"A Neglected Datum," by C. A. Bennett-"Letters to Certain People of Importance: To the Proof Reader," by Winifred Kirkland-"Obituaries-for Women," by Florence Guy Woolston-"Our New "The Prophet and the Profiteer," by Malcolm La Prade; illustrated by the author. "Preference," by Berton Braley. Drawings by Bryant Fryer, A. B. Walker, C. F. Peters, Calvert Smith. A few of the features in next month's issue HARPER'S MAGAZINE FOR FEBRUARY PHILIP GIBBS ON THE PRICE OF VICTORY IN FRANCE Philip Gibbs presents a graphic picture of the disappointment, disillusionment, and concern for the future which has come upon France-the slow processes of rehabilitation, the dubious progress of the League of Nations, and the eventual danger of a rehabilitated Germany springing once more to arms. WHAT MR. GEORGE THINKS OF US W. L. George, who is now making an extended survey of America, records with wit and insight his impressions of our most conspicuous and characteristic traits our sentimentalism, idealism, speed, hospitality, and restless desire to exploit our own souls. AN ARTICLE FOR EVERY BUSINESS MAN Thomas W. Lamont discusses some of the economic and fiscal problems that will confront the incoming administration. MAROONED ON AN ATOLL James Norman Hall, left behind on a remote South Sea island because he happened to teach the natives the time-forgetting game of marbles, describes his experiences while waiting for a rescuing vessel. THE GIANT RAM OF NORTHERN CHINA Roy Chapman Andrews tells of hunting the argali-the giant sheep-in the Shansi Mountains-a hunters' paradise which the presence of bandits has kept heretofore almost untouched. UNUSUAL FICTION by Edwina Stanton Babcock, Mrs. Henry Dudeney, Arthur Sherburne Hardy, Johnson Morton, and Clarence Day, Jr. Delightful illustrations in color, tint and black and white "The Layman," by Brooks Shepard-"The Refuge of the Past," by Richard Le Gallienne-"Leaf from the Journal of Orlob, the Novelist," Translated by Fleta Campbell Springer-"Autobiography," by A few of the features in next month's issueHARPER'S MAGAZINE FOR MARCH WHAT PHILIP GIBBS THINKS ABOUT IRELAND Philip Gibbs has made an extensive survey of conditions in all the waraffected countries and has written especially for HARPER'S MAGAZINE a series of impressive articles entitled, "The Malady of Europe." In the March issue he describes the present impasse in Ireland and what the average Englishman thinks about it. ARE AMERICANS WOMAN-WORSHIPERS? W. L. George is here on his own special ground when he analyzes the American woman. This authority on feminism is not to be led into the conventional tributes of the visiting foreigner to her charm and beauty. He weighs and balances and surmises-and the result is really interpretive and unexpected. PROBLEMS THAT FACE THE NEW ADMINISTRATION Thomas W. Lamont discusses three vital problems that must immediately engage the serious attention of the country-namely, taxation, tariff, and America's foreign trade. NEW LAFCADIO HEARN LETTERS After the death of Henry Mills Alden a series of letters written to him by Lafcadio Hearn during his stay at Martinique was found among his papers. These witness not only to the advice and help given to a young, aspiring writer by the editor of HARPER'S MAGAZINE, but throw new light upon Lafcadio Hearn's elusive personality and literary beliefs. STARVING WHILE ONE EATS Modern science has discovered certain stimulants found in milk, green vegetables, fruits, etc., which are vital to health. Deprived of these socalled vitamines, we suffer partial starvation, and disease and death follow. Ellwood Hendrick tells of the latest discoveries in regard to these mysterious and hitherto unknown bodies which still baffle chemical analysis. A LAND OF CHARM AND LITTLE WORK James Norman Hall and Charles Nordhoff picture a lotus isle off the beaten South Sea track where a certain white man of striking personality exerts an autocratic but beneficient domination over the natives. UNUSUAL SHORT STORIES by G. K. Chesterton, Fleta Campbell Springer, Sinclair Lewis, and A. S. M. Hutchinson. The Man Who Knew Too Much. A Story. GILBERT K. CHESTERTON 495 504 "A Gamble in Futures," by Frederick L. Allen-"My Neighbor and Myself," by Robert Palfrey Utter "The Benefactor of Upper Haddock," by Hayden Carruth; illustrated by R. M. Brinkerhoff. Draw- Personal and Otherwise A New Type of Business Story-Taking the Editor to Task-The Function of Travel Articles |