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MAGAZINES
The March Magazine OF American His
tory is sparkling number. 1t touches a
broad field of information, and its budget
OF varied and delightful reading is a par
tcularly valuable addition to both current
and historic literature. 743 Broadway,
New York.
fine frontispiece Of Rev. Howard
Crosby is feature of The Arena for March.
The Rev. Minos J. Savage opens the num-
Der by one of the most notable poems ever
written by this writer. The Arena fur
nlshes IN the March number a most striking
array OF religious thought, embracing the
ReN. Mlnot j. Savage. the leaderof progress
slve Uuitarianism; Rabbi Solomon Schind-
Ter, the learned Hebrew; Rev. George B.
Cneever, one of the most able defenders of
orthodoxy in the Episc 0palian church:
| Junlus Henri Browne, as pronounced a
nationalist as DIR. Cheever is a churchman,
aud Judge A. B. Richmond, one of the
ableSt splritualist thinkers in America It
IS safe to say that no single magazine has
ever brought together ADLER thinkers who
represent thoughts so Numerically opposed
as found in the March Arena.
The March number of the Atlantic has
some articles that are sure to attract wide
attention. 1.-THE Dangers of Electricity
by John Trowbridge, is one of them. The
opening article Of the number, however. is
| paper upon the Trial, Opinions. and
Death OF Giordano Bruno" by William R.
Ihayer; this is followed by a paper by
Charles Worcester Clark on "Woman Suf-
| frage, Pro and Con-" George Parsons
Lathrop shows us "The Value of the
| Corner" and there is an admirable paper
called Lettering Through the Paris Expo
| sltlon," which tells, among many other
things, of all the concerts given at the
cafes of the exposition by the various
acknowledgements, Javanese, Hunga-
rlans, and many more. The whole paper is
tull OF interesting sidelights on this great
1alr. DIR. Holmes is particularly amusing
In over the Teacups," and seems to wish
tnat people would write less poetry.
houghton, Miffiin & Co., IL East Seven
teenth street, New York
In the Forum for March Senator Henry
l.. Dawes writes a review of the first year
| Of President Harrison's administration.
Prof. A. B. Hart of Harvard, from non
partisan point of view, considers the pro-
| gress thus far made by civil service reform
and the hlnderances that lie in the way of
reformers. Gen. Henry L. Abbot of the
United States army points out
the changes that have been made
In the manufacture of firearms, to show
| r
| tare since our civil war; and he shows that
| both the arms and the methods employed
| by our armies are now already autiquated
| Prof. James Willis Gleed, of the University
OF Kansas, who has, perhaps, had as large
| an experience as any man in the handling
| OF western mortgages, writes an exDlana-
| tlon OF their nature, and of wnat they have
accomplished for borrowers and lenders in
| the development of the west, not forgetting
to point out certain dangers of the system.
Ihere are several other interesting articles
4 in the number. Two hundred and fifty-
three Fifth avenue, New York
The March St. Nicholas begins with an
exciting adventure, "On Mountain Trail"
told by Harry Perry Robinson. Two miners
! fight pack of ravenous wolves with dyna-
mite, blowing the brutes into what the boys
call "smithereens." Mr.. Taber illustrates
the story with vigor. A delightful story is
Jacks cure" by Susan Curtis Redfield.
Jack runs away from home, and having
| been forced to take place las maid of all
work" soon concludes, as Dorothy's saucv
song reminds him, that there is mo place
| like home" w. A. Rogers has drawn the
| excellent illustrations to this story.
| Mr.. Preston tells of George and Nellie
Custis," the Oh ldren of Mount Vernon, who
| seem to have been not SO essentially differ
emit from our own boys and girls The
| article gives us a pleasant home view of the
| great Washing ton himself, as loving grand
| father, courteous host and careful landed
proprietor; Some ,,, old portraits are
reproduced as illustrations. Alice
Maude Ewell depicts for us
Virginia comedy of the old days when
housewives were ducked for gossiping.
The fiction and poems are excellent. Union
square, New York.
The March number of the North Amer
| icdn ReUielU is specially noteworthy, on
account of most important discussions on
two questions of the greatest moment. One
is the tariff and the other is electric light
ing. On the tariff Senator Merrill of YER
mont has strong article in answer to an
article by Congressman Mills in the Feb
ruary number The subject of electric
lighting is treated by Mr.. George Westing-
| house, Jr., the president of the Westing-
house Electric Company, who takes as the
text of his article Sir William Thompsons
contribution in the previous number.
Justin Mccarthy, M. P, writes Of ''Coming
| Men in England" in characteristic way
Col. Ingersou furnishes part H. of his
answer to the question, why Am an
| Agnosticg' Mrs. Susa Young Gates, one
of the fifty-six children of Brigham Young,
in Family Life Among the Mormons,"
enters a plea in behalf of polygamy, and
| describes the domestic relations of the late
head of the Mormon church. A lively and
characteristic article on Lively Journal
ism" is from the vivacious pen of Max
| O'Rell. No. 3 East Fourteenth street, New
| York.
The most striking pictures which have
appeared in the Joseph jefferson Autobi-
ography accompany the present (March) in
stalment. The frontispiece is a full-length
portrait of Jefferson as "Dr Pangloss,"
| there being six large portraits, in various
| characters, including another view Of CDR.
| Pangloss," picture of Jefferson as "Asa
| Trenchard," as "Newmau Nnggs," as "Caleb
Plummer," and as "Salen Scudder."
| Three very timely and important subjects
are treated in the March Century by
| specialists. The first is the subject Of Num-
cipal Government, DR.. Albert Shaw de-
scrihing the workings of the local govern
ment of Glasgow, one of the worlds model
cities in t is respect. The subject Of irriga-
ton is treated in the first of series Of three
articles by Professor Powell, the director of
the United States geological survey. The
| third great paper is discus ed in paper by
! Professor Fisher on"The Nature and Method
| of Revelation - the concluding one
in his very timely series. This
| number is also notable for the be.
| ginning of the most authentic and original
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