Rock Island Argus., 1899-01-07
Literary.

Literary.
The January number of Mcclure s
Magazine will contain the second story
in Kipling's new serial of school-boy
life, and stories by F. Nesbit and w.
A. Fraser. Stephen Crane will con-
tribute to the same mum ber what will,
no doubt, he found the full equivalent
of a story, description of a ride he
took on the engine of the Scotch EN-
press, the fastest train in England.
McClure's Magazine has in store for
| its readers a real novelty in several
stories of political life. They present
politician who is live human be-
ing-not q mere figure and make
believe. as most politicians in stories
are. He has great power and adroit-
ness in managing men; and he seems
to have no scruples in his designs or
measures; and yet-and here the dra-
matte and human quality of the
stories appears-always at a certain
point in his enterprises he discloses
fundamental unselfishness and sense
of honor that are as attractive as they
are surprising Each story is COM
plete in itself; but the central charac
ters are the same in all, and thus
they have n certain continuity of in
terest. The author of them is Walter
Barr, of Keokuk, Iowa. He is new
writer and these are his first stories.
He is by profession a physician; but
he has been a newspaper man, and he
has himself, at different times, taken
an active part in politics He was
born in Ohio, WAS reared in Illinois,
took college course in Indiana and
began his newspaper work there, and
now for some years has lived in Iowa.
His stories come warm and vivid
from his own close acquaintance with
life in these states.
To have them men who have DEM
onstrated their organizing ability by
great business successes tell their Sc
crets of organization. is the object of
the editor of the Cosmopolitan. That
he is succeeding, is proved in the JAN
uary issue by the article from Charles
r. Flint, who is regarded in New
York as one of the three orfour ablest
organizers in America. He is presi-
dent of the rubber trust and the head
of the great mercantile house of Flint,
Eddy Il Co., which has its ramifica-
tions in almost every port of the
world. Mr.. Flint tells very openly
what makes for success in the organ
lization of business. His article NAV
be read with interest by the Rookie
fellers, the Armours and the Wana-
makers, as well as by the humblest
clerk seeking to fathom the secret of
business success. In the same line is
an article, also in the January Cosmo-
politan, telling how Mr.. Platt organ
lied and conducted the campaign for
the election of Roosevelt. 1t is by q
gentleman who was actively engaged
at the republican headquarters dur
ing the campaign, and who gives
vivid picture of the perfection to
which political organization has been
carried in New York state by the
most astute of managers. The wary
old senator who has been lifetime in
politics and the youngest political as
pirant will alike find food for reflection
in Mr.. Blythe's article.
Miss Cecilia Beaux, easily first
among American women artists, and
one of the strongest portrait painters
of the day, has made striking head
of Admiral Sampson, from life, which
appears as the frontispiece of the JAN
uary number of the Century. This
is apropos of the second instalment of
Lieut.. Hobson's Merrimac papers. in
which the sinking of the collier. as
directed by the admiral, is svividly but
modestly described by the hand that
did it. Capt. Sigsbee. of the Maine,
continues his personal account of the |
episode that precipitated the conflict |
with Spain, and Edmond Kelly |
describes the experiences of An Amer |
lean in Madrid During the War But |
the interest of the magazine is by no
means exclI:s -"'v military. despite |
these three =. .,..S and the continual
tion of Prof. neeler's Alexander the |
Great. There is much that breathes |
of peace. The Carlyles in Scotland is
an intimately personal paper: and
equally readable in another way is
Miss Florence Hotchkiss-s Carlyle's
Dramatic Portrayal of Character-the
prize essay in The Century's college
competition F. Marion Craw-
ford, in Via Crucis, continues his fas-
romance of the Middle Ages;
and Paul l. Ford's Many-Sided
Franklin is devoted this month to the
great mans schooling and self-cul-
ture, his services to education and his
library. Capt Crowninshield, L. 5.
N, chief of the bureau of navigation.
makes an effective presentation of the
of the Nicaragua Canal.
In fiction and poetry there is likewise
much of interest.