The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-29
AMONG the MAGAZINES.

Godey's opens with a contribution by
Joseph Dana Miller. on The Spainard in
Cuba"
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for June
is Seattle edition IL has been treated
in another column
Uncle Sam. his commanders and brave
soldier boys have places Of honor in the
current Leslie's Weekly.
Little Folks. the illustrated monthly for
children. should be carried into every
home. Il Is a splendid periodical.
What TO Eat. published at Minneapolis.
is one Of the dainty magazines which Is an
authority on all table furnishings.
The magazines for June are fast being
issued and they vie with one another for
the most part in the matter of war arti-
cies
scribner's. though made up on the eve
of war contains evidence Of the impend-
ing calamity in several clear and service
able war maps.
The ancient legend of the wandering
Jew finds new and singular interpreta-
ton in the anegory. For Centuries Wit
ness In the May Temple.
Two very good English magazines are
the Strand and the New Illustrated. The
articles are always entertaining and pro-
fusely illustrated with good cuts.
The Century has several features Of par
ticuiar timelEess. Capt. Alfred T. Mahan
contributes a paper describing the reasons
for the failure OF the Spanish Armada
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, since returning from
Havana, has written an article for the
June McClures giving a general view of
matters of recent Spanish rule in Cuba.
Current Literature has two war edito-
rails, a second interesting collection Of
;xe, a he hA ri
Hay is the American Poet OF Today"
written up and quoted this month.
The most timely and important article
III Ha.per's is Current Fallacies Upon
Naval Subjects" by Capt. A. T. Mahan,
u. S. N. who has been called from his
retirement TO aid the government in the
present crisis.
THE Atlantic gives the place of honor to
an editorial discussion and summary.
PAL riotic but judicial. Of our war with
Spa in, before and after, and offering a
forecast of the problems which will con-
front us at the end Of the present conflict
The Critic. which contained a long and
striking article on Mr.. Gladstone on Feb
ruar,- S. prints a brief but pointed paper
on tn great leader In its issue Of May q,
reproducing Herewith the portrait of Sir
j. Il. Millais and the picture by Mr.
McLure Hamilton. in the Louvre.
Pail Nal, Magazine opens with a strik-
ing story OK Modern japanese Society, by
Mrs. Nfmoh C. Fraser, entitled. She
Danced Before him. OF unusual interest
at this time are Mr.. Cutcliffe Hyne's
thrilling stories of adventure on the Span
ish main. The whole number is exquis-
iteiy ilu trated.
Geraldine Bonner contributes a letter
from New York TO the Argonaut OF May
30 In which she tells OF the exodus TO the
country OF Gotham's swell set. giving also
a glimpse OF country-house life. Maud
Adams Fanny Davenport. Julia Arthur
and the laltters husband also form the
subject OF entertaining gossip.
Queen June herself. radiant with the
glory of summer and a wealth OF roses
eraces the 6ainty cover-page of the June
Woman's Home Companion, one of r.
Martin Justices most pieasing creations.
on every page is written the joys and an
ticipations of summer, but especially 50
in the profusey illustrated article, Some
Court Painters TO Queen Rose" being the
last literary work OF the late Cora Stuart
Wheeler.