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Show LITERARY NOTES. The loading Btory in October St l Nicholas, "That Deer," an oxcltlng California story by Marian Warner Wlldman, is just as good for girls as for boys, aud is oqually interesting for tho oldor folks as well. Besides numerous other lntorostlng stories, the roader finds plenty of roading more substantial and equally as Interesting. In-teresting. "A Trip Through tho Now York Assay Offlco" is of especial espe-cial Interest to those of us who resido In tho mineral belt : While the October number of Century Cen-tury is truly a sportsman's " nuiabor containing much of intorosuto the sportsman, other departments have not been neglected, there being three artlclos of much variety by officers of 4j the United States government, deal- - ssd lng in a popular way with topics of J current interest, while la fiction the W number Is especially rich. In the odi- r torlal department aro somo plain - spoken words concerning tho lncreaso I of lynching and a discussion of "The 1 Cant About Hard Work," which aro especially interesting. The World's Work for October la a striking number, typically American, and presenting concretely many interesting' inter-esting' phases of territorial and muni- . clpal progress and achievement. Tho story of "Tho Human Legacy of . Jonathan Edwards," a legacy ot four teen hundred descendants is told by Edith A. Wlnship and is perhaps tho most convincing argumont yet mado against race suicide, being most inter eating to Utahnn, whoro large families fami-lies are not Infrequent. Thero aro ? many articles of Interest in this num- ! ber, which Is a most crcdltablo ono'. Country Llfo in America for October Octo-ber Is a superbly illustrated, doublo ? Country Homo number, and takes up tho various problems that clustor !' about tho building of a country house, l from how tho cellar can bo kept dry, I to tho question of Interior decorations. I It Is, in fact, a completo house build- ing manual. Many of the artlclos aro & by prominent architects. Thero aro ! many articles of utmost interost, and r: ono especially timely to tho cltlzons of t tho west, being a discussion of "Tho Water Problem in tho Country." s Tho October number of Outing Is a W gom, tho storios being especially lntor- l ostlng to thoso familiar with outdoor jj llfo, as woll as to the city-bred man k who, in times of trial and woo, long K for tho prlvllego of wandering In tho S fields and meadows amid tho scenes I ot his oarly childhood. I Tho Cosmopolitan for October comes to us ladon with good things W pleasing stories of fiction, artlclos of U current interest, richly Illustrated n and Is, in fact, a number of which the if' publishers of this most ostlmablo mag- I azlno may well bo proud. I |