Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1898, Page 21

21 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1898-24 PAGES, IT COSTS ONLY $1.00 A YEAR BY SUBSCRIPTION MicCLURE’S MA McCr ures Macazine has reached a circulation of 400,000 copies a month because it is the best Magazine published anywhere at any price, and because One Dollar pays for a year's subscription and it can be bought from any bookseller or newsdealer in the United States, Canada or Mexico for 10 cents a copy. Below will be found a very brief description of a few of the notable features for the coming year. product of Kipling’s genius—i. e. “Stalky,”’ McTurk, and Beetle THE THREE ADVENTURERS OF THE SCHOOL are a trio such as has never been presented in fiction. STORIES OF BOY INTRIGUE, STRATEGY AND DARING they have the real spirit of the youthful, joyous, rough-and-tumble life of a boys’ school. Though “Stalky,” McTurk, and Beetle are resourceful in mischief, they are wholesome, The chief characters in these new and splendid stories of schoolboy life—the latest AZINE ror 1899 A SERIES OF DASHING SHORT STORIES BY RUDYARD KIPLING Under the General Title of “STALKY & CO.” Other Short Stories os Our short stories during the coming year il be of unusual distinction. They will come such writers as: Rudyard Kipling William Allen White Hamlin Garland Stephen Crane Shan F. Bullock Robert Barr John A. Hill Cutcliffe Hayne Morgan Robertson Clinton Ross Sarah Orne Jewett Octave Thanet Sarah Barnwell Elliott E. Nesbit Ellen Glasgow fessional We shall publish also a number of very striking stories by new writers. And those tort, crisp, dramatic episodes from real life ch our readers have come to know as a special feature of MCCLURE'’S, and which are better than any fiction, will be frequent. In nary art. possible to no other writer. Great Art Features Its illustrations will continue to be one of the Maga- zine’s special points of distinction. The best artists, no less than the best writers, will be contributors through the com- ing year. As pictures in McCLURE'’S are published pri- marily to illustrate something, and not simply because they pictures, the announcements of articles are, in some ure, an announcement also of the pictures. For in- nce, the new Kipling serial—the fact incidentally men- tioned that these connected stories are all illustrated by L. Rayen-Hill is searcely less of a distinction for the Magazine that the text is by Kipling. We have in preparation, vever, a number of articles in which the interest and dis- tion is primarily artistic. C. D. GIBSON’S EXPERIENCES IN EGYPT Last spring Mr. Gibson visited Egypt in the interest of CLURE’S MAGAZINE. He studied the country not ly from the point of view of the artist, but from the point view of a keen American observer who could not fail to rk the present condition of the Egyptians and the in- lue nd effects of the English control in Egypt. The of Khartoum, which seals the destiny of Egypt as an Eng- colony, adds a peculiar timely interest to Mr. Gibson’s k. The illustrations will be most elaborate, and the rticles will show Mr. Gibson as a writer of very unusual litic LIFE MASKS OF GREAT AMERICANS A New Series of Unpublished Browere Casts from Life When we published last year the series of Browere’s Life Masks of Great Americans with Mr. Charles Henry Hart's romantic story of how the masks were made, then lost and then recovered, it was remarked on every side that we had made a most interesting and valuable contribution to the pictorial history of the country. A second series of these 1aryelous masks is in preparation, giving the living images of Dolly Madison, De Witt Clinton, Gilbert Stuart, Martin Buren, Commodore David Porter, Attorney General Charles Francis Adams and John Quincy Adams. It found quite equal in human and historical importance the earlier series. general whether fiction or truth, we may mention more particularly the following: TRUE STORIES OF THE EAST AND Mr. Fraser is a civil engineer, and his pro- work has taken him into many parts of India and about all parts of Canada. And wherever he has gone he has had an eager interest in whatever was rare and picturesque in the locality and in the lives of the people. Thus he has gathered material for no end of good stories—stories that in their substance are always true and often are true to the very letter as well. our readers already have proof, with no ordi- Knowing the conditions from day to day and devoting practically department of short stories, THE WEST By W. A. Fraser sible conditions. And these stories he tells, as AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A TELEGRAPH OPERATOR Chapters of Personal Experience and Adventure as an Operator and Train-Despatcher. Captain Jasper E. Brady, now of the Army, began life as a telegraph operator. in