Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-04-12
APRIL MAGAZINES,
The Review Of Reviews

cral Of the current news departments.
This number is in every way strong
and well-balanced one.
The Atlantic Monthly.
To enumerate the many strong feat
ures which crowd the pages of the cur
rent number Of the Atlantic Monthly
would require much space, but the fol-
lowing partial list will give the reader a
faint idea of the feast of good things
awaiting him: THE New Army of the
United States" Oswald Garrison Willard;
"Bylow Hill Part TWO G. w. Gable;
THE Pipes Of PAN" Bliss Carman; Pan
American Diplomacy John w. Foster
The Days Work Of q Forester, PAU
Griswold Huston; "Oliver Ellsworth and
Federation Frank Gaylord COOK
Omaha, the Prairie City" William r.
I.iehton; Jane Austen" Ferris Green's
let. Poetry. fiction, and the literary de-
partmcnts. which are always such an at
tractive feature. make up the remainder
Of this excellent number.
Lippincott's Magazine.
The complete novel in the April Lip
pincott's is decidedly out of conventional
lines, and will be read with keen interest.
II Is entitled Diane, Priestcss Of Haul,
and its author is John Stephens Durham,
ex-minister to Haiti and Santp Domingo.
Aside from the complete novel, this num-
Der has many other attractive features
including short stories by s umas Mac
Manus, Gen. Charles King. and Mary
Catherine Hews, ana the following in
structive papers: a Garden of Native
Plants" Eben +. Rcxford; Why We
Read Samuel Richardson" Mary Moss
and German Influence in America, J.
8G. Rosengarten. Poems and the depart
naeTits acceptably round out the number
Good Housekeeping.
The up-to-date housewife will find this
able household monthly an Invaluable as
sistant.. The April number is an eXcep-
|tionally attractive one, and brimful OF
PARTICLES covering all departments of the
Nome Chief among the lengthy list OF
tcoYtributions are noted: Lace, Both Ar
and an Industry" Lillian NJ. Siegfried
"The Mothers Opportunity and Danger
Miriam Zieber; Mans Uprising fol
closet Room" F. Dumont Smith; 9TH
PHYSICAL l)eNelODf1tnl III NsIlllhItiI ~
civ Buscau, and Suggestions for Sum
mer Cottages" The departments devoted
to the cooks interests present large
number of choice recipes and many hints
and suggestions.
Vick's Family Magazine
for April is a pleasing number Am0h3
the longer articles given are: ''Daffodi
and Narcissus," Flowers for the Gene
terv.'' Select Annuals," The Aesthe tic
Side of the Peanut" "Flower Gossip by
Eben E. Rexford; "Seasonable Garden
ing" and .'Rhubarb for Home Use" The
home departments give a large amount
of interesting matter. All interested II
the culture of flowers and small fruits
will find this magazine Of great assis'
tance.
Health Culture.
Many improvements have been noted II
recent numbers of this valuable maga
zine and are an evidence of increasing
prospprity and success. The curren
number presents many instructive ar
ticl, = bearing upon the important subjec
of good health and how to attain II
Robert Walter NJ. D., discusses "Scien
tilic Rest cure, 'BenelllS anu L'HSNi
Of Wheeling are treated by Prof. 70
ward b. Warman. Other subjects undel
discussion are Diseases Caused by Ell
| rors in Diet" walking as an Exercise,
| "Clim,tic Disorders" Spinal Curva
ture." and THE Curing of Phyllis
The Sanitarian.
"Preventable Diseases in the state o
| New York" Extreme Measures fo
| Consumptives,' THE Legal Struggle
| with Tuberculosis" Compulsory Educa
| ton and Health" Cosmopolitan Health
| Studies" and For the Prevention Q
I.eprosv'' are a few of the topics abb!
| treated in the April Sanitarian. The sew
| eraI departments give much timely mat
| ter bearing upon the subject of the pup
| lie health.
| 10 Story Book.
| Among the authors who contribute L
| the April number of 10 Story Book ar
noted the following well known names
| Gen. Charles King, Jeanette II. wal
| worth. Ella w. Peattie, Julia Truit
Bishop and Kathryn Sellers. The storie
range from grave to gay, and will furnisl
an acceptable hours entertainment.
keith's Magazine.
The subject Of home-making and hous
building is intelligently and fully treated
in keith's Magazine. The April issu'
opens with an illustrated paper dealin;
with the decoration of the home, "Out
| side and Inside" Alice NJ. Kellogg give
u a number of helpful Hints on Wall Dec
oration." OF much timely value is Hen
rietta Z. Keiths Study of Guest Cham
bers' In an interesting paper OF
Spring Wild Flowers F. II. Nuttel
makes an earnest plea for their beini
given a place in the home garden. Th'
several household departments are espe
cially helpful and interesting, and there
is the usual number of attractive plans.
The Black Cat.
| The April Black Cat appears in festive
| attire, and the table of contents is like
wise bright and entertaining. The sto-
ries. five in number, are as follows: The
| Trail of Circumstance. "The Marion
ettes.' The Prelude of n Boom Miss
vintons Proposal" and The Great
Game"
| National Sportsman.
| All interested in outdoor sports, and
who is not, will find an abundance of en-