Evening journal., 1901-03-09
THE LITERARY WORLD


The March number of Frank Leslie'sl
Popular Monthly will ba very generally
regarded as the best issue in the lis
tory Of the magazine We can remGm-
Der no better number A striking
article. Farther North Than Nansen."
fgives the first adequate account that
has appeared on this side OF the water
OF the heroic dash for the Pole which
has placed the name Of Abruzzi at the
| head OF the list of Arctic explorers.
Everybody who remembers Nansen's
wonderful story will read with eager
ness Of this yet moro ramarYelous exploit.
The tale Is full of the keenest human
interest, and shows what men may at
tain when energy Is directed by method
and courage matched with skill with
all this, it Is doubtful whether many
lreaders will not be still more absorb
ed in an article of a very Different
kind. For many months past an olabcr-
ate series Of mental and physical ex-
lperiments have been made under gov
lernmental guidance. with some 1000 of
1.-THE public school children in Chicago.
The result shows. apparently conclu-
lsively. that the development of a
chlld's mind Is the direct ccrollary of
the development Of dts body. On the
average, the best developed child will
be the best child mentally and morally.
as well as physically An article upon
this most interesting subject. written
for Leslie's by the well-known CORE
lspondent, Edward Marshall embodies
1.-THE results of careful investigation.
land is published with the approval Of
lthe proper authorities. It may be said
without exaggeration that for years
lpast no article of such importance 10
parents has appeared in magazine IT.
lerature THE Road to Frontenac." the
serial story for 1901, begins in the
March number Those who read 'The
lSbort Line War need no introduction
Ito Samuel Merwin, but in the present
STORY his theme goes back to the times
when England and France were pre-
Iparng TO do battle for this continent.
/, ,lTha period is one of the most dramatic
IN history. The plot is full Of unex-
lpectsd turns Of excitement. pathos
land sentiment, and we can recall nc
novel which shows so true an apprecia-
lti0n OF the famous Five Nations-the
IroquOis-iirst among Indians in the
lCunning of the council, who unders s'ood
that the only way to defeat the whit;
man was to play him against his bro
ther
. The March issue of McClures Maga
, zine is one Of notable value a valu,
4 lat cnce timely and permanent Th'
= leading feature is a character stud,
of Edward VII, written by the man IL
America most competent fer tn
: task, George w. Smalley, the CORE
p spondent of the London Times Ac
p (which form a series of portraits of tn
new sovereign from earliest youth Z
= 1.-THE present Following this apprecla
tiOn of the king, there is collection. O
e lpictures of Quaan Victoria. These ar
s. thirty in number, reproductions o
e photographs and paintings. and the
e lare a complete pictorial souvenir of tn
n monarch. A descriptive text accom-
lpanies them Theodore Roosevelt
"a lvice-presidsnt, contributes an article q
ID great interest to this number, in whic
A. he describes clearly the pGrsonalitie
n. of some who have laboreh with suC
s, cess in New York city for "ReforI
r Through Social Work" An article {
he particular historical value, as well q
lt of vivid Interest is contributed by Id
IS NJ. Tarbell. This is entitled, THE Dii
re banding Of the Union Army" and in
he is adequately told for the first time ii
be story of an event unique in histcr
rs how the Federal government returns
he its army of a million men from Il
r. camps CT war to the fields of peac
al Among the other contents this NOM
are: What We Know About Mars
)n by Edward s. Holden, formerly dire
III ter of the Lick Observatory; Billy
n fearless Woe" a story written and