The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-31
THE LATE MAGAZINES.

The Century begins Its new year WITH Drill
| liant cover In colu- by tho well-known Parts
| ian rcstcr-artist, Grasset. who made the Ma
! pclecil poster for the Century This time he
| pictures Alexander the Great on the famous
Bueophalus This is IN connection With the
| magazines new rhetorical serial on Alexander,
| written by Prof. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, which
will be one OF the leading features for the
| rcf inb year. The lessons from the career OF
| the Macedonian tonquerer are of particular
interest In these days Of emplre-maklng pro.
| jecis. Aside from the archaeological material
| that In pictured, the lifo Is strkinigly Nus
tratcd by Castaigne and Loeb Cantain
! rntSe of the Maine, This Is 1.-The contr!bu-
ton OF the commander Of the battleship TO
The centurys now war series which WI MI In IN.
in The land and naval operations Ia the re-
cent war,
| In the Ladies' Home Journal for November
n page of illustrations admirably typifes
Thanksgiving In the Country" and another
of photographs Is filled with suggestions for
decorations, etc, for Thanksgiving In the
Church" THE Anecdotal Side of Mr.. Moody
reveals the chief characteristics OF the great
| evangelist In succession OF interesting ftu-
res. and MY First Night In the Jungle Is
Henry NJ. stanley's narrative 9! the first o.
Wagner Wrote His Operas" gives the near
est, clearcst md most Interesting Wow o. the
ferrous nS that has S yst been %rgn
and pathetic story. the early career of pudo-
rewski.
with its November Number ST. Nicholas be-
gins n new volume and celebrates its TWEEN
ty-fifth birthday. outstanding It's quarter
OF century OF existence this magazine Ia
Just us young as ever in spirit new lienty
serial s begun, a tale of American history,
thn. VII be one q me ieanres pv nc comm" nn5
1t denls with the struggles OF an early VIZ
GINA colony with the Indians. w. H. House
Is to contributes a series OF papers ON Fright
episodes In ancient and modern history. In
the .prcserlt number, Mr.. House spns enter
, tanning episodes about "Cleopptrts Fish
Ing Purity" and "a Dinner of Lucullus"
Richard Harding Davis, who was one Of the
few war correspondents to follow the army
from Cuba to Porto Rico, and who was with
the advance from the time OF landing until
the close OF hostilitles. gives his Impressions
Of The Porto Rican Camp-Map for the NO
vsmher scribner's. He pays high tribute &c
tho generals and troops who made the closing
campaign OF the war seem more like tri-
umphn parade than an aggressive advance
through mn enemy's country. and shows tina
both regulars md volunteers did the work
before them In way 70 satisfy the most eX-
sGF y9ya ry demands TIC ar S cd %s
A Try aud people. and describes RAINY plutur-
esque and .amusing Incidents that give Mr..
| Dsvs' work much human Interest The
/ Illustrations are all from photographs
Il 'Alphonss naudet in Private Life" Is the
: tit'e Of very interesting article in the No
i, vcmhei Pail Mali Magazine by ]. T. Ranaelll
life-ong friend OF the famous novelist NJ
Rnraelli, who Is an eminent French painter
himself illustrates the article. which includet
u few selections from one OF Daudets private
note books in which no recorded everything
thet came into his mind concerning the char
l. acter and Intelligence of the personages whr
+, w0ro to figure In a projected work, NJ. Raj
" tarlli asyerts tnht Daudet's nature was es
= ssntlaiy chiidlike. and that In consequence O
d this feature Of naudet's character the books
:, In which he beet shows his original qualities
ATE those where we find the best Of imagna.
tire story telling, namely. in the three "Tar.
tarns."
d rayld Starr Jordan, the distinguished natur-
|. nlist and scientist. has contributed to the No.
70 ven,ber Atlantic paper embodyug the re-
/. suits of his official experience and obserga-
l. tioa In Alaska. In which he shows only TOD
ia clearly how through neglect and Ignorance
70 the vast natural resources OF that wonderful
tctritery food fish, fur-hearng animals, tim.
Der. mines, everything~-bave boon ana con
at tiuue to be exhunsted and acsiroyod and
lie pleads for n better administration there, and
-, Tor the application OF the lsssons OF Alaska
~ to Our prospective foreign colonies lest oiir
g control over them became q source OF cor.
A. rup,ion.
A charming THANKSGIVING story BY clara
Il. Louise Durnham anc the laai OF the series uf
s. "Uusent Letters" by Rita, are features OF
a. the rhankssiying lssne Of The American
TO airy Life" by the suecessfui and famons
he author Annie $ Swan, and Suggestions for
he nssinhers y Journalism" by Kate Upsoa
rtrs. MarTuerito Merlngton's second nrttcls
:. on the drama treats of the plays Of today ard
MS In tho Gentiewoman (New YorlO for No
a. vember. r. HopkluSon Smith ,luthor OF "Col
40 cnel Carter Of cartorsvIlle." tom Grosan y
ur stc,, tells What the Greatest Success in
julian Hawthorne picks IN tho threads Of
., his fascinating story Forgive Us Our
nd on with un6eRging interest ''ss "'''i
~ - Tbs president q the New York Cooking
" Teachers association tells lust how to pre.
30 pare delicious THANKSGIVING dinners from he
Is Itrntns to ,cnd.. The Floral department. IN
II eeS ers, Of II A. siebreeh,. ths New Yo}N
flower lovers. Maria Andrews. In The thira
q her Palmlstry lessons. gets into most
OF interesting part OF this captivating study,
!. Alice II. Putnam, superintendent Of the Chi
y cago Froebel association. contributes an atti.
" cie to the woman's, Home Companion ON the
T. Is one OF the most convincing papers ON thls
subject that has ever appeartd IN prilit and
aopeais particularly to the mothers Of chill
drcn.
The Noveiaber Partisan, published In New
n. York. contains Count L. L. Tostoi's story.
~ NhFbih ti'ihbNt Wllen Is 4 rcfutGtIOu
OF the theories In the "kteu,zer Sonata. >,
o written by Tclstoi the elder Other features
az o. the November rumber Of Tho Pari'ian arc
y. French Socia. Customs" "pa,Is Ari sim
nd Clos; Che Screen" by Bourset. aud other
o.
=, The Living Age for October % translates
d from the leading italian review. Nuoya An.
or tclceia. n striting article on the present con
dfiel q Italy, which Esyes vivid bui de
IN spondent presentation OF the social ana psl,t.
10 erl problems With which ita.y Is at this mo-
&c mcnt confronted,
r The November Short stories Is out, and
4 Il is very good number Il coutains sew.
OF eral articles by well known writer's atnoas
"a whom may be mentioned Max Nordau "a
o. Halfway Adyenture; Alphoase paudHt ..The
be Rens esde Zouave;" Heilrich zschokke "Jss
Leg, but BY Tar the best story, "a Firsf
M Night Is anonymous. N"s'
l. GrstUs.
L The colonel thinks no feels his oa,.
" But others doubt and slsh -