The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-30
MAGAZINES.

The June st. Nicholas is a "vaca-
ton number" and we'll worthy the
title. Every lad will turn first to and
account of How to Keep Baseball
Score" A charming end-of-the-year
story of life in girls school is AL
bert Bigelow Paines THE Shuttle
cock of Fate" holding a sugar-coat-
ed lesson that in no wise detracts from
the tale. 1t is illustrated by Orson
Lowell. "Dmitry" is a timely Rus
sian story, and Mistress Flynn and
the Pot of Gold" is one of those fairy
stories that is ever new. Timely
sketches make up good share of the
June st. Nicholas. ]. NJ. Gleeson pic
lures 'Bhalu-The Indian Jungle
Bear" the dear old friend of Jungle
Book days. "A Leaf From the Past"
tells Interestingly of the days when
the making of new hat was an event.
Nor are the departments and shorter
features of the June St. Nicholas lack
ing. There is rich abundance of
jolly verse and pretty or funny pic
lures. The Century Company, Union
Square, New York.
Although the Century for June is
Western number, five Presidents of
the United States figure in it: Wash
ington, in DR.. Mitchell's "autobio-
graphical narrative; Jefferson, in a
portrait by Kosciuszko, and an auto
graph letter, now first published, CIV
ing d forecast of the value of the
Louisiana Purchase; Lincoln, in an
article on his first lawsuit with auto
graph documents; Mr.. Cleveland, in
short contribution by himself, "A
Word for Forestry" and Mr.. RooSe-
welt, in an article by Clifford Pinchot,
THE New Hope for the West, in
which incidentally the Presidents rec
ora on forestry and irrigation is set
forth. For the rest, with two or three
exceptions, the. contributions are all
every state and territory is represent
ed, either by the writer or by ma
terial of special local interest. Other
features of general interest are: AT
tractive Features of the st. Louis Ex-
position by it's president, David r.
Francis; The Conclusion of the
Louisiana Purchase Treaty." two pic
lures by Andre Castaigne, and THE
Vitality of Mormonism," by Ray STAN
nard Baker. The number is a par
ticularly good one. The Century
Company, Union Square, New York.
The special features of the American
Monthly Review of Reviews are What
Stanley Lived to See Accomplished in
Africa" by Cyrus c. Adams; THE
Cossacks, Russia's Unique Troopers"
Gllustrated,) by Lieut.. Joseph A Baer;
"A New Era of Steam," by Arthur
Warren, and THE Automobile in Bust
ness" by ]. A. Kingman; suggestive
paper on Sending a Son to College,"
by President Charles f. Thwing; THE
Work of Modern Public Library" by
H. L. Emendorf with illustrations;
and two brief articles describing re-
cent experiments in the taxation of
franchises In the editorial depart
ment, 1.-The Progress of the World"
much space is given to the prelimi-
nary. skirmishes of the presidential
campaign.
The American Monthly Review
of Reviews, Is Aston Place, New York
city.
Nothing has appeared in print pos
sessed of the rare and tender charm
which saturates the novelette, in the
May number of Lippincott's Maya
zine. Its title is kitty of the Roses
and it's author Ralph Henry Barbour.
Nine shorter stories of agreeable va
riety follows: "Urbs in Rure," by Mrs.
I. Zangwill is very real instance
of an effort to educate a city family
up to the joys of country life. Her
Husband by Anne Warner is a good
story with a surprise at the end. The
author of THAT Mainwaring Affair"
A Maynard Barbour, contributes a
strong, dramatic tale called "A Still
Hunt "a Sinner in Israel" by Mar
tina Wolfenstein, is alive with local
color of the Gass. A summer love-
story far better than the average is
that by Alison NJ Lederer, entitled,
1.-THE Difference"
Of popular papers there are four: