The Portland daily press., 1894-12-31
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

Scribner's Magazine for January be-
gins the XVII. volume and gives fore
taste of mum Der Of the important pro-
jects which are to characterize the year.
Among the most attractive of these is
the series of papers by Robert Grant on
The Art of Living, written in semi
satirical but very practical vein, and
dealing with the every day problems of
living in the humorous and shrewd
manner that made his Reflections of
Married Man one of the most popular
serials ever pu blished in this magazine.
In this mum Der Mr.. Grant begins with a
discussion of the question of Income,
showing what the average man can do
with 50, 200 a year and with $40, 1000. The
social satire of the papers exactly adapts
them to the clever pencil of Charles
Dana Gibson 1t is notable character
istic of this series (as of the great pro-
jects announced for the Year, that each
article IN each number will stand alone
as to individual interest. Noah Brooks
begins group of three papers on Ameri-
can Party Politics with most inform
ing account of The Beginningsof Ameri-
can Parties, relating the political COM
plications with the same nearness of
view as though be were contemporary
observer The group of papers will fur
nish an admirable introduction to the
leading historical plan of the year which
begins in the March mum ber-President
Andrews's brilliant narrative of The
Last Quarter Century in the United
States. The chief serial fiction of the
year is George Meredith's fascinating
novel The Amazing Marriage, tale full
of adventure and incident from the
very first chapter, and written in what
Mr.. Meredith himself avows to be bis
most direct manner.
McClure's Magazine of January demon
straits anew the thoroughness of Miss
TarbelPs study of Napoleon career, both
by her remarkable summary of his SER
vices to Fance as far-sighted ruler and
law-giver and founder of institutions.
and by the remarkable discovery she
made of contemporary document
written by grenadier of the Consular
Guards, describing the battle of Marengo
and the famous stand of the Consular
Guards, in which five hundred grenadiers
in hollow square withstood the onset
of the Austrian army, and turned pro-
bable defeat into great victory. The
paper is especially valuable as giving the
feeling of the soldier toward Napoleon
long before he became emperor. A new
Jungle story by Kipling, and thrilling
battle story by Conan Doyle. show these
authors at their best. Professor Drum
mond's fascinating pen was never used
to better advantage than in his article
about D. l.. Moody, whose remarkable
work in Great Britain marked an epoch
in the founding of Christian institutions.
Mr.. Edwards, who wrote splendid
character study of DR.. Parkhurst for the
Magazine few months ago, summarizes
here his recent services in purifying the
government of New York city. The
Magazine has a new kind of article by
Edward Marshal, treating the stage and
describing the important plays and play
ers now before the public. Three Men
and Two Bears is title that does not
disappoint the reader of Cy Warman's
capital bear story. Beatrice Harraden
tells the very interesting story of how
she came to write, Ships that Pass in
the Night, and she gives details as to
how she succeeded in getting it pu blished
Great men and great deeds largely &C.
cupy this magazine.