The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-31


great man. and contains a true ac-
count of the Mobile Bay incident and
the dramatic flashing of the gallant
Admiral to his ships mast. The Girl
terton Publication Co., 1856 Fifth ave-
nue., New York.
The frontisDiece of the April num-
Der of the Cosmopolitan is entitled
Drawing Mystic Half-Circle on the
Floor" by George T. Tobin. The ia
BILE of contents is an attractive one.
What Women Like in Men" What
Men Like in Women" and Husbands
and Wives" are the titles of a series
OF very interesting papers by Rafford
Pike, the third of which appears in
this number. The same number treats
OF Prince Henry's visit, with a series
OF beautifully printed photographs. I'M
der the title of "A Clever Emperor and
a Confederation of Nations" f. Hop
kinson Smith. Israel Zangwill. Bret
Harte and Maarten Martens are
among the other contributors. The
Cosmopolitan, Irvington, New York.
The April number of ST. Nicholas is
bright and entertaining The long Sc
rial THE Story of Barnaby Lee" is
bought to an end. and a new serial
The Boys of Rincon Ranch is be-
gun. This new story deals with the
adventures of city boys in Texas. 1t
presents the leading features of out
door life on ranch. The illustrator
B. M. Justice, has given an especially
good picture OF bucking bronco.
Miss Alice F. Abbot begins the num-
Der with clever adaptation of the
Sherlock Holmes" idea to a juvenile
magazine, substituting for the London
expert a bright little girl, who loves
to solve puzzles. There are poems by
Abby Bates, Montrose ]. Moses and
Jean Mathers, and delightful little
study of April flowers by the daughter
OF Laura E. Richards. A special fea-
ture is the article by Frederic Dean on
Boy Choristers." profusely illustrated
by portraits of the church choir stars"
The Century Company, Union Square
New York city.
The April number of the Century
is a particularly good one. The third
of Coles wood engravings of Old Span
ish Masters appears as the frontis-
piece. The subject is the Head of a
Young Man" by Velasquez. M.
Hughes lie Roux, the distinguished
Frenchman, continues a paper enti-
tied New Trails in Abyssinia" which
is illustrated from photographs which
he himself made, chiefly in Adds
Abeba, the capital, and along the
route of his exploration of the Blue
Nile. A companion paper is from the
pen of Oscar T. Crosby, giving his
Personal impressions of Menelik." The
most considerable feature is a sympo-
SUM, so to speak, on the surrender al
AppomattoX. which is printed apropos
of the thirty-seventh anniversary of
the event, which occurs on the 9th of
April. The group comprises on the
Confederate side a paper of Personal
Recollections of Appamattox, by Gen.
E. P. Alexander, and 1.-THE Last Days
of Lees Army" by Col. Charles Mar
shall, being a considerable portion of
his heretofore unpublished address de-
livered before the Maryland Society of
the Army and Navy of the Confederate
States. On the Union side there is a
Mote on the Surrender of Lee by
Gen. Wesley Merritt, and an elaborate
posthumous paper by Gen. John Glib
bon, entitled Personal Recollections Of
Appomattox." The fiction and ,miscel-
lany are of a high standard of excel
lence. The Century Company, Union
Square, New York.
Oswald G. Willard opens the April
Atlantic with the New Army of the
United States. an account of the reor-
ganization of our army system. ac-
companied by generous appreciation
OF what Secretary Root is doing and
procuring done to bring our army into
a state of modern efficiency. John w.
Foster treats Pan-American Diplomacy
apropos of the recent convention in
Mexico. Elizabeth McCracken con-
tributes THE Play and the Gallery"-a
remarkab BILE review of the effect of the
sage on the daily lives and charac-
tiers of those who frequent the theater
gallery to see not the actors but the
play and who treasure up the lessons
there learned.
Paul G.. Huston contributes THE
Days Work OF a Forester" a note
worthy paper upon the governments
work of reclainling and preserving our
national forests. George w. Cable
continues his brilliant novelette,, BY
low HILL" while Mortimer o. Wilcox
and Anna N. Benjamin contribute at
tractive short stories, and w. r.
Lighton writes entertainingly of Oma-
ha, its history, its achievements. and
it's attraction The Atlantic Monthly,
Park street, Boston.
AS "A III II a 10 OCttCl THAN any VI
it's predecessors, its table of contents
showing greater variety and even
greater excellence. It's numerous cap
ital features are all brimful OF amuse-
ment or instruction while the articles
stories and poems complete the har
monous whole. Canton. the home Of
Ii Hung Chang is pictured by w. G.
Irwin; Katherine Louise Smith writes
of "Children's Flower Gardens and
Their Uses" THE English Regalia" is
described by George Ethelbert Walsh,
while Lucy c. Lille chats about The
Growing of the King" The artistic
reader will welcome Robert Reds
Mural Decorat ioh in New State House
at Boston, by Charles Henry Hart.
Articles of a critical nature are con-
tributed by Penn Steele and Alfred
Mathews. 1.-The Cause OF Good Cow
eminent" finds a doughty champion in
Benjamin c. Potts: William S. Walsh
questions whether women have intui-
ton. Henry T. Coates & Co., 1922
Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Scribner's Magazine for April begins
a new novel by Richard Harding Da-
vis-an event of the first Importance
TO all lovers of good fiction. Captain
Macklin," which begins in this number.
is the longest novel written by Mr..
Davis and is his first since Soldiers