The times., 1901-03-31
April Magazines.

lar. (New York: John Lane)
April Magazines.
The April number of the Atlantic
Monthly" contains as it's leading article
Politics and the Public Schools, by g.
w. Anderson. Other features of interest
are The Anthracite Coal Crisis, by TAI
colt Williams; The State of Washing
ton" by w. d. Lyman; 'Dante's Quest
of Liberty" by Charles A. Dfnsmore;
THE Renaissance of the Tragic Stage,
by Martha Anstice Harris; The Foun-
tains and Streams of the Yosemite, by
John Muir, and THE Next Step in Mu-
nicipaI Reform" by Edwin Burritt Smith.
Roswell Field contributes a whimsical
sketch entitled, "rhe Passing of Moth
er's Portrait" and there are two stories,
THE Weaker Sex" by f. j. Stimson,
"An Unfinished Portrait by Jennette
Lee. The poems are by John Burroughs,
Henry Johnstone, and Grace Richardson.
The Contributors Club contains a re-
markably clever and appreciative cri-
tiaue of Mrs Minnie Maddern Fiske's act
ing.
"Scribners Magazine" for April begins
with the first of a series of articles on
The Southern Mountaineer," by John
Fox, jr., and no one is more competent
to write on this subject than he. Two
Centres of Moorish Art" is a paper by
Edwin Lord Weeks. illustrated by the au-
thor Walter A. Wyckof contributes
paper on the hobo problem. which he calls
"A Day with Tramp. Possibly the
clevcrest bit of work in the magazine is
The Marvels of Science" by George Hib-
bard, which is much better than its title,
I,o;r, n Tialr hot a
and a phonograph. The poems are by
Marguerite Merington, Charles Henry
Webb John Badmus, and II. Arthur Pow
ell.
The April number of the Popular Sci
ence Monthly contains seven articles of
nearly equal interest. They are NAL
pighi Swammerdam, and Leeuwenhoek,
by Prof. William A. Locy; Two Con-
temporary Problems in Education by
Prof Paul II. Hanus; "A Study In Brit
ish Genius" by Havelock Ellis; Suicide
and the Weather" by Prof. Edwin G.
Dexter; Recent Progress in Aerial Nav
igation," by Charles II. COchrane; The
Foreign Trade of the United States by
Frederic Emory. and The Planet Eros.
by Prof. Scion /. Bailey. Among the sub
jects discussed in the editorial depart
menus are tHitdSb 1 HiNSfSitSs lilc oiASii
of men Of genius, Kant and the Nebular
Hypothesis, and Stanford University.
''Harper's Magazine for April contains
an unusual number Of interesting things.
particularly in the line of fiction. There
are descriptive articles and historical ar
ticles as well; "Serpent-W Worshippers of
India" by Walter II. Tribe; The Austria
liam Squatter, by II. c. McIlvaine; THE
Rise of Berlin" by Sidney Whitman. and
Colonies and Nation" the fourth of a
series of papers by Woodrow Wilson.
Mark Twain contributes an amusing bit
of fancy which he calls Extracts from
Adams Diary" and which lives up to
its name. There are two particularly
clever stories, or rather character stud
les ''Druce Fearing" by Marie Van
Worst and "A Friend of His YOUTH by
Gelett Burgess. George Bird Grinnell
contributes an Indian folk-tale which he
entities The Medicine Grizzly Bear" E.
w. Deming is responsible for the illustra-
tions. which are good. There are poems
by John Finley, Hildegarde Hawthorne,
and Elizabeth w. King There is also a
story, The Chohan Bride by A. Sarath
Kumar Gh0sh, the scene of which, il may
be explained, is Rajputana.
The Easter number of "Ainslee's Maga-
zine" contains several good stories, two of
the best of which are The Elopement," "
an amusing sketch of rural life by Eu-
gene Wood, and Before the Fact Gu
rious study in statistics and psychology
by ROdrigues Ottolengui. BY all odds the
most interesting of the other features
is Chinese Children's Blocks" by Isaac
TaVlOr Headlaud
THE Worlds Work" for April con-
tans as it's leading feature an article on
Andrew Carnegie, with full-page por-
trait. There is also an article on Pier
pont Morgan. with portrait Among the
other public characters discussed in this
issue are Archbishop Ireland, Prince kro-
potkin, and stephen Phillips, and there
is an interesting paper on The Rise of
the Russian Jew
"McCIures Magazine" for April CON
tains many good things, among them an
article on New York, by Josiah Flynt
which is likely to startle some of the re
formers In that city and elsewhere There
are also several good stories among them
a clever little sketch called limitations
by Edith Wyatt. who is doing some Of the
best work yet done in the line of realis-
tic fiction. Her especial field is Chicago,
and her heroes and heroines are drawn
from its great middle class.
Industrial topics are prominent in the
editorial discussion which occupies the
opening pages of the April Review of
Reviews" The editors comments on the
formation of the "bllion-dolIar steel
company, and on the threatened strike
of the anthracite coal miners are pointed
and instructive. There are also several
suggestive paragraphs on the recent rail
road consultations. the question of gov
ernment ownership in Canada and mod
ern transportation problems in general, |
including an exposition of the American
canal policy.
New Books Received.
KINGS END. BY Alice Brown. Boston: Houel- !
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