The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-04

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MAGAZINE NOTES.
The Bookman keeps up its quality
with notable steadlness. 1t is scarcely
more than a year and ons-half old.
hut already 1t is the leading meeting
place for introduction and informal gCs-
sip between writer's and readers CT cur
rent literature. The April number win
especially repay perusal.
| In the April Looker-on Alfred Remy
| presents u very detailed and scholarly
| review of Walter Damrosch's first eX-
pertinent in operate composition, being
his score for George Parsons Lath-
rop's dramatization Of 1.-THE Scarlet Let
| ter" The chief criticism that Mr..
| Remy offers Is that the theme Is un-
suitable both to dramatic and to mus
| ical treatment. Secondly he charges Mr..
| Damrisch with having failed in mus
! ical expression. In the review occurs
! this harsh although we do not say ur-
| just passage, showing that little mercy
. Is to be expected from Americans for
American composers: THE general
character of the music Is entirely out
| of keeping with our ideas of Puritan
! ism. DamrosCh has become SO saturat
: ed with Wagner's music that he cannot
! for one moment withdraw himself from
I the great masters influence, although
/ he nowhere has produced anything that
! deserves to be ranked with Wagner's
/ dreariest passages.
The distinguishing feature of the
! April McClure's, apart from the ia
creasingly interesting Lincoln Life is
Anthony Hopes new serial, "Phroso.
which certainly, starts off well. Then
| there are two elaborate but not tech
nical papers on the TX rays" which In
Illustrations and text intelligently COW
er the new Developments Of modern
| science. There are, of course. other
readable contents. but mention Of these
will suffice to show that the familiar
standard Is being fully maintained
The Century for April bows to the
| prevalent revival of interest in Abra-
ham Lincoln by printing profusely IL
Illustrated paper on the four conspiracies
to assassinate Lincoln. This paper Is
especially interesting in its treatment
| of Wilkes Booth, and presents much
new information concerning his person
ality, his plots, his crime, and his sub
sequent flight. Another feature In this
issue which merits conspicuous men,
ton is Marquand's well-worded des-
cription Of THE Old Olympic Games,
illustrated with Castaigne's pictures.
A series Of thoughtful papers on THE
Correlation Of Spiritual Forces" from
| the pen Of Franz Hartmann, M. D., be.
gins in the April Metaphysical Maya
zine. 1t Is one of a number OF articles
that make this issue valuable to all
who are interested in occult, philo-
sophie and scientific research.
Probably one could not buy on any
newsstand in the world better digested
quarters worth of economic literature
than Is to be had in the April issue OF
Gunton's Magazine. Professor Guntor
| solves the currency question, shows the
need of restoring the American mer-
chant marine and discusses ten or 9
dozen other grave and weighty topics
all with the ease of a master thinker
And the good thing about Gunton Is
that nine times In ten he is all right.
A pretty cover design commentaries
the Easter number Of the Chap Book
and the insides are fit to be thus
adorned. If you don't believe so, buy
one and see.
The uch-talked- of Penny Magazine,
Of Philadelphia, has appeared at last.
The name Is something Of puzzle,
since the magazine sells for five cents.
1t Is on the order Of The Black Cat, and
prints in the initial or April number
seven snappy short stories, among the
| contributors being Julia Magruder,
Maria Louise Poole. w. j. Henderson
and Mrs. Poultney Bigelow. The ex-
pertinent is unquestionably bound to
be a success, for people do like good
short stories.
There was once a Literary Man
yclept Taber who sold his Pen to one
Ebert Hubbard for Hire This Liter
ing Shop and eke made Editor @: 4
Periodical of protest called the Philo-
pene. For time Master and man got
on swimmingly and there was much
Joy in East Aurora. But It befel that
the Master suddenly grew Heterdox,
whereat the man vexed sore In Spirit
and after a time said unto the Master:
Behold, have l not served Thee well?
Wherefore, then, dost Thou enjoin upon
me to fling Bricks at the faith of my
fathers?" And the man, receiving no
increase in salary, thereupon Resigned.
But the Philopene straightway made
overtures to another Literary man
named Harte, and the Harte now pant
eth beside the water trough which be-
decks the frontier of the Roycroft Shop.
The Moral of which is that the Indis-
pensable Man is dead.
AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS:
Senator Sherman's "Recollections' will
soon he brought out In London by Samp.
Or. Conan Doyle's forthcoming book
Rodney Stone" is romance dealing
with the days Of the regency.
John Jacob Astor's novel work, "a
Journey in Other Worlds-A Romance Cd
The Future" has been translated into
Swedish by Alex. Josephson.
The Boston Transcript tells the story OF
a woman who walked into Boston book
store in search OF ElizabetheStuart Phelps
burglars in Paradise" But what she
asked fer, however, was "Smugglers II
Heaven"
Since Alfred Austin was appointed poet
laureate several thousand copies of his
works have been sold: but the curious
fact Is noted that many more copies of his
prese works than of his books OF verse
| have had purchasers.
Nine Sarah Grand's reply to the ques
tion. What do you think of The Wo
man Who Dd'?" merits quotation. "It
seems to me-" she said, that Mr.. Grant
Allen wants us to return to the customs
of the poultry yard
A new addition to the Overwhelming tide
of Stevensonia will be volume of "Va.li-
ma Table Talk" 1t is revealed that his
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