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and the cotton acreage and yield of each
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MAGAZINES.
The feature which will attract all lovers
of modern romantic fiction to the Jahu-
ary Atlantic is the first installment OF
Gilbert Parker's new story The Battle
of the Strong" which promises to be one
of his best and strongest works. A paper
which will attract universal attention Is
that by Edward M. Shepard upon the re-
cent New York election, entitled, Tine 70
litical Inauguration of the Greater New
York" John Muir's earnest and eloquent
paper on THE Wild Parks and Govern
ment Reservations reveals many unsus-
pected wonders of these great domains and
shoTs their inestimable value to the ma
ton and the necessity for their rescue
from spoilation, and their future preser-
walton H. C. Chapman contributes sec
ond paper on Debated Feudalism in Amer
lea. =" treating on the lack of art in Amer
lea; the causes as arising from our situa-
ton and institutions, and the probaple
future development, which he predicts VIII
be fortunate and happy in the end. j.
Firman Coar, in an article on Three Con-
temporary German Dramatists," discusses
the present revival of lit srary activity in
Germany, as shown in the work of these
great dramatlsts, and prophesies a period
of remarkable literary productiveness to
follow The Atlantic Monthly, Houghton,
MELTING & Co., II East Seventeenth street
New York.
The January number of the American
Monthly Review of Reviews is one of the
-. i-e,,o. Il, +b1 I,istor.y Of that roaga-
zine. The opening editorial department of
1.-The Progress Of the World" gives clear
and exhaustive New Years summary of
political conditions in both hemispheres at
the Threshold of 1898. The elaborate ar
ticle on THE Future of Austria-H Hun
gary" by an Austrian, is by all odds the
best account vet given in the English lam
gNage of the warning forces which threat
en- 10 undermine the dual monarchy of CEN
trail Europe Lord Brassey's remarkable
paper on "The Position of the British
Navy" with Assistant Secretary Roose-
Nelts comments, is full of food for thought
when read in connection with the compact
digest of the United States annual naval
report which follows, and the review of
Capt Mahan's new book; two noteworthy
letters of Count Tolstoi on the doctrines
of Henry George. one addressed to Ger
man disciple of George, and the other to a
Siberian peasant are also published IN this
number. Review of Reviews, No. 10 Aston
Place, New York city.
The complete novel in the January is
sue of Lippincott's is John Olmsteads
Nephew" by Henry Willard French. A
hurried marriage is necessary to secure
some solid interests and defeat an enemy,
and thereon hangs a romance. Christ
mas Gold' a tale of Australia, by owen
Hall, and christmas Eve at Bilgers,"
which was in a western mining camp, by
Frank H. Sweet, celebrate the season.
Why should Christmas stories appear
month ahead of Christmas? These ore
just in time. Philip G.. Hubert, Jr., tells
at some length, but ir a lively way, of "A
Detective Who Detected He was a news
paper man; it was a literary crime that
he was set to detect, and while on the tran
of 1t he found something else. "Canuck
and Raoul' were a Canadian boy and a
horse, between whom a strong affection
existed. Elizabeth Knowlton Carter is the
narrator. There are many other interest
ing and valuable articles in the number.
]. B. Lippincott Co, Philadelphia.
Rudyard Kpling contributes to the jan
uary st. Nicholas the second of his Just
So Stories" The present one tells How
the Camel Got His Hump" and Oliver
Herford furnishes a number Of illustra-
tons for it. There is the first chapter in
a new serial, Through the Earth" by
Clement Fezandie. This is a fairy-taie of
of Jules Verne's romances. BY
means of great Improvements in
electrical appliances, scientist
succeeds in boring a tunnel through the
earth from America TO Australia. A boy
is sent through this hole in a cigar-shaped
car The other serials have interesting
instruments. The Two Biddicut Boys"
of Mr.. Trowbridge's tale, begin their excit-
ing chase for the remarkable trick-dog that
is one of the leading characters In the
story. The romance of chivalry, with
the Black Prince" by W. o. Stoddard,
deals with the campaign of the English
army in Normandy. There Is Christmas
play suitable for holiday production by
boys and girls, entitled christmas Eve
at Mother Hubbard's." As usual, the
number is overlooking with pictures and
poems. The Century Company, Union
square, New York
Mrs. Mckinley I'm a new portrait, seated
in a luxurious chair In the white house
eonserva tory, makes striking cover to
the January Ladies' Home Journal. 1t is
also appropriate, as John Philip Sousa's
new composition, THE Lady of the White
House." which the wife OF the President
permitted THE March King" TO dedicate
to her, Is given publicity for the FIRST time
in this number. or course, the compost
ton will be tremendously popular. Clara
Morris the great actress. appears. for the
first time, as a story-writer in a true tale
taken out Of her career, which she calls
John Hickey; Coachman." Ladies Home
Journal l2i-427 Arch street, Philadelphia.
scrlbner's Magazine begins its twelfth
year with the January number and In the
opening pages gives foretaste OF two Of
the leading features Of the next twelve
months. The frontlspiece by clinedinst