Smyrna times., 1897-02-10
LITERARY NOTES.
DEMOREsT MAGAZINE.

The Characteristic menu of up-tO-
date articles on interesting subjects,
first-class stories, and copious and
handsome illustrations, is furnished in
the February number of Dem0rest
Magazine. Collectors and admirers of
Indian curiOs will find grand treat
in the leading articles. ''The Lost Art
of Indian Basketry, which gives much
curious information about the beauti-
full baskets, now so rare, made by the
American Indians, and the illustrations
show speciments far exceeding in
beauty the collection in the National
Museum at Washington. Other hand
sOmely illustrated articles are ''Pope
Leo XIII. and the Vatican, " and ''Ni-
agara in Winter; a paper on "The
great American Evangelists," embel-
lished with portraits of Moody and
Sankey, and paper by Mr.. Moody,
''How to Reach Non -Churchgoers,
give pleasant variety; while stories by
Mrs. W. K. Clifford, Grace MacGowan
Cooke, and Will N. Aarben, and poems
by Madeline S. Bridges, Edgar Faw-
cett, Joel Benton, and Harriet Fran
Gene Crocker, impart additional bright
ness to the literary feast. The numer-
GUS departments for which this Maya
zine is noted are replete with good
things, and the Fashions are, as usual,
modish and practical, and, best of all,
patterns of them can be obtained at a
nominal price.
FRANK LEsLIE's POPULAR MONTHLY.
A bright and attractive number of
Frank LesJie's POpnLar MonthLy'' is
that for February. It has a long list
of good articles and capital short stor-
les, and almost everythingis is illustrated.
The opening paper is a sketch of
Life in Russia, " by Sophie Friend,
describing a months visit at little
Russian country house. There is an
excellent article on 'The Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, by DIR. Lewis
R. Harley, forming the fourth paper in
the "Monthly's" series on American
Universities and Colleges, p" which has
previously treated of Yale, Cornell and
Bryn, Mawr Other good things of
this number include interesting ar
ticles.
THE FEBRUARY LADIES HOME JOURNAL.
The Ladies' Home Journal for Feb
nary opens with stricking article
"When Kossuth Rode Up Broadway
the fourth of its "Great Personal
Events" series. In it Parke Goodwin
recalls the unprecedented demonstra-
tion and enthusiasm with which the
Hungarian exile was welcomed to New
York; also his patriotic but vain mis-
sion to this country. Charles Dana
Gibson's second drawing of Dickens
peOple-portraying Dick Swiveller and
The MarchiOness-worthily occupies a
prominent place in the excellent maga-
zine. An article that will appeal to
women is Mrs. Talcott Williams
sketch of ''The Most Famous Cook in
America" The FEBRUARY Journal also
presents the first of Mrs. S. T. Rogers
Cooking Lessons: Ideal Cooking"
and "How to Make Soups" These
are the initial contributions to the de-
partment she will hereafter conduct in
the JOurnal-the only publication for
which she writes ''The Senate and
House of Representatives is the sub
ject of ex-President Harrison's ''This
Country of Ours" paper, and he ex-
presses himself very forcibly upon
several points. Mr.. Edw. w. Box
writes in vigorous denunciation of the
"wishy-washy" books to be found in
Sunday-schOol libraries, and points an
easy way to secure better literature for
Sunday-schOOl children. The maya
zine is boundless in the scope and in
terest of its articles.