The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1900-02-04
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>>>-sBY AASSON>A

our three great regions, and each shows a
definite and established order of things.
Jacob A. Riis author of How the Other
Half Live" contributes an article upon
"Midwinter in New York.
The most noteworthy article of The Gem
tury however, is Talk With Napoleon"
His life and conversation at st. Helena.
consisting of extracts from the journal of
| Napoleon's now Famous physician, DR.. b.
e. O'Meara, "A Voice from st. Helena"
| by O'Meara, is one of the most remark
| aole records of genius ever bestowed upon
| a hero-worshipping world In selecting ex-
| tracts for magazine publication care has
| been taken to select matter not published
| in his book, except in exceptional cases,
| and a large part of the historical value or
| the journal lies in the fact that it was
| penned from day to day. There are many
| anecdotes and personal Incidents which,
/ being related in this informal and familiar
way, are full of interest and peculiar inter-
| est.
1t looks very much like the universal in
terest manifested in She case of the lately
expelled member from Utah will net sub
side with this -ger'tlemans return to his
own Preside, and his several wives. re-
iex interest will be manifested in a flood
of articles, good, bad and Indifferent upon
Mormon life and customs. Ldppincott' 5
prints this month a story called 1.-The
Third Wife: A Norman Episode 10y Miss
]. K. Hudson. No doubt this is but one
among the many that will be thrust upon
reading pu5lie. already weary of the
subject.
"a Bookish Corner of New Jersey is one
of the most delightful of the articles of
the current magazines 1t is by Theodore
T. Wolfe, who has written so charmingly
in his little volumes, Literary Shrnes"
and A Literary Pilgrimage" He writes in
familiar. easy, and chatty way of the
haunts made dear by many famous men of
letters. At the close OF the issue is an ar
ticle with illustrations descriptive of the
disastrous fire of the Lppincott company
in Philadelphia in November last, when so
many precious manuscripts book plates,
Illustrations, ETC., were lost. The writer
says: ION the afternoon of the same day.
the house whose career has extended with
out break through three generations.
found ample quarters for the resumption of
its wide-reaching business ON chestnut
street. The illustrations give a vivid idea
of the disaster which has been quite Sc
rious one in the book trade and its world.
Munsey will ever remain popular with
large per cent of the reading public, who
do not care or intend to take their Htera-
ture- too serious This north the issue
comes i'm gala attire, suggestive of the
Mardi GraS season.
There are a number of readable articles
"Some Famous Admrals" "Sailor Princes
of To-day" 1.-THE Episcopal Church in
New York" etc. The "Storiettes,' "In the
Public Eye and 1.-THE Stage" are al,
ways interesting features of Munsey.
Walter L. Hawley contributes article
entitled, 1.-THE Temptation of Ten Per
Cent" i'm which The shows now certain in
genious swinders bid ten per cent a week
for fools with money, and cornered the
market. He says: IAN offer of ten per cent
a week in interest upon an investment of
any sum, from a dollar upward. is far
more alluring ito a man who believes him.
self honest than a proposition to sell
counterfeit money that cannot be detect
ed" Mr.. Hawley tells in am interesting
way about many of the practices for get
ting something for nothing" which seems
to be the favorite method, especially in our
large metropolis.
In Frank Leslie, the initial article is upon
1.-THE Centennial of the Death of Wash
ington, Byron said:
The first the last the best,
The Cincinnatus of the west.
The article is quite comprehensive one,
fully illustrated which makes it not only
interesting, but extremely valuable for
youthful readers. 1.-THE Fighting Beers" is
another exhaustive article, which beth
young and old will enjoy. 1t gives the most
minute details concerning this people. now
so prominent before the whole world CIV
ing pictures and maps descriptive of them.
Harpers contains a most exquisite ar
tice by Julian Ralph, the popular journal
list and litterateur, entitled, 1.-THE True
in excellence of treatment and theme is
1.-THE White Mans Rule in Singapore" by
Poultney Bigelow. Stephen Crane con-
tributes a story under the heading, "Whi-
lomville Stories,'' called the Carriage
Lamps" The illustrations are by Peter
Newell, and they are certainly full of zest.
John Duncan Quackenbos contributes
really valuable article upon the "Moral
Value of Hypnotic Suggestion" The ar
tice is full of suggestiveness and value
upon this interesting subject, and its allied
mental powers.
In no one of the magazines. all of which.
give some space to poetry. IS there amy
thing to compare with one in Harper, con-
tributed by Virginia Frazer Boyle, the
Tennessean, who is rapidly winning fame
in beth prose and verse Room must be
made for two stances, at least. of her ex-
quistte lines, "When Love Is Dead"
when love is dead, draw thou the lattice
close;
Shut out the world with all ITS blare and
din;
Rain down the petals of the faded rose,
Lest pity enter in.
when love is dead, weave thou check
cred pail
OF broken promise and faith unkept:
For in the twilight, when the soft dews
fall,
Tyhv heart shall know love went