The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-15

and Cuckoo" an illustrated poem of | the woods, by John Burroughs. Other
 articles and pictures touch upon every
 side of country life. Prize Dogs rep
 resent St. Bernards of world wide fame;
 1.-Two 'Possums and Several Mistakes" 7"
 by A. Radclyffe Dugmore, is illustrated
 by inimtable photographs of the live
 animals under unique circumstances; while 'The Trees" is a large plate cov- ering the two central pages of the large magazine. Of gardens and practical
 garden-making there is ''An Experience With the Soil," in which a suburbanite tells of years of enthusiastic work in
 growing a wild garden of some eighty
 kinds of flowers, shrubs and aquatic l plants; and there are also articles on
 the construction and care of the hot=
 bed, with suggestions for starting early
 vegetables and flowers.
 | The Worlds Work for February pub fishes entire, for the first time in 1 America, Rudyard Kipling's "The Is- 1 landers," which has raised veritable furore of discussion in England. Frank | Norris, the author of ''The Octopus" in
 an article entitled "The Frontier Gone
 at Last" shows how the Anglo SaXons
 have at last encircled the globe with conquest, Captain Mahan adds "The Growth of Our National Feeling" George Hes writes of Marconis tri
 umph. An intimate view of Dr. Lyman
 Abbott is given by Hamilton Wright
 Mabie, and the career of Tom Johnson is described with particular reference
 to his work as mayor of Cleveland, A
 plea for better wages for teachers is
 made by William McAndrew, and the
 consolidation of American railroads is
 described by M. G. Cunniff. Some
 striking pictures of California big trees
 are accompanied by text written by
 Richard T. Fisher. Among the other
 illustrated articles are a description of
 the wonderful La Prensa, the Buenos Ayres phlanthropic newspaper; sto- ny by Arthur Goodrich of how the Con- necticut farmers are growing tobacco under tents; 'Gaucho's Days Work by William Bulfin; Helen Lukens Jones' description of the greatest olive ranch in the world in California; the exciting experiences of the party who carried the United States mail farthest North ir Alaska, by Dr. Francis H. Gambell and a story of how the ice, last year, blocked traffic on the great lakes until May. Hugh H. Lusk tells of an interesting experiment in New Zea- land for the prevention of strikes.
 The February number of the Woman's Home Companion opens with an article on 'TEhe Carnival of Mardi Gras." An other feature equally reasonable is enti- tied "Washington's Neglected Birth place" Gustav Kibbe has a biography of Madame Schumann-H Heink. Deeds of Heroism of Women in the Civil War recites the thrilling adventures of two army nurses, and there are num- Der of completed stories. A remarkable art feature is the reproduction of two paintings by Burne- Jones, illustrating "The Legend of the Briar Rose" The double-page feature shows Womens Clubhouses in America
 EX-President Gilman had the distinc- tion of founding a new kind of univer- sity when he made Johns Hopkins after a plan uniting some of the best features of German and English universities with new developments suited to Amer ican conditions. After twenty-five years of successful work President Gilman has resigned, and he has written his of those very full years for Scribners Magazine, the first in stallment of which will appear in the | March number. His recollections are | filled with good stories about men of l eminence in the world of science and | literature
 The February iSSlIe of inc ICra lIan ry T. Coates & Co.,, Philadelphia, pre- sents the second installment of "Gabri- Il Tollver," Joel Chandler Harris new novel, carrying the story through the fifth chapter. There is a sketch of Jay Cooke, the famous financier, illustrated with a number of portraits, and an ar