The Somerset reporter., 1894-03-08
Literary Notes.

of My Fathers Literary Methods IN
the March Ladies' Home Journal. Truly
is the curtain that has so long hidden
Hawthorne from view gently raised.
Recent issues of Ilarpers have been
noticeably strong in short stories. The
March Number contains five: The
Buckley Lady" a love-story of colonial
New England, by Miss Mary +. wilkins /;
~ Partie Carree, "A history of a yacht
/ ing cruise in the Mediterranean, by W.
f. Norris: An Undivined Tragedy, a
romantic tale of English country life, by
Laurence Alma Tadcma, daughter of the
Well-known painter; at Private
View. Il sketch Of New York life. by
Brander Matthews: aud "Cache-Cache.
a story of the French Revolution. by
William McLennan.
Miss Ida NJ. Tarbcl has written for
Met Cures Magazine for March. com
prehensive account of the French meth
cd of identifying criminals. A. invented
and perfected by NJ Bertillon, of the
French Police Department. this method
has scientific accuracy that makes 1t
infalible. No offender, once brought
To record under it, Can possibly escape
Identification if ever he is brought again :;
and Miss rarbell.. before writing of it
went to the Paris police headquarters
and saw il in details. practically applied.
Her article is illustrated with nu-
meronS pictures from photographs pro-
yided by NJ Berlilion himself.
The March number of The Century
contains great variety of points. The
Oh ming article is a sketch of the Tuil-
cries under Napolean fl. The announce
ment of the book on Lourdes by lola
gives timeliness to "A Pilgrimage TO
Iourdes' by Stephen Bousal--a graphic
record of individual experience at tins
famous shrine. Mrs. Van Rensselaer,
describes one of New Works most beau
tilul buildings, the Madison Square Car
den; Josiah Flynt" writes of The
City Tramp" and incidentally, shows
the CRYING need of organized charity;
the Rev DR.. Washington GLADDEN. writes
of The Anti-Catholic League; William
Mason. the well-known musician. dis
cusses the work of the Norwegian com
poser, Edward Grieg. Not half of the
contents of this number are here enum-
Grated. Published by The Century Co.,
New York.
The March issue of st. Nicholas is
like a modern army-not IA few paladins
and AN accompanying rabblr, but con
grcgation of effective units, with an
officer where needed. Every article can
look the Juvenile or adult world square
in the face and give reason for its
being. ''Mothering sunday claims the
frontispiece and the first article, "Own-
ev. of the Mail-Bags" describes little
cur who has sworn allegiance to the
st. $. NJ" and travels from "Dan to
Beersheba without ceasing. Harriet
Monroe, in tBroken Friendship" tells
little fable with illustrations by F. 5.
Church, pointing out that Aspiration
and Grabbing are an illassorted couple
or. if that isn't what she means, how do
you interpret her little story? Length
and dignity must be sought in Mark
Twain's 'I'rom Sawyer Abroad" Mr..
Hornaday's ''rhe Cat Family in Our
Country ssToinette's Philip" Mrs
.Jamisons serial, and "ioung George"
an English historical story by Richard
Marsh, an English contributor In "a
Man-o'-War's Menagerie," Don G. Seitz
gives us view of the sailors pets
aboard the L. s. S. San Francisco; DIR.
Eastman continues his fascinating revela-
lions of Indian boy life; there is re-
markable ''realistic' article on "a
Kansas, Cyclone; most painstaking
and instructive 'iLesson in Electricity"
by Philip Atkinson; notion by Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, and an amusing fairy
story signed Lee Carter etc.
Scribncr's Magazine for March opens
with the second article by Joel Chandler
Harris on "rhe Sea Island Hurricane
this one dealing especially with the
great relief work which is being con
Quoted by Miss Clara Barton and the
Red Cross Society. The distress in
these islands is likely to increase until
the first crop shall be gathered in the
late Spring, so that the necessity is apt
to he tirest at time when the public
has, for the most part, lost interest in
the catastrophe. Mr.. Harris, in his
tour for Scribner's Magazine through
all these islands, has presented not only
the distressing part of the catastrophe
but the humorous side of it which the
sea-island negro so plentifully furnish s.
He has used the finest literary skill in
depicting these strange islands and their
picturesque inhabitants.
The North American Review has
seldom offered its readers so great
variety of subjects as the March number
contains. nor presented to them more
remarkable list of contributors. The
opening article, which is entitled "rhc
House of Commons" is certain 30 attract
considerable attention on both sides of
the Atlantic. 1t is by the Secretary of
the Navy, Hon. Hilary A. Herbert.
Governor Greenhalge, of MASSACHUSETTS,,
answers the objections that have been
made to his proposal for holding an in
formal "Conicrcnce of New England
Governors, and the United States Com
missioner of Navigation, Hon. Mgene
TYLER Chamberlain, contributes an able
article entitled "a Present Chance for
American shipping" nder the cap
ton of "The New Aspect of the Woman
Question" Sarah Grand, author of The
Heavenly Twins, contributes II clever
and powerful article on the relation of
of the sexes. "Prisons in the Old World
and the New forms the subject of Il
paper by Major Arthur Grfliths, Her
Maiesty's Inspector of Prisons. The
Presidents of the Chamber of Commerce
at New York, Boston. san Francisco,
and New Orleans set forth their views
on the pending tariff legislation in
timely and important symposium enti-
tied "IIome Industries and the Wilson
Bill"