Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-09
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.

The Gentleman from Everywhere,
by James Henry Foss., A. NJ, who IS
also the publisher, is a handsomely
bound and illustrated volume and is
also pleasant reading. 1t is not a
story with plot, but rather series
of adventures interspersed with hu,
morous and pathetic incidents, quoted
and original verse. The book is well
written, clean and elevated in tone and
we'll worth reading.
The complete novel given in the JAN
uary Ainslee's is by +. W. Hornung,
the we'll known author, and is entitled
No Hero. Among the short stories are,
"Two Hearts That Beat as One,' by
the late Frank Norris; The Way OF
Woman, by George Hubbard; An I'm
sent Letter, by Julien Gordon and To
the Heights of Fame, by Ralph Henry
Barbour. The contents of the maya
zine include about "a contributions, IN
Guiding some well-selected poems by
such writer's as Paul Laurence Dunbar,
Albert Bigelow Paine and Harold Nc
Grath.
McClure's opens the New Year aus
piciously, its January number being
one of unusual merit and interest.
Leading articles of information are The
Shame of Minneapolis, by Lincoln
Steffens; The Oil War of ~, by Ida
M. Tarbell: The Right to Work, by
Raw Stannard Baker: Adolf LorenZ,
the Great Austrian Surgeon, by John
Swain. and Clara Morris autobiogIaph-
zeal article. Stand Between Lady Mac
beth and Matrimony. There are excel
lent short stories, among them The I'M
pertipence of Charles Edward, by Ill.
S. Rhodes; The Flying Death, by Sam
uel Hopkins Adams: Across the state,
by Geo. Kibbe Turner and A Fair Up
setter of Customs by Charles +. EN-
bree.
Chief among the illustrated contri-
buttons to the Critic for January is
short descriptive paper discussing the
recent re arrangement of the Versailles
picture galleries by NJ de Nolhac and
his assistant The text is supplemented
by reproductions of leading portraits.
John Nilsen Laurvik gives an extend
ed biographical and critical paper on
the great Norwegian poet, novelist,
dramatist and political reformer,
Bjornstjerne Bjornson, whose 10th
birthday has recently beer celebrated.
The article is entitled The Eagle of the
/ North. Exclusively literary contribu-
tions are J. P, Mowbray's Mr.. How
ellis Rechauffe: Benjamin Swift's De-
cav of the Novel and Letters and Rem
iniscences from the Last Century:
Among some of the notable features
of the January Everybody's, is the new
Arabian Nights story found recently
bv DR.. Seybold, of the university OF
Tubingen, among the Arabic manu-
scripts of the late Consul Wetzstein of
Damascus. Mrs. Bessie VanVorst gives
the last of her series of articles on The
Woman That Tolls. The Personality
of Helen Gould. is a very interesting
study by Juliet Wilbur Tompkins. q.
". Ogden tells some dramatic stories
of life on the Mississippi in his Steam
boat Tragedies The third of the I'm
employed Rich series, Mrs. Dazzle
dicks At Home, describes the typical
New York society woman in search of
sensational entertainment. There are
several short stories Of real, vital inter
est.
The Atlantic begins, in the January
number, a novel, His Daughter First,
hy Arthur Sherburne Hardy. The
first part OF j. L. Trowbridge's auto
biography. Ny Own Story. is also Civ
en-. 1t is entitled A Backwoods Boy
hood. An interesting and instructive
article Oh The War Against Disease, is
by G. +. A. Winslow, instructor in
sanitary bacteriology in the Massachu-
sets Institute of Technology. Alice
Newell writes of Charles Dickens as
Man of Letters and Harriet Waters
Preston reviews the latest novels of
Howells and James. Miss Annie JOS
lyn Gray, in Nox Dormienda attempts
, to determine the limits of old age and
considers death as viewed by youth,
manhood and age. The Plateau of Fa-
tigue, by Kate Miner Rabb, is al ex-
ouisite bit of original humor. There
are several poems of high order.
The January magazine number of
The Outlook contains several illustrat-
ed articles, full page portraits, story,
poems, and the usual editorial discus
sion of literature and current history.
Prominent among illustrated articles is
In Delhi, by ". f. Dix, talk about
the great Indian city where the imperz
ial durbar, or proclamation of Edward
VII as emperor of India, is being held.
Hon. John ID. Long writes on The Or
ganization and Education of the Navy
and James Barnes, the historian, gives
strange chapter of United States his
tory under the title, The Tragedy of
The Lost Commission.
The Review of Reviews begins new
volume with the January number. Civ
ing 12S pages of solid and well consid-
cred news. The Venezuelan dispute is
reviewed, with able discussion of the
British and German claims and the
proposed methods of adjustment and
A. Maurice Lowe, the Washington
journalist, gives full presentation of
the case of the powers against the lit
tie South American state. A charac-
ter sketch of Herbert W. Bowen, our
minister to Venezuela, and the man of
the month in international affairs,
forms noteworthy feature of the num-
Der. Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews, who
has made special study of the West
ern cattle situation, writes on the pro-
lection of the grazing lands of the
West, from which comes the national
meat supply. The article is accompa-
MED by an exhaustive inquiry into the
present advance in beef prices by Fred
c. Croxton, of the national depart
mani of labor