Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-08
MARCH MAGAZINES AT HAND
What Contributors 10 Current Magazines
Find to Write About.
WAR STORIES HOLD LEADING PLACE
Soldiers aud sailors Fight over Again
aud Agnin Their battles for the
Edihcation of Stny-Rt-Homes
Who Read the Magazines.

The magazines for March are generally OF
q praseworthy character and some Of them
show decided improvement over previous
months The majority Of them still present
an abundance OF war material, the most OF
1t matter that has already been covered by
the daily press so that 1t cannot claim
attention by reason Of its freshness, In
fact the only thing that in any way com
mends many of these articles to public at
tentlon is the prominence of the writer's
who, in most cases, were active partci
pants in the events described, In one way
it is hardly just to offer this as a criticism,
as the magazines do not aim to supersede
the daily press as purveyors of current news,
but rather to supplement the press by going
more abundantly into detail. In this latter
respect they are most successful and no
person can read the magazines regularly
without becoming thoroughly well Informed
concerning the current events of the world.
1t has been observed and possibly with
good reason, that many readers make tho
mistake of limiting their magazine reading
to one, two or three of the most popular
publications. There are large number Of
cheap magazines which contain a vast
amount of valuable information and a small
sum set aside monthly for their purchase
would yield the investor large returns in the
way of liberal education.
The most interesting or important article
in a magazine is not always to be found at
the beginning. Sometimes a striking feature
is secured when half the forms are ready for
the press and room has to be made for it
near the latter end of the magazine. 1t was
so with General Skaters Capture of San =
tiago," In the February Century; it is so
again this month with Major General
Greene's Capture of Manila" General
Greene Is the author Of the standard history
of the last Turco Russian war and of other
military works. Lieutenant Hobson tells
in this number of his experiences in prison
in Santiago and his observations of the
siege; Lieutenant j. b. Bernadou, who com
manded the torpedo boat "Winslow' in the
action at Cardenas in which Ensign Bagley
was killed, tells the story of May IL; Lieu
tenant Cameron Winsow, who commanded
the cable cutting expedition at "Cienfuegos
on the same day, describes the hazardous
operations which he directed and Mr.. Ar
thur Houghton gives a realistic glimpse oi
Scenes in the Spanish Capital" on the eve
of the late war more momentous war
than that of 1898 is the subject of Prof
Wheeler's papers Alexander the Great
the current installment of which Is de-
voted to the Macedonian victory at Issus
Though Mr.. Crawford's Via Crucis" is a
romance of the Second Crusade, there is nc
warfare in the present chapters: and peace
not war, Is celebrated most entertainingly
by General Sherman in the diary of his tour
of Europe in 1S71-72. That an American
. woman has become viCereine of India gives
special interest to the opening article, "At
the Court of an Indian Prince" Bu
nothing in the March Century is better
worth the careful consideration of American
readers today than British Experience ir
the Government of Colonies by the Right
Hon. James Bryce, NJ p.
McCiures Magazine contains the first OF
series of articles and pictures by Charles
Dana Gibson depicting Egypt as he saw il
last year. There is also most interesting
account of the new substance known a.
liquid air, based on conversations with the
discoverer, Charles e. Tripler. Lieutenan
Peary writes of the plan on which he /.
conducting his campaign in search of The
north pole. There are a number of other in.
teresting articles as well as the usua
amount of fiction.
The March number of Scribner's show!
Governor Roosevelt in the sort of descrip
tton that he likes boSt-a narrative of ;
fight. With his usual candcr he calls thi
General Young's Fight at Las Guasimas
and pays a hearty tribute to his brigad,
commander and to the regulars who wol
equal honors with the Rough Riders in tha
hot skirmish. Senator Hoar, in his 'Po
liticai "Reminiscences" gives his impression
or the character and oratory of Webster
W. j. Henderson, a well known critic. ha
written OF THE Business of a Theater." re
Vealing that side of theatrical affairs O
which the public seldom hear. No American
portrait painter, except Sargent, has game
more honors in France that John w Alex
ander, number OF whose striking picture
are reproduced in this number with a shor
article by Harrison S. Morris. In fictiol
a new writer, Albert White worse, and