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Show LITERARY NOTES. I F. Marlon Crawford, tho brilliant l young novelist, boa an article In the 7 Auguat number of Kveryhody'a Mag- .1 axlne in which he discusses the- prole LI lem of Ieo'a successor with an Intl-' U mate knowledge of the ground and M tho candidates that no other writer 1 could command. In view of the fact y that a most cordial friendship existed V between tho head of tho church nnd the author. It la claimed that U-o appointed Crawford his Woi-rapher and gavo him access to much valuable Information thnt tho casual biographer would novor havo acquired. Aaldo from thla excellent article, this most estlmablo magalne contnina an un tiMiiiil number of well written lilts of llctlon, some excellent half tones of people of prominence and anveral Jolly Jol-ly little stories of real llfn, the wholi) making a mngatlne of unusual merit. Krank A. Munaey, tho pioneer In the Introduction of the popular price magazine, baa made a fortuno In the paat fow yeara and now haa many periodicals and newspapers to look aftor, but altinsey'a Magazine Is never neglected and grows brighter with each Issue, the August number being the beat number yet put form. This Is In koeplng with Mr. Munaey'a policy, pol-icy, to never retrench, but to Improve with every lasuo. A number of pictures of I.hnaa. the sncrod city of Thibet, aro pulili.iliod In the Augiiat number of tho Century, Illustrating Il-lustrating a well written article by .1. Denlker. To Usho Nurxumiif, a Knlmuk pilgrim, who twice mnnuged to eluiln the vlgllnnco of tho guards, tho world la indebted for plcturea of tli.a forbidden city and much valuable Information concerning; It. I.hnsa Is , bu .t on Mount I'otiila nenr too motitli ' o. mo r.ver Indus. Trndltliin says It hud us beginning In the aeventh century, cen-tury, and nn outsiders are allowed within Its gates. j The "Captain's Toll Onto" la tho t title of a new book Just published by j I). Appleton tt Co., New York. It Is i by the into Krank H. Stockton and Is ! the last of his novels that wt.. ever I be ptibllahod. Krsnk Stockton has 1 written some of tho very best novels tit the age and his writings have al- waya boun eagerly sought by both pub- 5 Usher aud reader and thla, bin laat t novel, Is considered by many critics to be his best effort. The book la pro- raced by a memoir of the noted author written by Mrs. Stockton and contains' besides an excellent portrait of Stock-Inn Stock-Inn himself, illustratkins of hla homes t both Convent. N. J., and Charles Im"' .W..Y No "hr" ' n.plete without this last work of Prank n Stockton. Among the many Interesting booka recently - pu.diahed ,,y (mK,Jn flln ft Co. New York, la "The Iga-tee" Iga-tee" by Alice Present Smith. It Is a dramatic ami absorbing mwnl and one that will be w ly re.V The4 "a excellent charact.tr drowlng In it and I o't "' uZ'i ,r ". """"iln"1 ,hr':"- U will ,,!r T'r "",".mr 0""n" ' library sLlV0T " V'"l""e ""' tho I f J |