The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-03-03
The March Magazines

contain several illustrated articles OF
more than ordinary value. Among
these there will be comprehensive
and timely article on Slavery and
the Slave Trade in Africa" by Henry
NJ. Stanley, with several striking IL
Illustrations by Frederic Remington; a
paper Oh the famous palace and mon
astery of ''The Escurial," by the late
Theodore Child, with numerous illus
trations: an attractive and graphic
description of Florida-"Our Own
Riviera"-by Julian Ralph, illustrat-
ed by w. Il. Smedley; and the first of
a series of articles on Washington
Society," by Henry Loomis Nelson,
with appropriate illustrations by c.
S. Reinhart.
Two important articles on the Ha-
waiian question have been written
for the March eumber of the North
american ReUieW-the first by lor-
rim A. Thurston, EX-Prime Minister
of Hawaii and Chairman of the Ha-
waiian Annexation Commission, who
will point out the advantages of
Annexation," and the second by
George Ticknor Curtis, who will con-
slider the constitutional aspect of the
case.
No fiction in the world is more fas-
cinating or more powerful than that
of Russia. This fact is made appar-
ent in the current issue of Romance,
the seventh in its notable series of
special numbers, and specifically de-
voted to Russian short stories. Near
Nv half of its contents relate to this
remarkable country, and are from the
pens of such writers as TOurgueneff.
Tolstoi, Pouchkine and "Stepniak."
There are also beautiful stories of
Eng land and America by some of our
best authors. among whom are Fran
els Hodgson Burnett, Tom P. Morgan,
Caroline A. Creevey and Clyde Fitch.
Uncommon interest attaches TO re-
Gently discovered tale by John G.
Whittier, and also the striking news
paper story, "The Great Journal
Beat" by Rhodes mcknight. The
readers of this charming magazine
will not be surprised to learn the
fact, which has come out since his
death, that Phillips Brooks was a
an,d H1ror a nairnr af
Romance. The magazine is issued
by Romance Publishing Company,
Clinton Hall, Astor Place, New York,
at % cents a number; subscriptions,
$3.50 a year.
Scri6neT's Magazine for March con-
tains several remarkable articles in
the line of personal "reminiscences
and memoirs which were announced
to be one of the features of the year.
Through the courtesy of a grand
daughter of the great naturalist J. j.
Audubon, the publishers are able to
present in this number "Audubon's
Story of his youth" charming bit
of autobiography written by the natu-
ralist for his children, and accidently
found in an old calf skin bound volume
where it had been hidden for many
years. Another striking article of
personal Renaissance appears in the
Historic Moments series, and is a
description of "The Death of John
Quincy Adams in the Capitol" by
the Hon. Robert c. Winthrop of Mas
sachusetts, who was speaker of the
House, of Representatives forty-five
years ago, when Adams rose to speak
and fell back unconscious. The ven-
cradle orator and statesman recalls
the scene in this article as though it
had oc Cured yesterday, and puts on
perm anent record an authentic des-
cription of that dramatic event of
which he is one of the very few sur
viving eyewitness. 1t is wonder
full fact that the public lives of Mr..
Adams and Mr.. Winthrop embrace
the whole history of the United States
from its foundation to the present
day.
Intent upon the mechanical and
material wonders of the great EXPOSE
ton, the world has not yet begun to
realize that the most important feat
ure of the Columbian Exposition is TO
be its congresses, which will gather
together the leading thinkers of the
age. Those who are foremost in re-
ligion, science, and sociology, are al
ready on the way to take part in a
discussion such as the world has new
er known before. When barriers in
religion may disappear, what pro-
gress be achieved in the problems of
government. what advances made in
the settlement of a broader question
affecting society, by this assemblage
of the wise men of all nations! Is it
to much to believe that the quicken
ing of thought, which must result
from such congress, will hasten, be-
yond precedent, the progress of hu-
mainly? The Cosmopolitan for March
is the first of the illustrated maya
zines to present the importance of this
phase of the Columbian Exposition, in
an article from the pen of Mrs. Hen
rotin, the brilliant vice-president OF
the Women's Branch of the Worlds
Congress Auxiliary, in which our at
tention is turned from the more OBJ