The Wichita Daily Eagle

LIBRARY NOTES

It may not be generally known that
the true source of the wealth of Chili is
in its natural deposits of nitrate of soda
and other salts. The vast deserts between the Camerones and Copiapo have
been aptly compared to an immense laboratory, so great is their richness in salts
of various kinds. Theodore Child, in the
forthcoming number of Harper's Weekly,
will describe a recent visit to these
"nitrate deserts," and will relate some
curious facts in regard to the peculiar
and extensive industries of that region.

Harper's Bazar for September 10 will
contain an interesting "Chapter on Old
Spoons," by Mrs. M. P. Ferris, illustrated
from drawings and photographs of
spoons in the possession of historic families. In the same number will appear a
short story by H. Butterworth, entitled
"Mrs. Freemantle's First Lecture."
Besides installments of serials by Kirk
Munroe, William Hamilton Gibson and
Margaret E. Sangster, Harper's Young
People for September 9th will contain a
fairy story by Howard Pyle, a historical
story entitled "How the Women went to
the Well," and other attractive articles
for boys and girls.

Concerning Rudyard Kipling-a volume
of whose stories has just been published
by Harper & Brothers-Andrew
Lang writes: "To myself he seems one
of two, three or four young men-and he
is far the youngest-who flash out genius
from some unexpected place, who are
not academic, nor children of the old literature of the world, but of their own
works. He is not in tune with our modern
civilization, whereof many a heart is
sick: he is more at home in an Afghan
pass than in the Strand."

A new book by Captain Charles King,
entitled Campaigning with Crook, and
Stories of Army Life, is announced for
immediate publication by Messrs. Harper & Brothers. It includes the narrative of the author's adventures with
General Crook's Big Horn and Yellowstone expedition against the Indians in
1876, together with three short stories of
frontier military life, and several illustrations by leading American artists.

The New England Magazine for September shows a pleasing variety in its
contents, but it devotes itself very especially to two interests, New England
farming and the present intellectual life
of Canada. It must be confessed that
but few of us in the United States know
very much about the literature and literary men among our northern neighbors.
The New England Magazine has done
more in its present number to dispel this
ignorance than has ever been done before, we think, in a popular way.

The Jenness-Miller Magazine for September contains more pages than any
previous number, and the October number will be larger than the September issue, evidence of the great success and
triumph of its teachings of sensible and
artistic dress for women, physical culture
and all those accomplishments which
improve women mentally and physically. No woman can afford not to read it.
Among the important articles in the
present number are those on "Physical
Culture," subject-The Hand and Arm:
"Courtesying," …Social Etiquette." "Fine
Gems." "A Girl Student's Year in Paris,"
"How Shall We Improve Our Speech,"
"A Talk About American Girls:" Mrs.
Miller's serial story, "The Philosopher of
Driftwood;" "Fashions and Fancy."
"Talk About Books." etc. Subscription
price, $2.50 per year. Single copies 25
cents. Address the Jenness-Miller Publishing company, 363 Fifth avenue. New
York.

For a plain man of letters, Sir Edwin
Arnold is getting a great deal of advertising nowadays. He must be the envy
of the whole dramatic profession. To be
so much talked about would be worth
thousands of dollars to any actor, and
many a man of the stage would travel a
far journey if he could be published to
the English-speaking world as falling in
love with a sweet Japanese girl.