Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-17

Mrs. r.. G. Creighton. An illustrated
story, ..Isrul Camperman's Alibi,"
by Robert C. V. Meyers, proves that
its gifted author is as skilled in hui
NOR as he is in pathos. ..Palumb a's
one of those wonderfully realistic
sketches of Calabrian life which have
made this writer so suddenly famous.
"A Freaks Midsummer Nights
Dream, " by Charles Belmont Davis
is as unique rs it is delightful.
.'Heine and the Monkeys Skin" by
Thomas Wentworth Higginson. and
.'Was That Little Fellow I?'' by Min
OF j. Savage, are among the gems of
the number. Charles Washington
Coleman, Edward A. Oldham, and
other well-known poets contribute
some of their best work. The sue
cess of The New Peterson is thor
oughly established and is well de-
served.
The Review of Reviews is distinct
American magazine, edited by an
American. DIR. Albert Shaw, whose
collegiate education was received at
Iowa college. No other periodical
covers the news field and the general
trend of the worlds movements
month after month so completely.
A notable article by Prof. H. r. Judd
son. Of the Chicago university. gives
estimates of the public careers of four
eminent men-Blaine, Lamar. Hayes
and Butler-and with them his inter
probation of the Monroe doctrine
Farrar pays n brilliant
tribute to the life and character of
the late Phillips Brooks. An article
on America in Hawaii, by Serene
Bishop. favors complete annexation.
and another on England in Egypt. by
w. +. Stead, tells the story of occu-
patton. Nearly every special paper
is illustrated. In its editorial de
partment the Review of Reviews has
no rival.
Mr.. Howells is most certainly to
be congratulated upon the felicity of
description and cleverness of express
sion, with which he is depicting the
artist life of New York
City in his latest novel, The Coast
Of Bohemia" This charming story
is one of the most noticeable of the
many features of the March Ladies'
Home journal. Miss Dickens re-
of her famous father are
made particularly interesting by
some touching illusions to his visit
to the United States. Miss Harriet
Ogden Morrison. the American eN-
pert on ecclesiastical embroideries.
several original designs
for advent and lenton church hang
ings, as we'll as several suggest
ions for funeral pals. Edward W.
Box discusses the problem of Does
Poetry Pay?" and John Lambert
Payne gives Il delightful essay on
The Secret of Happy Marriages.
Mrs. Hamilton Mott gives in detail
a description &c An Afternoon Tea.
from which practical information
may be CLEANED by intending host
esses. There are-other equally en-
tertaining contributions.
Scribner's Magazine for March con-
tains several remarkable articles in
the line of personal "reminiscences
and memoirs" which were announced
10 be one of the features of the year.
Through the courtesy OF grand
daughter Of the great naturalist. J.
J. Audubon. the publishers are able
to present in this number .'Audu-
bon's Story of his Youth" charm
ing bit of autobiography written by
the naturalist for his children. and
accidently found in an old calf-skin
bound volume where it had been hid
den for many years. This narrative
has never been even privately
printed. and is the fascinating story
Of the romantic youth and the love
story of the great man whose person
ality was always most picturesque.
The illustrations are from rare old
portraits in the possession of the fam
ilv-one of them a reproduction Of
George Washington. presented to
by the general before going
into winter quarters at Valley Forge.
Another striking article of personal
appears in the Historic
Moments series. and i a description
of The Death of John Quincy Adj
ans in the Capitol" by Hon. Robert
& WinthrOp of Massachusetts,