The Republican journal., 1898-03-03
Literary News and Notes.

The stories in the March Harper's are
"The Skeleton on Round Island" a
Mackinac tale by Mary Hartwell Gather
wood, illustrated by Clifford Carleton !;
DESTINY" by Grace King; Zone Man S
Idol, Canadian story by Georgiana Peel !;
and The Problem" by Ellen Duval.
Henry Seton Melriman's novel, ''ROden S
Conner" reaches its third instalment.
"Reminiscences OF Eminent Lectures"
by Joel Benton, which appears in the
March Harper 5, is an account of the eX
periences of the manager of country
lyceum with the popular men of letters
OF the past generation. The article is
full of memorable anecdotes of such men
as Horace Greeley, Mark Twain, Fred
Taylor. 1t is illustrated by portraits adj
kruel.
The February number of that always
helpful and practical household monthly
the American Kitchen Magazine, presents
IFS usual quota Of valuable and instructive
papels. The subjects treated at length
in this number include: Finance in the
Home, The Apotheeary and the
Cook, ''Co-o operative Housekeeping,
THE Practical Solution of the Domestic
Service Problem, "Glimpses of Foreign
Housekeeping, Cooking for Invalids, ,"
ana Notable Housekeepers. Mrs. Lin
coin department, From Day to Day"
gives many original receipts which will be
welcomed by the housewife.
An explanation of the development of
A Principle of Governmental Regulation
of Railways, as shown by the experience
OF the Inter State Commerce Commis-
sion dunng its ten years OF existence, by
l1of Henry {, Adams, statistician OF the
Commission, will appear in an early num-
bel OF the Atlantic. IIo1 Adams ana
lyzes the result obtained by the Commits
sion, shows how and where they have
failed, largely through the insutficiency
OF the powers granted them, and dis
cusses the outlook for the future, as to
whether government regulation will suf-
fee, OF whether government ownership
may be necessary.
The Atlantic Monthly will soon print
an account by Col. Francis Vinton Greene
of The Completion of the Govern
ment's Great War Records, an explana-
ton and description of the greatest store
house of military history ever accumu-
lated, known to be the most costly book
in the world, in which, at an expense
amounting to hundreds of thousands of
dollars, the Government has gathered up
the complete military history of the re-
bellion, including every report and docu-
ment in existence in both the Federal and
Confederate archives.
The March Ladies' Home Journal con-
tains the last literary production of the
late Alice Wellington Rollins. 1t is a
humorous character sketch - How
Philippas Husband Made Her Smile
The social life and customs of New ork-
ers OF a century ago are mirrored by Mrs.
Burton Harrison, who writes of "'When
Fashion Graced the Bowery." Lillian
Bell relates the amusing experiences OF
her yachting voyage on the English Chan
mel, and Cabinet Member Wife, gets
closer and closer to Washington society.
''In Fashionable Siberia, Thomas G.
Allen, il, presents the bright, interest
ing side of life in that boundless Asatic
province, uprooting many erroneous ideas
concerning.
The readers of The Ladies' Home Jour
nal aIe about as responsive clientele as
any magazine possesses. About six
months ago the Philadelphia magazine
started TO publish a series of practical
architectural plans showing how artistic
houses could be built at moderate cost.
1t employed special architect, and Lis
work was certainly artistic. Besides
the plans it agreed to furnish c mplett
specifications of each house at a minimum
cost. Thousands of people liked The
plans given and the series has been a
great success for the magazine. This
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