The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-04
THE LATE MAGAZINES.

THE LATE MAGAZINES.
The April Century Is a Grant Memorial
Number" Signalling the dedication of
General Grants tomb. General Hora %
Porter, who was president of the citizens
ASSOCIATION that raised the money for this
mag nificent memorial and who VIII de-
liver the grafton at the dedication. con-
tributes an article descriptive of the tomb
end OF It's building. A striking drawing
of the tomb by Castaigne is given as
fron,lspiece. There are also pictures OF
the interior Che only on,As yet nlaIo) ana
of the figures for the facade designed
by the. sculptor Rhind In "a Blue aud
Gray Friendship" John r. Proctor tells
of the esteem and affection In which Cen
eral Buckncr and General Grant held each
other for. years. The other articles give
Mo6 asnqi n yai'y 10 me w Vqbs' intro
duees the picturesque figure Of Major
John Andre, and gives n glimpse Of Wash
WF ssr u h he Wo yo h"'ssTsy IL
he English humorists friendly relations
with Goethe's household and his inter
views with tho great poet.
In the Easter number of the Ladies'
Homo Journal. "a Atoravan Easter
Dawn" by CLIFFORD Howard, tells the story
of the simplest and most beautiful Easter
service in America, as 1t is given in the
quaint and picturesque town of Bethle-
hem. Pennsylvania Ex-Prcsiient Tiar-
rison's timely article describes THE So
cidl Life of the President" from the iav
of his. inauguration, and gives Interest
Ing, information as to rcceptions, dinners
ana other SOCIAL events of the White
House, The popMlor series OF "dreh.
@rsonal Events - re sp.e S d ~
rha," by Jean Fraley Iallowoli, grand
daughter OF one of the few surviving Wit
resses OF the great Lafayette demonstra-
ton which created such furore nearly
| three-q uarters of a century ago. Ira ID.
s2nkey c, hnf written rite ser ths plmher
words by John n. Yates The third Nus
tration in Charles Dana Gibson's series
of character sketches of 1.-THE People of
| Dickens" is Tom Pinch and His Sister"
The front!spiece of the April st. Mich
olas is a picture of puppy and a kitten.
"Chums," from painting by j. II. Dolph
Wolcott lie Clear Beard tells of Moses
tame eagle that was his pet when he
was engaged In engineering in the Art
IONA desert. Seeing and Believing" by
Harold Wilson, NJ. D., Is an illustrated
account of some strange optica Illusions
dars.' gives n account OF a visit he once
made to the famous mountains OF I;e-
hanon In Tripoli He describes the SILK
culture, which forms the main industry
OF the inhab!tants, and wires about the
noble "Cedars OF Lebanon" from which
solomon obtained, much of the wood i, for
trations for the paper. Tho Lights. TINT
Guide in the Night" is the ,itie, OF Az
articles telling of light houses and beacon
fires that are so useful to the mariner.
The April number of The Arena is fully
up to the average. In the opening article
Governor Pmgree. mayor of Detroit. con-
III Of mil hal
form begun in the March number by
Mayor Quincy Of Boston. Mayor Pingree.
in his breezy paper, afhrms that con
tracts re the center ana almost the on
tire circumference of municipal govern.
ment" and that almost all the bribes OF
even for contracts" Ills remedy is the
letting OF contracts by referendum, or d.
rect hepSsafr , wee romeroy in strong
paper entitled THE Doorway of Re
forms" advocates the same remedy Tor
similar abuses. not merely In municipal
tlonal government IN The Priesthood
OF Art" stinson Jarvis inyeighs against
the baser kinds of art and pleads strongly
N favor of high ideals on The part OF
the painter. the draughtsnuan. the dramat-
ist and the actor.
The recent rising of the Greek nation
las well as the revival OF interest In
Byron), gives timely value 10 r. b. San
borns account of the friendship OF the
Greek chieftain "odysscus and Ire
lawny," in Scribner's for April. Odysseus
was a hero among those who led the
revolt against Turkey In 1871. TTelawnv
did not find Byron romantic senoligh Tor
& hero, but when he met Odyssells m AIM
ems soon after, lie declared hin 10 he
he pesSnenIo1 r be syf lived IN oSv
ern on Mt. Parnassus. and Trelawny
wrote thence some interesting letters that
arc published for the FIRST time IN TINS
April. 1925, and this has helped 10 put
him among the legendary heroes of h's
country. The illustration are from orig
NAL sources.
Among the contributions In tie April
number of Godey's Magazine IS an article
by Mnrmaduke Humphrey on THE d.
cycle OF the Year Nine,y-seven,' which
contains pictures and descriptions OF al
most all the new things that have de-
veloped in the wheel world during the
past twelve months. Mrs. Emily u; VIII
hanson, general secretary OF, the Prison
trtries an interesting paper. on w ON,
ans Worx in Prison Reform, which VIII
Interest all citizens of this country;
Among The IecDiiarly ,spr.ng gne ana
Gabrielle Marie Jacobs; "a Hymn for
Easter" by William y. Green tmnsic,,
"Whenne Hatte-Trees Bloom" by Grace
MACEDONIAN Cooke. and 3 superb aILiee
by Eben H. Rexford on common Sense
n Rose Culture" fully illustrated.
II Ftr.nk Lesl.e's Popular Monthly for
A,,rn, 10 most interesting paper. per-
hsps, !. aat or '~rhe Lie Saving serv-
ice," IN Pa. Joanna r. Nichols gives