The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-03-31
Magazines and Notes.


The United serrice a Monthly Review of Mill
tary and Naval Affairs. Published by l.. r.
Hamersly & Co., Philadelphia. Price 80 cents
Q number.
With the April number the Cosmopolitan COM
pletes its 18th volume in manner worthy
the wide and growing popularity of this maya
zine The Cosmopolitan is the most superbly
illustrated of the monthlies, and the pictorial
establishment of the April number is rather
above the average. The leading article Is on
Genoa, the Home of Columbus, written by
Murat Halstead who recently visited the city,
and illustrated from photographs of all the
principal relics of the great navigator which
romain in Genoa; A Romance of Old Shoes,
by Miss Elsie Anderson de Wolfe, exhibits the
best of the remarkable historical collection at
Cluny Torpedoes in Coast Defense is the title
of timely paper by Lieut.. A. NJ. DArmit, of
the u. s. Army, with photographs and draw
inqs by J. o. Davidson; Wallace Wood treats of
Homes O. the Renaissance in an illustrated
paper, and William H. Rdeing is the author of
delightfully."- written and profusely- illustrated
article on The Crew of Transatlantic Liner;
the Marriage of American Women to German
Noblemen is discussed by Elizabeth Won Wedel,
an American who is now the wife of a titled
subject of the KAISER
The April number of the North american Re-
rieap contains articles on the Negro Question,
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by Henry Clews; on Typhus Fever, by DR..
CYRUS Edison; on Reciprocity and the Farmer,
by Hon. Hilary Herbert, Chairman of the Conn.,
mittee on Naval Affairs; immigration, by the
Hon. John b. Weber, United States Inspector
of immigration, and Charles Stewart Smith,
President of the New York Chamber of Com
merce.
The Ocerland Monthly (san Francisco for
April is to be unusually rich and varied IN
Tho fnlIOyyin0 announced. A BIT
of Forgotten Biography conclusion of the
serial, Santa Barbara and Spanish life) by
Ouien: A Unique Ordeal what young lady
went through on Kearny street IN San Fran
cisco), by Isaine Lamason; On the Black
Butte IAN episode of danger and heroism in the
hill country. by Charles T. BrimblecOm; Hap
penings in Old Calaveras Ia character story of
mining daysl, by Wm S. Hutchinson; Tn Las
Furrer Ia domestic tale of Oregon), by Ella
Higginson.
the Pansp for April is an excellent number.
There are stories, articles and verse suggestive
of the Easter season it heralds. Its leading
stories. by Pansy and Margaret Sidney, are Of
interest enough in themselves this month to
make a brilliant issue. The Baby's Corner
contains a charming little story, and the
American History article, and English Litera-
ture paper. not to mention the Old World an.
ecdote and Missionary news, furnish a range of
topics which meets the needs of the family
entire and makes this magazine an Invaluable
help wherever it goes. Price 81 year; 10
cents number. ID. Lothrop Company, Pub
fishers, Boston.
Lieut.. Frederick Schwatka, the noted ex-
pIorer of frozen Siberia, is writing series of
very interesting letters for the New York
Ledqer, the first OF which appeared March IS.
The letters describe his strange experiences and
remarkable discoveries in the remote and wild
depths of Alaska while conducting the New
York Ledger Alaskan Expedition. The fasci-
nation which clothes every Arctic exploration
invests the many-voyaged young Lieutenants
narrative with breathless romantic interest.
The letters are illustrated from photographs
taken by Lieut.. Schwatka