The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-24
THE MAGAZINES.

The Globe Rcrie,c published by william Henry
Thorne, Chicago, In its current number con.
demns Wanamaker and 1ngersoll. and wants the
Worlds fair opened on Sunday. Eliza Allen
Starr discusses the writings Of the late Thomas
william Pafsons.
Tho NcsD England Adoasass for March. 1893,
will contain an article entitled, "Dean Stanley
and Phillips Brooks Visit to Plymouth, Mass."
This article was written by the distinguished
Boston divine. Rev. George E. Ellis, D. D., who
accompanied them to tina shrine Of all the Pill.
grims
The romantic proportions OF the great Panama
swindle will be EXPLAINED in an article in the
March number of The Forum, on "PAnama, the
History of a Col ossal Bubble BY Ernest LAM
bert. who was. at an interesting period in the
development of the bubble, editor Of the Pan
ANA Star and Herald
The February number Of the Blue and Gray.
the new patriotic monthly published at Phila-
delphia, prints the words and music OF ''The
Star spangled Banner" and great many army
and navy sketches, one Of them BY Gen. Horatio
c. King. Nearly every one OF the seventy-dve
pages il handsomely illustrated.
No one is better qualified to discuss the op
portunities and advantages which the Colum-
bsn exhibition will offer to American art and
industry than the president of the Centennial
exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876, Alfred 7.
Goshorn. His experience enabling him to
measure the direct outRrowth OF the great fair
over which he presided, he can appreciate a. no
one else what the Worlds fair OF 1898 will DO for
the nation. Hence tho great value Of the article
on 1.-THE Worlds Fair aud Industrial Art"
which he contributes to the current number of
the Engineering Magazine. In il he maintains
that the industrial arts rather than the fine arts
are the true measure OF peoples culture, and
that II 10 In these especially that We feel the e.
fects Of comparison between Others achieve
sand our own.
The Rerie,s Of Rerfe,ss for February appeals
with uncommon force to men of action and men
of affairs in the large and small cities OF the
upon such questions as the municipal owner
ship of gas aud electric lighting works, the
problems of city transit and administration, the
gifts OF millionares for public purposes In their
respective home cities, aud such practical Ques-
tons a. the inheritance tax. The beauty of the
treatment of these questions by the Revie,c Of
Reriers lies in its freedom from mere theory and
dissertation and its reliance upon plenty OF solid
aud timely facts. One can always go to the Re
rieu Of Rerieus without disappointment The
feature OF the February number that will per-
haps attract most attention OF al is Mr.. W. T.
stead's great character sketch OF the late Jay
Gould.
An article that will be read with great inter.
est in every literary center in the East, and in
eVeyy Hfnu6Q C1IC.e Al tue East ana vest. 10
William Morton Payne's article. Literary Chi
cago," which opens the Ne,o England Magazine
for February. Mr.. Payne is the associate editor
OF the Dial and is eminently qualified for the
delicate task OF such summary OF contempt
rary activity. He treats OF the literary spirit in
CHICAGO from its earliest awakening, and gives
an excellent estimate of the achievement to
date. The article is well illustrated. ana con-
tains portraits of the leading men and women in
IN tseSAfY world 9TH
Francis r. Browne. the chief editor of the Dial:
DIR Paul Carus, the editor Of the Montst: Gen
Alexander c. McClurg, Horatio Nelson Powers.
BENJAMIN r. Taylor. from painting by G. r. A.
Heaiey; Eugene Field. Harrie, Monroe, Blanche
Fearing, George p. Upton. DR.. J. ". Foster, El-
wyu A. Barron. Joseph Kirkland, Dr.. William 7.
Poole and George Rowland.
.Timeliness il the striking Characteristic of
tie principal contributions TO the North Ameri-
can Rsrietr Tor February. The leading feature il
An abe article entitled "How to Revise the
Tariff" by the Hon. William u. Springer, chair
man of the committee On ways and means o.
the house Of representatives. Mr.. Springer
position gives him the right to speak authoritA-
lively. Two articles which are sure TO attract
wide attention in view OF the recent scandals in
Paris, which even threaten the republic. are
Admiral Amrnen's "Rscolie cttons OF the Pan
ANA Canal Congress- Of 1873 aad Nine Adams
entertaining and instructive paper on .'Cr;m-
ipal Law in France" Under the title OF
Changes IN the Church OF England" the very
Rev Robert Gregory. dean OF ST. PauIs.
contributes some interesting "reminiscences
o. the oxford movement aad its IssderN
Blooms and Banes OF Free Coinage" are dis
eussed On tho one hand by the Hon. &. p.
Bland, who sets forth, with marked frank mesa
his views on the monetary conference recently
held at Brussels, and on the other hand BY John
Harsen Rhosdes. president of the Green wich
savings banks and their dspositors A affected
by Q premium On gold, while the "Derositor's
Point OF View 10 forei6sy presented BY . de-
position in . savings bank. Senator John T.
Morgan. Of Alabama, makes . strong plsa for
'-1ovsrnment Ala 70 tie Nicaragua Canal" in