Show Scribnfirs Magazine The frontispiece of Scribners Maqazire for March is a strong and dignified portrait por-trait of M Thiers engraved from the painting by Healy which has not before I been reproduced The first article The i i Stability of the Earth by Prof N b I Shalerris a full and comprehensive discussion dis-cussion of the whole subject of earth qHakes and kindred phenomena The illustrations which are very numerous air mainly taken from photographs which have been collected by Professor I Shaler and cover a very wide area Aunt bountams Prisoner is a snort vary by Joel Chandler Hams which displays all the oldtime sm and clever vprness of Hoc e Remaa The third instalment of exMinister Washburnes Reminiscences of the Siege and Cow mune of Paris decribcs the estabhsu mnt of the Commune and many of the exciting and ternole incidents teat occurred oc-curred duiiag its reign The thrte chapters of the semi deihs Brother s Wife abound in incident aid fully I come up to the high expectations aroused by the earlier instalments Mr B nner carries his Story of a New York Haute down io a somewhat later period I in the history of the city ana it is bnfn cieuc to av that it loses none of the grace and charm which aroused such I interest in its opening chapters Mr I Edward J Lowells article on The Bayeux Tapestry hich is profusely ilustrated with reprodllctions of striking scenes from that famous work is of tim greatest interest and value Tde second part of M 8 of Dales amusing novelette novel-ette The Residuary Legatee does not fall behind the first in its power to in terest and to stimulate curiosity The hero is carried through novel episode with a Polish eooateas and some light C is thrown on his previous mysterious actions What is an Instinct is the I question which is answered by Prof William James in a thoughtful and scholarly article which is marked by uuusual vigor and freshness of expression expres-sion Father Andrei is a srongly conceived story of Russian Life by Robert Gordon Butler in which the character of the simple old village priest and his gradual sinking under the weight of imputed crime is drawn with a firm and realistic touch Condon a dramatic story of a Paris mystery by T R Sullivan is i fitting conclusion to a number unusually rich in fiction Inverse In-verse Andrew Lang contributes a characteristic char-acteristic Ballade of the enitents and there is a sonnet by Mrs Armytage New York Charles Scribners Magazine Mag-azine I |