San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-02-07

1884, Ada Ola, daughter OF ]. A. and X, A.
Smith, aged two years.
Tar EcLEorio MAGAZINE for February con
tains an excellent collection Of timely and
interesting papers from the foreign magazines
Goodwin Smiths essay ON Evolutionary
Ethics and Christianity" from the Contem.
porary Review, IL powerful presentation
Of the subject and commands the place of
honor In the magazine. Another article
from the same review, by A. Lang, discuss
es Literary Forgeries." A paper from tho
Edinburgh Review, on ''The Ancient Med
laval, and Modern Stage" will be found
full OF interest. ''Genius," from Macmil-
lan's, and 1.-The Ramblings Of Paper
Kuife," from Temple Bar" are lighter ar
ticles Of highly readable character "rhe
Ideas Of an Exile" by Prince Ibabim Hill
my, brother Of the Khedve Of Egypt and
Extracts from the Diary of the Marquis
Tseng," will be found entertaining and sug-
gestive. There ia an attractive paper by
Grant Allen, on ''The Ancestry Of Birds"
and one by Rev. II. Il Hawes OH the conn.,
poser and pianist, "Moschelos." There is
Chinese story from Blackwood's "a Matri-
monial Fraud" which 10 fresh ana piquant
Considerable interest win DO felt in the ar-
ticlo on 'Outoast Russia" by the Nihilist.
Prince Krapotkine, There are several short
papers Of interest. "a Great Religious Re-
former" by Prof Max Muller, will also DO
read with much interest. The number IL
fully up to, IL not superior 10 its predeces-
sors.
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TIE February number Of the Manhattan
has been received. This Is one of the new
or order of New York magazines, profusely
and elegantly illustrated, and filed with the |
very best of current literature. The present
number is more than interesting; the table
of contents embracing Autumn Camps on |
Cayuga," by William F. Taylor, Q bright |
and breezy paper, full of the open air, while |
the illustrations show, as mover before, all |
the picturesque features Of the beautiful |
Lake Cayuga, the home Of the Iroquois in
the time Of the famous chieftain, Hiawatha.
Another illustrated article is both q philo-
sophical and amusing paper by Frank Beard
on "Caricature," of which the well drawn
and humorous illustrations are in the best
vein of that popular draughtsman. Beauti-
full, both in drawing and engraving, are the
of them, the frontispiece
of an interesting narrative poem, 1.-THE
Queens Revenge" by Thomas 8. Collier.
The drawings are by Will Il. Low. and the
are by the mastery hands of
Henry Wolf and Mueller. ''Shakespeare's
Sonnets in new Light" Is o fine literary
article from the practiced hand of Junius
Henri Browne, and "A Poets Wife," Is an
slegant and witty comedy by Brander Mat
news. In deeply interesting paper ira
versing quite new field, s. G. w. Benja.
nin United States Charge d'Afairs and
Consul General in Persia, describes his jour-
ney ACROSS the Caucasus" last year to take
Of his post. In second part
If "Creation or Evolution" George Ticknor
Jurtis shows the insufficiency of the proof
# the theory Of Darwin. The fiction of
he number is the first part Of an absorbing
md skillfully wrought story, '"Transforma-
ion," by Harriet Prescott Spohord, and IN.
'ther chapter of Thinking Cymbsls." by ,
Edgar Fawcett, who here will much excite
he curiosity Of his readers. Among the
'oets of the number is Judge Noah Davis,
'residing Judge of the New York Supreme :
curt. Other poets are Mary Bradley, Ella
Wheeler, Christopher P. Cranch and Mar
aret Eytinge. The various departments L
re well filed, and some amusing drawings r
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