The Portland daily press., 1901-02-07
THE MAGAZINES

science. Tne opening article ou Ihe LIE
ana Work OF Huxley, by Lord Avebury
perhaps better known to American
readers az Sir John Lubbook-is an ex-
trsmeIy interesting account Of the great
naturalist By one OF his most Intimate
friends. Dr. George NJ. Sternberg, Sur
geon General OF the United States army,
describes malaria and the recent work
demonstrating the connection Of this dis
ease with mosquitoes, perhaps the most
important scientific advance since the
discovery OF the X-rays. Among other
articles in the number are The Philip
pines One hundred Years Ago, by Pro-
lessor X. Il. Sloeson, OF the University
of wyoming; The Dolmens OF Rocknia.
by Professor A. b. Packard, OF Brown
University; on the way the weather Ii
treated by tbs newspapers, by Mr.. IL. 81
Watts, of the Philadelphia Press; on the
New York Aquarium (illustrated), by
Professor q. u. Bristol. OF New York
University; on A Century of Meteorites.
by Dr. oliver y. Harrington, Of the
Field Colum Dian Museum.
MIR. James Phinney Munroe, TO whom
we are indebted for so much good work
in the fields OF history ana education,
contributes to the February number OF
the New England Magazine q thorough
al ticle upon The Destruction OF the Con-
vene at Charlsstown. Mass. That note
worthy incident OF Boston history In the
first half OF the last century Is warning
OF the possibilities of the spirit OF fanat-
icism even In oity so Intelligent as Bos-
ton. Mr.. Munroe study OF the origin
and course of the uprising which ended
In such wanton destruction Is a searching
one and the density OF the prejudice OF
tn time against the Roman Catholics,
which the study reveals, ie weli-nigh In
credible. 1t WAS study worth making
and worth printing with the morals
which MIR. Munroe points so well. Tne
carefully collected Illustrations add gSeat-
ly to the value OF the article.
The following are the contents OF Har-
per's Magazine for February: A Virginian
Planter In his own Boat, Frontispiece,
Illustration by II. O. Yohn for Colonies
and Nation. Colonies and N alton. Part
III. Woodrow wilson; Before Night. A
Poem, Toe Hon Eleanor Norton; Cap
tain Rogers, A story, W. W. Jacobs;
Two Friends, A Poem, John Vance
Cheney; The hight of Way. A Novel.
Part ii. Gilbert Parker; Franz v5n
Lenbaoh, Sidney Whitman; Cherry, A
Romance. Part IL, (conclueion.l Booth
Tarkington; The Girl who was in the
Ring, Inuian Folk Tals, George Bid
Grinnell; Making Progress, a story.
Grace King; Question Of Usage in Nerds MeIds.
story, Frederic Remington; Victor
Hugo, Artist, Part III, Paul Meuricei
Love Letters. Prince Bismarck, selectec.
translated and annotated by Marion VIII
cox; illustrated by portraits OF Johanna
Won Puttkamer and Otto Won Bisnarok;
Ha ST
Editors Easy Chair, William Dan
Howells; Editors Study, Editor; Editor
Drawer, conducted by Hayden Carruth;
New sll, Il. StrothmAnn and Henry Mayer.
The February Ererybody's Mag agine
Is first rate number full of arti5les with
life and vim in them. In every oontIi-
button theirs IL spirit and individuality.
The stories are brisk and stirring, the
and vivid. Nothing better in It's way,
has been written than Macmillan Fos-
ter's The Conqueror, which tells in pic
turesque style the life OF bull caribou
In the Northern woods The Curiosities
of Courage Is a subject that appeals nas-
uralIy to Richard Harding Davis, who
narrates variety OF entertaining stories
illustrating various phases of the virtue,
hil OL HnlO1 EdDllaA ECA0AABs AAN
Making of Country Home by j. +.
Now bray, Ia charming opening to a
81 rles OF articles which Will have wide
circla of readers. There Is IAWp by W.
J. hampton, virile impression OF the
fight at Bloody Angle, by Ca-l Hovey,
together with stories by Adachi, and the
continuation OF ths stirring novel Jocelyn
Cheshire by sara Beaumont Kennedy.
MoClure's Magazine for February con-
woff hu William tia4
White, in which this brilliant writer an
alyzes Tammany 8 leader and declares the
senrets Of his power; In ths World of
Graft, by Josiah Flynt, this author, who
has won fame as a personal explorer OF
the underworld, discusses Chicago and
Its municipal government from the view
point OF the law-hreakers themselves;
Professor Ira Remssn, LII. D., con-
tributes an account Of some UnEolved
Problems OF Chemistry, In which he
treats OF those curious and pulling phe-
nomena that baffls all the efforts OF
science to explain them; this number is
notable for its fiction and for its art.
The authors represented are RudyArd
kfpIing, Robert Barr Sarah Orne
Jewstt, Josephine Dodge Daskam, and
Edwin Lsfevre the artists are Kenyon
COX, Eumunu d. 0uiilNduf hooAMoou
Kipiing, Edwin Lord Weeks, Genevieve
Oowlee, Charles l. Hinton. Henry HUT,
George Gibbs ami Frederic Dorr Stesie;
Scribner's Magazine for February be-
gins a new series OF theatrical lfe-a
form OF articles In which it has been
peculiarly fortunate in the past, having
published the recolIeetions OF Lester Wal
lack and Mrs. John Drew. The Stage
"reminiscences of Mrs. Gilbert. which are
here begun. are full of vivacity. incident.
and entertaining reoollections or great
actors of the past half century. Mrs. Gil
bert is eighty years Of aRs and has been
on the stage for more than seventy years
OF that time. beginning ss dancer when
mere chilli at DruEy Lane. This in
staIment first gives some rceollectioDs Of
her childhood and then the narrative