The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-01

hold at Rome, writes with crudition and
grace Of .Thc 12aDal Elections. STEPHEN
Cranes latest short story, moonlight
on The Snow is given complete in this
No Joaquin Miller's Sermons in Bones
Is transcribed from the talk OF lonely
men in k!cl,dyke cabins, when the night
is three months long, and the latest
newspaper half :: year old. Below the
Boilers" by Fritz Morris. shows pictori-
ally and dcscriptivcly how the mighty
transatlantic steamships are driven across
the ocean at twenty-five miles an hour
Dr.. w. a. CroHut tells of the building
OF the pioneer Railroad TO the Yukon
George Julian ZoInay describes the PIC
turesgue Easter Celebrations in Rou-
MANIA and Mrs. J. r. Nicholls-kyic
cnter1ainirgly describes Woman as an
Inventor.
The editors of AINsLEE,'S MAC
AZINE offer in the April Num-
Der four readable articles on mat
tiers near to the heart of Inc
American people. In Tho Islands OF
the Pacific by Arthur I. Street, we have
a Kaleidoscope view of that remote world
into which expansion has LED US Net
Results in Alaska" by Warren Cheney.
is a sane summary OF chances and con
dtions in the gold fields, with the con-
c]usion that cold-mining is a co!d-h!ooded
business proposition. The Indian Con-
Eress," by Wade Mountfortt. is pathetic
picture of the last days of dying regime.
our Congressional President by George
Leland Hunter, is an article worth much
consideration. The author places the
presidential office. as it were, under the
X-ray, thus revealing the inner workings
OF tire Cnneress-lC Executive machine
Among other articles are: The Worlds
Telegraph" by Earl w. Mayo: phoebe
A Hearst" by Mabel c. Craft. ana
Topics Of the Theatre The place Of
honor in fiction is given TO 4 new writer,
Norman Duncan. WHO contributes story
ut once humorous and real, laid III the
New York Syrian quarter. Also. there
are stories by Brand Whitlock, howard
Fielding, Op;e Read and General king.
The complete novel in the
entitled The Heart OF the An
Gent Wood" by Charles G. d.
Roberts. The few but 1a7ge-souled
human characters in 1t live in the woods
of the North close to Natures heart,
with the beasts Of the forest Tor their
friends. Seumas MaoManus has one OF
his characteristic, humorous Irish STORES,
called "A Celtic Beauty; Their Last
Trek is by II. Anderson dryden, an alh-
le:ic EnSlishman, who, having traVeieu
extensively IN South Africa is thoroughly
nm in this subject, and in this story he
presents a touching picture of BoeT lie.
Robert Shacl1lcton writes an amusing
sketch of the old South. reflected IN Ne"
York, in which the ''Randolphs OF Nlr-
rinia'' are conspicuous characters. Inc
Anime Rose is the title of Mrs. }. L.
Iudson's fourth story in her series on
Mormon life. Stephen Cranes second
plper in his series on Great Battles OF
The World is The Storming of Badajos,'
\ remarkable commentary on the present
war in South Africa Eben Z. Rexford's
.Iiints on Home Gardening" Is specially
valuable. birds of Passage Il paper
by Ernest lngersoil. gives Interesting
facts about how birds find their way pn
the long journeys they undertake Semi
annually. The article ''by a woman.
about women. and for women IS cai!eu
..The College Girl and the OUTSIDE w oriu'
by Sophia Kirk, whose long soJourh al
Bryn Mawr College must give value 10
her views on this subject. The poetry
~ tho month is by Clinton Scotland.
Theodosia Garrison, Edith NJ Ihomas
and Thomas Bicket.
In 1.-THE BOoKN1Al'' for April Arthur
Bartlett Maurice makes a plea for "Ihe
Politician as Literary Material MT.
Maurice saws The manner in walch iAe
machinery OF politics has been ignored III
The attempts of fiction 10 portray Amer
ican life as it is, is certainly one oil lAe
most curious anomalies OF our nauona:
literature" James Macarthur contributes
"a critical appreciation OF Neil Muh'',
md Jane Grosvenor Cooke mas SOME
thing 10 say of Henry de Resnler. the
Frenca poet and critic. now lecturins III
this country. Richard Hovey's ialen-
sem and Tolstoi's "Resurrecton are
the subjects of critical reviews Regina .
Armstrong paper in THE New Leaders
Of American Illustration series treats OF
Pope, Keller, Hitchcock, Clinedinst ana
Ashe whom she groups as The Story
yreIlers.' Eugene Linndorfer writes CT
The Austrian and Hungarian newspapers.
Iyorlhy of special mention is most
sensible article by III r p" Concern
ing .sapho." This number contains the