New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-28
THE MAGAZINES.

Colonel Higgnson's paper in Hd per on the
French vOydgeurs. Cartier, Jean Ribaut and their
compeers and successors Is graphic and picturesque
The same may be said OF Nh. G. +. Adanss article
on that wild fellow, Sn Christopher Gardiner.
Perhaps the peasantes paper in the number Is that
in when or Boughton, with an admirably light
and playful touch, continues his "reminiscences OF
travel IN Holland. His illustrations are full OF
humor and character. Mr. Blacks "Shandon
Bells IN approaching It's conclusion becomes dsap-
ponting. The transition of the hero's affections
from one lady to another ia 80 lightly and hastily
described that the reader gets the Impression that
the author tired OF his work and ha, hurried the
end. The story is IN many ways superior to Mi.
Blacks previous novels and this failure In art Is
therefore all the more to be regretted.
The North american Reriec for March has varied
and attractive table OF contents but as the articles
themselves do not in comprehensiv euess OF treat
ment adequately fulfil the promise Of the titles the
papes are turned with slight sense OF dsaproint-
ment. The leading place is assigned to ID superficial
paper by Mr.. Henry George on Money IN Elec-
tIousD in which he contends that 1t ough to DE
nossible TO break up Ia the United States system
which tends to bar out all but the INSCRIPTIONS
rich. OF the still more INSCRIPTIONS poor" aud as
sumes that democratic government IS with us be-
coming failure" and that we are diving toward
oligarchy and Cesarism IN new form" these
being the demoralizng tendencies of the use OF
money in American politics. naturally looks for
large suggestions the way Of practical re'oIm.
and 10 surprised not to find anything more serious
tnan O recommendation that banners, torchhghts
and the marching of uniformed clubs DO dlscon-
rinued that public halls or grammar school houses
be provided for political ceilings for the expense
OF lighting and cleaning that systematic treating
nd ,at nv he adj fouO a An
tralian plan of voting the expense of printing be
lar, civ reduced and the services of WORK ers and
ticket pediars he dispensed with This Australian
plap which has been adopted ia England Mr.
George considers the greatest single reform that
can be introduced. He apparently overooEs the
fact that in England with that system the election
OF penses of members of Parliament are 10 heavy
that only rich men can afford TO be candidates. and
the abuses and corrupt practices have become so
glaring that the present Government has prepared
a most stringent bill for their repression. Some
thing In addition to the Australian method OF vot-
ing will lie required if the evils the OF money
p elections are to he obvated in the United States.
MI. Moncure d. Conway's paper on Gladstone"
is interesting and well written, but IS married by
several Eighty and hypercritcal passages which are
seemingly introduced the purpose Of freeing the
author from the Suspicion of hero-worship. What
can he mean by saying that Mr.. Gladstone cannot
be called popular man, and that the ardor of en-
tbus,asm which he has excited in England bears
indications Of faith in him. rather than OF personal
liking for him"i We venture to say that Mr.. Glad
stone il honored and loved simply because ho has
forced Englishmen to believe in him, and that his
great rival. Lord Beaconsield. never was popular
because the country had no faith In him. MIR. Coz
WAYS references to Irish affairs exceedingly I'M
fortunate. e" The appointment of Lord Frederick
~ ~ % fr la 4 rd Ian. lafI Ira
land seems hardly expcable by any other theory
than that OF his overweening esteem for the one
nobleman Of his family connection" Now Lord
Frederick CaVendIsh, to begin with, was appointed
Chlef Secretary and not Lord Lieutenant; and his
appointment Was explicabe on two simple
grounds: hrst he was the Premers confidential as
s,ciate in the Treasury Department, and conse
ouently was convenient and Trustworthy agent
since the Premier reversing his Irish policy
wished the country to understand that he himself
would DO personally responsible for the results ;
aud secondly in the crisis which had arisen 1t was
necessary for the Premier not only to have Lord
Hartngton's cooperation but to give the country
convincing proof that he had It,. and this he could
do by appointing Cavendsh as chief Secretary
Mr. Richard A. Proctor has entertaining paper on
q The Pyramid of Cheops" n sub ject which he has
already discussed exhaustivey in the English pc
| riodical press. In "Protective Taxes aud Wages"
! Professor W. G. Sumner promulgated his dognas In
| his characteristic cathedra manner, expressing
his lofty disdain of ignorant who expose
themselves to riicule by such preposterons no
tons" and affirming that il is pure demagogism to
represent 1t as OF the functions of the Govern
ment to make wages high. or in any way to pol the
| laborng classes" Mr.. Elizur Wright contributes
what to our mind is the most valuable paper in thu
number, Some Aspects of Lite Insurance."
|
Lippinoott has two clever sketches, 'Polanders' In
Texas" and The Stirring-Of." Asensible paper on
Invalid Life in the south" will be Of real service
20 many sufferers from pulmonary diseases. 1t 10
remarkably practical AID reasonable, and Is evil
| IDENTIFY the fruit Of personal experience.
new writer vf short stories in the per-