The Republican journal., 1903-01-29
The February Magazines.

mund Russell, who recently returned
from India, where he has been rendering
Hamlet for the benefit of the princes
of that sunny land, gives a graphic &C
count of the glories of the dubar, SO
lately held there, illustrated from
photographs taken by the author.
In Journeys End" the serial story,
which is completed in this number,
Justin Miles Forman gives us another
lady or the tiger problem to solve. This
is an easy way for an author to shirk
his responsibilities, but is it art?
C. w. C. Mathews tells pretty tale
of the woes of japanese youth who
goes to Washington and meets an
honorable angel' of an American girl.
A Viking of the East introduces the
reader to the island of Borneo and the
stirring adventures of James Brooks,
an Englishman, who advances the cause
of civilization with wisdom and vigor
that calls forth unstinted praise.
Those who are interested in the work
of the college settlement will enjoy the
account by Charlotte Teller OF Miss
Jane Adams of Hull House, Chicago.
This settlement was the first attempt OF
the kind to be made and Miss Adams,
though working against heavy odds,
has produced wonderful results. Aside
from such practical aid to old and young
as the founding of a coffee house and
library Miss Adams Was the first to
suggest the cooperation of the foreign
women who weave and spin and this
resulted in the Labor Museum.
'Hygeia at the Solito" is snappy
little Western story by 0. Henry, writ
ten in breezy style that is very attrac-
tive. Thomas o. Stedman, M. d., ad-
vances some theories in his Medical
Science of Prevention, which if care
fully followed would put the majority
of doctors out of commission.
In the Ladies' Home Journal Max
field Parrish has full page illustration
of Eugene Fields Seem Things at
Night. His pictures are always dis
tinctly characteristic and he seems to
enter fully into the spirit of childhood.
One can easily imagine the feelings of
the poor little frightened chap as he
clasps his blue and white coverlet and
stares with wide, wild eyes at the huge
grotesque figures standing in a row,
a-looking at me cross eyed an p'-intin'
at me-Sol
Prof. John G. Van Dyke contributes
the second of series of articles on ia
nous paintings. Leonardo's "Mono
Lisce'' is the subject of this one and a
few thoughts about that subtle and in
scrutable picture are given, together
with a brief review Of the life of the
artist
The interesting and forceful face of
Miss Julia Marlowe smiles at the read
er from the sketch of her life by Gustav
Kobbe. We find she had encountered
many difficulties before she reached
the present rose-crowned eminence in
her profession; and we are glad to
know that her special hobby is collect
ing books. Balzac's Lilly of the Val
ley" and Meredith's Drama cf the
Crossways" she considers the best nov
els ever written.
Thomas Mitchell Pierce tells how he
draws the American girl, and it seems
to be simplicity itself, but if you think
so, just try it.
A parlor play called "Honor-and the
Girl would give two young people a
large amount of practice in the gentle
art of wooing were it put upon the
boards by amateurs.
Z. H. Griggs and Edward Box give
their usual talks, the former ON the
moral training of the child and the
latter on "The magazine with mil
lion." The Lady from Philadelphia is
also in evidence, and the fashion notes
are as graceful and helpful as ever.
The center page illustration of
glimpses of girls rooms are most de-
lightful. Window seats seem to be the
order of the day, and the 'lazy arma-
dillo who bought him satin sofa pill
low" would have had no trouble to find
"cozy. dozy place to lay him down to
Sleep" had he been turned loose among
them.
Mrs. Rorer gives full directions for
recognizing a good roast of meat, which
is lesson usually gained by bitter ex-
perience.
Harper's Monthly is teeming with
good things. Not only is the intellect
satisfied but the eye is delighted by the
mastery drawings 10y Christy, P. New
ell and others of their class.
Jean Leon Gerome, in short sketch
on the false and true gods in art, begs
his fellow artists to be more faithful to
nature and to more often strike the key
note of simplicity, which is always
strength. Andre Castaigne illustrates
the article with two of his exquisite
drawings. In the Dutch Founding of