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moral character OF the deceased.
The International Monthly should
have been labeled Review" for the
length and heayiness Of its leading ar
ticles only fit periodical that comes
out once quarter. The first number
opens with very scholarly article by
Edouard Rod OF Paris on Later Eyol-
utions OF French Criticism" 1t Is val
liable, as II passes in review most Of
the great French literary critics; but
TO any one not specially interested in
French literature It's forty pages will
be deadly dull The same thing may
be said Of Professor n. S. Shalers
forty-two-p page paper on Influence Of
the Sun Upon the Formation OF the
EaTth's Surface II Is written In pop
ular style. and II discusses many phe-
nomena Of great interest, but there Is
too much Of Il. Other papers are
Charles de Kay's Organization Among
American Artists" Professor John
Trowbndges Recent Advance in Ply
steal Science" and Norman Hap
goods "The Theatrical Syndicate"
These three papers are all short, crisp
and readable. The Intel itlona is ed
tied by Frederick A. Richardson OF
I.
public interested in the thorough treat
ment OF a subject by a specialist is
large enough to support this new ven
ture, but we doubt il. 1t will GER
tainly appeal to scholars and to the
cultured public but the people who de-
sire their instruction sugared with en-
tertainment will not be enamored OF
II. The editor has an advisory board
40 % In Erar
land and GERMANY II carried out on
The lines proposed the bound volumes
OF the monthly should be Of value to
any library.-(New York: The Mac
milan Company price 50 year; single
copies 25 cents.)
The Century for January is conspIcu-
Gus because OF the color work on its |
cover and In It's internal embellish- |
ment. The cover design is a New Year |
concelt By Will Bradley The colored |
Illustrations are in Frederick A Cooks |
account Of THE New Ontarctic Dscov-
cries" They are reproductions Of photo
graphs Of Antarctic scenery in which |
the peculiarly briliant colors OF the |
desolate southern ,and are treated sug- |
gestively rather than literally. A poem |
by Rudyard Kipling I'm the Matter OF /
One Compass" Is handsomely embel- /
lished with tlnts. Capt. Slocum, the |
hero Of lonesome voyage around the |
world. tells of his arrival at Capetown, |
and visit TO the South African republic. |
where he was accorded an interview |
with President Kruger DR.. Mltchells |
story, THE Autobiography OF
Quack." ends In that issue, but another |
serial by DR.. Mitchell will begin in the
March number. II is called "Dr. North |
and His Friends" "Blaek Silas." a
short story by Virginia Boyle. affords
an effective contrast TO Booker 7. |
Washington's description OF the present |
and forecast Of the future OF his people. |
The opening OF the Civil War, and the |
battle Of Marston Moor, are Mr.. Nor |
ley's special themes in the current in |
stallment OF his Cromwell" John NJ. |
Oskisons cowboy tale, "Only the Mas |
ter Shall Praise" the prize story IN the |
magazine college competition OF 1899, !
is remarkable and that too not merely !
as the product OF a young man In whose |
veins flows liberal admlxture Of In |
dian blood.
The Book Buyer for January contains
Marshalrs portraits Of Fletcher, Milton. |
Sucking and Herrick. from rare prints: |
review OF "Old and New Masters" by |
VIII IL. Low; and book reviews with H. |
Illustrations. by Ftz Roy Darlington, NJ.
A. De Wolfe Howe, Carolyn Shipman. |
Elizabeth L. Cary, Frederick James |
Gregg. and others. ''The Rambler In