The Portland daily press., 1900-01-10
THE MACHINES.

The January sumbsr Of Mcclure .
Magazine has something In the way Of
colsr printing surprising anything Jet
achisved By magazine. In illustration
OF the first chapters Of The Life Of the
Master, by DE-. John wstson (Isn
Maclsren), eight briiiiant paintings by
q. X. Linson Will b reproduced full
page, in all the oolors Of the originals.
The titles of these paintings are The
Annunoiation 10 MARY. A Nazareth
Street scsne, Fountain Scene ut NAE
areth. The Way up TO Bsthiehem,
Tbs Flight into Egypt, The Birthplace Of
John the BAPTIST. Raohsl's Tomb, and
Jesus Laborine ct Home with Joseph
and Mary. An article ny Lieutsnant
Peary, describes his visits last summer 70
Greely's old hsaqduariers at Fort ConGer,
tho most northeriy house In the weird,
and his conversion OF y into q nssdqnar-
tsrs for himself. Herbert l.. Bridgman
who com manded the auxiliary expedition
that vent mp to Peary last summer, fur-
nishes an Introduction telling how ne
found Peary, and what Pear.'s present
outlook 10 for reaching the Pole. marx
Twain appears In the new charaotsr OF .
port. His poem IL addressed 10 Howells.
Aidrich, Gable, Stockton and other OF his
feiio authors, and IL prefaced BY typi-
cal Mark Twain story In which these
friends Of his have part. The contribu-
tion will be accompanied By q recsnt I'M
published portrait OF Mark Twaiu.
There are Some "reminiscences OF Blaine
and Gambling, and their rivalry In tse
Republican Convention OF 1851, py the
Hon. George 5. boutwell,.
The subject of the Review of Reviews
oh .racter skston for January is Secretary
John Hay, who by reason of the death
of Vice. President Hobart, becomes the
successor apparent to the Presidency.
The writer Of tbs sketch Is Mr.. Henry
Maof ,rland. the weli-known Washington
correspondent, who makes It clear thai
few men In public life today have had ss
good q training for the Presidency as Mr.
Hay has received In the thirty mine years
that have passed since he became Lin
ooln's private secretary.
Scribnsr's Magazine for January. which
begins the new year and volume, alst
marks the opening Of two Of Its important
serial features for 1900. ]. n. barrie'i
great novel, Tommy and Grizsl, upor
which he has been at work for four years
begins In this number with the arriva
of Tommy In London with his sistei
Elspeth, and launches b im as writer
who suddenly acquires celebrity. Ths
comedy in these opening chapters Ia IL
Mr.. Barrie's most delightful vein. Theo
dore Roosevelt tegins In this number bis
monograph on Oliver Cromwell, which
is TO be feature Of the magazine for six
months. He shows In this first install
ment not only the vigor and picturesque
qualities of his prev writings, but mn
added dignity In the historical baianc'
which he has given to his views OF the
political problems which confronted
Cromwell. He brings the period near &c
the reader, giving the discussion all TIT
psrtinencs Of an analysts OF present day
affairs. 1t will be noticed that Governor
Roosevslt does not write Ia unmixec
eulogy Of Cromwell. He shows how
far short he fell Of the standard Of mod
ern times In breadth of mind and in
humanity, put he also shows how far he
Was ahead of his own age In his concep
tion of social and political libsrty.
Among the contents OF the NationA
Magazine for January are: Ring Out
the Old year, drawn by Charles He'll;
Affairs at Washington, Joe Mitchell
ShhBpfcs Aohihiy AtAAAS OA 49, $3.50
TransvAal, Arthur W. Tarbell; Literary
Boston of Today, John Livingston
Wright; A Knavs of Conscience, Serial.
Ohapssr /, Francis Lynde; Napoleon ant
thu Louisiana Purchase. Charles Wtnslov
Hall; In the Ranks of the Boer Army
Hugh MacQuesn; James A. Herne and
HIS New Play, Flynn Wayne; Old whal
ing Days in America, Maitland Lero,
Osborne; Judas--A Woman. Serial
Concluding Chapters, Emelie Blackmort
Stapp; Banana Raising in America, l.
NJ. Wills; Handwriting and Bandwrit
ing Experts, Joseph Dana Miilr; Oh
Why DepsIrl Poem. James Courtney
| Challiss; Pierre Godey's StoIy. Legen'
dairy Poem, Charles W. Hall; Mrs. VIII
liam. Story. Helen Ray Kent; The OLD
Years Death: Poem. John Luther
Profe ssor l.. I. TOWNSEND, d. D.; Nc
blemen. Poem, U. Francis Duf; HI
Birthright Poem, Gilmore Elliott Peake
"Reminiscences Of Old Cambridge. saral
Hammond Palfrey; Prayer, Poem
James Courtney Challiss; Hey for Tom
my Atkins Poem, Winthrop Packard
When Aguinaldo is captr' I, Peter Mac
| Queen. The illustrations o. <e numbs
are numerous and very good.
Ainsiee's Magazine for Januas. Nas ar
tioles entitled The Mormon Rioheh, b,
Arthur l.. Street; Ten Years Trial,
serial, by Brigadier General ChArlsA
King; The Woman Legislation of Color a
do. by Mary Holland Kinoaid; NATURE
Benediction (poetryJ. by Henry Cieve
land Word; Just What South Africa Is
bv Allen Sanfree; The Trading OF tn
Mississippi, by Theodore Dosrsir; Com
munistio Experiences IN the United
Sfaraa nv Arthur Henry: Tales of tha