Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-18

1.-The Chime, ny nate MaSterSOn,
charming sketch of sentiment: "a
Frightful Hazard" by Cecil Charles. {
singularly original story of woman.
wiles; and "A Man of Some Import.
ance." by Prince Vladimir Vaniatsky
Poems, essays and entertaining miscel.
lany round out the number. CESS Ess
Pub. Co., 452 Fifth Ave-, New York;.
The Cosmopolitan.
The April Cosmopolitan is carefully
balanced magazine. There are II
stories and articles and 101 pictures
Chief place is given to a striking ar
ticle Oh THE Americanization of the
Canadian Northwest" written by Will
liam r. Stewart. A personal sketch OF
Bjornstcrne Bjornson, the prophet poet
of Norway, is most entertainingly writ
ten. '"To Love or To Re Loved" is a
philosophical essay by Lavinia Hart
Bernarr MacFadden, writes helpfully
on Health Made and Preserved by
| Daily Exercise" DR.. Geo. f. Shears
discusses Medicine" as part of the
series. Making a Choice of a Profess
sion" "i'amou3 Cures and Humbugs
of Furope." is by the late Julian Ralph
"Romanccs of the Worlds Great Mines"
Calumet and Eecla), by S. T.. Moffett
There are also two sketches-one on
the great financier. Jacob H. Schiff;
and the other on the sugar king, II. O.
IIavemeyer. F'icld-marshal Viscount
Wolseley, K. p; Fl. g. Wells, Henry
Seton Merriman, Seumas .MacManus,
and several other well-known writer's
also contribute to this number. Qrv-
ington, N. "
The Worlds Work.
for April has the longest and the most
varied table of contents in the magazines
history Frederick Emory, Chief of the
Bureau of Commerce, describes the work
the new Department of Commerce and
Labor will do. and there is an intimate
view of George 3. Cortelyou, written by
David S. Barry. George lies writes pic
turesquely of the Leipzger Free Lectures
in New York one of the most significant
OF recent educational movements; A. r.
Dugmore tells OF remarkable public
school on the East Side in New York
where children of twenty-five different
nationalitieS study together; and a novel
investigation of What is the Best Col
lege?" is made by Z. J. Dexter. Kath-
architect, describes the Model American
House" Major w. Evans Gordon, NJ. p,
made last year a most exacting investi-
cation of the country from which the
masses Of Russian Jews emigrate to
America and England, and the conditions
under which the people live at home are
accurately described in his article on
whence Come Our Immigrants?" There
are handsomely illustrated articles, one
by Prof. John Clifford, of Cornell, On
Railroads and Forestry" showing how
the scientific forester can be of service
to the railroads; one by Albert Bige!ow
Fame about "Flat-Dwelling in a Great
City, and another about THE Greatest
Lemon Ranch in the WORLD by w. S.
doubleday, Page & Co, "a
Union 3d., New York;.
Harper's Bazaar.
The April issue of Harper's Bazar is
the Spring Fashion number, and presents
Il lengthy list of illustrated articles de-
scriptive of the latest and most attrac-
tive styles. In addition to the fashion
review stories, poems, and many valuable
articles are noted, including: 1.-The BIZ
ography of Baby Part l., Josephine
Daskam; Pictures of Peace, Marion Fos-
ter Washburne; Rounding Off a Scene
E. Nesbit; ''Aunts,'' Margaret Deland:
Household Laces,' L. B. Griffin; 1.-The
Resignation of the Second Vice-Presi-
dent" Caroline Benedict Burrell; Spring
Recipes" Maria Blay; Concerning the
Tailor Finish" Helen Marsden; "Old Blue
China" J. w. Guthrie; ION Setting the
Table" Midnight Suppers' Josephine
Grenier; and Hints for Home-Makers. -
Margaret Hamilton WEIGH. QIarper &
Bros, New York;.
Harper's Magazine.
Among the many brilliant articles and
stories which crowd the pages of the
April Harper's may be briefly enumerated
the following: Economic Aspects of
Mormonism," Richard T. Ely. PhD..
LII. D.; THE Seamless Robe H. Chris
tan Troutman; ''Marltt's Shoes" Robert
w. Chambers; "a Trip With Tin-Ped-
der" Julian Ralph; Antiques, Candace
Wheeler: Criticisms" Brander Matth-
ews; His Guardian Angel" Lily A.
Long; physiological Immunity" Carl
Snyder; Though One Rose From the
Dead" w. d. Howells; 1.-The Dutch
Founding of New York" Thomas A
Janvier; when Jove Mods" Alice Cald-
well Hogan; Lady Roses Daughter"
Mrs. Humphrey Ward; New Longfellow
Letters Mary Thatcher Higginson; Can
tator: A Legend of Rye Town Retold,
Maud Stepney Rawson; The Lie Annie
Hamilton Donnell, and 1.-The Land of
Theocritus." William Sharp. Qiarper &
Bros, New York;.
Lippincott's Magazine.
This magazine admirably upholds it's
reputation for publishing novels of merit
by it's offering in the April number. The
novel, a notably good one, is entitled 1.-The
1rifier," and is written by an English au-
thor Archibald Eyre. The tale bearing
on the great Coal Strike by Edith Robin
son called AN Involuntary Benefactor"
is a clever instance of contrary fate versus
millions. lovely nature story by DIR.
Charles c. Abbott is called "A Fresh OH
the Mash" Florence Kingston Hoffman
contributes an amusing tale of "A Lucky
Stratagem. The thrill of the fire-bells
is felt in reading Hickey of Old Thir-
teen'' by John Austin Schetty, which
gives with clamorous effect a mad ride
to fire and its results. The number
closes with a laughable story by Eli
oft Flower 1t is called "A Fiancee