Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-07

and Boston. prints that Come
True in Japan" gives Mrs. Fenollosa
an opportunity to describe in her
, most charming style an extraordinary
| collection of photographs just taken
which shows the fidelity of the Jap
anese artists to natural scenery. 'At
the Holy Sepulchre on Easter Eve
is a description by w. G. Fitz-Gerald
of the commemoration today in Jer-
usalem of the tragic events of the
days preceding the first Easter
Where Asia and America Meet is
an account of mining camp on the
coast of Behring Sea, as told by the
assayer of the party, Martin Schwit-
| ter.
The March McClure's.
In the March number of McClure's
! the Christian Science Serial easily
holds first place. 1t deals in detail
with the Quimby controversy that
has waged for twenty-five years be-
tween Christian Scientists, and the
followers of the New Thought move
ment-also called Mental Healers.
A mass of documentary evidence of
the arguments of both sides is pre-
sented in the shape of fac-simile let
ters, affidayits and the like. The in
auguration of Lincoln, the epidemic
of compromise that infected the
country and the breaking out of the
Civil War are dramatically described
in the Carl Schurz "reminiscences.
Waldemar Kaempffert tells what
We Know About Mars" in a lucid
article that describes the marvels
without recourse to the technical
verbiage of science. "The Diary of
an Amateur Waitress" by Maud
Younger, gives us the workers point
of view on an industrial problem.
The fiction of this March McClure's
is especially fine, with eight strong
stories. Villa Sibert Gather, in
romantic story, "The Namesake,"
tells of the conception and growth of
an artists inspiration for his master
piece. Grace King, in the Clod-
hopper gives lis pathetic picture
of plantation hand who finds refuge
after stormy life, in the accustomed
field toll of her youth. NSomepin
Nice for Celia" by Mrs. Wilson
Woodrow, is another of her amusing
Zenith comedies. Rex Beach takes
us again to the humorous west in his
broad farce "The Colognizing of
Kansas. How Chicago's Teamster
Strike affected the homes is dramat-
ically told in "Over Monahan So by
Clara E. Laughlin. "a Suspended
Sentence" by C. T. Revere, is the
story of cowboys devotion that
came TO the surface only when the
man, who had once saved him. at
tacks him with murderous intent.
A delightful young business man of
Ihirteen is Jimmie, the hero of
John McGraw, Jr's. story, How Jim
my Made Good" In THE Love Story
Oh CAD, M. Gauss capitally satiriz-
es a New York type. ITO a Served
Ideal, by Louise Imogen Quincy,
Rose Dolores" by Isabel Ecclestone
Mackay and "The Self" by Cora. Linn
Daniels are distinctive and thought
full verse
The Book News Monthly.
wonderfully generous table Of
contents distinguishes the March
number of The Book News Monthly.
The interest of the number centers
in James Whitcomb Riley: and Sar-
gents beautiful portrait of the poet
appears on the cover, in two coiors. !
Ihe excellent likeness painted by I.
z. Steele is reproduced as portrait
supplement-, and numerous other
photographs illustrate the various.
articles. OF James Whitcomb Riley
as a Person" DR.. Henry van Dyke
writes in his own engaging way;
Riley as Representative Hoosier''
Is considered by Elizabeth Miller,
author of THE Yoke" and saul of
Tarsus." "The Poetry of Riley" has
q graceful and sincere appreciation
from the pen of Bliss Carman; old
friends, Hewitt Hanson Howiand and
Samuel Duff Mccoy, write of that
rare quality, the Riley humors and
George G. HIT contributes an article
on Mr.. Riley as a Public Reader.
Timely Topics. one oe The most