The National tribune., 1895-02-14
RECENT LITERATURE.
Magazine. and Notes.

| | an excellent portrait OF the COUNTESS or AbeI
deem. and an article by her on The Coming Tri
ennial Meeting of the Council of Women OF tn
United States at Washington. The other srti
cles are: Penology in Europe and America, b.
Samuel j. Barrows; The Dynsmes OF Mind
by Henry Wood: The Italy of the Century o
Sir Thomas Moore. by 3. o. Flower; The Presi
dents Currency Plan. by Hon. w. J. Bryan
N. c.; An Open Letter to Senator John Sher
man, by George w. Pepperel; Woman Suf
frsge In the South, with opposing views by twr
leading Southern women: Sexual Purity ant
the Double Standard, by ]. Bellangee; story
by Will Allen Dromgoole; editorials and book
reviews by Dir. Flower, and several other in
teresting parts, making in all agenerous dis
play OF interesting reading matter. Published
by The Arena Publishing Company, Boston
Mass. Price so cents.
Tho February number Of the YoHug Psoprs'
Magazine is very full of good things for small
folks. and illustrated by charming pictures
Published at Boston. Price 10 cents or 81
year.
The China Decorator for January Is full o
hints and suggestions for all who are interested
In china painting. aud has besides article on
Josiah Wedgewood, aud description OF the
new Royal Worcester ware that will be inter
| estiug to all lovers of pottery and china. The
colorod plate accompanying this number is
daiEtily-tiutsd copy of Loves Ambush, and il
quite pretty enough to be framed and huns
upon the wall.
Recreation for February Is not behind it's pre-
decessors in attractions for the sportsman oil
the general reader. Prominent In the table O
contents are, The Vulnerable Spot, by DIR. J. N
Hall; fronting in Alaska, by Maj. John
Brooke, U. s. A.; Goat Hunting in the Cascade
| Mountains. by j. s. SiangroOm; A Bear in
Camp. by Prof Z. V. Yeager; An Episode in a
Summers Outing, by Harvey NJ. Harper. and
the conclusion of President Bates's thrilling
4 at Tha Ill 1c ,oIa oil 80
which are literally and beautifully illustrated.
Messrs. Dodd, Mead & Co. beg to announce
that by special arrangement with its English
| publishers, they propose to issue in February,
and monthly thereafter, an American edition
| of The Bookman- Tho instantaneous success of
| this Journal in England on its first appearance
| in 1891, its continued and increasing popular
ity since that date, and the fact that it is
quoted throughout the English-speaking world
by all critical reviews make it unnecessary to
introduce The Bookman
The Meriden Britannis Co. has celebrated
| its removal to its fine Offices and sales rooms,
1870 Broadway, New York, by the issuance Of a
dainty little volume, "a Historical Sketch of
Madison Square," which gives the varied and
very interesting history of that plot of ground
since the first settlement Of New York. with
| fine pictures Of the monument, tho principal
| buildings surrounding it, etc.
The current number of the Cabinet of Music
contains 80 or go different musical selections
vocal and instrumental. IL is printed in good,
clear type, gotten up very pleasingly. 1t pro-
vides both popular and the lighter classical
numbers, and is valuable addition to parIor
music Published by j. Lippman. 1441 Broad
way, New York City. Price, double number,
Is cents; by the year. $3
The North american Reuie,c for February opens
with three timely articles on the currency
question, which are bracketed together under
the title of The Financial Middle. They are
written by Secretary of Agriculture ]. Sterling
Morton, Representative William VI. Springer,
Chairman of the House Committee on Banking
and Currency, and Henry w. Cannon, Prcsi-
dent of the Chase National Bank Of New York,
and formerly Comptroller of the Currency
This is followed by a treuchant article on Lit
erature and the English Book Trade, from
Ouida. A paper on Politics and the Farmer,
by the Hon. Il. Z. Clayton, President of the
Farmers National Congress. claims attention.
The New Pulpit forms the subject of vigor-
GUS paper by the Rev. Fl. A. Hawsis. In other
articles. Senator Orville II. Platt discusses the
Problems in the Indian Territory: Prof. Simon
Newcomb tells Why We Need a National Uni
versity; III. II. Boyesen deals with The Matri-
monial Puzzle; and Charles Sedgwick Minot
writes on The Psychcal Comedy. The second
instsllment of the Personal History of the
Second Empire, by the author of An English
man in Paris Albert ID. Vandam, also appears
in this numbsr-The Opponents of the Prince
President. Other topics treated are Images in
Dead Eyes, by DIR. Ellersiis Wallace; The Cat
in Law. by Gertrude B. Rolfo; Newspaper Row
and National Legislation, by Albert Halstead,
Washington correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette; and How to Repel Train
Robbers by Lieut.. J. It. knight, U. s. A..
Ma Ptite Philomene, q most charming story
by Therese C. Randall; Model Yachting, by
Franklyn Bassford; and Graco- Roman Games
in California, form part, but only part, OF the
attractions Of Outing for February. It Is a
magazine that every lover of outdoor life |
should have. Published at New York. Price
% cents.
The success of The Quarterly illustrator which |
entered upon its third volume in January. has |
been so decided, and field has opened so
plainly before it, that the publisher proposes to
offer the periodical to the public once month |
hereafter The word Quarterly" has there
fore been dropped from the nams and the !
magazine will hsnceforth be known as The |
Monthly illustrator. The size of each monthly
number will be the same that of the last, or
holiday, issue of The Quarterly illustrator and
the number of illustrations will be as large.
furnishing the reader with total of over 8 500
pictures in the course of the year. The gem
eral standard of excellence of the contents both
literary and pictorial will be sustained and
improved to the best attainable degree. Pub
lished by Harry G. Jones, So Fifth avenue, New |
York.
LIES Calendar for February Is q thing to |
bring cheer into the Lenten season, and miti- |
gate the sackcloth and ashes of the penitential /
period, with funny stories aud funny pictures. |
Published at New York. Price 10 cents, or 81 /
Q year.
The Chapel of Ease, by Harriet Riddle Davis, |
author of Gilbert Edgar's Son, etc, Is the COM
plete novel in LippiRc0tfs Naga=ine for Fsbru-
ary. Among other interesting articles are The /
Diamond Back Terrapin, The Pleasures of Bad
Taste, A Walk in Winter, The Beginnings of |
Cavalry Troop, An Idyl of the Forties, etc. |
Published at Philadelphia. Price 25 cents.
The Reriew of RerieWs for February contains,
in addition to the editors very valuable re-
view of the month, in which he gives special
attention to the French crisis, the American
question and the relief of the United States
Treasury, an article by Mr.. Clark Howell, of
the Atlanta Constitution, on the Cotton States
and international Exposition Of 1895; study
i'm the Civil Government of Manitoba, by Il. ".
Smalley; a brief tribute to the Genius of Rubin
stein; review of Robert Louis Stevenson's
works. and some interesting comment on
successors. Published at New York.
Price % cents. or $3.50 year.
Under the title. First Attack on the Mother
Tongue. Prof. james Sully will describe in the
Popular Science Monthly the manner
in which children learn to initiate speech
and then to apply correctly the words that
they use. Some of the amusing mistakes that
they make in both processes are accounted for
in Prof. Sully's article.
Gen. Lord Wolseley makes q most impor-
.ant contribution to the literature of the China