The Portland daily press., 1899-04-14
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

An article by Capt. Mahan, In Mo.
Clure's Magazine for April considers how
the navy, with means obviously insult
cient, kept Cervera shut In bsyond any
escape at Santiago, and at the same time
80 overawed Camsva that he abandoned
his expedition to the Philippines Brooks
Adams, considering our new conditions
as regards international relations, out
lines a life and death struggls that he
States and Europe for foreign outlst for
surplus productions. Charles Dana Glib
sou records, very engaeingly, in text and
pictures, some more Of his observations
and Impressions Of Egypt
The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of ID
the title of the leading article In Apple
toms Popular Science: Monthly for April.
Havelock Ellis. the author, is promi-
nent English psychologist. and he has
succeeded in making an entertaining as
we'll as Instructive paper on Q subject Of
much psychological Importance. The
Best Methods Of Taxation, by the late
Hon. David a. Wells, is the first kportion
of the final chapter In the series on The
Principles of Taxation, and is full OF
practical suggestions for the legislator
and taxpayer. An instructive article,
under the title Mental Detectives and the
Social Welfare. Is contributed by DR..
Martin ". Barr. Life ON q South Sea
Whaler contains extracts from recently
published volume, by Frank 1. buiie n,
The Cruise of the Cachslot. one of the
most remarkable sea yarns that has been
spun for many years.
The April nun Der of the New England
Magazin, contains rs frontispieos, a
fineiportrait of John A. Andrew. This
accompanies Q valuable paper BY Eliza
beth Ballister Bates on The New England
Governors in the Civil War. At this
great national crisis President Lincoln
found men of singu lar wisdom and in
tegrity holding the reins of state govern
ment in New England and ready to rem
der their country efficient aid. Excellent
traits of these New England war gov
ernors are scattered through the article,
and the whole is q fitting tribute to the
stalwart leaders
The Century Magazine IL redeeming its
promise to cover the war Of 1898 as au-
thoritatively as 1t did the campaigns Of
1861 -65, though the late and shorter war
CelNGuUS inucu itso tliuc auu epdCo Al uuc
magazine, aud, in fact as a magazine
feature, the April and May numbers will
practically close the series SO far as it re-
lates to active operations. In April an
article of extraordinary interest and i'm.
portance Is Rear Admiral San pson's full
and frank statement of the part taken by
Ihe Atlantic Fleet in the Spanish War
Maior.General Francis V. Greene, one Of
the highest living authorities on modern
warfare, gives a full account from per
sonal experience of the actual capture of
Manila. and John 4. McOutoheon de-
scrlbes the surrender of Manila as Viewed
from Admiral Dewey's flagship. Mir.
McCutcheon was on the bridge with
Dewey during the action.
The first chapter of new serial by
Amelia X. Barr Is the lea ling feature OF
the April ST. Nicholas. IL Is a story for
girls written in Mrs. Barr's most attrac-
tive manner, and bearing the pleasan
and suggestive title, Trinity Bells. The
scene is laid in New York and when the
tale opens "a young man named Napoleon
Bonaparte is making the French behave
themselves" The mascot of the Resolute,
q fox-tsrrier belonging to the gunboat' 6
captain, Commander j. Giles Eaton, is
the hero of prince" in the Battle of San
tiago. and the dogs owner Is the author
of the sketch.