The record-union., 1898-03-27

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Gently made by Franklin Matthews in
the States of the Middle West will con-
tinue to be set forth during April in the
series Of articles. Bright Skies in the
| West"
| The spring number of "Harper's Ba-
| Ear" illustrates the practical signifi-
| canoe now given to special seasons 1t
| is really an Easter number, but is
! published thus early in order that its
| readers may have in! advance the
| special fashions which the modistes of
Paris, London and New York have ar
ranged shall be in vogue next Easter.
| Through its own correspondents in
| these centers, "Harper's Bazaar" ena-
bles it's clients to anticipate these fash,
| ions
| The April issue of "Godey's Maya
! zine (New York; opens with a critical
paper on the life and work of the
great painter, Velasquez, by Mary E.
| j. Kelley. This being the centennial
anniversary of the birth of the famous
Spanish painter adds to the pertinence
| of the subject. Another striking con-
tribution is on Diamonds" by George
E. Walsh. Under the quaint head,
| Genus Carex" is an article by
! Charles F. Saunders that will interest
all lovers of nature, and that treats of
the ways of the wild sedges. "Triumphs
in Amateur Photography the series
that now interests the whole world of
camera users, deals with the exquisite
work of Mrs. n. Gray Bartlett of Chi
cago. The leading fiction piece Of the
number is by Martha McCulloch- Will
Jams, whose tales grow in popularity
with each advancing year. There is
humorous tale by Henry E. Harris,
entitled THE Four Co-Kings of Hof-
brauenstein." There are several other
bright stories and some choice poems
in the issue and humorous skit
Charity Up to Date" by Sidney
Sharp. A novelty appears in a con-
tribution by Joanna r. Nichols KYLE
on THE Army Medical Museum and
Library" The number is richly illus
trated.
In the Overland" (San Francisco for
April appears one of the most powerful
stories that has been published in
America. 1t is Norwegian tale, tn !
characters rejecting the wild and un-
usual nature of this land built for giants.
Johannes Reimers. the author, himself
a Norwegian though living now in Cal
ifornia, pictures yividlv the shadow Of
the dark mountains, the rush of water
the stretch of glacier side by side with
the towering slopes, the odor of birch
forests and the lowing of COWS f"The
Ascent OF Mt. ST. Elias" is by c. W.
Thornton. one of the party of Prince
Luigi of Savoy, which has been the only
party that has reached the almost mac
| cessible summit. Lost in the Petri-
| fled Forest" by Will Barnes is a pathetic
story of cowboy life. The second part Of
Major Ben c. Truman's knights of the
Lash" a9pears. James c. McCurdy in
terests readers in an account of Cape
Flattery and its light. "A Vanishing
! Island" by Mrs. NJ. Burton Williamson,
| is an historical account of Dead Man S
| Island. Theodore de Laguna writes of
Mark Twain as a prospective classic,
and ROSsiter Johnson continues his
amusing and original chat in THE
| Whispering Gallery" One of poems,
| Being SO Bereft," is very beautiful
sonnet by Mrs. Ella Higginson. The
magazine is profusely and handsomely
| illustrated.
"Harper's Round Table" for April
"a very strong number-will open with
capital story entitled THE Taking of
Malixa" by John F. Bass, who repre-
sented London paper at<the front dur
ing the recent war in Crete and in
| Greece. Other contents will be a STIR
ring poem, "A Ballad of Apia Bay" by
Rowan Stevens. based upon the Incl
dents attending the cyclone in Samoa,
which wrecked the American and Ger
man warshipS; an article upon Laying
out Golf-course"; paper entitled
Training Animals for Circus Tricks" !;
and a continuation of H. B. Marriott
Watson's exciting treasure-trove story,
''Ihe Adventures"
Under the rather vague title of so
GEOLOGY Applied to Politics." the An
nails" of the American Academy of
Political and Social Science for March
| (Philadelphia) contains an interesting
view of the relations of Russia to
Western civilization. The writer,
Professor F. Sigel, of the University
of Warsaw has made an elaborate
apology for the apathy of Russia
toward Western institutions and par
ticularly representative Government
His statement of the case, which gives
| the conservative Russian view, will be
read with great interest Western in
stitutions he contends, have not been
so conspicuously successful that East
| ern nations with other traditions
should, necessarily initiate them. The
! IT.,
| Western writer's suppose, only in the
| field of Western institutions 1t is
doubtful whether the article will awak-
en- in the mind of the reader as much
appreciation as curiosity, yet as a pic
ture of some of the social and political
conditions prevailing in the great en-
pire of the Roumanoffs it is worthy
of careful consideration. The same
issue of the Annals" includes articles
by Professor Joseph French Johnson
on THE Recent Proposals for Monetary
Reform and by Professor E. Dana
Durand, on THE Political and Munich
pal Legislation in 1897"
Four pieces of music in each issue Of
"Ev'ry Month (New York; take up
some of the pages that would other
wise be devoted to reading matter,
but the best use of the literary space
| in the March number has been made
| by the selection of interesting articles
| of timely nature. A second INSTALL
ment of New York Theatrical Mana
gers gives fine portraits of Augustus
Pitou, Charles E. Evans, J. Wesley
| Rosenquest and Edwin Knowles. The
recent diplomatic developments rem
| der an illustrated paper on 1.-The
] Three Reigning Sovereigns of China"