Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-04
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.

The leading article IN the a prll Cos
mopolltan is "Vesuvius, Destroyer o
Cities and is profusely illustrated
The fiction is by +. lIopklnson Smlth
Bret Harte, Israel Zangwill and Maar
ten Martens. The Men, Women ano
Events department is bright, interest
inc and amusing and the pages OF sci
entific progress readable and instruc-
tive.
"Diane," by John Stephens Dur,
ham, is the complete novel in the pr!
Lippincotts. 1t is a story OF Hart
and its author is eXminister to HAITI
and San Domingo. Some graceful verse
suitable to the season adds its peculiar
charm to the number which contains
contributions from Seumas MCManus,
Eben f. Rexford, Gen. Charles King
and j. G. Rosengarten.
Ainslees magazine for April con
tains an excellent short story, Friends
in San Rosario by Olivier Henry, an
illustration of which, by Charles Grun-
valid, forms the frontispiece to the
number. Among the illustrated de
scriptive articles are: Along the
Mississippi,' ~ Indian Children at
School, and "The Brass Band. - . In
the FALL and "Sweet Bones" are in
teresting and well written short stories.
Pictorially the chief feature of the
April Critic is the striking portrait of
Count Tolstoy, which serves as the
frontispiece. The portrait was paint
ed from life by lila Repin, Russia S
foremost artist, and represents the
Master of Yasnaya Polyana standing
bareheaded and barefooted in dense
grove on his estates near the house. 1t
is the most recent and also the most
characteristic portrait of Count Toll
stoy ever painted, and shows the great
Toiler in all his rugged simplicity.
In the April number, Every body's
magazine begins the publication of
practical suggestions for unframed
women who wish to make money. In con
nection with the publication of these
ideas the publishers offer $50 prize
for the best establishment Of a money
making business suggested by one of
these ideas. Their plan is to bring to-
gether the forces of the women of ideas
only and those Of practical ability who
cannot plan for themselves. This issue
of the magazine is very beautiful
one, appropriate to spring thought and
feeling.
The 30 items in the table of contents
of the April Smart Set cover wide
field of literary excellence. A novel
cite, 1.-THE Ambition of the Baron, "
by Marvin Dana. leads the magazine.
Its list of short stories is long and
"a Glimpse of the Gar /
dem by Mary L., rendered. I'm Ar
cadia' by Ruth Parsons Milne:'' His I
Delicate Mission by Cecil Charles;
The Pilgrimage of Lucy" by Ger /
trude f. Lynch; "A Morning Shower /
by II. f. Hepner: The Role of II ellen"
by Elizabeth McCracken; Miss Per-
fume' by Onoto Watanna: Willow
wood" by the Baroness Won Hutton
and lat the Army and Navy Club"
by NJ. t. Maltby. There are many
poems by we'll known contributors.
The April number of the Outlook
mas both distinction and variety in its
which beautify several of
he articles Among these are: A
of the plans for improv-
ng Washington. by Ebert F. Bald
win; thrilling account of experiences
IN the Antarctic continent by Mr..
3orchgreyink, the leader of the expe-
iition in 1898, and the first man to set
DOT on the Antarctic continent: brief
ketches Of the new secretary of the
navy, Mr. Moody, Admiral Kempff,
md the Rev. Stopford A. Brooke:
lotable article on Education in the
by the Hon. Fred W.
Atkinson, superintendent of public ed
lcation in the Philippines; a further
of DR.. Edward Everett
Iale's Memoirs of Hundred Years :"
nd THE Lambert Masterpieces. - an
ccount of the remarkable art collec-
ion made by Mr.. Lambert, silk man
facturer of Patterson, n. j.