The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-05
FEBRUARY MAGAZINES.

and white, characterize the cor udIS
number of Harpers. Mrs. Deland's nov
ell 1.-The Awakening" enters its second
instalment and from page to page piques
the readers curiosity as 10 WhaI manner
of woman Helena Richie is. The from
tispiece of this number is a striking piece
of color work by Lueius w. Hitchcock
One of Edwin A Abbey's illustrations
for Julius Caesar" is also Reproduced IN
color most effectively, while his remain
ing two drawings are in black and WHITE
Besides these there are nine pictures IN
tint. Mr.. Nevinson concludes ms mar
rative Of the african Slave TRADE Dy
one of the most interesting articles OF
the series, and Professor Pickering, who
occupies the chair Of astronomy at Har-
ward, throws much light on ~, fhe mature 1rir
and phenomena of comets: w M: RIM
ders-Petrie, professor Of Egyptology,
University college, London, tells the story
Of his recent discoveries in Sinai, wh1cn
illuminate a past so remote as TO be We'll
nigh incredible. Professor Thomas r
L.Ounsbury, of Yale. writes informingly
and briskiy on "Schoolmastering the
Speech" and Henry James contributes
brilliant impressiOnistic sketch of New
York Revisited"
THE FOUR-TRACK NEWS.-The Feb
ruary number of the FOur-TIack News
opens with a most interesting article
from the pen Of Bertha H. Smith, en-
titled, THE Knitting Of the Manhattan
Stocking This is descriptive Of the
growth of New York City on Manhattan,
from its small beginning at Battery Park
| ntil 1t embraced the entire island, de
scribing how 1t wove into its limits the
many little towns that had sprung up
along both the East and North rivers:
Across the Andes" Is a description OF
the new route from Buenos Ayres to Val
Taraisa, told by Robert e. Mansfield.
United States consul at the latter city;
L. F. Brown contributes an interesting
fishing article entitled, Angling Wa
ters," and Thomas 9. Harbaugh, In q
characteristically graphic sketch ..0 on
the Banks of the Wabash, 'Old Kings
Chapel" ''Garfield's Old Ohio Home,
| THE Upper Hudson Valley, 'NorWay's
Demand for Independence" and Down
the Richelieu" are interesting articles,
whose titles are self-explanatory; Fran
ces Wilson, in an article entitled The
Visigoth in New York. draws picture
that is exceedingly clever.
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS.
This magazine opens with q description
Alives Ames, Esq, at Prides Crossing,
Mass. This house, of distinctive charm
and marked individuality of design, is
here published for the first time. An
article on THE Garden Altar" by Du-
rando Nichols treats Of the revival OF
the sun-dial in the American garden.
EnOs Brown describes "MyntoOn," the
remarkable structure in Shasta, Cal,
built in the form of a medieval castle,
containing vast rooms thoroughly me
diaeval in design and furnishing, being
on the whole, one Of the most simple
dwellings erected in this country. 1t was
built by Mrs. Phoebe A II Irst. Mabel
luke Priestman tells how to make and
apply stencils. Sydney Hungerford
writes on inexpensive English Houses
That Might be Adapted to American
Uses" which describes buildings Of the
Bonneville village turst. Charles {.
Johnson describes how home work is
taught in our public schools. Joy Wheel
or Dow continues his series on the prin-
ciples IF home decoration In The Phil
csophy of the Library" Ida D. Bennett
contributes a practical paper on Trans
planting" The magazine as usual Is IL
Illustrated IN a sumptuous manner.
SUCCESSIVE leading feature article
of Success Magazine" for February Is
phone Industry in this country. Under
the title Fighting the Telephone Trust,
Paul Latzke tells the dramatic story or
the battle Of 5000 independent operating
telephone companies in the United States
TO overpOwer the gigantic trust that OPP
crates two and a half million telephones,
and that has fenced New YORK CITY, IT'S
greatest stronghold, with court decisions
and legal hindrances Of every kind to
keep its monopoly privileges intact for
ever Mr.. I1atzlke, who Is one OF the pub
Iisher5 of the American Telephone Jour
nal speaks with the authority Of lnOwi-
edge when he goes into the history or
the telephone from its earliest inception,
and traces the progress OK the IitlgaIioini
patents, and fastened "a gougiLg mo
nopoiy'' on the necks Of the American
people. The whole makes a most graphic
and absorbing story. Other articles are
Nv Cleveland Moffett, MoutrCse j. Moses,
Bran Stokes, Henry Harrison Lewis,
Charles Sarko, Lloyd Osbourne- Martha
McCulloch Williams contributes a story,
THE Test"
AMERICAN ILLUSTRATED. - The
February American Magazine is an auto
. til INa
mobile number. The leading arucle, Inc
Heart of the Automobile, by Leroy
Scott, is a most entertaining account OF
what has happened in the automobhe
word since English law obliged man
with a red flag 70 walk before every
motor allowed loose in pubic place. II
| also contains a complete Illustrated de-
! sCription Of every 1906 pleasure car-all
/ facts and figures Among the other ar
ticIes is Henry Kitchell Websters The
Square Deal with Children" an account
| of the work Of Judge Mack and the Chi
| cago Juvenile court-a story or intense
human interest. The second Of w. >.
Harvard's articles on THE Mastery of
the Earth appears in this number, and
! c. H Caffin continues his series with
paper on cOntemporaneous American
painting. The short stories Of the month
are fully up to the Americana standard.
Among the authors are Richard Yashburn
| Child w B. NJ. Ferguson, Dorothy Can
field Charles Battell LOOMS, Charles {.
Lofquest and w. Bates Adams. Miss
| CholmOndeley' serial Prisoners, Is
] lit.
| OUTING.-After looking over the Feb
ruary number of the Outing Magazine,
we think that the publishers have wisely
called it q Pacific coast numher. 1t has
a distinctively western flavor from the
start The cover design is miner pan
! ming gold and the frontispiece a pros
/ rector following his packed boro down
/ the mountain trail. Both are by J. n.
| Marchand and are in color. Other illus
| trations IN color are reproductions Of
| two Of Fernand Lungren's best paintings
| Of the mountains and deserts of the great
| west
Among the articles especially devoted to
/ the Pacific coast in this exceptionally
/ interesting number are the following:
'"The Twentieth Century Argonauts," by
/ Ralph d. Paine; Into the Serene Valley
/ CYosemite),' by GOuVerneur Morris; THE
| Northwest Gateway Of Our Commerce,
| by Hon. Francis A Cushman; The Cali
! fornia Vintage" by Charles f. Holder;
| Where Rolls the Oregon" by Harris
1 LLOYD; 1.-The Americanism Of the Last
/ West by d. II. Brock; and The Folk
| of the Puget Country" by Dan Allan
Wiley. All these articles show that this
wonderland of ours is land of big
! achievements and still bigger POSSIBLE
tipS MANY of these articles are bril-