The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-29
Magazines for
February.

THE DELINEATOR.-T publication
Tor February. with a beautiful art cover
ana varied table of contents. is most
9tlractiNe plumber As S-cCial feature
Lionel 5. Mapleson gives an account OF.
grand opera on its travels, a paper that
IS run OF humor as well as OF genuine
interest and is strikingIy illustrated. The
romance of Chopin and the beautiful
Countess DeIphine Potocka is eharninglv
related by Gustav kobbe in the Com
posers Series and in an interesting pa
per Allan Sutherland tells something of
the origin and romance OF that matchless
hymn of Henry Francis Lyle, abide
with Me There are also good stories
by Mary Stewart Cutting. Anne O'Hagan
and Gwen Oliver, in addition to the chill
dren's corner, which includes one of L.
Frank Baum's Animal Fairy Tales and
son Riley Rabbit story by Grace
MacGowe,s Cooke. Some Of the early
spring STYLES are shown, and of further
interest TO women is the chapter on The
Making of a Housewife" containing "A
word of suggestion. The department
Good Looks which discusses the fore
head. end Mrs. Theodore w. Birney's
contribution on The Mistakes OF Moth
ers' are other items especially helpful
HARPER Sit has been believed gen
orally that the complete writings of the
poet Iongfellow were published years
ago Consequently the appearance i'm
print for the first time of literary essay
of his will be in the nature OF surprise
to readers OF the February Harper's The
essay in question is based on The Youth
OF Mary Stuart and recently was
brought TO hight by collector of rare
fellow in 1879. in connection with his reg
ular duties as professor at BOwdOin
Si,sN, 80 IA INT Noui u II LONE
IelloW translates an appealing poem writ
ten b. the young queen herself IN her
grief over the death of her mother and
her husband Part of Longfellow's trans
lauon is reproduced in fac-simile.
THE SMART sET.-Reaeers of the
Smart Set have learned TO look upon the
complete novel that appears in each issue
of that magazine as the biggest event of
in 1nT h1rf on he oct
enthusiastic reader viii be happily sur
prised by the story in the February num-
Der Beyond doubt The EaveSdrop-
pers' by Arthur Stringer. will prove one
of the sensations of the year. The story
deals .-tth the careers of two daring
criminals ran and woman-whose
astonishing adventures the reader follows
with breathless interest. From the very
opening sentence the tale becomes one of
apid and exciting incident and. more
over. it is written with that literary dis
tinction which always characterizes Mr.
Eavesdroppers,' is from such fiction as
In the Bishops Carriage and ''Raffles.''
ries with a movement and intensity en-
trely its own. It is a notable achieve
ment for the author ard will Grove a
list Of successful stories.
AINSLEE'S .-This magazine for Febru-
airy contains the opening chapters Of a
serial story by David Graham Phillips,
entitled The DEUCE" II is story
allel TO the career of Thomas w. Lawson.
The leading character is the storm center
of some cf tho familiar operations of
trenzied finance a man to whom SenSa-
uonalism and nOtOriety are meat and
drink The story is enc Of thoroughly
strenuous life. era mined full of dramatic
action. and promises to be one of the
most interesting literary productions of
the year II is said. indeed. that Mr..
Phillips wrote the story nth Lawson
distinctly in mind. though. OF course, he
has not attempted to copy siavishly the
To-
has. however succeeded admirably i'm eX-
hibiting the type of which La wson is the
seems probable, viii become a prevalent
ono among American business mon IL
business methods continue 20 develop
along the lines at present existing.
THE POPULAR MAGAZINE. The Sc
rial rights of II. Rider HaRgard's latest
looked for companion story OF She
must have cost the publishers Of the
were perhaps justified n they expected
il TO create something OF a furore; IL Is
safe to say, however; that the result TO
In addition to the second installrnent OF
this remarkable story. with which COM
plete synopsis is furnished for tho benefit
of new readers the February number con-
tains the opening chapters of a splendid
new serial. The Growing victory. by
author OF When the Sleeper Wakes"
etc: three other serial stories. a fine
complete novel. and ten clever short
stories.
LESLIE S.-The personal narrative of
the taking OF Port Arthur, told by men
who took ~. is the feature OF the Feb
ruary Leslies Monthly Magazine. Two OF
the narratives, by an officer OF engineers
and by a sapper, give most vivid and
picturesque idea of the actual fighting.
both above and below ground. around that
tremendous fortress. Some beautiful
photogra phs of Japanese girls in this
number shop more peaceful side of the
national life.
The story OF Boring, the man after
whom Behring'S straits were named, be-
gins Miss Lauts articles on the expior-
ers OF the Pacific.
+ The second installment Of Anna kath-
arine Greene 5 novel. The Woman In the
A3cover Is even more thrilling than th-
first one, and the last chapters of Ralph