Alexander’s Magazine

The Planet praises Alexander’s Magazine as “the most excellent publication,” citing its inclusion of work by “the great African composer” S. Coleridge-Taylor and Dr. Booker T. Washington.

Alexander’s Magazine has just reached our office. It is in every respect the most excellent publication of the character we have ever seen. The table of contents reveal an unusual array of fine literary talent. Perhaps the most notable contribution to the Magazine is that of the sketch of the life of S. Coleridge-Taylor, the great African composer. This sketch is written by Dr. Booker T. Washington of the Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. There are two fascinating love stories and a sketch of Madam Estelle Pinckney Clough, the New England Nightingale, whose residence is at Worcester, Mass., and a catchy little story entitled “Outwitting the Devil” by a distinguished citizen of Massachusetts. The Editor contributes a sketch of the life of Mrs. Carrie W. Clifford of Cleveland, Ohio, and a tribute to the late Joseph Jefferson. There are quite a number of other very excellent contributions to the May Number of Alexander’s Magazine. The subscription price of the magazine is but $1.00 a year and 10 cents a copy.

Our readers desiring to see this publication may send 10 cents for a specimen copy to Charles Alexander, 714 Shawmut Avenue, Boston, Mass.

“Alexander’s Magazine,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed February 15, 2026, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/373.