railroad and commercial offices in about all parts of the country and under about all pos- The Romantic Side of the Telegraph Qper- ator’s Life. These chapters are a’seriés of choice stories from Captain Brady’s own experience, illus- trating the telegraph operator's life. stories of midnight visits from sportive cow- boys and desperate train robbers at lonely sta- tions on the frontier; of’ encounters with THE WAR ON SEA AND ITS LESSONS BY CAPTAIN A. T MAHAN The Foremost Naval Authority in the World Captain Mahan is not only the foremost naval authority now living, but in discussing this particular war he has, as a member of the Naval Strategy Board, that first-hand command of plans and events that is months to studying the various problems as they arose, he took an im- portant part in shaping campaigns. Thus Captain Mahan brings a double qualification of the highest and rarest sort to this particular will be the December number. Term.” He served By John A. Hill months to come. They are work, and therefore the articles have an interest beyond any of his previous writings. Day by day he studied the war in its making, and helped to make it, and now he reviews the movements which he helped THE GREATEST CONTRIBUTION TO TH honest, manly boys—the most real, attractive, likeable boys since Tom Brown. The stories ILLUSTRATED BY L. RAVEN-HILL an artist pre-eminently fitted, by talent, personal experience, and sympathy with the subject, to do justice to the incidents and characters of Kipling’s stories. The first chapter or episode relates how “Stalky” got his name, and will appear in The successive stories that follow from month to month relate other escapades and adventures of the dauntless three, and bear such titles as, “An Un- savory Interlude,” “The Moral Reformers,” “The Little Prep,” “The Last strange “freaks” of operators along the line; of train-despatchers suddenly losing their judgment and fairly flinging trains into col- lision; of despatchers forced, in a strike, to switch cars and run locomotives; of “cutting in” wrecking lines at times of disaster. STORIES OF REAL RAILROAD LIFE Mr. John A. Hill, the author of “Midsum- mer Night’s Trip,” “A Peg-Legged Romance,” and “Jim Wainwright’s Kid,” published in recent numbers of the Magazine, will continue his stories of real railroad life for several HAMLIN GARLAND’S INDIAN STORIES Following “Custer’s Last Fight as Seen by Two Moons,” published a few months ago, there will be other true stories of the Indians, to plan by the light of complete knowledge of the whole development of naval warfare. His articles are eagerly awaited in Europe and America for their suggestions and indications as to the ships, operations, and strategy of the future. They are without doubt E HISTORY OF THE WAR recorded by Mr. Garland in the Indian’s own words. Among them will be “Sitting Bull's Defiance,” a fine story of Sitting Bull’s refusal to treat with the commissioner from the gov- ernment, and his insensibility to fine words and rich gifts; and “Rising Wolf, Ghost Dancer.” Rising Wolf's autobiography, giv- ing strange instances of his power of magic and his story of how he acquired it. NEW «“BOYVILLE” STORIES By W. A. White Mr, White, the author of the “Boyville” sto- ries, those most refreshing and delightful tales of real boy life, will be a frequent contributor to the magazine during the coming year. He is now engaged upon a literary effort of un- usual importance, which will reveal his powers in an entirely new field. Newest Knowledge THE MAN-LIFTING WAR KITE This is an article by Captain B. Baden-Powell of the British Army, giving an account of his own experiments and experiences, which finally resulted in the triumph of con- structing a kite that would lift and carry a man and promises to develop into an important appliance in warfare. The illustrations show the kite flying and the man in the basket lifted far above the tree tops. TELEGRAPHING WITHOUT WIRES We hope to publish in the coming months some very interesting matter on the subject, especially from Mr. W. H. Preece, Engineer-in-Chief of the Telegraph Department of the English Postal System, on the latest experiments of the British postal authorities. THE MARVELS OF THE SEA This is an account of the zoological station at Naples, where all the animal and vegetable growths of the Mediter- ranean Sea have been gathered, still living. The article will be fully illustrated, and will be one of the most interesting of the kind that we have ever published. UNSOLVED PROBLEMS OF ASTRONOMY This is the title of a remarkable article by Simon New- comb, one of the most eminent of living astronomers. An- other article by Professor Newcomb, combining the same popular and readable qualities with the latest and most au- thoritative information, is “How Planets are Weighed.” SEEING