The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-09

sufficient guarantee OF good reading on
timely subjects. 4 .:s.4ss5s IN IS
An article of much Importance is! Sir
Harry Johnston S account of the pygmtesi
of the great Congo Forest
Readers who care for art VIII not VIII :
linslyi miss John LaFarges paper on
Raphael, the second of series he41s;
writing for Mcclure
Robert E.Peary and His Campaign
for the. Pole" furnishes the subject for q:
capital article by sturgis B. Rand. which
is fully. illustrated by photographs taken
at Pearys summer camp at Cape Sabine.
The short stories are so good that it's
hard to pick out any one for first men-5
ton. In this number also is concluded
Stewart, Whites serial, The Forest
Runner"
The February number Of the Southern
Workman, published by the Hampton In
stitute Press, contains a number of stron1
Indian articles. DR.. Merrill z. Gates con
tributes an appreciative paper on the life
and work of the late Bishop Whipple.
which is accompanied by an excellent por
trait. Practical suggestions are given TO
the solution OF Indian Industrial Prob
lens by Mrs. F. n. Doubleday. whose
helpful interest is reviying the Indians
native arts is well known. The wild-rlce
industry is. advocated for Indians in e
valuable scientific article Ly Albert Erness
Jenks of the Bureau of EthnolGgy, while
3. capital story by William Justin HaIsns
makes clear the difficulties which beset
Indian students on their return to the
reserva tons.
Dubois concludes his series Of studies
on 'The Housing of the Negro and som
interesting results of Industrial educatIo
are show by an account of a, field trlI
IT. f11-
nent question Of the place OF the CONNER
ciar element In the trade school IS dis
cussed in. an able manner by George ].
Alden. Of Worcester, Mass, and alto
gether the issue contains much matter
that is both interesting and profitable.
The Era.
The February number of the. Rhiladel-
pIlisl magazine, tho Era, appears to b..
quite up to the high level set by It's pre-
decessors. AIRS. Helen Marsh Wilson
has a very interesting illustrated article
on the prehistoric Ruins of Southern
Colorado" with some graphic lliustra
tons of tho remains of=.the mysterlou
cIiff-dwellers.. Alfred Matthews has an II.
lIstrated paper relating to the noted Il
nancier of tho Civil Nvac period, JAY
Cooke. CONTAINING many anecdotes of the
men of the day. DR.. Thomson Jay tiud-
son, author of 1.-THE Law. of Psychic Pho
nomena," and several other widely read
books, contributes a schoiaT paper
upon Modern SpiritisIl There are
numerous articles OF interest In this mas
azine. In fiction the most important
contribution is the second installmeni
containing four more chapters OF Joel
Chandler Harris new serial story Gaorle'
ToIliver, which now begins to develop TN
plot into the reconstruction period.
Mr.. w. a Rogers drawings Of famous
American editors, which are now ap-
bearing in Harper's Weekly. have excite
much interest and. comment throughout
the country They represent celebrated
journalists in striking attitudes. sympo!lc
of their especial characteristics. The edl
tors thus far pictured in the"Weekly a r.
James Gordon Bennett, Of the New YORK
Herald; Joseph Pulitzer,-of the New
York World; Paul Dana, New York sun;
w. r: Hearst, New York Journal; Adoip =
s. Ochs, New York Times and Ph1ladel-
NH. Times, and Samuel Bowles, Of the
Springfield Republicans The series VIII
be continued from time to time. Mr..
Rogers is a great portrait cartoonist. be-
You'd Il DOUBT.