The morning news., 1899-05-01


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this edition. Ainslee's is published by Street
and Smith, 23S William street, New York.
Price 10 cents; 81 year.
''The Countess Emilia" Anthony Hope S
new romance is begun in the May Ladies
Home Journal, and THE Art of Listening
to a Sermon" inaugurates the first of
series of articles on the pulpit and the
pew by Ian Maclaren Another notable
feature of the same issue is The Secrets
of a Happy Life" by the Rev. Newell
Dwight Hills, D. D., pastor of Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, who has become
regular contributor to the Journal. Paul
Leicester Ford writes 1.-THE Anecdotal Side
of George Washington" recounting some
of the best but least known stories Of
the Father of His Country" There are
many other good things in the number.
Ladies Home Journal, Philadelphia.
The May Atlantic opens with an article
upon the Australasian Extensions of Dem
ocracy, by H. de r. walker, who dis
cusses the management of affairs, espe-
cially financial, in the five great Pacific
colonies of England. H. Phelps Whit
marsh vividly depicts the Jealous care
with which all other nations, especially
England. cultivate their mercantile ma
rine and shipping interests. John S. Wise
continues his thrilling account of his war
adventures during the last days of the
Confederacy, including, among other ex-
citing incidents, his last experiences with
Gen. Lee and President Davis and at the
surrender of Gen. Johnston. In the Orator
of Secession, William Garrett Brown de-
scribes the character and career of Will
lam l.. Yancey. we'll known to the last
generation as perhaps the most earnest
active and impassioned advocate of seces-
sion and the Southern Confederacy The
foregoing are only a few of the good
things in the number. Houghton, Mifflin
& Co, IL East Seventeenth street, New
York.
Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, command
ing the United States army, is the lead
ing contributor to Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly for May. Gen Miles writes Of
1.-The United States Army, and Its Com
manders;" reviewing the development and
organization of our national military force
and his predecessors in its chief COM
maud. Portraits of al these American
generals, from Washington to Gen. Miles
himself, all reproduced directly from the
originals in the war department., give ad-
ditional distinction to this notable maga-
zine contribution. Admiral Dewey comes
in for special honors in this May (anni-
versary) number in two illustrated arti-
cles namely, Dewey at Manila-One
Years Retrospect" by Edward w. Har-
den. United States commissioner to the
Philippines and 1.-THE Surrender Of Ma
Mia" by Douglas White, the wel.-known
war correspondent Another article Of
unique personal interest is William s.
Brackets "Fitzhugh Lee. Beau Sa5reur." "
giving an entertaining account of the now
famous generals exploits in Texas when
he was a young lieutenant in the Seconc
Cavalry, of the old regular army.
The frontispiece of the May Scribner's is
by F. Hopkinson Smith, who contributes,
also, descriptive paper on Between
Showers in Dort," with other ilustra tions
from paintings made by him during his
stay in the Dutch town. famous in his
tory of its synod. Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood, the military governor OF Santiago,
gives an official account of what he has
accomplished in the city since its sur
render-its cleaning and sanitation, the
relief of the INDECENT, the establishment
Of schools etc. Coy. Roosevelt describes
the life of the troops In the Trenches
after the battle Of San Juan. with many
characteristic sketches Of the men under
his command; and Archdcacon Brady Of
Pennsylvania. who was chaplain Of a reg
iment during the war tells a pathetic in
cident Of camp life, entitled Standing ond
waiting" The new installment OF Sena-
tor Hoars political "Reminiscences" de-
tails many incidents in the careers Of The
great statesmen of his time, and gives the
inner history of the famous Hayes-Tldcn
election contest Of 1876. Senator Hoar was
a member Of the electoral commission. A
new note Is struck in the first Dart OF
sidney Ian,er's "A Poets Musical Inn
presslons." being letters written in his del
icate and poetic prose to his wife. convey
ing his Impressions Of music and musical
people. Robert Louis Stevensons letters
in This number are from Monterey and
San Francisco, and give delightful
gllmpses Of his bohemian life, which aft
erward was embodied in THE Amateur
Fmferant" and "The Silverado Squatters, -
MS also in the earlier chapters Of "The
Wrecker." These are some of the good
things Of the number. Charles scr6ner' s
Sons, New Yorl;.
wiz II. Lew has furnished the dainty
design for the cover Of The May Mcclure s.
which opens with frontispiece portrait