The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-25
MAGAZINES.

American Cities in PENCIL the
third of a series, is the leading article
in Everybody's Magazine for May. The
! drawings are by Vernon Howe Bailey.
ellison Willets writes about the pass
ing of Finland, and Eugene Wood dis
| cusses Consumption: the Great
White Plague Dorothy Dix furnishes
some interesting facts about "Wom-
ans Inhumanity to Woman" and the
| subject of an article by Juliet WILDER
| Tompkins is "A Clearing House for
| Babies The short stories are good
and the symposium Christianity and
| ADJUSTMENTS" will be read with inter-
| est. Too much cannot be said in
praise of the illustrations. They are
an attractive feature of the number.
Everybody's Magazine is popular be-
| cause it gets hold of articles and
| stories that please the reading pub
| lie. Everybody's Magazine, the Ridge
way-Thayer Company, Union Square,
New York.
The story in the May number is
| life, entitled, 1.-The Managing Commit
tee,' and is by Howard Fielding. 1t
| tells how a committee of relatives I'M
dertook to manage a young girls mat
| rimonial prospects, and of their in
| glorious defeat
| What the world is saying and doing
| is admirably condensed for the reader
| in the World of Print" department.
| Mr. Bolce has come up with the bel
| ligerents in the Far East and in his
| survey of the situation, written from
| Yokohama, discusses the question, IF
| Japan Should Win" The awakening
of Chinas 400, 1000, 900 to a consciousness
| of the possibilities of their resources
and powers, and the practical direc-
| ton of these by nation so morally
| mobile as Japan, will result in a dislo-
cation of racial world-control that must
cause the utmost concern in Europe and
| America. The Booklovers Magazine,
| 1882 Walnut street. Philadelphia.
A new portrait of President Roose-
welt, from a photograph taken at the
White House in January. is the frontis-
piece of the May Century. 1t is thought
to show the President at his best, and
is accompanied by a short article by
Francis E. Leupp, entitled "a Belated
Recognition" which includes a political
incident in the life of the President.
Apropos of the expected dissolution of
| Parliament, the leading article in the
number deals with the House of Com
mons, under the title, 1.-The Mother of
Parliaments," the writer being Henry
Norman, M. p, and the illustrator An
DIRE Castaigne.
| OF special interest to photographers
professional and amateur, is 1.-The Lost
Art of the Daguerreotype," by Abra-
ham Bogardus the veterans daguerreo-
typist, preceded by an article by Pau
line King on this charming form Of
portraiture, with drawing by Elizabeth
Shipper Green and Willard Bonte.
OF the nine pieces Of fiction in
the May Century, the regular reader
| will doubtless turn at once to the con-
clusion of Mrs. Goodwin's -Four Roads
| to Paradise" the continuation of THE
| Sea-Wolf," by Jack London, in which
the heorine comes aboard the Ghost"
and the second part of DR.. Mitchells
experiment in historical fiction, 1.-The
Youth Of Washington told in the
form Of an autobiography. The shorter
stories are OF a high standard of merit.
The Century Company, Union Square,
| New York city.
The May number of The Smart Set
more than upholds that monthlys rep
utation as "the magazine of clever
ness" The novelette,, "Veronica's Low
ers," by G. B. Burgin, author of THE
|
story of enthralling interest, in which
attention centers upon half a dozen
characters whose striking Individual
| ties are skillfully developed through
the unfolding of most ingenious and
/ novel plot. In complete contrast fol-
lows, THE Wood of Ydren," by IONA
| Gale, an idyllic tale of exquisite DO
etic fancy. In still another vein is
1.-THE Blue Pear" by Arthur Stringer,
the story of diamond robbery on
| Fifth avenue by a man and woman
who rival "Raffles" In professional
acumen and win an even warmer
place in the readers heart. An es-
say by Maurice Francis Egan, I'm
| Honor of st. Julian" is an amusing
and brilliant tribute to the god OF
hospitality and good doining. In the
| field of poetry the variety and excel
| lence of the selections make 1t difficult
| to award the place of honor to any
| one poem. The Smart Set, Ess Ess
Publishing Company, 452 Fifth avenue,
| New York city.
| The Reader Magazine, for May, oon-
| tains some clever fiction and a num-
Der of timely and interesting articles.
The leading article is entitled Death
and the Drumming Wheels" by Fran
els Lynde. 1t deals with the loss Of
| H1e Dy railway accidents IN america.
According to the Statistic OF Rail-
ways" in 1902 there were 345 passen-
| gers killed and 6.6s5 injured: am
| ployes, 1853 killed and 50,524 injured;
| other persons, 6,274 killed and 7,445 in
| jured, making a total OF s,5Ss killed
and 64,652 injured. Another interest
ing article is entitled The Last Days
Of the Stoddards." by Earle Hooker
Eaton. Jean Cowgirl writes about
How Chicago Takes Care of Her
Children" Perhaps the most enter
tanning article is by julius Chambers,
and Is entitled William Nelson Crom-
we'll" Mr.. Cromwell is the man who
sold the Panama canal to the United
States. These and other articles make
an excellent number. The Bobbs-Mer-
/ rlll Company. Indianapolis, Ind.