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! ming, but is still characterized by series of articles in its contents which are con- trfbuted by the foremost thinkers of the day. and upon subjects which are among the vital issues of the day. The articles this month are of special interer Expansion Past and Present" is treated first-"Con- quest and Constitution" by Hon. H. D. Money, United States senator from Mis- sissippi and American Development Through Assimilation" by J. M. Scanland
 '"The Feminine Factor" is treated in two able articles under the headings, "Woman and the Industrial Problem and "Woman in Retrospect" and many others. Lippin- cott's contains a complete novel this month by Charles c. D. Roberts, the author of ''The Forge in the Forest" entitled "The Heart of the Ancient Wood"
 Stephen Crane, the author of '"The Red Badge of Courage" contributes the second in the series of "Great Battles of the World" This month 1t is 'The Storming of Badajos" Few people are better qualified to treat these great battles in the spirit here undertaken than Stephen Crane, and in this work he is proving an ability which may eventually lead him into the historians sphere. An article that may refresh the weary reader is one oh Hints on Home Gardening" by Eben F. Rexford, the au- thor of "Flowers and How to Grow Them" Few subjects we will all agree will appeal to the reader as more timely and apropos than suggestions given during the present balmy, sunshney weather upon the garden, the fower-bed and how best to prepare them. The subject may be trite, but it ever possesses charm all it's own, and surely many of us still have much to learn.
 In the Century Richard Whiting writes about "Fashiona ble Paris" new and de nh1cn n intfmpSstinO n h. ject. The illustrations are especially worthy of note, being drawn by Andre Castaigne. The third paper Is given In the Talks With Napoleon series. These extracts, hitherto unpublished from the original records made by Napdreons phy- sician, Dr. B. E. OMeara, are full of in terest, and especially to the enthusiastic student of all that pertains to Napoleon For those interested in things pertaining to art there is a splendid paper upon the life-work of Daniel Chester French, the eminent young sculptor. It is said of him that when Emerson, at Concord, in 1S79 saw his first model by MT. French he re- marked approvingly after looking at 1t in- tently: That is the face that I shave" and turning to another bust of himself that stood in the room, a portrait quite without character, he said: This one is as harmless as parsnip." MT. French has done much splendid work, among
 H., tory, in the rotunda of tine congressional hbrary at Washington, a bust in mal,ole or Philips Brooks, statue of Rufus Choate, ''Wisdom," figure for the state capitol at St. Paul, and many others. Of h1m the writer says that he has arrived at the "ful realization of his conceptions by straightforward methods, unhampered by weakness in the power to express. un- yexed by considerations that have no part m the message he seeks ito impart"
 The important papers on "Oliver Crom- we'll being now contributed py John Nor dey are continued in this issue. The value or the text is emphasized by varied and splendid illustrations and portraits Three fac similes of masks are given of Crom- well, said to have been taken during life
 As might have been predicted from the re- cent political disturbances in Kentucky we are now to be literally flooded with litera- ture on the varying phases of the subject In the Century a start is made with a real ly exhaustive article upon "The Kentuck- ian," by John Gilmer Speed, the we'll known journalist of New York City.
 MT. Speed says: 'Wherever he may ap- pear, the Kentuckian is a marked man. In one way and another he is different from his fellow-man of other parts of the world and the characteristics which make him so stick to him, no matter how long he may stay away from home" Then the author writes most delightfully."- upon these funda-
  mental differences.
 Tn the Strand Magazine will be found many interesting articles for those who de- sire lighter vein. Playing With Fire" by pr. A. Conan Doyle, is written in his most humorous vein. '"The Brass Botte," by F. Austey, Is continued; also "In Ma lures Workshop" by Grant Allen, fully illustrated. Under the series of illustrated interviews, we have this month ''The Lord Bishop of London,'' which is a most read able article. E. Nesblt, one of the most popular of Englash authors, again contri- butes a story for children entitled, '"The Cockatoucan or, Great-Aunt Wlloughby." His work is always so clever that 1t is en- joyed by "grown-ups' as well as the Ht- tie folk.
 The Atlantic Monthly can always be re- aied upon for matter that is of the very best from cover to cover. Miss Mary John ston's work, ''To Have and To Hold" was no sooner completed than they published a story by another southern woman, who, If she has not made the name and fame of the former, has nevertheless achieved for herself a splendid success. Her work, too, deserves all the praise it receives both her prose and her verse; Penny Wise" by Virginia Frazer Boyle, should be read by all who love what is pure and true In lit- erature; for this picture of southern life Is filled with the same rare delicate touch which cRlaracterizes the work of other all ready successful southern writers. The scene of the story is laid in Memphis, the hone of the author, and the same charm of style and purity of thought and treat ment which have made Mrs. Boyle's pre- V1ous work so popular and caused It to be so favorably received are found in this 1althful picture of the old life. "Penny Wise l commend to all who love that old life.