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In the way of personal memoirs OF
he Civil war there has been nothing
more interesting published than Charles
Il Dana's "Reminiscences, ana much
the most interesting Of these thus far
is the Paper IN McClure's richly illus
trated magazine fer April (NeW
York;. giving Mr. Dana's recoilecticn3
OF Lincoln and his Cabinet. Living IN
the closest official and social relations
with Lincoln and the members Of the
Cabinet for q considerable ting, Mr.
Dana's opportunities for knowing them
Were perfect Another extremely INFER
esting paper is a series Of heroic stories
of the Gordon Highlanders, who crown
ed themselves with glory last autumn
in charging through a deadly fire and
capturing an almost impregnable posi-
Four new story writer's appear, and
with great credit 70 themselves, Tor
four better short stories than they sup
ply are not to be found in any one
number of a magazine. Add an in
staIment of Anthony Hopes Rupert
Of Hentzau" that filings yet another
charm over Rassendyll and Flavia, and
we have, in the fiction of the number
y,f. IN in
ment sufficient for the needs of any
public Hamlin Garland provides A
Romance of Wall Street'-a very apt
designation Of the story of the Grant
& Ward failure Herbert E. Hamblan
concludes his chapters from real rail-
road life with an account of his ex-
perience as engineer of passenger 10
connective, relating adventures with
train robbers, obstinate Presidents,
strikers and drunken engineers.
The Cosmopolitan" (New York; for
April is richly illustrated and presents
these leading features: Tea Growing
in America, Lafayette I. Parks;
with the japanese Court at New
Years" Florence B. Hayes; The
Great Drainage Canal of Mexico, ,"
Theodore Korner," E. H. Manson:
Gloria Mundi," Harold Frederic; The
Conquest of Fear 7. B. Reed, Speaker
of the House: Studies of Our Govern
ment." by Editor Walker; "A Creole
Courtship," Win Wingrove Bathon;
Man Hunting in India" Charles John
ston; Modern Education" President
Thwing; Examples of Recent Art;
ssTN NJ .,,,.fV,, ~
Goats; Gerald Brennan: The Delib-
GRAFTON of Mr. Durkin." Paul Dunbar
Laurence: so to Come Forth Perfect"
poem), Robert Mowry Bell; In the
World of Art and Letters; Flight of
the Carrier Pigeon" ". J. Lautz; The
Harp" Theodore Dresser.
"Harpers Magazine for April CNew
York;, richly and profusely illustrated,
has these special features: Photo
graphing a Wounded African Buffalo"
eleven Illustrations. by Arthur c. Hum
bert; "Old Chester Tales-L The Prom
iscs of Dorothea," two Illustrations, ny
Margaret Deland; How to Cycle in
Europe" six Illustrations by Joseph
Pencil; The Closing Scene at APP
pomattox Courthouse" five illustra-
\.
George A Forsyth, T. S. A; The Es-
sentials at Fort Adobe = Cavalry
Tactics on the Plains" six illustrations.
by Frederic Remington; "Wanted--An
American AIdershot" by Captain
James Parker. T. s. A; Commercial
Aspects of the Panama Canal" by
Worthington c. Ford; England and
Germany" by Sidney Whitman, F. r.
- Of ;,,r,
'(ffrst paper, by Andrew Wilson, NJ. D.
The number contains the fourth in
staIlment of Henry Seton Merriman's
novel, "Roden's Corner" Illustrated
The short stories are: Miss Moffett. >"
by Marguerite MeringtOn, illustrated;
Gifts" by Ivan Wotherspoon; Thu
Cursed Patois." by Mary Hartwen
Catherwood, illustrated; Ending on a
Half-Note," by Madeleine Yale Wynne.
illustrated; AN Island City," by
Thomas R. Dawley, Jr.; and Phi
mordial," by Morgan Robertson The
poems are by Gertrude Hall. Rev. John
White Chadwick, John Harrison Wag-
ner with Illustrations by J. Mactar-
1ane), Rev William Reed Huntington,
D. D., Charles Washington Coleman
1.-The Editor Study is by Chas. Dudley
Warner; The Editors Drawer" by
Hayden Carruth.
The Cuban crisis naturally demands
more space in the editorial departments
OF the American Monthly Review of
Reviews" for April (New York;. than
any other single topic. The whole mat
ter is reviewed in the light of the lat
est and most authentic information
received up to the time of going to
press. The Review is convinced that
the country desires and will demand
intervention in Cuba. that the real
question at issue is the relief of Cuba.
not the settlement of the Maine Incl
dent, and that SPANS final withdrawal
from the Western Hemisphere will be
the only satisfactory termination of the
present trouble. The cartoon depart
ment is devoted entirely to The His
piano. American Crisis in Caricature -
The principal contributed article is en-
titled Political Germany" and was
written by DR.. TheCdor Barth the emf
nent German publicist, leader of the
Liberals in the Reichstag and editor OF
the Nation" Baron Pierre de Cou-
bertin. the brilliant young French
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