The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-17

presented BY the historian. Then follow
chapters on political ideas and foreign
complications, and an account Of the
prevention of the freedom OF Cuba by the
United states IN the interest OF slave.
holders, and finally u picture OF tho tr.
umph of Democracy In the election Of
jackson. which was followed by the
sweeping removals from Office. the at.
tempt to buy Texas, and the rise OF qucs.
tions concerning the Indian, the surplus,
the public ian,is, and the right OF multi.
fication. Many phases Of our history
treated In this volume are now adequate.
ly presented for the first time. and sew
cral of them are OF peculiar and timely
interest.
The four hundred and thifty-hrth thou.
sand OF David Hsrum'' Is announced.
and II is reported that the sales keep
steadily on. Under the title Of David
1larum In Figures" the New York Times
Saturday Review has made some curious
calculations. based on n production at
that time of i2o,000. TO print that num-
bcr of copies 5000 pounds OF ink have
been consumed, about 1000 miles of thread
have been used In the binding, and S,S65
rcams of paper weighing 81 pounds a
ream, have been needed for the book.
Tho 42j,0O0 copies represent 2 800 paper.
makers sheets, each measuring c0ia by
Al inches. IL placed end to end the books
would extend over "a horizontal route
for about fifty miles. IL placed one upon
the other they would make tower
seven miles high. And so the interesting
axioms might he multiplied But per-
haps the greatest achievement is The
part played by the plates from which the
book IL being printed. Only one set has
been used to print the i25,OO copies. over
a. year ago. when certain signs indicated
that David Harum'' was fast winning
an extraordinary popularity, a second set
of clectrotpye plates was cast. To be used
In case OF emergency: but SO we'll has the
printer done his work that this set has
not as yet been pressed into service.
standard monthly magazine that has just
been published in New York, will be
watched with keen interest by reason
of the fact that It sets out to be thAl lit
erary organ of society-that element Of
civilization that is usually supposed TO
be without brains. AS a matter of fact,
the first number Of the Smart Set Is
startling rcfutation of this conventional
theory, In that it Is brilliantly written
from start TO finish. and the contributors
of social renown hold their own with
those whose fame Is distinctly literary.
"The Idle Born" the leading feature Of
the number, is by ii. e. Chatficld-Ta ylor
and Reginald de Koven. and Is a fierce
travesty on their own set. Other contrib
utors are Mrs. Burton Harrison, Julien
Gorden (Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Cruger,,
Caroline Duer. Sarah Cooper Hewitt,
Eliot Gregory. Julian Hawthorne. Edgar
Satlus and Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The
magazine Is handsomely printed, and is
smart to the last line.
One OF the curious things about the
methods of modern war correspondence
is well shown in the April Scribners,
where II. J. Whigham's article on the
battle of Magersfontein appears richly IL
lustrated with photographs which were
developed, printed, and engraved thou
sands Of miles from the battlefield Mr.
Whigham will know nothing of his re-
suits until at some future day he picks
up a copy of the magazine. He simply
knows that he snapped a camera In the
direction of the fighting and enclosed the
films In a tin box.
The April number of M,Call's magazine
comes to hand with three very hard
some colored platcs-the very first page
being a beautiful illustration of an ex-
quisite outdoor costume! 1t also con-
tains a very fine array of illustrations Of
patterns of artistic fashion designs for
ladies', misses, children's and infants
wear. quite appropriately tnC HrSt dr..
ticle In this issue is devoted to spring
millinery.
Both the January aud February st.
Nicholas are out of print. the large sale
of the two numbers being attributed to
the popularity of the new departments,
Mature and Science" and ''The st. Mich.
olas League"
On March ], the Century company-had
sold 100000 copies OF the three books by
Rudyard Kipling which bear its imprint
-"Captains Courageous and the first
and second Jungle Books"
"Mirry-Ann"' is the title OF a new nov cl
of the Isle of Man. just published by d.
Appleton G. Co. This is q quaint and de-
lightful story by writer new to Ameri-