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: costume of the most elegant paris
iennes' and leaders in society, togeth
er with interior views of their home
and snapshots" of their promenade
and amusements.
The frontispiece to the Magazine O
Art for February is the wonderful pic
ture in the Wallace Collection by Fran;
Halls, entitled 1.-THE Laughing Cava
lier," and the following remarks upor
it are taken from the note on the pic
ture:-"The Laughing Cavalier" -
which used to go by the name of "Por-
trait of an Officer''-was painted al
about the same time as the picture in
the Rijcks Museum in Amsterdam
supposed to represent the artists sell
and his wife; they have this in COM
mon that both works display a genu-
inc and subtle smile rather than an
open laugh The Count Pourtales pur-
chased this superb canvas from M
NieuWenhuys for eighty pounds, and
when Lord Hartford bought it at auc-
ton in 1865 he did so with a single bid
of &2,040-a sum many times larger
| than had ever been given for a Halls
| before. The effect was magical; in the
opinion of the art collecting world,
who followed the doings of the arch
amateur with close observation, Halls
went up like a rocket, and he has re-
manned there ever since. Up to that
time no work of his had fetched any
but a despcable price in a London
sale room; soon after, the wellknown
Portrait Of a Gentleman" in black
hat, dress and gloves, fetched more
I than four hundred pounds. 1.-THE
Laughing Cavalier was lent by Sir
Richard Wallace to the Old Masters in
1883, and there attracted extraordinary
attention. 1t was one of Lord Hert-
! fords favorite pictures; it hung in the
"Rotonde' in his rooms in the Rue La
| fitte-the apartment which was sup
posed to contain the cream of his coll
| lection, along with several others which
are being illustrated in this series
This illustration is but one of the
many gems with which the Magazine
of Art abounds in each number. Cas-
sell & Co., 7 and West Eighteenth
street, New York.
The March number of the Woman's
Home Companion has many features
of more than ordinary interest. Some
of them that will prove very interest
ing are Father John, the Greek Mira
Gle Worker" by Edward Page CASTOR;
1.-THE Goddess Of Excelsior" by Bret
Harte; "a Great Athletic Club for
Both Sexes" by Bertha Damaris
Knobe; Americas Greatest Social
Function" by Walden Fawcett; "The
Most Richly Furnished Home in Amer
ica," by Haryot Holt Cahoon.
The fiction in this number is espec-
tally strong, being contributed by such
authors as John Kendrick Bangs, Mrs.
Spofford and Bret Harte. The art fea-
lures of this number are decidedly SUI
perior to anything that has heretofore
appeared in a magazine. There will be
a magnificent reproduction of Sir Lau-
renee Alma -Tadema's great painting,
THE Village Festival" besides fine
paintings by w. Frank Calderon, Her
man Kaulbach, Karl Gustav Hellquist
and J. Cleminson. Published by The
Crowell & Kirkpatrick Co., Springfield,
Ohio; one dollar a year; ten cents a
copy; sample copy free
"A Royal Exchange" will be the title
Of the new novel by J. MacLaren Cob
ban, which will appear soon in Apple
tons Town and Country library. 1t is
described as fresh and charming ro-
nance of outdoor life in the Scotch
highlands, involving glimpses of sal
mon fishing, and also royal courtship
attended with many Incidents. There
are curious complications, and the au-
thor shows his skill in dsentangling
difficult situations.
Thomas F. Willard, who has con-
tributed such illuminating articles on
the situations in China to recent num- /
bers Of Scribner's has in the March |
number a final article on THE Settle
ment in China" 1t is very plain
spoken, and shows the duplicity Of |
some of the powers and the actual bad |
faith of others in their attitude and I
actions. He makes a very clear pre- |
of the problem that confronts /
the United States, and shows that this !
nation has so far won the regard of
the Chinese by its fairness.
Henry Sandman, writing of his illus
trations for the new Monterey edition
IF Ramona" CLittle, Brown e. Coz
says: IT had thus sufficient knowl-
edge of the spirit of the text to work
with keener zest upon the sketches for
he illustrations; sketches which, it
nay be Of interest to know, were al
ways made on the spot, with Mrs.
Jackson close at hand suggesting en-
1hasis to this object or prominence to
hat, as it was to have special mention
n the book. But let me add that the
'eetorations of late years have materi-
lily altered the appearance Of many
places referred to in the story"
The third volume of Letters to
Washington" edited by Stanislaus
Murray Hamilton, and published by
Messrs Houghton, Mifflin & CO., I'M
Ter the auspices of the Colonial Danes
f America will embrace the years
1858 to 1910. The letters are from Lord
Fairfax, Colonel Bouquet, Speaker
ROBINSON George Mason, and others,
md throw much light on Washington
n his business relations, his marriage
nd life at Mount Vernon, the educa-
ion of his step-son, and his character
- q foster-father. These volumes are
Indispensable to students Of
american history and so much of life
nd romance is often interviewer with
he historical narrative that the letters
annot fail to interest the general read +