The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-02-28
sCRIBNER FOR MARCH.

Scribner for March contains the first of the
Illustrated papers on the Drama which were rec
emily announced by the publishers, and it is
stated that two others have been assigned to
early numbers. This month the subject is Mod
jeska incidents of whose life and career on the
stage related in biographical critical manner
here tcfOre printed Especially interesting is the
account of the pastoral life which the actress anil
her husband led for q time on rancheria in
Southern California, but which she relinquished
with little regret to play in San Francisco for the
first tina in English. Ihe text Is written by
Charles DeKay, and is accompanied by three
one as Juliet and the others as Cleopatra, the
latter an impers0natiOn which has not yet been
seen in this country.
Other illustrated papers in this number are:
"a College Camp at Lake George, a sprightly
paper by X. r. Bowker, with illustrations, both
humorous and serious, by =. $; Church; The
Old Mill at Newport - by K. G. Hatfield" an
of this problematical structure, which he claims
was built for another purpose, the writer g array
of plausible arguments being REINFORCED by ref
in Northern Mexico, % by General Lew. Wallace,
narrative Of personal adventure, with drawings
by the younger Inness, Kelly and Bodies; The
de by
Using young naturalist; ''Lawn-Planting for
small places" practical suggestions by an au-
thority on Landscape gardening; Samuel Parsons rs;
Mr.. Boyesen's 'Falc0nberg, are also illustrate
ed. The latter will be succeeded in the May
number by q novelette, by Miss Trafton entitled
An important contribution to financial litera-
ture is Professor Summers paper on 1.-The Com
mercial Crisis of 1857 - which is brief but full
and clear, and includes an account of the dsas-
trous Pennsylvania experiment. paper on
''The late George Rapp and the Harmonists''
will reveal to many for the first time the pecull-
arities of this interesting and now moribund col
ony Of Millenarians, who, under the dogmatic
government of Father Rapp, adopted celibacy
and relinquished their right to vote, .'Some
Western SchOol-masters, - by Edward Eggles-
ton. is similar in character to the recent papers
on the clergy by the same writer, and the anec-
of education in the West. "a Glance in the
Sumner Aicove,' Harvard Library" by Miss
Kate V. Smith, reveals some OF the most unique
requests of Mr.. sumner, including copy Of
MS poems never before printed; q volume con-
tanning an inscription by Milton, which is re-
produced in fac-simile, etc., etc. Prominent IN
the number are paper ON taste in manners and
art with the caption s'De Gustibus,' contrib
uted by Mr.. Charles L. Esstlake. of furni-
ture fame, and another of the drOll Rudder
Grange stories, by Frank 4. Stockton, entitled
''Pomonas Bridal Trip"
by Sidney Lanler, c. p. Cranch, Paul 3. Hayne
and Marie Mason; and other poems by q. p:
Lathrop, Emma Lazarus, Amanda 7. Jones and
In his department of ssTopics of the Time, -
DR.. Holland writes Of the late J Blair Scribne!
and Of Bayard Taylor, and discusses social
Drinking.'' 'sHome and Society" contains
something about the Duties of Man-servant'
and Progress" has the usual quantity Of book
reviews. "The Worlds Work" follows up the
subject Of the Electric Light, /" of which 1t Ii
keeping record. and records . number .S Of I'M
Brac'' completes the number with verse and
sketches in vein Of sentiment or light satire.