Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-04-04
SCRiBNER,S FOR APRIL.

The April number of Scribners Mag.
aZine contains a very unusual number
of articles Of immediate interest In
connection with current events of the
the first Importance. The leading arti.
Gle Is u sympat hetic review Of the late
Lord Leighton. =. X. A.. by COsmO
MonkhOuse. The illustrate tons. which
are of reinarka BILE richness ana beauty,
were selected with the assistance Of
the artist himself. and the whole arti-
Gle was completed before his death on
Jan. %. II Ii the most complete record
Of his artistic career that has. or will
be, furnished by any periodical. An.
other article Of great contemporary In.
tercst Is "The Quarrel of the English.
Speaking Peoples" by Henry Norman,
the correspondence of the London Chron.
iclc. whose telegNms from Washing.
ton were so influential I'm modifying
British opinion on the Venezuelan Ques.
ton. Mr.. NOrrnan's article Is a very
clear exposition Of the present temper
OF the British people. and It also points
out with defnlteness the line along
which the peaceful solution IL to be eX.
pected. He Is. of course. an advocate
Of the doctrine of arbitration, and he
also believes that the United states
would simplify relations In future IL II
should definitely. through Congress. dc.
fine the Monroe doctrine as II Is accept.
ell by the Government. Mr.. Norman
closes with an enumeration of certain
domestic problems that press upon the
attention Of the United States.
The first photograph by cathode rays
made In the United States was pro.
ducel by Prof. John TWwbridgc. Of
Harvard, ut the jefferson Physical
Laboratory. Ills authority In all ques.
tons Of this kind II pre-cmincnt, and
his exposition Of 'The New PhotOg.
raphy" In this number Of Scribner's
will he found to be the clearcst for the
popular mind that has yet found It's
way Into print. His article also con.
tains the first announcement Of u very
original application of the new phOtOg.
rnphy to surgery-that IL, II method Of
Locating the exact position ana depth
Of II bullet by trIangulatlon. The Illus.
tratiOns that accompany the article ARE
There IL great interest over the reviv-
al Of the Olympic games ut Athens In
the month Of April Or the prepare lions
are then completely. Rufus b. Richard.
son, the director Of the American
School at Athens, has written a short
but very graphic account Of the restOra.
ton Of the StadiOn at Athens through
the generosity Of u wealthy Greek. 1t
Is Illustrated with the architects plans
and drawings FURNISHED by him to the
magazine) and by photographs Of the
work In progress. In the same connec.
tiOn there IL remarkable picturesque
piece Of historical fiction, by Dufiield
Osborne, entitled "A Day at Olympia"
which gives an account of the games
~ they appeared to visitor In the an.
Client days. The story restores all the |
action and spirit of the old contests,
and the Illustrations by &. X. LinsOn |
ire most dramatic accOmpa niment |
10 the narrative.
In short fiction this number presents |
two Of the most popular American
writer's: Richard Harding Davis con.
tributes a new Van Bibber story en-.
Titled cinderella" which In In his |
brightest vein; and Joel Chandler Har-
ris writes q story of the siege OF At. |
|anta entitled "a Baby In the Siege"
which IL dramatic and full of quaint |
character. This instalment of Barrie's |
sentimental Tommy" contains one Of |
his most humorous effOrts-an account |
Df characteristic Thrums holiday
known as '"The Muckley."
President Andrews great serial his
tory Of "The Last Quarter Century"
IN enterprise that has met with in
,reasing success, IL concluded In this
number. This instalment IL entitled
the Democracy Supreme" and brings
he narrative down to the overthrow Of
rammnny ana the Presidents message
IN the Venezuelan question. 1t IL an.
that the author will revise and
Enlarge the work, ana II will then he
ssued In book form with many ad-
iitiOnal illustrations.
4 paper that IL sure to excite discus
sion IL Aline GOrren's Ethics of Mod
I'm Journalism which takes II philO-
'Ophic view of the present degradation
II American journalism. AMI shows
hat II IL a necessary OutgrOwth of eX-
sting social conditions and will work
mt Its own salvation. This Is the first
thoughtful paper on Il subject which
as hitherto been treated with satire
nd ridicule.
The new departments, "'The Field of
ut ana "About the World" contain
number of effective illustrations,
mOng them views of the Chicago Au-
itOrinm interior decorations. Poems
y Charles Henry Webb, Clinton Scol-
nd. and George Cabot Lodge (the son
T the SenatOr) complete u remarkable
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