Munsey's Magazine, November 1898

# Munsey's Magazine, November 1898: "In the Public Eye"

This issue's feature section presents brief biographical and newsworthy sketches of contemporary figures of international prominence, illustrated with portraits and photographs. Subjects include Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, examined as a marriageable young monarch of independent spirit; Lieutenant Robert Peary, whose Arctic expedition aims to reclaim the "farthest north" record from Norwegian explorer Dr. Nansen, currently wintering in North Greenland with the steam yacht Windward, Eskimos, and supplies; and Gilbert John Murray Kynynmound Elliot, the fourth Earl of Minto, the new Governor General of Canada, whose military service includes Afghanistan, Egypt, and participation in suppressing the Riel rebellion.

Additional profiles cover Thomas Lipton, businessman-philanthropist establishing the Alexandra Trust to provide cheap meals in London; the Bismarck family and their financial circumstances; Princess Salm-Salm (Agnes Leclerc), who served the Union cause during the American Civil War and later worked to save Emperor Maximilian in Mexico; and Russian Czar Nicholas, whose peace proposals contrast with military expansion in Central Asia. Photographs accompany sketches of Secretary of State John Hay, Captain Charles Clark, British Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain, and various European nobility.