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Show ! THE MAGAZINES. If. The Bankers Magazine for January discusses dis-cusses with conservative candor and sen-flblo sen-flblo moderation Mr. Lavson's sensational attacks on stocks. Under tho title, "A Femlnlno Napoleon of Finance," It discusses dis-cusses In a partly caustic, partly humorous humor-ous vein, the operations of Mrs. Chad-wlck. Chad-wlck. In consj.dorlng "Failure to En-forco En-forco the National Banking Law," It Is severe on the Comptroller of tho" Currency Cur-rency for not closing tho Oborlln National bank, when tho examiner's report showed last April that It had vlolatod tho law by loaning more than ten per cent of tho bank's capital to one person (Mrs. Chad-wlck). Chad-wlck). Thc outlook for business at tho opening tho year is favorably commented upon. "Combining Gambling and Thrift" Is a criticism on tho proposed public lotteries lot-teries In Franco and Germany. "TJio Evolution Ev-olution of Negotlablo Securities' Is a careful and Interesting summary. The "State Statutes Rolatlng to Trust Company" Com-pany" series has In this number tho legislation legis-lation of Kentucky. Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, and Massachusetts, on tho subject. sub-ject. Announcement Is mado of the serial publication of "A Practical Treatlso on Banking and Commerce," by deorge Hague, a great Canadian authority. "Value "Val-ue of an Independent Examination of a Bank" Is demonstrated, and the numbor contains Its usual summaries of reports, decisions and full quotations. ll Is a great and able publication. The Bankers P Publishing Co., Now York. A now publlcatlonMs Tho Garden Maga-I Maga-I zlno, Issued by Doublcday, Pngo & Com-I Com-I pany, who have made such a shining suc- i cees withSheir Country Llfo In America, I The February numbor of Tho Garden I :. Magazlno la the llrst lssuo; It opens with I . "The Gardener's Reminder," which has I ; , many useful hints. "Tho Best Irises," I . "All tho Foxgloves Worth Cultivating," I ; "Tho Best Evergreen Trees for tho S Northern United States," "Why Hardy ; PIant3 DIo In Winter, and. How to Save U Them." "The Problem of tho Wooden J J Fence," "How to Buy Fertlllzora," S ''. "Greenhouses Costing ?100 to JX0," "Gar-m4 "Gar-m4 J denlng Without Backache," "Flowering 1 ' Trees andShrubs," "Tho Famous Geor-I Geor-I : fla Collards," "Tho Cultivation of jCol-1 jCol-1 j lards, "Tho Southern Gardener's Re-it Re-it minder. "What Coldframcs Aro Good t lor and How to, Make Them," "A New ) Reason Why Roses Should be Ordered j Early," "Cheap Spraying Outfits for Homo 1 Gardens," "A Boston Fern with Fronds j; Eight Feet Long," "Tho Very Earliest H I Flowers," 'Torclng Rhubarb and Awpara-l Awpara-l . un Without Expense," "What to Do with )j fjr Bulbs after Blooming," "Inoculating the JI Boll," "Moro Enjoyment and Less Work," j ii ''A Succoasful Home Fruit Garden," aro epcclaltles that glvo nn Idea of tho scopo of tho magazine. Besides, Edith Lorlng Fullerton explains "How to Plan the Veg-ctablo Veg-ctablo Garden;" L, H. Bal'loy Instructs as to "Originality In Gardens;" John Crals tells of "Tho Training and Pruning of Grapes;" E. P. Felt writes of and Illustrates Illus-trates "How to Kill the San Joso Scale," a valuable paper; and Frank H. Presley in "From Dlnlng-Room to Tropics," shows how to havo a gardon of tropical plants. The articles aro beautifully and profusely Illustrated, and this new magazine maga-zine is sure to win success by Its great merit and attractiveness. Ainsleo's for February has a now val-,cntlno val-,cntlno cover design, which gives It a rich appearance. The llrst of its stories is a novelette by Sowelll Ford, "Cherub Divine." Di-vine." whloh. 13 decidedly fotching. a charmingly told story- There is a strong essay on "English and American Society," So-ciety," on tho idea of asking whether It pays to go Into IU Tho serial, "The Deluge," Del-uge," by David Graham Phillips, opens strongly Alan Dalo comments on "Strange Dramatic Influences," and Archibald Lowery Sessions tells of the now books. There are short stories by Holman F. Day, Thcodosla' Garrison. William Wil-liam G. Brander, J. J. Bell, and others, and poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Margaret Mar-garet Houston, and John B. Tabb. It is "tho magazine that entertains," and it novor falls to do so. Tho Alnsleo Magazine Maga-zine Co.. New York Tho Smart Set for February opens with a bright, well-written novelette by Arthur Ar-thur Stringer, "The Eavesdroppers," which Is lively and full of action; a Httlo sport on racing, with a long shot to win. There are poems by Joaquin Miller, Richard Kirk, Edward W. Barnard, Florence Flor-ence Wilkinson, John Arbuthnot, Madeline Made-line Bridges, Algernon Tassln, Clinton Scollard, and others; and good short Bto-rles Bto-rles by Elliott Flower, Tom Masson. Owen Oliver, and a flno array of artistic writers. writ-ers. It is a brilliant monthly, well named "a magazino of clovcrness." Tho Ess Ess Publishing Co., Now York. In Everybody's Magazine for February Charles Edward Russell begins the story of "Tho Greatest Trust in tho World.'' the meat trust, a series of articles prepared pre-pared after special investigation. Thomas W. Lawson continues his "Frenzied Finance, Fi-nance, tho Story of the Amalgamated," In which the sins of others aro freely told. "Tho Hunt for Bohemia," "Tho Last Days of Stsamboatlng," "Intlmato Portraits of Four Prominent Women," "Tho Players," "Little Stories of Real Life," "Tho Autobiography of a Marrlea Man," and a number of good stories and poems, make up a first-class number of this wide-awake publication. lts publishers, publish-ers, Tho Rldgway-Thayer Company, New York, aro making a great success of this magazine, and It deserves that success. Young's Magazino for February has fifteen fif-teen short, snappy stories, whloh make good reading. Thoy aro of wide variety, and cover many fields of action. Tho authors au-thors show both good Imagination and skill in tho preparation of the talcs. It Is a breezy readable magazine. Courtland H. Young, publisher, New York. Tho Red Book for February has a new and pleasant winter scene for cover dc-Hign, dc-Hign, and there aro eighteen full-pago portraits por-traits which are art studies that adorn tho number, and would adorn any publica tion. There are seventeen short stories, nil Illustrated, and all good reading Noted names appear as authors Nelson Lloyd, Harry Irving Greene, Anno Warner, War-ner, Juliet Sager, Owen Oliver, Ellzaboth Phlpps Train, Katharine Lord, Julia F. Dcane, and others. It Is a well-made, attractive at-tractive magazino. that deserves a wide circulation. The Red Book Corporation, publishers, Chicago. From the Chicago Dally News wo have tho annual of that concern for 1905. It gives an Immense amount of Information about Chicago and surroundings; tho distances dis-tances from Chicago to all prominent points In tho United States, cable and telegraph rates from Chicago, tho lake trade of Chicago, Chicago's sporting record, rec-ord, and, In short, It answers pretty much any question that could bo asked about Chicago. It Is a specialty that is both valuable and Interesting, good for Information Infor-mation and reference, |