Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-12
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OUR BOOK TABLE.
Honghton. Mihin & Co.. Boston. have
recently published in book form eleven
short stories BY Gertrude Smith which
have appeared In the Century aud Cos
mopolitan magazines.
To write successfully short story lit
erature is rare quality. Gertrude Smith
u among the few writer's who have
shown ability in this line. "The Rous-
Ing OF Mis-. Potter is an admirable ex-
hibltiOn Of what can be done In a case OF
hystcria ii once anger kindlos the will
power, but Hope Deferred" In which
the old parents OF q distant son first re-
1oicG over the long-delayed arrival of
grandson, OF the arrangements made by
the old couple TO make a visit and the
disappointing letter as the train was
ready 10 move of that the wifes parents
were there and the dear old people could
NOT be accommodated. The pathos Of
the simple story rests with the readers
appreciation Of genuine parental love and
Tie simplicity OF the recital Is It's great
charm. The other tales have decided
merit, but the two mentioned show the
scope OF the writer's talent in pcturing
homely scenes in eycry-lay life.
Number Eleven of "The Book Of the
Fair" published by tho Bancroft COM
p1ny, Chicago, continues the description
of the exhibits in the Electricity hall and
is illustrated by views taken In the diffsr-
ont departments, which concludes the
fourteenth chapter. Chapter fifteen
opens with photo-gravurc OF the cast
entrance Of the horticultural huilding.
and treats Of horticulture and forestry.
The pictures Of flowers. ferns, foliage
plants, the different entrances and We've
OF the building are beautiful aud deeply
interesting.
New England Magazine. February;
Warren Kellogg, publisher. . Park
square. Boston; yearly subscription SO
year
The Fcbruery number Of the Now Eng
lnnd Magazine might almost be called q
Washington number. and n will be- read
with special interest by the hundreds Of
people just now preparing TO celebrate
WashIngton's birthday There IL IN
interesting account ~ President Wash
ington's VISIT 10 Boston In 1850, with
many extracts from his diary drt7ilng
his experiences Hut what will pttrnrf
more attention Is the valuable paper by
Mr.. William Howe Downcs on The IA
nous Stuart portraits OF Washington,
giving u history of the circumstances
under which they were painted and a
critical estimate of their value, The
article Is accompanied by magnificent
rull-page ronroductions Of She Stuart
PORTRAITS both Of George and Martha
Washington. usually known MS the
"Athcnaoum" portraits, now in the Bos-
ton museum of fine arts,
The Cosmopolitan, February; John
llrlshcn Walker, editor, New York Price
SliO year,
The Cosmopolitan for February has as
q frontispece fine specimen of the
skill Of fhc French illustrator Nlaroll
whose work is continued IN Arthur s.
llardys story, "a Rejected Manuscript. 4"
\ new name. that Of Nallpz Of Madrid,
has been added 10 the list of contrib
ntors' already containing many prominent
names
Gliding Flight is an interesting con.
trhilon to the problem Of aerial uavi-
cation hy one who has studied tho fight
of soaring birds in the East for twenty
years Elaine Gondalc who married Il
member Of the Sioux nation, has some in
tercsting information of Indian wars and
warriors r. G. Crawford, the Washinr-
ton correspondent, gives the first half Of
o startling story. under thr title OF '"I'hc
Disappearance Syndicate" The poetry
in this number by Sir Edwin Arnold
Graham II, romson aud William Young,
is unusually good The departments, IN
tho World of Art and Letters" and the
as contributors men famous in both con.
tinenta.
nonnhoe's Magazine, February: Dona-
hoes Magazine company, GIL Washing
ton street Boston. Subscription price,
500 year.
Donahoe's has largo constituency as
II appeals 10 members of the Catholic
church wherever found. One of the illus
tratel articles for this month Is Cath.
Ole Chicago" with portraits Of Arch
bishop Ferhnn, other fathers Of the
church and prominent members Of the
church In that city. In speaking Of tho
Eugene Davis, who writes the article.
SAt present the Catholic church Is
numerically much stronger than any other
In Chicago; and L Is probable that the
members Of It's fold are at least rs many.
an other creeds combined IL Is not In
numbers only that Il has won It's great
est trluIpphs or proudest laurels. The
Catholics who, In the old days, were most.
" an hewers Of wood aud drawers Of
water, now occupy the highest positions
in Ire eift Of the people thanks to their
grit, talents and industry.
Social Economist. February; office Of
publication, Union Square, New York.
Terms, 81 a year,
This magazine Is the medium for the
exprossion Of extreme views on most
Of ghe leading economic questions Of the
DAY ''Ihc Dclnsion About Prices" Is
an article In refuntion Of the truth Of
the long accented axiom that The vamc
Of any material or element of wealth
depended on the law Of supply and de-
In ,yINirty Years Under Bismarck's
Fr,,,.r - in- Johannes H. Wisby thor.