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vuccu; NIT. naync also tells OF Mrs.
officers. Charles Thaxter lin, in IAN
Alarm OF Fire by Telegraph" describes
the wonderful FIRE alarm system OF New
YORK; ana draws many stirring pictures.
The public seems never to grow weary
OF hearing about RudyaM Kipllng and
his achievements. though much OF what
Is said in print about him is sorry stun
indeed. 1t Is refreshing to iind in tho Feb
ruary Review OF Reviews a candid and
unpretentio,rs. but not the less exhaust
justice to the author's personality without
'gush' and without the sensoless cxag-
,geraiion So common IN article Of this
has given us an Interpretation Of kipling
which is frankly sympathetic and at the
spme time irresistibly attractive.
IAN Inland Venice" " the plauant title
OF an illustrated article IN the Century
for February This Venice, as the elstor
explains. lis not Venice of palaces, hu,
OF farms and country homes. not only a
bucclic home. but haunt OF pleasure
seekers: a Holland far from the sea; a
country where the streets are of water;
S Hn 4, eas ahe na
gion Ia In the Sprcswald. near Berlin, on
tho edge Of well trayclci routes. but as
vet removed from the runways OF the
tourist The writer of the article Is
charles de Kay. United States consul at
Berlin and the pictures are by tho well
known Century illustrator Louis Loeb
There Is to be held in Washington. ID. c..
February IL. is and 10. a unique congress,
which claims the interest of all enterprls.
ing people. 1t Is the FNrst National Con
gress of Mothers. and Ia being conducted
by some OF the most conspicuous women.
not only OF the capital but OF the country
While the United States general assembly
is In session to fix laws, the mothers OF
the country Will counsel together how
they may rear the boys and girls to ope.
rate and execute these laws. The official
pnbishsd in the February K,ndergarten
Magazine. together with an illustrated
account of the aims and purpose OF the
congress, including the pictures OF the
n. w. Birney. Mrs, phebe Hearst, Mrs.
]. II. Lewis. Miss Mary. Mumford, Miss
The most novel thing .n Scr!bner's for
February is the appearance OF c. ID. Glib
son as tho writer Of tho notes which &C.
company his first series OF sketches por.
traying London as Seen by G. ID. GID.
SON." As a writer he sees things with
that fresh eve for what Is significant and
picturesque IN character THAI marks his
drawings. He rs intensely interested IN
the pageant OF the London Streets" and
lie tells you why. HIS drawings (madt
during his residence In London) are
studies from real people and suggest en-.
tirely new types. These articles, which
VIII contlnuo for SIX muiths. add a new
Gibson gallery to the Paris and Now York
types already famous.
In the February Atlantis President Gil
man tells IN detail the history OF the ad-
ministation of the Peabody fund for thir-
~ years shows what other great benefac
unique wisdom of the founder IN SO direct
| ing his weuHh as to produce perhaps the
| the same period by the same amount of
money in the history OF the world. This
article Is specially notable because OF the
| extraordinary nature of the subject.
Leslie's Weekly In IN, current number.
illustrates IN spirited style the recent mili-
| tarv tournament at the Madison Square
garden. New York City where the regu-
| lar army and the National Guard appear.
| ed In fraternal conjunction, The carnival
| season In general is represented by Il page
| of sketches at Narrensitzung of the
Arion society. and the theatrical drift by
PLAYS. of Lillian Russell. La Ioie Fuller,
! Maud Adams, Odette Tyler. Viola Allen
| and VILLAIN Faversham.
Rev. Chares Cuthbert Hall ID. D.. who
has Just been called to tho presidency OF
Union Theological seminary, New York.
| Is to edit the American edition of the Ex-
positor. the first number of which VIII be
published early in February by Dodd,
Mead d Co.
| Armenia has another poet champion in
Will II. Thompson, who contributes TO
the Century for February a stirring piece
OF verse entitled 1.-THE Death Dream of
Armenia" Mr.. Thompson will be rcsnein-
bered az the author OF High Tide et Get.
tysburg'' and Together Against the
Stream" two poems which made Their
first appearance in the Century.
The frontspece OF the February Review
of Reviews rs a magnificent portrait OF
King Oscar OF Sweden and Norway. who
has been selected umpire under thu
general arbitration treaty between tho
United States and Great Britain.