New-York tribune., 1901-04-05
MAGAZINE NOTES.
A WOMAN IN WAR-ToLsTOTs QUEER
IDEAS-A STORY ABOUT TENNYsoN.

Among The Century's" lively and pictur-
esque pages there are none more lively than
those presenting the experiences OF a fair Con-
federate during the siege OF Vicksburg. Like
many other citizens. she lived in a cave dug in
hillside. 10 escape the shells that were singing
overhead. The dwellers in these uncomfortable
holes went TO their homes as often they
dared, ''one young lady" she says. spending
sultry night in her own bedroom, could not
sleep. but got up and sat by the window; and
while she there spent bali went right
through her he'd, crushing a bonnet box and
bonnet under il. a mother. rushing to save her
child from a bursting shell, had her arm taken
of 10y a fragment. Another mother had her
baby killed her breast. My own little
brother, STOPPING to pick up mimic ball. barely
escaped being cut in two before our eyes.
Parrott shell passing over his back so close
that it scorched his jacket There were many
other narrow escapes and some frightful casu-
alties. hut taking the siege as a whole there
among the citizens SURPRISINGLY sh'Sll
loss Of life"
Mr. Weiss extremely clever story. The First
Men i'm the Moon" comes to an ingenious con-
clusion in the April Cosmopolitan" There Is
hint however. that still more startling and
realistic narrative may follow. Mr.. Wells tells
his strange tales with a sort of straightforward
make his most incredible imaGinings seem prob
able and reasonable
An article by the late Grant Allen on The
British Aristocracy'' deals wrathfully with that
well worn subject the Englishmans worship Of
1ank II recalls a story. told Of TennHson'
when as plain Mr." Tennyson ne first came 10
eldworth-a story which if not true has at
least that fundamental element Of truth. that ii
is characteristic and illustrative. tourist
stopped at the inn at Haslemere and said to the
village landlord so you have the great Mr.
Tennyson living close 70 you nowadays. Great
Mr.. Tennyson.' the landlord responded, with
oontemptuous snort; what, him up al Aldworth?
He amt great Why. he don't keep but one boy
and the bow don't sleep in the house neither
later on the man who wrote In Memoriam' was
made lord, and then-the merest plonghooE
could recognize his greatness
..scrihner's" earns our gratitude anew by an
other instalmen: of the adventures oftthe lhln-
liable Raffes. This time the graceless' dehsh'-
ful rascal almost sees his finish,' and the
reader is left breathless over his narrow escape
other taking bits of fiction in this number are
Mr. p 4 Stevenson's The Union and Bl!ly
EalI, and MIR. Sewel Ford's skipper skip
ner' heing most engaging and loNeWorthy
horse.
The Southern mountaineers, as described py
Jobn Fox ir has many attractive quallheS'
hospitality and pride, very strongly marked be-
ing among them:
The latchstring hangs outside every CABIN
door if the men folks are al nom, ta'cs
must shout hello always OUTSIDE tile ne
we 'uns is pore you viii be tolo' oul u - =.
welcome ef WI kin put up with what we nave; nave;
After a stay of d week at nlouhldln III, oa.i-' ~
:. ,-ounp .furriner' asked what his pm was.
The old nountaineer waved his hand Nolhlh'
he said. " 'cept come agin! -, ..,iot, ot
alFar as
q cabin The mountaineer answered tnat .9 me-
wife was sick and they were sorter out o nAit9 .
"a ear hut he reckoned he moUsht step over 10 d
,aoigbbor's and borrer some. He did step over
and he was gone three hours lie bfouEhl pdc a
a little bag of meal. and they haa corn onot,ad
~ the roountaineer The stranger asked no"
far awav his next neighbor lived. "A little the
rise o six miles. reckon was Inc aiIs"''
oh. les over the mountain thar: ..
He had stepped six miles over I lIe 5 - bn
ana hack for that little bag Of meal ahd ne
would allow his guest TO pay nothing next
morning
..t4arner,s' this month is largely given over to
sc,ion but outside Miss Wilkins's striking serial
We do not find any imaginative creative Work oi
marked ability Mark Twain's Extracts from
Adams Diary" are less successful than matter
of so quaint an origin might well be- Mr., " MT
mans naper on Berlin shows us the prodiglouS
changes which the last twenty years have MADE
On that stolid city. 1t is becoming city oI pal
.ces 2 city Of wonderful industrial progress
An the consequences of this growth. if our au-
thor may be believed, are not pleasant ones:
Iuxury accompanied by a coarse instinct Of
material enjoyment takes the place oI Spartan I
<Tupaljtv and with this change lowering "I
the simple but rigid standards OF conauc' mas
undoubtedly set in here and there. .o.:,,.
The subaltern Of old arstocrauc famllS
who would deny himself the luxury or cup OF
coffee after dinner in order to save e1ousn -
huy a pair Of gloves is a thing OF the past. IN
ersv bearded officer who religiously used 10 put
aside eighteen pfennigs (two penceD DAY oui 70
ing a lifetime toward a marriage poftloh ior ms ms
aaugbfer-he too is eliminated Such types are
01ing out and are being replaced by men porn
and bred in a more luxurious age Sports
anS tho nluck-the so-caIled Forschheit-of the
srortsynan ever ready TO risk his cheap uhln-
terestng neck an expensive bt of horseI!esIi'
such the types which call lorin eihuIa 1
The officer with money who can aftord 10 Keep
horses is getting distinctly popular IN Beriih' as
he has long been elsewhere But luxury IN 'he
army is after all, as yet only snan aIlaLI, a
ana interesting merely from the fact OF its being
s,,nontonnatjc in a quarter where Spartan virtues
were once paramount 1T is naturally among
the fashionable wealthy classes however Ihd'
the change il most striking.
The March number Of The Worlds Work"
has left the previous numbers far behind in
point Of freshness and vigor. 1T is now an ad-
rnirsbly practical and suggestive periodical in
most respects deserving cordial encouragement
as a model in its own line. Mr.. Chalmers Rob
ertss article on the American trade invasion OF
England holds mlny valuable lesson for the
'hustlinG" American. Trade in Great Britain. -
he notes. must be built up on merit, and this
is something which many American exporters
have Yet to learn"
II is quality alone which wins here. never
cheapness. and seldom novelty. Customers once