The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-20
The Late MaqaSfnes.


iecton of cartoons by Bart, published during
me year 1900 by the Minneapolis journal. The
conception is clever and the detail worked
out perfectly, no that one may laugh Tor
nours without reading a line. II. however
one insists on reading as well az seeing. W
a. Frisblc OF the Journal stan has soma
verso in the same issue which voua ADA
10 the gaity OF nations aud the Inhabitants
thereof.
II was in Golfers that "Janlce Meredith"
began career OF success rarely equalled in
the history Of American fiction. and II was
there that The Turn of the Screw Henry
James most mastery production, appeared.
Now the publishers announce that Hall
Canes new novel, 1.-THE Eternal city, which
gives every promise TO be a success of the
greatest magnitude. will begin in February.
, The scene of the story is, OF course, Rome,
where so many opposing forces meet
49,
The Living Age opens its two hundred and
twenty.eighth volume With the number which
bears dato on the first Saturday OF january.
Literature, art. science, biography, travel,
poetry, public affairs and the best fiction in
short and serial stories ind a place in Its
well-stored pages.
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The January number OF the Bohemian"
begins with La Danse Macabre," pietur-
esquo eclogueby Eserit Hogert Terhune 9th
er notable features are: For Love of Prin-
cess" romantic Russian tale, by r. Ernest
Holman: "Frank-Incense," a striklngly ongl-
nal story by the well known author Edward
Payson Jackson; The Grief of Three" tale
Of Bohemian Paris, by Caran Pyle; and The
Mode Asbean." by Scott Irving LitchHed
~
Edward ErslSine, who is writing a remark
able series of articles in 'Leslie's Weekly"
on the subject OF New York the Costliest
City in the World" says in his contribution
in the current number that one can obtain
fair idea of what the one hundred million
dollar tax levy Of New York City means oy
bearing in mind that the length Of dollar
bill is seven and one-half inches. and that
If 1OG, 100000 OF these bills were laid end to
end they would reach 1900 miles, or hal;
around the world. Other interesting and
ingenious articles IN each issue serve to
make "Lesles Weekly" like old wine-im-
prove as it grows older.
~
The list of contributors to the Saturday
Evening Post" includes both former Pros-
dents Cleveland and Harrison. and a number
OF equally prominent men and women. 1t
is crisp and bright and eleyating in char
scteE.
"Evry Month" for the current month,
Celebrates the new century with music, song
and story. all OF which are refreshing and
clever.
Jack London. Octave Thanet, Elmore
Peake William Mcleod Raine and Senator
Marcus A. Hanna are some Of the fore
most contributors to the January number of
tue National Magazine" Photography also
tells an eloquent sorry in this number. Ex-
celence is written on every page.
"Harper's weekly is always good. Among
its features for the current week is this elo-
ouent epitaph to the Nineteeuth century. by
John Kendrick Bangs:
The hour is here that marks thy lustrous
And all too soon thine Epitaph is penned.
what shall this be? of all thy tides rare
Which is the richest? Which beyond COM
, What, at the last. will be thy eh!efest claim
, To an unending. most enduring Fame?
Were thv Epi aph required to write
For all the critic world TO hold In sight
I'd say
|, "a gift Of Years from God above
That witnesseh no backward step in Love-
lnf constant Faith, IN human Charity
In helpful hands and loving Sympa ny;
elf. Of Years that leaves tae Heart OF Man
D.vinely fashioned on that Gcdlike plan
That in His day of suffering aud woe
The Master pleaded for, to us, below!
~
The Twentieth Century Journalist is fully
up to its standard--one that has made II
popular with newspaper makers and reader;
for quarter of a century.
Volume 1, No /, OF the Exposition" {
magazine published monthly at Charleston
S. c., In the interest OF the South Caroline
and West Indian exposition. has been re-
ceived. and is credit to Its city, State ant
promoters.
4 John Livingston Wright contributes TO thu
. International Magazine tChcago) for Janu
S ary an article entitled "In the Valley Of tn
9 Illinois" He calls to mind the momentum
1 mast of this region explored by Marquette
La sale and other great men of early times
ana gives what pTSpaoiY Is g h"''' % -
) an added knowledge Of the prehistoric re
mains TO be found roundabout
o 4 ~
In the January Atlantic" Prof. woodrow
Wilson tpens the first of an important serie
> OF papers by famous hands, with ''The His
y tory Of the Reeons ruetion of the souther
States" enumeratinx the strange and ne'
= questions that arose, and for which no an
;. swer has been provided in the constitution
:. and showing that in the end, while tn
;, sp rlt OF union In the constitution preyaile-
= the whole settlement of the affair was extra
cons 4tutlonal. and the consent of the gov
. erned" was no more thought OF than 1t ha
been during the preceding years of war.
IN BEAuTY's BOWER.