The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-08-04
LITERARY NOTICES.
AMONG THE MAGAZINES.

Mr.. Lo, the poor Indian, has been much
written about, and yet, as subject he is not
exhausted. To Horper's Maya inc for Au-
gust, G. II. .Farnham, that veteran traveller
through Canada, has contributed an interest
ing article on the Montagnais Indians, who
live in the neighborhood of the Saguenay
River. The paper abounds in fresh infor-
nation, the domestic and wild life of these
Christian red men is therein vigorously de-
scribed, and clew is furnished which helps
to explain why the Dominion Government
has had 30 much less trouble with its native
wards than the United States. The lines
along which the Roman Catholic priests
have worked in their efforts to bring the In
dams out of their utterly barbarous state are
also clearly traced. Protestant missionaries
might profit considerably from a study of
these methods. Eleven excellent illustra-
tions accompany the article.
The August number of the Atlantic Month
IN is characterized by pleasing variety and
range of topics. South Carolina is the scene
of the opening article, 1.-THE Mistress of
Sydenham Plantation" by Sarah Orne jew
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the beginnings of Papal Rome, in the follow
ing article, "a Bishop of the Fifth Century,"
an article which we are inclined to attribute
to Harriet Waters Preston, in part, at least,
inasmuch as it is signed al. W. P. & L. D."
Edmund Noble is the author of ga Call on
Mother Moscow" descriptive of city far
more fascinating and Asiatic than the semi
Partisan capital of Russia. In "An Enchant-
ed Day" Julia G. R. Dorr gives a refreshing
pen-picture of delightful excursion in bon
ny Scotland. The serials of this number are
the concluding chapters of "Yone Santo,"
and two further installments of the highly
colored romance by Charles Eebert Grad
dock, "The Despot of Broomsedge Cove"
story which abundantly sustains the authors
high reputation. Two exceeding timely and
practical contributions, which will be given
close attention just now, are Horace E. Scud-
der's article on Literature in tho Public
Schools" and an unsigned but powerful re-
view of the new book of "Political Essays"
by James Russell Lowell-a book, as we'll as
a critique, which appears OPPORTUNITY, in the
heat of Presidential campaigning. Another
practical contribution is furnished by Presi-
dent Eliot, of Harvard, under the caption
"Can School Programs be Shortened and
Enriched?" William II. Downes discourses
on "Boston Painters and Paintings" Agnes
L. Carter writes about John Evelyn's
Daughter;" and William Cranston Lawton
adds a brilliant essay on "The Prometheus
of Eschylus." The poetry of this number is
by Helen Gray Gone aud Lucy @. Bull.
-Houghton, Mifllin g. Co., Boston.
The Forum for August contains an analy-
sis of the British and American Governments
by Judge James M. Love, of Iowa, who shows
that we have much better system of checks
against the evils of party prejudice and pop
ular within than the English. 1t is a study of
the two Governments by the oldest U. S.
judge in point of service, except one, now on
the bench, Judge Love having been appoint
ed in 1856. The second of the economic ar
ticles by Edward Atkinsons which the Forum
has secured is, " Must Humanity Starve at
Last?" 1t is an effort towards the building up
of a distinctly American Social Science. The
eminent French physician and specialist, DIR.
Oharcot, the highest living authority on the
brain and nerves, writes of 1.-The Topography
of the Brain" Geo. w. Cable contributes
an open letter to the freedmen, entitled,
What Shall the Negro Do?" giving them