The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-20
THE MAGAZINES.


The Midland Monthly. Des Moines. Iowa.
has in its February number an interesting
article on Havana AS II Is" well Illus
trated. The feature OF the month IS
Iowa Soldiers and Sailors Monuments,
BY James Harlan, illustrated by striking
full-page photo-engravings
In the February number. Romance con-
tinues its interesting portfolio OF the art
of the day, follows this with more OK the
contrasting portraits of actors. as they
are and as they make up for the stage.
devotes a number OF pages 10 the pictures
of Thomas Moran and contains other Il
Illustrated articles upon literary, artistic
and scientific topics.
In the February Arena are notable pa
pers by Forbes Winslow. d c. L., of the
Royal college of physicians OF London, on
Madness as Portrayed by Shakespeare"
and The Land of the MONDAY SUM-, by
Justice Walter Clark, LIZ D., OF the SUI
preme bench of North Carolina, protusely
illustrated. Justice Clark has visited
Mexico under the auspices of the Arena
TO study our sister republic. and this issue
contains the opening paper OF series
which will be magnificently illustrated
and which we predict will prove exceed
ingiy interesting to all persons interested
In travels and history, as well as social
and economic problems.
The most interesting article I'm the Feb
ruary Pail Mall Magazine is THE Forth
fcations of Paris by Dametrius Boulger
The French capital is the most strongly
fortified city in the world, and could not
be taken by assault. while a years siege
would be necessary TO starve the inhabi-
tants and garrison into submission. An
other timely article explains what is
meant by the Bank of England rate of
discount" which is so eagerly scanned in
the daily market reports by bankers and
L.. Ill
valuable information about London bank
ing methods Is given. Lady DE l'Isle and
Dudley writes OF "Pennhurst and Its Mem
cries" William Waldorf Astor. proprietor
of the magazine. contributes "Brabartio's
Love-" a story of Venice: Lord Ernest
Hamilton is the author Of "The Curse Of
Versatility" poem, and the literary de-
partment is written by I. Zangwill.
The Chicago Daily News Almanac and
Political Register for 1896 is compiled 10
December Is. 1925. and is thus more mod
ern than most OF the other alrnanacs,
which are brought up only to December l.
The political record is very fun, as BELTS
n presidential election year. and the sport
ing pages contain all the records that were
unsmashed on December Is.
The Brooklyn Eagle Almanac. the largest
of the newspaper almanacs. has f0S pages.
and is very much up to date. containing
an announcement of even so recent an
event as the death OF Ambassador Run
yon. There are two pages devoted to the
Venezuelan boundary trouble.
The Engineering Magazine for February
contains valuable article by f.. NJ. Am
ores. reviewing THE Trade and Industry
OF South America" and indicating the Lines
along which our intercourse with the South
ern republics must be developed. Other
leading articles are. Gold Mining In the
Southern States" by Fl. h. c. Mite: The
Commercial Exploitation OF Electricity"
by Burton E. Greene; Limits and Posi-
bilities of the Gas Engine, by George
Richmond; The Railroad Accident ard
Emergency Service" by w. l.. Derr:
Locating a Public Water supply" by
DANIEL w Mead: Architectural Sculpture
in the United States" by Russell Sturgis;
THE Free Port OF Copenhagen" by p.
Vedel
Under the caption OF THE Angio-Ameri-
can lnbroEi.o. The North American Re
view for February opens with two note
worthy articles. the first being from the
pen OF Mr.. Andrew Carnegie. and entitled,
The Venezuelan Difficulty" and the other
~ the Right Hon. James Bryce, author or
The American Commonwealth. VINO
gTaphicaliy describes The British Feeling
on this important question. A practical
paper on Practical Politics. Is contrib
uted BY rs exceilency the governor OF Mas
sachwsefts ana m THE Increased Iroduc-
ton Of Cold. Mr. Edward Atkinson pre-
diets that the United States will take the
lead in gold-producing countries this com
ing year thereby placing our national
finances on solid basis
The Overland Monthly for February
opens with a beautiful poem, The Cloud
city" IS Theron Brown. ihestratesi with
two flne washes by B0eFingsr. In the
Court OF Johore" tells % the GROWING OF
Ttnku Ibrabirn as sultan or Johore.
graphic description OF the pageentry or
this fascinating little equatorial MONARCHY
II is beautifully illustrated from pnoto-
graphs AS Ted BY Teresits" Is a pretty
love story Of colonial Spanish days In Cali-
foTnsa, told in charming patois-
In A most ingiuugiy dainty cover, t}p-
flying miiwinter-its frost and sno"-tha
February Ladies' Home Journal. respiss1d-
ent with Illustrations by the best artists.
and attractively varied IN us literary ga
tEres IS unique. Just a faint suggestion
OF epprcaching spring Is given n an article
descriptive OF a blooming garden. py r
SCHUYLER Matthews for when w Ham
utoG Gibson. VINO re2rodGses Nature Win
such artistic fiSelity. has drawn a series
% Illustrations portraying afinaais an the
rich glow ~ profGss hloou.
The New YORK Tribune Almanac Tor lss%,
the oldest 81 tha newspaper airnanscs, Is
very valuable for SITS political Information
and Astronomical calculations IL contains
a vast amount % Information about the
United States, ani IS in fact pocket
cyciopelss- The other dag a Posi-lnteiii-
Eencer reporter. after exhaustinE hts pa
thence in search OF information On three
topics. fossna every one covered b the
Tribune Almanac
Tire March number Of short Stories con
tains a prize story by q. y. Ro9ney. en-
tisied "a Revolutionary Ecno. whten Is
an interesting ruingHng OF love and var
There is also in this number a palmetto
sketch from TIE Russian o. Garshine, de-
scriptive % sas killing 0s trained bears Vn-
der government edlSs-