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THE IRRIGATION AGE 



dren in Public Libraries," by Katherine 

 Louise Smith. 



THE LITERARY DIGEST. 



In its issue of July 14 discusses the 

 "Opening of the Democratic Campaign," 

 "The Pekih Massacre," "Ending of the 

 Chicago and St. Louis Strike," and "Bos- 

 ton's Experiment with Municipal Owner- 

 ship." Letters and art, science, inven- 

 tion, religion and foreign topics all receive 

 due attention in their various depart- 

 ments. 



THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. 



"Rural Free Delivery of Mails," by 

 Perry S. Heath, Assistant Postmaster 

 General is included in the contents of the 

 July 14 issue. This is one of the most 

 important things to farmers and the ably 

 written article of Mr. Heath gives a con- 

 cise account of the beginning and gradual 

 growth of this system. The rest of the 

 magazine is up to its usual high standard 

 of excellence. 



THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL. 

 Four short stories, the beginning of one 

 serial, and the concluding chapters of 

 another give the August Ladi.s Home 

 Journal claim to the title of Midsummer 

 Story Number. There are besides upward 

 of thirty other features: "College Girls' 

 Larks and Pranks," "The Haunted Houses 

 of New England," "My Summer with 

 Some Chipmunks," "A Missionary in the 

 Great West," by Rev. Cyrus Townsend 

 Brady. "How a Girl Can Work Her Way 

 Through College," 'Conversation and 

 Good Form in Public Places," etc. Pic- 



torially the August Journal is made un- 

 usually sumptuous by the work of nine il- 

 lustrators and by innumerable photo- 

 graphs. "Through Picturesque America" 

 will command particular attention, and 

 Howard Chandler Christy's "American 

 Girl in Society" is another notable artis- 

 tic feature. A waltz, "Golden Poppies," 

 is attuned to the slumberous summer days 

 and is exceedingly pretty. From cover to 

 cover the August Journal is entertaining 

 and attractive. By The Curtis Publish- 

 ing Company, Philadelphia. One dollar a 

 year; ten cents a copy. 



THE FORUM. 



The July Forum is of such even excel- 

 lence that among the thirteen articles pre- 

 sented therein it is difficult to select any 

 one as especially worthy of mention. If 

 preference must be given we may name 

 "Our Relations with Germany," by War 

 C. Fox of the Bureau of American Repub- 

 lics; " Kiaochou : A German Colonial 

 Experiment," by Hon. Charles Denby, Jr. ; 

 "Social Reform and the General Election" 

 (in England) by Thomas Burke; "The 

 Shipping Subsidy Bill," by the United 

 States Commissioner of Navigation, E. T. 

 Chamberlain; and "The Pa?sinn Play at 

 Oberammergau," by Professor Hans Devri- 

 ent. Other articles deal with the alleged 

 increase of crime in the United States, the 

 position of the United States as a world 

 power, the real story of Hawaii, Chinese 

 civilization, the advisability of entering 

 the government servicw, and the growth of 

 American outdoor literature. 



