Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-06-11

issue' Oue OI t1e DcSt tnlngS about this
number Is that 1t does not merely Civ,
an external illustration of each ship
hut 1t takes the reader down below
decks. and Initiates him into the mys
teries of the magazine. handling rooms
ammunition hoists and motive machin
cry. The sectional Views of the in
terror of the turrcts of the monitors
are exceptionally fine. as is the larg,
wood engraving of the engines Of the
massachusetts The last page of the
number contains complete tables of the
new navy. the auxiliary fleet and the
various naval guns. \ handsome col
ored map of Cuba and the West Indies
Is furnished with this issue. We ex.
tend our congratulations to our con.
temporary on the production of a worl;
which Is well conceived and admirably
carried out. This work Is published
by Mum 4 Co.. of 361 Broadway, New
York. for 25 cents.
The June Magazine number of the
outlook Is It's annual Recreation Mum.
Der. For now nine years the Outlook
has each summer devoted a special L..
sue very largely to Out.Of-dOOrs sub.
jccts and to encouraging and strength.
ening the appreciation of nature and
the spread Of the vacation idea. The
current issue Is the largest of all these
special numbers. On the recreation
side Its most prominent feature con.
slsts of the three articles which won
the prizes offered by the outlook last
year for the best accounts of vacation
experiences, Illustrated from photo.
graphs taken by the authors. The first
prize 'S1OW Is awarded to Mr.. j. StOg.
dell Stokes, whose article Is entitled
"a Fishing Trip to the Ncpigon." 1t
contains some quite extraordinary pic.
lures of lake and river scenery and of
camp life: how some of them were
taken will puzzle many amateur pho
tographcrs. The second and third prize
articles. which are also clarmingly II.
Illustrated. are by Helena l.. Jclliffc and
Mr.. G. +. Pearls. their respective sub
jects being "'rhe Cplands" and "rhc
Cruise of the Kodak" Amateur pho.
tographcrs will also find special inter.
est In n beautifully Illustrated article In
this issue by the Rev. Wallace Nutting
on "Thc Photographic Beauties of OBJ
jects In Motion" 1t Is difficult to be.
lievc that some of the pictures Illus.
trntlng this article were taken instan.
taneously. but Mr.. Nuttlng gives many
hints for this kind of work which indi.
Gates the way in which he has acquired
his skill. Outside of It's special recrca.
tive features this number Of the maya
zine Is a decidedly strong one. DR..
HaTc's chapter in his delightful serial.
James Russell Lowell and His
Friends" deals with Harvard Revis-
i'cd." Among the illustrations we may
note u fine photograph Of Lowell taken
at Elmwood In 1865 by DIR. Oliver Wen.
dell Holmes. Several other of the H.
Illustrations In this installmcnt are only
less Interesting. Timely issues are rec
Ognized In this number In an article on
"Thc Philippines" by Mr.. Lala. one of
the few native Philippines In this evun.
try, accompanied by several Interesting
pictures Of life In the Philippines: by
a fine full-pngc portrait of General
Merritt; by the third of the special let
tiers from Mr.. George KEENAN,, the Out
looks special correspondent now at
Key West, who IL to enter Cuba ut the
first opportunity: by u thOught.incitIng
editorial relating to the war entitled.
"AIake Haste Slowly" and by u read.
able article on "Slgnal Service" by l..
Il. Van Norman. Two stories. poems by
Henry van Dyke and Bliss Carmnn. u
sermon by Dr. Abbott, AMI the usual
news, critical. and editorial depart
mcnts, complete the contents Of u not
able number. (S3 year. The Out
look Company, 2SI Fourth avcnun; New
York;
Mr.. II. W. Wilson, the famous author
of "lronclads In Action" ana u naval
expert second only to Captain Mahan,
has written q very important article
for the July number of the PAN Mall
Magazine. In which he discusses the
Naval Problems to be solved In the
War.
In addition to tho above. the July
number of the Pail Mall Magazine will
contain other war features Of eXtraor-
binary Interest, among which may be
mentioned the first OF an important So
ries OF articles, eXIuisitely illustrated.
tracing the Evolution of the Naval
Architecture of the world from the
"dugout' of prehistoric times down To
the modern mnn-Of.war. These ar.
tlcles will DO written by Clark Russell.
the famous English writer OF sea sto-
rles.
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