The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-31

unifcation of France, It is one of the
most beautifully Illustrated instruments
of the history that have yet appeared.
1t includes, among other pictures,
Meissonier's Marshal Ney'' and
"Friedland" and Detaille's 'Vive
L'Empereur"
McClure's Magazine for February
takes its first grasp of the readers
attention with eight portraits Of Lin
coin Several of them very rare). some
twenty other Lincoln pictures, and an
account, Astounding in vivid personal
details, of Lincoln's misfortunes as a
country merchant; of his entrance into
the Legislature, and the beginning of
his acquaintance with Douglas; of his
work as a village postmaster and a
deputy county surveyor: of his study
of Shakespeare and Burns and a copy
of Blackstone found by chance in a
barrel of refuse: and of his romantic
courtship Of Ann Rutledge. and his af-
Fiction at her death shortly before the
time appointed for their marriage.
The Lee family of Virginia is the
subject of "a series Of profusely Illus
trated articles which will constitute a
leading feature in Frank Leslie's Pop
ular Monthly during the current year.
The February number of this maya
zine, Just out. contains the initial ar
ticle of the series. entitled THE An
cestors of General Robert E. Lee, and
the Times in Which They Lived" writ
ten by Mrs. Roger a. Pryor, enbody-
ing many rare portraits, coaJts-of-
arms. etc. This same February num-
Der of Frank Leslie's also contains
beautifully illustrated articles upon "a
Roman FIESTA" by Theo Tracy; "Sar-
dini,'' by Charles Edwards; NThe So
cial Settlement in America" by Rufus
r. Wilson; "West Point" by Carl j.
Becker: cart Students in Paris" and
stories, sketches and poems by Howard
Paul, George Edgar Montgomery, DR..
]. H. Porter. ]. F. Sullivan, Ella Rod
man Church. Lena L. Pepper, and
other popular contributors.
In writing of her early days on the
stage, and telling the incidents Of her
first tour of the eastern cities. in the
February Ladies Home Journal Mary
Anderson de Navarro dwells at some
length and affectionately upon her
"reminiscences of Longfellow, the poet,
for whom she had the greatest admira-
ton. The actress was invited to meet
Longfellow at his Cambridge home,
James T. Fields bearing the graceful
letter of invitation. Of the sweet sing
er she writes: Surrounded by the
calm of his peaceful home. it seemed
as though the hand of evil could not
reach him. Every conversation with
him left some good result. His first
advice to me. which have followed
for years. was: See some good pic
ture-in nature. if possible-or on can
vas: hear a page of the best music, or
read great poem daily. You will al
ways find free half hour for one or
the other. and at the end of the year
your mind will shine with such an ac-
emulation of Jewels as to astonish
even yourself
The Forum for February will con-
tain a noteworthy discussion of the
Venezuelan controversy by three dis
tinguished writers:-
~ 1.-THE Presidents Monroe Doc
trine." by Professor Theodore S. Wool
sey. professor of international law at
Yale university. who contends that the
Monroe doctrine is not a law, that it
binds us to no action, but that it was
a policy devised to meet a particular
case, and therefore wholly inapplicable
to the Venezuelan difficulty
(2| Lord Salisbury and the Monroe
Doctrine" by Hon. Oscar S. Stratus.
ex-United States minister to Turkey.
Mr.. Straus blames Lord Salisbury for
refusing to submit the disputed terri
tory to arbitration, contends that the
Monroe doctrine is as important an in
strument in the history of our country
as are the Declaration of Independence
and Washington's farewell address.
He declares that two principles have
always governed the relations of the