A THOUSAND MILES Jan Szezepanik, a young Hungarian school teacher, has invented an instrument called the telectroscope which trans- mits a whole picture by telegraph, so that it appears to a beholder miles away complete, and even in the natural colors of the object portrayed. The article will be fully illustrated, A GREAT HISTORICAL SERIAL reater snccess than Miss Tarbell’s articles on the Early Life of Lincoln. write asking when they might expect the series promised by Miss Tarbell on No series of articles, in any magazine, ever had’a As soon as these articles were ended, subscribers began t CRUISING ON THE OCEAN’S BOTTOM Mr. Simon Lake, inventor of the Lake Submarine Boat, has prepared an interesting article on his successful cruises on the bottom of the sea. He has travelled in this way nearly 1,200 miles all told—a distance equal to half way across the Atlantic. Once while at the bottom of the Chesa- peake Bay he telephoned with Washington, Baltimore, and New York. With illustrations. A DIVING TORPEDO BOAT The “Holland” is a torpedo boat. She sails on the sur- face, goes to the bottom, or makes her way through the water at any distance between the top and bottom that her captain chooses. She is the terror of the man-of-war, and is one of the most remarkable products of mechanical skill. Mr. Franklin Matthews describes in an article his own strange experience during a submarine trip on the “Hol- land.” Travel and Exploration PEARY’S ADVANCE ON THE POLE Licutenant Peary is now well up toward the North Pole, conducting a campaign that gives better promise than any previous expedition of bringing the explorer to the very pole. Just before sailing, he wrote for the Magazine an article describing his equipment and his plans and setting forth his hopes and his purposes on this expedition, which is to be continued for years, if years prove necessary to the accomplishment of its end of finding the Pole. TIENELIK AND HIS PEOPLE v This is a most interesting account of the personal char- akteristics of the Christian king of Abyssinia—a strong, beld warrior; a firm, far-sighted ruler; and a man, half savage though he is, of as many mighty and picturesque qualities as Bismarck was. THE LATER LIFE OF LINCOLN and such inquiries have continued in great numbers ever since. overlooked; and by her rare industry and talent and her exceptio: the practical limits of magazine publication has been a lon and contain much new material of exceptional interest and importance, including The Story of the W augural; Unpublished Lincoln Letters Recently Discovered; Over Four Hundred Lincoin Side of Lincoln’s Life During the War; Lincoin’s Body Guard at the White House; Presidential Nomination in 1864; Lincoln with the Army; Lincoln’s 125 tat 28 tren SS MOCHAIRE CO. ce co | i) Os OT Miss Tarbell was resolved that no important new material should be mal connections, she secured such an abundance that to bring it within labor. The articles begin in McCLURE’S MAGAZINE for December, riting of the First In- Telegrams; The Personal Lincoln and Grant and the Daily Life in Washington. HUNTING ON ELEPHANTS An early article will relate the experiences of a famous hunter of big game, in hunting the tiger and the rhinoceros on elephants. This is, undoubtedly, the most daring and thrilling ct the sportsman undertakes, and the hunter in question has had many rare adventures. The article will be fully illustrated from photographs taken during the hunt. STRANGE PHASES OF REAL LIFE Sea-Builders, The United States Government maintains more than 1,100 lighthouses. The history of the building and main- tenance of these abound in stories of heroic human endeavor and endurance; and this is all exhibited in a very interesting way in an article prepared for the Magazine by Ray Stan- nard Baker, with the above title. LIFE IN THE DEEPEST MINES The deepest mines in the world are the tin mines of Cornwall. Some of them are 3,000 feet deep, and lie in part under the Atlantic Ocean, one of them a mile out from shore. It is a strange life, as well as cne of constant danger, that the men who work these mines lead. R. H. Sherard has written for the Magazine an article describing it, and telling many curious stories regarding its hardships and dan- gers. The article will be very fully illustrated. STORIES OF THE SECRET SERVICE No men have had stranger and more thrilling experi- ences than those who have served in the Government Secret Service. At the head of this service during the War was General Lafayette C. Baker. Serving under him were two cousins, J. Stannard Baker and Luther B. Baker. A rela- tive of all three, Mr. Ray Stannard Baker, has talked over their exploits with them and received from them many im- portant documents, and out of this material he has prepared several true Secret Service stories,