The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
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THE sBAFARERs. A MODERN Ro-
NANCE by John Blondelle-Bnrton. au-
thor Of "a,ne scourgc of Cod THE
clash OF Arms etc. Appieton's Town
and Country Library Series. New
York: D. Appleton and Company Price.
MY cents.
The -.Seafarerse IS indeed. as the sub
Cite indicates. romance, and of q
gerry Improbable. not 10 say impossible
character So many marvellous adventures
md narrow escapes read like fairy tales,
even IN this wonderful centur.- It IS
rleYeriy written and of absorbing interest
of The Rider Easgard variety.
"ENHagITIoN. PARIS, 1900" With Illus
trauons maps and plans i2no. pages iS2
F. "A. Stokes Co.
A practical guide. containing inforna-
ton as TO means OF locomodoa. hotels,
restaurants, cafes, gnuseams. etc, and,
OF course. the exhibition Itself.
The Magazines.
Scribaers Magazine for June opens with
I'm article appropriate 10 the season OF
national conventions. 1t is entitled How
q President IS Elected and gives a view
behind the scenes of the way in which the
great machinery Of a presidential election
is put In motion. Another article of ma
tional Interest is Are the Philippines
Worth Having?" by George f. Becker, a
United States gcoiogist who recently spent
more than q year In the islands. Mr..
Richard Harding Davis has been follow
ing General Buffers column, and his first
,,.tir &c in III a.
scriging the battle of Pieter's Hill. The
other side of the picture is presented by
Thomas T. Willard, an American cores
pondent who has been with the Boer ar
my since early IN the war. Governor
Roosevelt concludes his monograph On
Cromwell with a judicious summary OF
The great Protectors qualities as q. per
sonal ruler.
Barrie's great serial. Tommy and
Grille is continued with intense interest.
Charles Major. the author Of when
Knighthood Was in Flower" one of the
most popular historical novels. writes an
essay entitled '.What IS Historic At1nos-
phere2" in which he describes those ele-
ments OF language and character which
are important in creating the Illusion
which is necessary in good historical fic-
ton.
John FOX, Jr, author of 'Hell-fer-Sar-
tain" writes an outdoor sketch, entitled
Down the Kentucky on Raft which
Is fun of the amusing mountain characters
ahich he knows so well.
Edith Wharton, author of 1.-The Touch
stone." has q story in dialogue entitled
"Copy." which is Renaissance OF the
love affairs of a great novelist and great
poet. The first of several railroad stories
biz n new writer, Louis c. Senger, Is pub
lished under the title Of TRAIN a." with
Illustrations by Clinedinst. Another brief
slsetch Is THE Story Of a Tin Soldier.
bv Roy Rolfe Goison. Some OF the best
portraits by Mcclure Hamilton are re-
produced and briefly discussed by Harri-
son S. Morris.
Rudyard Kipling, DR.. S. Weir Mitchell
Ian Maclaren. Cyrus Townsend Brady
Julia Magruder and Mrs. Burton Kings.
land are among the contributors to tho
June Ladies Home Journal Some of its
notable features are: The Passion Play
This Year. The Richest Woman If
America" t11etty Green, How Some
Familiar Things Came to Be-, and Tht
saasterpiece of Mary Queen of Scots.
picturfng an apron worked by that unfor'
tunate sovereign while in prison awaiting
the executioner. DIR. s. Weir Mitcheils
article when the College is Hurtfui Il
n Girl" is sure of wide reading: so are
Ian Maclaren's views on The Minister
and His Vacation" Mr.. Kiplings Jus
so' story humorously accounts for The
kangaroo's long hind legs. and is the hes
of his series The fiction features of the
June Journal are the opening chapters
of Julia MaEruder's new serial. Iht
Voice In the Choir" and 1.-The Autobiog
raphy Of n Girl A drawing by a. b
Frost. @.Thc Auction of a Farm Sc
Iies of photographs showing Sol Smlu
Russell in His Summer Home and view:
Through Picturesque America" LEND
pictorial interest TO the excellent number
One of the most notable articles Th'
Century has ever printed IS The PROB
lem of Increasing Human Energy, con
frihuted 10 the June number by Nicola
Tesla, the electric investigator. Mr.. Tes
Ia regards mankind as a body in motion
and addresses himself to the problem o
increasing its force. In the department
Of pure literature. the current Century l.
notable as containing hitherto unpublished
-,nems by James Russell Lowell and ne"
poems by Edward Clarence Stedman an'
Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Governor Roose
Welt writes with deep conviction of reform
and reformers. Related to this article i
on. on the need of reform in the consula
service. by Harry 3. Garfield. The Origin
Of the Lincoln rail- in the campaign o
1860 is described by one who heard tn
story from Ex-Governor Oglesby. its orig
inator. Miss Dorothea klnmpke, III
American astronomer, tells OF her nigh
ride In q balloon, last November, from
Paris to the coast, in unsuccessful ques