The Portland daily press., 1898-03-07

achievement in monthly journalism. The
topics treated in this magazine are such
as occupy much space in the daily press.
but the Review is able to treat them more
deliberately and in more carefully ad-
justed proportion. No other illustrated
monthly appearing on the first day of
March will have so much as reference to
the De LONE letter, the Maine disaster, or
the Zcla trial in Paris; but these great
themes Of the hour are fully discussed in
the Review pages. The Reviews read
ers expect to have them discussed there,
SO accustomed have they become to the
essential qualities of timeliness and COM
prehensiveness in the busy mans maga-
zine.
The March number of st. Nicholas has
for frontispiece drawing by George
Wharton Edwards, A Milkmaid of Dor
drecht. The opening paper is by W. S.
Harwood, and is devoted to The Great
Lakes. Mr. Harwood has gathered many
interesting facts about these vast inland
seas, their history, peculisrities, and
scenic grandeur, and he also tells of the
vast amount of commerce that passes
through them Oliver Herford contributes
characteristic illuminated poem, The
Snail's Dream. The poor creature
imagined that it was the lightning
limited express, and even with it's sleepy
eyes it beheld pIacards bearing the in
scription, "Look out for the Snailway
Train.' Meredith Nugent gives some
Leaves from the Notebook of an Animal
Artist, with page OF sketches. Tudor
jerks gives advice as to the choice and
use of Reference Books for Boys and
Girls. A Giant Candle is description of
spectacular feature OF the Swedish Tx
position, and incidentally an account Of
candle making in Sweden. A new serial
for girls is begun in theInumber, A Year
with Denise and Ned Toodles, by Gabriel
Il. jackson, the story of little girl and
her pet pony. Frank Il. Stockton tells
of the adventures and fitting end of the
famous French pirate.
The March number of MoClure's Maga-
zine might be characterized in a sentence
as a literary and pictorial exposition of
the heroic side of real life. A letter from
Nils Strindberg, one of the two men who
have gone no one knows whittier with
Andree, in the bold endeavor to reach the
North Pole by balloon; Mr.. Walter Well
man S predictions as to the probable fate
of the Andree party; Herbert X. Ham
blen' account of his OWE adventures AS
locomotive engineer; and true story
Of the ingenuity and bravery of Chicago
fireman-all dealing with matters OF fact,
are still full of the very stuff which the
novelist (too often in vain) beats his
brains for. Charles A Dana's personal
recollections of Grant. Sherman, Gordon
Granger, and sFighting Joe" Hooker,
rs he saw them in the midst of the
particularly spectacular military move
nents of the battle of Chattanooga; and
OF Secretary Stanton, as Mr.. Dana worked
with him day and night in the War
Department-still further emphasize the
heroic side OF life. y
The leading features of Harper Maga-
Manoeuvre, by Franklin Matthews, illus
trated by Frederic Remington and R. F..
Zogbaum; Social Pictorial Satire-Part
II, by George du Maurier, illustrated by
drawings from Punch and by portraits of
Charles Keene and George du Maurier
Stirring Times in Austria. an account by
Mark Twain of the recent disorders in
the Austrian Parliament, Of which the
author was constant and critical specta-
tor, illustrated by Clifford Carleton, L.
de Thulstrup, and Harry Fenn; The
Traditional Policy Of Germany IN he
spect to Austria and Turkey, an explana-
tion by An Eastern Diplomat of the
origin of the troubles Mark Twain de-
cribes In the Wake of a War. by Julian
| Ralph, illustrated from sketches made by
Lester Ralph; The Earliest Painter in
| Amerlca Recently discovered Records
| of Gustavus Hesselius and of First Public
| Art Commission, by Charles Henry Hart,
illustrated by engravings of Hessellius' s
portraits of himself and his wife; Remin-
| iscences of Eminent Lecturers, by Joel
Benton, illustrated by engravings; The
Centurys Progress In Anatomy aud
| Physiology, by Henry Smith Williams,
M. d. richly illustrated and Our National
Seminary of Learning. an account, by
Prof. W. j. MoGee, of the forces which
are tending toward the making of q uni
versity at Washington.