Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1890-03-01

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The Colonel's Daughter "From
the Ranks" The Deserter,'' etc, is
the complete novel in LrPPINcoTT's
MAGAZINE for March, and is charac-
terized by the same dash and charm
of style which make all Captain
Kings stories such entertaining
reading. Edgar Fawcett contributes
q remarkable poem of some length,
entitled "The Tears of Tullia." 1t
is touching and beautiful story of
the triumph of love during the tyr
annous reign of the Roman emperor,
Caligula. Mrs. Lucy c. Lille writes
very entertaipingly of "The Author
of The Collegians.'" Marshall P.
Wilder, has many nice things to say
about "Our English Cousins /"
In 'Book-Talk, in present number,
Julian Hawthorne, who is at his best
as critic, has charming little essay
entitled Eugene Fields Little
Books" and Frederic M. Bird con-
tributes o thoughtful review of new
edition of "The Thoughts of Marcus
Aurelius.' The poems in this bril-
liant number, besides "Tears of Tul-
liza" are "Idol Affections" by Clara
Bloomfield Moore, tender bit of
verse inscribed to Robert Browning,
"From Beyond the Sea- by Owen
Wister, andi "a Debutante," by
Florence Earle Coates.
HARPER's MAGAZINE for March
defies generalization. Its list ofcon-
tents displays variety and en- ex-
cellence that cannot adequately be de-
scribed in a general statement. fit
did not contain practical article of
public Importance, a descriptive ar
ticle of a commercial significance, a
sketch Of scientific interest, pic
turesque paper, poems of real inspir-
alton, q nmber of striking stories,
and valuable editorial comments, it
might be truthfully called Fine Arts
Number; for Annie Tbackery Richie
contributes an essay upon the
modern apostle of art, John
Ruskin, supplementing, by personal
"reminiscences, sympathetic portrait
ture, and biographical details, DIR.
Waldstein's critical article upon Rus
kin in the February Number of last
year; Theodore Child offers critic
al and historical note upon "The
Winged Victory of Samothrace,"
illustrated by photograph of this
masterpiece, and decorative designs,
in the Greek spirit, by Luc Olivier
Merson; DR.. Waldstein publishes, for
the first time, an account of "The
Restored Head of Iris in the Parthe-
non Fricze," telling how he identified
the fragment after its discovery dur
ing the late excavations on the Aero
polls, and how his Identification was
subsequently confirmed beyond ques-
ton. Beside other contributions to
the literature of the Fine Arts, APP
pear the other contents already hins-
ed at. General Wesley Merritt, U.
S. A., continues the series of articles
on modern armies with 'The Army
of the United States" illustrated by
r. F. Zogbaum. These are followed
with splendid illustrations and lit
erary matters. The EDITORS Dyaac-
err, introduced with a social satire by
Charles Dudley Warner, forms
conclusion to the Number.
BABYLAND.-Babies "want but little
here below"-at least they want but
little in literary way and feel sure
that their wants will be fully met and
satisfied in the little periodical pub
lished for their benefit by d. Lothrop
Company, Boston, Mass. Babyland
at so cts year. What more could
babies want? What less would they
be satisfied with? OF course it is
full of pictures and the "beautifulest"
pictures 1t is said that a child
learns more during the first three or
four years of his life than in all the
rest of IL, no wonder that our rising
generations are almost insensibly
educated into touch with art, and
faculty for it, when from their
earliest months and years, they
are used to such truly artictic pic
lures as the illustrations in Baby
land. In the copy before us there is
first, little girl sensibly clad, and
there is snow all about her On the
ground, and all about her in the air
and on the bushes there are snow
birds, and she has a whip held in
both her mittened hands-what could
be more suggestive to child Then
there is a girl with a doll and lula
by for her to sing to it. And next
there is the most delightful thing
donkey. We all delight in donk-
eys whether they be quadrapedal or
bi-pedal, whether they be munching
a turnip, or sucking the head of a
cane, they are fascinating and this
one has such refreshingly long ears