The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-17

shorter notices OF recent publications.
Short Stories for February contains its
usual attractions for lovers OF fiction The
leading story IS a dramatic and tersely
written tale called What the Alhatross
its author a 81 prize. There IS go'f story
entitled the --Obsession u Brown and
several clever tales and trsnslations from
French and German stories.
Ire current number or the Review OF
Reviews does aotfali below the high plane
which this publication always maintains.
Its Progress OF the Work" Is a. usual an
epiiome % the important events OF the
mcnth, with many Interesting lilus[fa-
tons. Theodore Roosevelt has a manly
and trenchant article on How Not 20
Better Social Conditions. Mr.. honI-
saat OF Chicago and His Part in the Po-
Htical History Making Of $50, by Walter
Wellman. gives al account OF the iHlpoF-
tant part Mr.. Kohlsaat took in the 81
Louis convention in regard 20 inserting
the word gold IN the currency plank OF
the Republican platform. II also contains
a biographical sketch Of this remarkable
man. who, although but little more tnan
- years OF age. has from a poor boy, oy
his own exertions, conquered fortune and
placed himself at the head of the leading
uSnE pdPr. " TIC FS0N-
Current Literature has been SO fortunate
as 70 secure ar. George ". Cable as lis
editor. special department in the maya
zine having been allotted 10 him. The
January number gives an admirable sur
yey Of the best thought Of the month IN Its
extracts from books. ma zines and news
papers. Readings are given from many
OF the new books. A special article on
ssessr contributed ny
Hamilton ". Mabie.
With the Hypnotic Magazine for Janu-
airy its issue is increased from 1900 copies
TO 1900 copies per month, which its pub
fishers declare Is the result OF their cam
paign of. common sense vs. mystery and
fraud in connection with the science of
hypnotism.
The leader in that valuable publication.
the Literary Digest, of January 2 is, Does
Civilization Mean Progress" founded on
Mr. Reclus article in the December Con
temporary Review. Another article also
quoted from the same review is c. de
Thierry's bitter and most ungallant al
tack on American women in literature,
art the drama. the home, in short, being
a wholesale denunciadon of American
women in every phase of life. The re-
mainder Of the number realizes what its
title claims for It. "A weekly compendium
OF the contemporaneous thought OF the
world
In Public Opinion for January Amer
lean Affairs leads of with The Oiney
Doctrine: Americas New Foreign Policy
from an English Point of View con-
da-eed from Sidney Low in the Nineteenth
Century. The other departments, soeioiog-
icai. scientific. religious, letters and art.
etc. all maintain their usual excellence.
Romance for January begins the eighth
wear of it's life under new management
and In improved form. The current num-
Der gives proof OF the excellent results of
the change. There are stories by An
fhony Hope. Clark Russell. John Habber-
ton and Miss NJ. f. Braddon. a serial novel
by Hall Game. and poem by Francis
Saltus. Ii is now published by Gibson VIII
lets, 144o Broadway, New York.
The woman's Home Companion for jan
uary appears under a slightly altered
name. improved In appearance and matter.
1t is remarkable publication to be issued
for 30 cents a year, containing as II does
contributions from Octave Thanet, Lillian
Bell. Opie Read. Harriet Prescott Spot
ford, Ella Higginson, Stanley Waterloo
and many other well-known writers.
!.
The February number of Harpers Maya
zine will open brilliantly with an article
on '"rhe Coronation" written by Richard
Harding Davis and illustrated by r.
Cation woodville. Both writer and artist
Witnessed the splendid ceremonies at Mos
COW from the standpoint of official visitors.
To the same number Charles f. Lummis
will contribute the first of a series of ar
tfcles on Mexico. under the title. The
Awakening of a Nation"
In the Century for February the second
number of Julian Hawthornes Life in
Jamaica" will appear under the title. "A
Tropic Cline" IL will be illustrated by
Gilbert Gaul as was summer al Christ
mas Tide in the January number.