The National tribune., 1892-01-28
Magrzinea and Nnies.

MakhAlufa anu NOTES.
Short Stories A Magazine Of Select Fiction.
Published monthly, at New York. Price So a
year The contents Of the February number
are very interesting and excellent. They con-
sist Of short stories By the most noted English,
American, French, and German authors, with
"Sandis MCPHERSON" by Robert Mcpherson,
as the principal attraction.
Sports AJfeld A Monthly Magazine devoted
to Sport and Adventure. Published at Denver,
Colo. Price 20 cents a copy.
Frank Lsslis's Popular Monthly. An immense
ly large magazine, filed with good reading
matter aud foe illustrations. Price only 25
cents. Published at ITO Fifth avenue, New
York.
Astronomy and Astro- Physics is the name Of
an admirable magazine devoted to the higher
walks Of the science of astronomy It's editors
are Vim. w. Payne. Director Of the GOOdssll
Observatory, Mortified, Mimi, and George f.
Hale Director Of the Kenwood AstrO- Physical
Observatory, Chicago 10 is published at North
field, MINI. Price 81 year.
gick's Floral Guide The Floral Guide for
1892 is q very handsome aud we'll gOtten-up
publication. The novelties for this year are
numerous. The Golden Nugget" sweet corn,
the "Charmer" pea, Stone" tomato and the
American Wonder" potato among the yege-
tables, and new pOppies, daisies, roses, carna-
ti0ns, chrysanthemums, Eeraniums and fuchsi-
49, Win many OtN6I3t lOful Inc lhFEb ll5G o.
new varieties of old and WslI-known Yegeta-
bles and flowers. Besides the profusely illus
trated pFies-st, there are hints and instruc-
tions for the care Of plants. Published by
James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y. Price Is
cents.
There will be published in the lagazins of
american History for February, as a matter OF
unusual historic interest the complete Minority
Report Of the famous Electoral Commission Of
1-rTT which has unf mi ham ~ N.
the people OF the United States The his
tory OF this remarkable document will be
found ia the same number Of the magazin me-
from the pen Of Judge Charles Cowley also
an engraved copy of the great historic paint
ing Of the Commission, which furnishes exact
portraits Of al the distinguished persons in at
tendance.
The contents Of the February number Of tho
North American RsUisV are TO be unusually
varied. In addition to the first of the four
articles by Mr.. Gladstone on the Olympian
Religion will be the following contributions /:
Tammany Hall and the Democracy, by Hon.
Richard Croker; How 70 Attack the Tariff, by
the Hon. w. VI. Springer, Chairman Of the Ways
and Means Committee; A Claim for American
Literature, by Clark Russell; Can Our National
Banks be Made Safer2 by Edward s. Lacey,
Comptroller of the Currency; The Duty and
Destiny OF England in Asia, By Sir Edwin Ar
mold; Lotteries and Gambling, by Anthony
Comstock.
One Of the next great features of the Csnssry
magazine, published in New York, will be a 81
successor to the famous War Series, the Life Of
Lincoln, and other important historical works,
which have first seen the light in the pages of
that magazine This is no other than a new,
thorough, scholarly, and yet popular Life of
Napoleon l.. by distinguished American stu
dent and professor Of history. Such work is
important and timely because Of the abundant
new materials furnished by the opening of the
different national archives and by the publica-
tion of valuable memoirs. The Life will be
illustrated in the CsntIry'S most complete aud
artistic.manner.
Charles Scribner's Sons have issued a cloth
bound index to the first 10 volumes of Scrib-
HsTs Magazine with some account of its literary
and artistic history. This is the completion of
the fifth year Of the magazine, and its record
has been especially brilliant.
Kueass' Philadelphia Magazins for the Blind
Published semi-montly by N. B. Kneass IT,,
Publisher for the Blind, PIG Church street,
Philadelphia. Price $3.50 per year This is a
most interesting and well-written magazine,
ard brings 20 the blind the news Of the world
political, scientific and literary. To those not
familiar with the literature Tor the blind. this
magazine Is quite curiosity. The pages are
white-the raised letters having no color. The
different parts Of the letters are brought out
very distinctly TO aid the delicate touch IN dis
tinguishing them. Then, too, the poetry ia
written as prose is, except that the spaces be-
tween the lines are very long. The last pages
Of the magazine devoted to advertisements
even Is the ordinary publication.
The January number Of the Catholic World is
at hand. IL is to be known as the Columbus
Number" Aubrey do We're writes Of Columbus
and The Sea Portent; Rev. l.. A. Quito, The
Birth place of Columbus; r. NJ Johnson, The
Royal Patroness of Columbus; NJ. f. Egau,
Columbus the World Giver. IN addition there
| is a review Of Columbus A La FrOude. The
book was written by Justin Winsor, Librarian
OF Harvard. "The Centenary Of st. John of
| The Cross" by unnamed author; Henry
/ George aud the Late Encyclical, by @. A.
| Ramm; Mr. Cahensly and the Church in the
United States, by II. A. Brann, d. D.; The
| Amenities of the School Adjustment, Rev. T.
| j. Jenkins II. Z. O'Keefe, A Legend Of the
| Rhine; The Lost Lode. @. Reid. The book re-
| viewing is a model in that line. Address Rev.
/ w. ID. Hughes 100 w. Sixtieth St., New York.
Take Your Choice, Madam.
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