col-burn Col-burn Clarke's poem, "Home Haunts," is one of the striking, bits of verse of the month. John K. Spear will interest yachting men with his account of the America's cup in the Cosmopolitan. Saint-Just, a former French secret service chief, reveals re-veals the organization of the French spy system, and John Wilkie, the chief of our secret service, devotes himself also to literature, but writes a story of an unconscious crime, instead of giving giv-ing away matters of state. Vance Thompson tells of the roof gardens of :ow lork. ana as lor stories, there are several, none remarkable, all readable. Ann Leach, in her article, the "Delightful "Delight-ful Art of Cooking," hits out from the shoulder and roundly scolds young America for shelving cooking in favor of bad art and music. She says the American woman's ignorance of cooking cook-ing is criminal; that it is not half so much drudgery to cook as to play the piano for hours, and that it is daintier work than painting. For all which the American man will doubtless send up a hurrah for the writer. There is an article in the Ladies' Home Journal that nine-tenths of the unhappy individuals on this old earth should hurry up and read Mary Board-man Board-man Page's "Confessions of a Worrier." Everybody has met the man or woman who worries save the mark! At any rate, the paper contains sound truth and hints that are helpful. Josiah Allen's Al-len's Wife finishes her amusing account of her stylish cousin's daughter and many other contributions claim more than passing notice. This country is overrun with magazines. maga-zines. Maybe there are a. dozen or fifteen fif-teen which every one has heard or even reads, but of the scores and scores of minor publications there is no ending. Yet a new magazine has the bravery to storm the field Everybody's Magazine at calls itself and the initial number proves it fairly bright, well illustrated and planned. There are a number of good stories and up-to-date pictures, and altogether the future of the new venture looks promising:. Mary Johnston's serial. "To Have and to Hold." in the Atlantic, is one of the novels of the year to reckon with. It combines eminent solidity with great interest in-terest and is rushing along at a. fine rate. Mrs. Ella W. Peattie has a story, "The Man at the Edge of Things." which deals with a phase of life in the great west and is as fine in style as everything which has come from Mrs l'eattie of late. Jacob Rils' tenement article ar-ticle is of value, and there are several vvry good papers on the Scot in fiction the mission of humor and the book re-View, re-View, which will pay well for the reading. read-ing. The Rlack Cat 'has its $r0 prize tory, "The Diary of the White Kaffir " by James o. Pagan. It is certainly novel in theme. The other four stories are nt tractive. "Eph Pollers Monument, Monu-ment, ' especially. The Pall Mall is one of the most read I fdde journals of September. The printing print-ing and the )kaper are so superlative hat they prejudice one in favor of the contents btfore the latter are seen Gilbert Parker has another of his stories stor-ies of Englishmen in Egypt, and H G "tt ehs gives u further information in the shape of fiction in his storv of the days to come. His idea is decidedly pnidsome. E. Nesbit has created much interest by n-vel child stories, and there is one of those, besides interesting interest-ing articles on Alnwick castle, Russia after the completion of the Siberian railwa-. by Ariminius Vamberv, and W. I-:. Henley's article on Shakespeare In France. The Criterion has for its lead a story by James H. Tuckerman, which is very skilfully done "Betty's Letter," it is called. "The Bride of Al-Ruccha," by-Charles by-Charles Edward Barns, also is above the average. The weekly is rapidly becoming be-coming one of the foremost magazines which make their appearance every eeven days. The end of Laura Richard's charming girl's story, "Quick-Silver Sue," comes in the September St. Nicholas; Amelia Earr's "Trinity Bells," Carolyn Wells' "Story of Betty," and several other equaiy fascinating stories, with happy jingle verses and funny pictures make up a fine number. Appleton's Popular Science Monthly-has Monthly-has an article by Jeannette R. Murphy on the survival of the African music in America, a paper on the Taskegee institute in-stitute and Edwin Dexter has some novel things to say on the influence of weather on crime. West Indian poisonous poison-ous fishes and the color of northern flowers are further topics discussed. Rear Admiral Schley 5s? given special Dutice in Frank Leslie's Monthly. On- oto Watanna. has one of her charming Japanese stories, Frank Stanton furnishes fur-nishes a characteristic poem, and Ruth McEnery Stuart finishes a southern story of quick character touches and dramatic climaxes. To can peaches and' to make marmalades,' marma-lades,' what to wear to a luncheon and recipes from treasured cook books, ancient an-cient and modern, with a sprinkling of fiction, make What to Eat a very good number this month. The Magazine of Art has some handsome hand-some picture reproductions for Septem- ( ber. "The New Paris Salon" is written by Henri Franz; also "The Royal Academy." The works of Benjamin Constant are considered by Emil Ve-del. Ve-del. Pearson's is one of the many English magazines which are finding a welcome in the United States. Clever stories and odd and interesting' subjects makeup make-up a table of contents that refuses to be passed over. The September number num-ber has an explanation of pinhole photography pho-tography which will interest amateurs and experts alike; there is a symposium sympos-ium on the secret of success, besides fiction from Cutcliffe Hyne, Fred M. "White, W. A. Curtis and R. R. Wilson. Wil-son. The Ledger's cover is a colored print of the Columbia under full sail. Many bright stories and poems make the monthly a much better journal than it is when running as a weekly. The Woman's Home Companion has a decidedly artistic cover poster by Karl Anderson, and its contents are such as will please its following. Josiah Allen's AVife, John Kendrick Bangs. Lilian Bell, Mrs. Burton Harrison and other clever writers contribute. |