The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-08
MAGAZINES AND NOTES.

James Baldwin, who was for many years o
teacher and school superintendent, contributes
to the Mems Occupations series article on
The School Msster-partieus the school
master of primitive days in the West, in Feb
ruary Scri6ners Mr. A. B. Frost's illustrations
of lAe oil types have caught the quaint spirit
Of the originals In this number is begun .
romantic narrative entitled, On Pirate Seas, .
part Of the unpublished memoirs Of Peter
Adolph Groijan, who describes with remark
able vivdness aud literary skill his voyages 70
the West Indies in 1905. There is 2 charm
about this narrative which is seldom found
outside of fiction of the best kind.
The methods of an actress are always inter-
esting, and they are particularly so Whsn al
actress of such renown as Adelaide Rist0ri con-
sents to tell them a. she does in the Fsbru-
airy Ladies' Home Journal. The Aberdeen
WaltZes by Mrs. Francis J. Moore, to which
was awarded the first prize in the JosrDaPs
Musical Series OF last year for the best Ssltzes,
are given in the full piano score, and are ~
melodious as they danceable
Outing for February opens with . eaFisns
story, Invisible Chains, by Louis ID. Mitchell.
Sumo excellent character sketches, and the
strange workings of abnormal emotiona vsTg-
ing OH insanity. lend a peculiar interest ~ the
tale. Other prominent features of a most read
able number are: The Home of the Holero,
The Price of Name, Hunting In the Polar
Regions. and The Land Of Josephine
All readers of The January st. Ntchs@ss whe
remember how KipIing's hero, Mowzli, threat.
ened to get even with abe great tiger eAere
Khan. have only to turn 10 the sequel. Tiger!
Tiger! in the current number, ia order 70 know
how completely MOwgIi wreaked his vengeance
q pom his striped enemy. DR.. Eastman 3 stories
of Sioux life deal this month with his young
companions games and sports. Especially
pleasing and human il the warfare against the
wild bees. Brsnder Matthews, in bis Get Of
papers upon American Men of Letters. takes up
Benjamin Frank Inns career, and in few pages
puts together an admirable critical skstsk Of
perhaps the most interesting American Of the
Colonial and Revolutionary period
The Phren0lOgicdI Journal and Science Of Health
An illustrated journal of human nature. Pub
lished by the Fowler & Wells Co., ~ East
Twenty-frst street. New York. Price Is cents
q number, or sl.50 year.
What is believed to be the last letter written
by Lord Byron is published in HarpeT's AaeGr
zine for February, in connection with the
sketch of Lord Byron and the Greek
Patriots, by Rev. DR.. Henry Hsyman, IAsl
Head master Of Rugby. Tbe-Man- That Draws
the Handrart is the curious title of arsiclG
by DR.. Edward Eggleston. The name was
originally given by the Indians of the North.
west to George NOrthrup, famous scout and
hunter. DR.. Eggleston in the article pays an
interesting tribute to q wellnigh forgotten
hero.
McCEurss Magazine for February has an sx-
celeut portrait of Robert Louis Stephenson for
frontispiece, and an entertaining conversation
between james Whitcomb Riley aud HAmlin
Garland, and much other very readable matter.
Published at 743 Broadway, New York. Price
Is cents.
Sh0ppelPs Modern Rouses.-An illustrated
architectural quarterly. contains rs designs, SO
of which are colonial, and much other matter
pertaining to building. Price so cents- Ad.
dress 90 Broadway, New York.
The Overland Monthly fer February Is devoted
chiefly to the history and description Of the
Northwest II opens with group Of poems Of
places in Oregon and Washington, each poem
illustrated from photographs of the place de-
scribed-river, or mountain. or forest, or har-
Dor, or town. The stories are: A Case d
Heredity, a study of character in the Cascade
Mountains of Oregon; After the Fire, o love
story. which contains some vivid description oil
the great forest fire that swept away Port Or
ford and An Episode in the Life OF Robert
the Sim ple whose scene is Tacoma, Wash.
A conversation between James Whitcomb
Riley and Hamlin Garland. the poet and the
novelist. re pectivey, of Western farm life, 10
recorded by Mr.. Garland in HeCtHre's Hasasins
for February. 1t contains Mr.. RIley's own ac-
count of his career from the time whom he was
an unprosperOus lad at school to the present.
when the public buys $4,000 worth of bis
poetry q year. and with the charming pictares
which accompany it it is sure to be Of gress
interest to all of his admirers. Another articIs
in the February McClHres that will ind ready
attention is Arthur Warren's character study
of Philip D. Armour, exhibiting Mr.. Armour,
as it does, not only as one of the greatest BUSH
ness men in the world, but also as ono Of tbs
greatest philaBthropists.
The AHruiStic PeUieW is the name OF q maya
zine started in Chicago year ago TO give it
readers "the cream of the cream of matters in
~
1t claims to be - monthly record Of al shat IL
worth remembering" Illustrated. Price 20
cents a number, or 3 year.
The First State Constitutions Is the sub
ject of recent monograph by Prof. WIN. Q.
MOrey, of the University of Rochester, pub
lished by the American Academy of Political
and Social Science. The purpose of the paper
is to show how the organic laws of the Colonies
were translated into the Constitutions Of the
original States, which process was tho second
stage in the growth of American constitutional
law.
Miss Mary E. wilkins makes q new departure
in her latest story, which forms the leading
feature in the February issue of Romance. 10
is ghost story. and the tiny but bO0d-chillius
heroine announces her age. in true graveyard
parlance, as six years, three months and i've
days.
The Confederate Var Journal, an illustrated
magazine, devoted exclusively to the history
OF the Confederate side oil the late Civil war.
The February number contains portraits, three
maps and large battle scene representing the
capture by the Confsderates of batteries az
Shiloh Also poems and humor of the Camp
fire. Price 81 year, 10 cents copy. Ad
dress, Lexington, KY.
An illustrated paper in WorthingtOa's Mage
sine for February gives the conciusien Of that
most remarkable stOry-Gen. Roses own aC-
count of the digging of tho famous Libby
Prison tunnal through which more than loo
men escaped. The story has never before bssa
told in type by the who originated the
plot and worked most herOically to carry it out.
Other accounts in which the mersst outlines
of fact have been supplemented by the inskins-
ton of the writer, have been published but
the erroneous statements they contain render
them valueIess. Gen. Roses account In full
circumstantial, and entirely reliable. ThA
article also is fully illustrated, and Is one Of
permanent historic interest. Published 90
Hartford. Conn.