The National tribune., 1896-02-06

OuIuo IOr 1850, anu ~ is very goOd reading for
all who love their gardens. His novelties are,
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The Baltimore Sun Almanac for 1896 is full
OF valuable information, Well-arranged, and
convenient for reference.
In Harpers Magazine for February, R. Cation
Woodyille's picture, Peasant Rebels" indi-
Gates the salient feature of Poultney Bige-
lows story of "The German Struggle for
Liberty" as the story of Peoples War.
"The New Baltimore" is contributed by
Stephen Bonsal. jr., who describes the
social aspects of life in one Of the most at
tractive of cities. Numerous illustrations for
the article mainly from drawings by Harry
Fem, supplement- the writer's vigorous descrip-
tiOn. Theodore Roosevelt tells the story Of
90 st. Clair's Defeat century ago. The
author has made careful study of this disss-
trOus campaign, availing himself of much new
material. "The Passing of the Fur.Seal," by
Henry Loomis Nelson, is up to-date, and makes
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and English readers. The instaIlmen5 of the
Personal Recollections of Joan Of Arc, with il
Illustrations by z. V. Du Mond, embraces the
last campaign undertaken by the Maid, con-
Guiding with her capture by the English ss
Compiegne. Harper Bros, New York. Price
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The Arena for February offers some 176
pages of reading matter on politics, sociology
and literature. The Land of the MONDAY Sun,
Mexico, Justice Walter Clark; A Half Century
Of Progress, Mary Lowe Dickinson; Is Woman
Embodied Obstruction, Helen Campbell; Some
Personal Recolletions of Whittier, Rev Chris
TOPPER Coffin Hussey Bryant the Poes-Polti-
clan, Frank B. SanbOrn; The Utopia of Sir
Thomas More, B. o. Flower The Telegraph
Monopoly, Prof. Frank Parsons; Madness as
Portrayed by Shskspere, Forbes Winslow; The
Bond and the Dollar John Clark Ridpath; Ma
poleon Bonaparte, Hon. John Davis; Brother
hood, a poem, Birch Arnold; A New System Of
State Warrants, Hon. Howard L. Weed; The
Jealous MOslem, Emma Client Curtis Between
Two Worlds, Mrs. Calvin Kryder Reifsnider;
The Valley Path, Will Allen DrOmgoole. The
Arena Publishing Co., Boston. Price % cents.
DR.. J. Hampton Porter has one Of his in
teresting jungle stories in the February num-
Der of Frank Leslies Popular Monthly. He
knows better than most men, the ms and outs
those strange beasts are always new and strik-
ing. He says of the elephant:
mo one has ever known them to forgive q
real or imaginary injury, to abandon q pur-
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in their power. Nothing lower than man Is
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lit is the story of an elephants vengeance
that he tells, and of his unfortunate keeper
"Lall Ras," and of life in the strange land Of
India. Frank Leslie's Publishing House, New
York. Price % cents.
The Chicago Daily Ne,rs Almanac and Pc
litical Register is packed fuller of desirable
information than any other publication THAI
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An autobiOgraphic paper by Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps in HcCltre's Magazine for February
will give picture of Emerson as the author
saw him and heard him talk in her fathers
house at Ando7er in the days before the war.
Also, there will be a number of fine reproduce
tions of celebrated paintings by Turner, Cons
stable, Lawrence. and other eminent English
painters of the early part Of the century. An
accom- panying paper by Mr.. Will III. Low will
give a history OF the artists and an estimate Of
their work.
The complete novel in the February issue Of
LiDpinc0Ps Maqazine is GrOund-sWells, by the
worth. 1t is q tale of rather unusual length
for the magazine), readable. lively. and "up-
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the heroine is, or tries to be, New Woman.
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