Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-02-08
ounnrNr LITERATURE.

tints. and is a striking likeness OF the :
Venerable author of "Reveries of . !
Bachelor. - 1t is accompanied with an /
article on "Tbe Master Of Edgewood,
by Arthur Reed kiniball, who writes /
on that gracious and personal side OF
Mr.. Nlitchell's long literary career when 1
is associated with his farm and his
Boer War; is brilliantly described by
II. ]. Whjpham iwho made his reputa- ,
tion as a correspondent in the Spanish
Wal. Theodore 'Roosevelt's SECOND
cbapter on the career OF Cromwell deals
with the Long Parliament and the
Civil War" The illustration is on the
same elaborate scale rs that OF the
january instalment. 1t represents the
hest work of Seymour Lucas, 4ohn,
Sheprerson, Frank Craig and PeiSctto.
The opening instalment OF Tommy
and Grizel,n Mr.. Barrie's great serial,
has been received with enthusiastic
rrase The careful Workmanship, in
striking contrast to many popular
novels which IRE rapidly produced. mas
beep widely noticed, and the enricing
charm of the story itself has mastered
i the widest audience.
| Major L. Bentley Mott late adjutant-
general of the department OF Havana.
| describes 1.-The Social Life OF Havana
He corrects many false impressions in |
regard to what society Is in that capital,
The eaiety, dignity and refinement of
what is best in Havana social life are
graphically pictured-the dances, the
music, the beauty Of Cuban women.
i 1.-The Problems Of Pacific Cable"
by Herbert Laws Webb, IL another
article of Importance in our colonial
relations, and especially SO OF this time
when several bills to lay q Pacific cable
are before Congress. Mr.. Webb Is an
electrical expelt who has taken part in
several cable expeditions. He describes
briefly all of the proposed routes across
,, the Pacific, and discusses the dill
culties which are likely to be met with
) and the conditions Of success.
The fiction includes tale OF the Re-
construction period in middle Georgia,
t by Joel Chandler Harris, entitled Miss
F1rene,n and powerful story by viii,
. liam A lien White, entitled The Mercy
i OF Death" which has to do with the
I. career OF Western senator in Washing
= ton.
psychologist and poet by James
Q Huueker, an art article by Frederic
}. Crownipsbield, and an illustrated poem
o by Oliver Herford complete the number.
: Louis Zangwill's complete novel in
" the February number of the New Lip
d pipco,t, entitled 1.-THE Siren from
n Bath, is a refreshing antidote to thu
d Colonial romance which has been~st
popular for some time past. Modernity
however, is not by any means the onl.
merit in Mr. Zangwill's half-humorous
half pathetic tale Of English life. II
70 it, a stuffed. wouldbe schoolmaste
gets eutangled in the charms OF a Siren
as whose heartless conduct leads him int
~. truer pathways OF love. -.
of A strong appeal to ono's sympathle
d, is contained in the second Mormo
n, story in Mrs j. X. Hudson's series
he begun in the January numper. -.
i'll Stake of Zion in the Wilderness
,rs about the courageous struggles OF
as Mormon wife-New England born
Tor against the advice of Brigham Young
lis Ia her husband, to go home and rea
a the Word, and get thee another w;f'
re- or more than one, before come again.
The inevitable hour hao come. Ill
in firmness was heavily punished.
lad 1.-THE Squire" is a first-rate story
me a city election, with much local coll
ing and character thinly yelled, by Franc
Churchill Williams, who is rising In
Ill. note for this class of fiction.
srn A tale of the new West, called "Tl
of Girl in Red" by Sewart Edwa
ees White, is an editorial discovery
the great power in writer comparative
'rly unknown.
is The distinguished honor recent
rye achieved by Df. Horace Howa
ter FuIness at Cambridge University, En-
I'm, land, has never been fully reviewe
a & Prof. Albert II. Smyth writes OF tn
lily and the article is accompanied
a private portrait, not befoie see
Of DIR. Furness in his scholarly rob
Mrs. Elizabeth b. Custer, the wild
tur- of Gen. Custer, whose western {
,ary periences have been wide and vari'
but contributes an article of special inter
emit, to her own sex. 1t is called "Wh'
anne the Heart Ish and shows that her he
gin is on the wild frontier.
re- "What Gives a Popular Song
of Vogue?' by the eminent musical Cit
aller Henry T. Finck, is entirely seasona
ders for the opera months; and "A L
ures with British Militia Regiment,
d in Herbert Hudson, a late mill
ring subaltern, is of special interest at
than moment, and is written with spirit |
N in inner knowledge.
lures Miss Cecilia Beaux, whose re
kept tation has been gained as a
,ecu- tinguished portrait painter, contribr
,nce, sonnet called "Ralnless,' which
have veals new side to her artistic natr
if it and "a Rainbow FaLoy," by Chie
,nted Urmy, is a quaint thought in cou
plain form.
,rthy
ures, The author of No. 5 John
last begins his studios of up-to-date r
, and in the February Century. Tia
tx of politically, all students agree
) and only the centralized system of gov,
irent, the priceless legacy of Napol
J of holds it together. Various fuctuati
uring improvements and an occasional CT
k the meantime. lot out the nervous rest
s for ness of the people. Beneath all
ary a Mr.. Whiting describes an inalienable
Only seryatism, with picturesque, exam
States OF which he enriehes his paper
from these, alike amusing and deplorablt
0 the the forms of legal procedure.
oston. Mr.. Morley brings the story of u
West, we'll Through that decisive proof O.
ost of genius given at Marston Moor and 81
/, not. ever keener appreciation of the lin
emit of tions ard blind groupings as well a
Try of enlightened aspirations of the time
ng is, the latter, Milton was as divine spt
crease man. In bitter weather, Mr..
II cent paper, with its pictures Of iron or
n the anee and sweeping desolations IN
cities vivid appeal. Its Midnight of
ease of day. has irresistible pathos, ais
of % early morning fires. Sometimes on
ir ago. | occasions the firemen have to be