The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-10
LITERARY NOTES.


Little Journeys TO Homes of Great
Men, is one of the most interesting
/ Of small publications in print. The
latest number is visit no W. E. Glad
stone, the great English statesman
Putnam & Sons. New York
Household News is a magazine which
contains variety of interesting read
ing for housewives. It's contributors
are chiefly of the fair sex, but gentle
men are among its contributors. One
OF its many useful features is cook
ing department, conducted by Mrs. S.
4 raining and useful The May number
will contain something unusually at
tractive.
Seribner's, for April, is an Easter
number, brimful of attractive and in
teresting articles, profusely illustrated
1 in the highest style of pictorial art
I Besides the Easter features there are
contributions in poetry and prose. in
! structive and amusing, and timely pa
/ pers on current subjects. Scribner's
maintains its position as a leading
! American magazine. Charles Scribner
! & Sons, New York.
The Century for April continues
i e1Ae-AtA , liz VI -NdIIOACO11, DClNit4LdLJ
+ illustrated. The most prominent fea-
! ture otherwise is ''Tesla's Inventions"
which have additional interest from
the destruction by fire of much Of his
( great works and machinery, and the
Century contains the only record of
some of his greatest discoveries. All
the other departments are splendid
end render this monthly unsurpassed
among the magazines. The Century
company New York
% The April number of Godey's maga
zine appears with 2. handsome Easter
cover which cannot fail to attract
favorable attention from ali sides
This number is beautifully illustrated,
and IS altogether one of the most at
tractive and interesting Of the ten
cent magazines. The subject-in2tter
! certainly ranks with the best Of the
/ magazines of the month. Godeys
fashions for April give a complete des-
cription of the spring styles in hats
and gowns.-The Cooley company,
New York.
In the Review of Reviews for April
the editor discusses recent political
events. especially the doings of the
F'ifty-third Congress. the appointment
OF delegates to an international none
tary conference. the election of United
States senators by various state IeSlS-
latures. the deadlock in Delaware, the
constitutional convention in Utah, the
arguments before the supreme court on
the constitutionality of the income tax.
the change in the administration of the
post office department, and other incl
dents of the month under review.
In the April number of the Overland
Monthly there are light articles,
sketches, and stories in abundance.
The more solid articles of the number
are: The Jew in San Francisco" by
Rabbi G. A. Danziger, from the He
brew'S point of view, and by Mrs. K.
NJ. Nesfield from the Gentle stand
point; THE Bible and Divorce" is a
plea by Z. II. B., and a rejoinder by
Rev. W. W. Bolton, rector of st. Mary
the Virgin. Besides these is the usual
variety of poems. stories and sketches,
book reviews, editorials and the enter
tanning ''As Talked in the Sanctum."
Miss Tarbell's popular short life of
Napoleon concludes in McClure's Mag
aZine for April, though there are to
follow in completion of the Napoleon
series a paper on Napoleons re-burial
at Paris in 1910 and a paper on Napo-
Icons relations with America. This
concluding chapter covers the retreat
from Moscow, the exile to Elba, the
hundred days campaign ending with
Waterloo, and the residence and |
death ait st. Helena. Twenty-four
pictures from Mr.. Hubbard's mex
haustible collection and an unpub-
lished portrait of Napoleon from the /
collection of Col. John C. Ropes Illus /
trate the article. The whole number !
is excellent and stamps the magazine |
as in the front rank of contemporary
literature.-S. S. Mcclure, New YoEk !
The Forum for April has for its lead |
er a bright essay entitled 1.-THE Real
'Quintessence of Socialism, by Mr.. |
w II. Mallock, the prominent English |
student of Socialism. An article on a
kindred topic is by Mr.. Henry Holt. on
THE Social Discomfort" Mr.. Justin |
Mccarthy. contributes an article of I'M
common interest on Lord Roseberry."
Mr.. Edward Atkinson, in 1.-THE Battle
of Standards and the Fall of Prices"
shows why prices have declined and /
on what articles. Prof. John Bach Nc |
Master, the historian, puts the question /
rs Sound Finance Possible under Pop /
ular Government" and answers it |
very emphatically in the affirmative. !
Miss Alice Zimmern writes about /
women in European Universities"
Mr.. Alvan F. Sanborn contributes an
other interesting sociological study en- /
titled "A Study of Beggars and their
Lodgings" The Rev. Mr.. Newman /
Smyth discusses the Suppression of /
the Lottery and other Gambling Mr. |
Henry j. Fletcher writes of THE Doom |
of the Small Town" The number closes |
with n paper by Mr.. Richard Burton. |
the New England poet. on THE |
Healthful Tone for American Litera- /
ture. Forum Company. New York.