Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-25

specimens of the work of the most
promising among the new poets, ro-
mancers and essayists. Joseph Kirk
land, Joaquin Miller, Gertrude Ath-
erton, Mary Abbott, Opie Read, Stan
ley Waterloo, Ernest McGaffev, Lee
Roy Armstrong. Minna V. Gaden.
ton. and other popular authors
will be presented. Pacific Coast
Writer'S" with their portraits.
by Ella Higginson, will make one
of the attractions. Another illus
trated article which cannot fail to
attract great attenti IN, is 1.-The For
est's Last Stronghold" by Hon. +. l.
Vassault, vivid account OF the lum-
bering camps of Oregon. ''Ihe Gar
den Spot of Washington, by Herbert
Bashford, and Ted Blank" by Ellie
W. Merriman, both sketches beautI-
fully illustrated, will count among
the gems of the number. CLOUD
land bv John Vance Cheney, is be-
vond question one of the finest of his
poems. "A Shelf Full of Western
Books" will be Octave Thanet's wei
come contribution. We are permit
ted to give an advance glimpse of the
feast of good things prepared and
we heartily recommend to our read
ers this enterprising periodical,
which has so quickly established its
claim to take front rank among
American Magazines.
The complete novel in the June
number of Lippincott's is The
Translation of a Savage" by Gilbert
Parker, author of The Chief Factor"
pierre and His People, " Mrs. Fall
chiOn." etc. 1t has an unusual sub
iect. and tells how an Euglishman of
family and wealth married an Indian
girl of Hudson's bay and took her
home. with results naturally mixed,
but better than might have been eX-
pected The fourth in the series of
Lippincott's notable stories-'.The
Philosophers" by Geraldine Bonner
deals with an extraordinary we'd
ding. in which the men concerned
were philosophers indeed. 1t is Illus
trated. ..Ambition.' play in one
act. by Johanna Stats. has n double
love story. The Athletic series is
continued in an illustrated article on
Amateur Rowing" by John +.
Huneker. In the journalistic series,
Theodore Stanton descants on The
Foreign Correspondent" John Bur
roughs gives A Glance Into Walt
Whitman" and Frank y. Burr tells
How Men Write" with portraits Of
Capt. King. j. q. Blaine. Julian
Hawthorne. Eugene Field. Joel
Chandler Harris. J W. Riley,
Bill Nve and Walt Whitman.
W. :. Walsh supplies anecdotes illus
tratin@ methods, now more honored
in the breach than in the observance,
of The Practical Jester Alfred
Stoddart in An Actors Art" con-
tributes a brief study of Edward :.
Willard. A Colonial VISTA by F.
H. W. i a notice Of Miss Wharton's
Through Colonial Doorways."
..When Doctors Differ" by F. NJ. b.
i comment on Il recent dcliverance
OF T. Marion Crawford. NJ. Crofton.
lures of Ambassador Bayard. Mil
lionairc Mackay. Composer Verdi and
Edward Burnaud. The poetry of the
number is unusually full. containing
lyrics by Graham Il. TomSon, the late
Philip Bourke Marston. Lorimer
Stoddard. Bliss Carman. and Harri-
son $ Morris, besides quatrains by
Frank Dempster sherman, Clinton
Scotland and Joel Benton.
The exhibition number of Serb
ner's magazine Is the contribution
which the conductors of that period
zeal make to the great exposition at
Chicago. On its literary side this
exposition number shows n list of
contributors such as has never been
brought together before in a single
issue of magazine. The opening
article is an unpublished autograph
narrative by Washington. desert bling
in a most graphic manner The
Braddock Campaign'-a manuscript
which is unique among Washington
relics. 1t was written by him for the
use Of Colonel Humphreys in u pro-
posed biography. W. d. Howells
contributes charming autobio-
graphical sketch entitled The Coun-
try Printer" which embodies recol-
lections of his youth. 1t i ilIustrat-
ed by y. Il. Frost. Prominent Eng
lish writers are Walter Be~ant and
Thomas Hardy. The American short
story is exhibited at its best by
such masters of the art as
Bret Harte. Henry James, George
W. Gable II. c. Bruner and Sarah
Orne Jewett. Mrs. Burnett contrib
utes more of the recollections of her
childhood with abundant illustra-
tions by Il. B. Birch, the illustrator
of Little Lord Fauntleroy." Robert
Blum writes picturesquely of an
..Artist's Impression of Japan" with
many more OF the wonderful pictures
made during his residence in that
country. Francisque Sarcey, the
eminent French critic. contributes a