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"A Dangerous Cats-paw," a novel, by
David Christie Murray and Henry Murray,
and 1.-The Madduxes," a novel, by Jean
Middlemas. are issued in the Globe Library,
by Rand, McNally q Co., Chicago.
Magazines of the Month.
Harper for March opens with very in
teresting paper by Theodore Child, on the
French Academy. He gives history of
the institution from its establishment as
part of vast scheme of Capitalization by
Louis XIV to its present organization. as
formed after the restoration. Descriptions
are gwen of many of the pr esent members.
the meetings of the body and the work it is
supposed to accomplish. So near an ap-
preach to the forty immortals is some
none the less entertaining. The article is
well illustrated. A contribution of cur
rent interest is Charles Dudley Warmers
Comments ON Canada" Mr.. Warner says
on this head:
1.-The railway development. the Canadian
Pacific alone has changed within five years
the prospects of the political situation.
1t has brought together the widely sepa-
rated provinces. and has given anew I'M
pulse to the sentiment of nationality. 1t
has produced a sort of unity which no act
of Parliament could ever create But it
has done more than this; it has changed the
relation of England to Canada. The Do
minion is felt to be much more important
part of the British empire than it was ten
years ago, and In England, within less than
ten years, there has been a revolution IN
colonial policy. With line of fast steam
ers from the British islands to Halifax,
with lines of fast steamers from Vancouver
to Yokohama, Hong Kong and Australia,
with an all-rail transit. within British linn
its, through an empire of magnlhcent
possible British overflow, will Eng.
land regard Canada as weakness!
1t is true that on this continent
the day of dynasties IS over. and that the
people will determine their own place. But
there are great commercial forces at work
that cannot be ignored, which seem strong
enough to keep Canada for a long I'll me on
her present line of development In British
Connection" An illustrated paper by Curt
Won Zilau describes Vienna and its ring
strasse." Prof. Norman Lockyer in an arti.
Gle entitled 1.-The Origin of Celestial
Species" discusses his new theory of the
origin of the heavenly bodies. William M.
Chase is considered in the American artist
series. George William Curtis comments
on "Motley's Letters" Some interesting
"reminiscences of Edgar Allen Poe, told by
s Vae short
stories and poems complete the number.
George Kennan's chapter of Siberian ex-
periences in the March Century is less har-
rowing than preceding chapters, being
mainly an account of his interview with
the grand Lama of the transbaikal-a
gorgeous persOnage-and of the very re-
| markabIe chief of police who piloted him
into the dignitary's presence. Magazine
readers who have no regulations as art
critics to sustain are unable to enter into
| the spirit of wOrshipful admiration which
animates the writer's who are discussing a
series of ''Old masters" Theyihave, indeed,
probably derived more amusement than art
education from cOntem platiOn of their
works as represented.in illustrations. If
| the wOrkswere described as rudimentary
studied, the wonder would be less.
| 1t is impossible, however. for the
ordinary observer to regard Taddeo Gadde's
Music for instance, as thing of grace,
The installment of the life of Lincoln"
completes the. story of emancipation.
Christian Ireland" is the subject of an
| illustrated paper by Charles de Kay. Mrs
Van Rensselaer, describes York Cathedral
| Joseph Pennell. Edward Eggleston con-
| tributes a review of Bryce's American
| Commonwealth" Congressman Reed dis
| cusses the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatlves," and suggests some changes
needed for the purpose of expediting 1egis-
| latiOn. Among other contributions are
| Something ELECTRICITY Is Doing" "The
Use of Oil to Still the Waves" and Dutch
| Painters at Home" Frank Dempster Sher-
man. James Whitcomb Riley and Herbert
d. Ward are the pOetical contributors.
The railway mail service is described in
all its details by ex-Postmaster-g general
James in March Scribner. He prefaces his
account of the workings of the present sys-
tenn by history of the evolution of mail
carrying The article is profusely illus
trated. "a German Rome" by Prof. w. b.
| Scott. is a description of the German city
| of Treves, which was once the capital of a
| part of the Roman territory, and is now
| noted as a center of Roman antiquities.
| William III. Burnham writes of Economy
| In Intellectual Work." and mentions many
| methods by which nervous energy is need
| lessly wasted by literary workers, and with
| the instance suggesting a way of saving
force Among other things he says: ''It is
imperatively necessary in education to re-
| gard the emotions. Griesinger the great
German alienist, says that purely intel
| lectuaI Over-pressure seldom leads
to insanity, but among the most frequent
| causes is Overstrain of the emotions How
| to avoid nervous disease, and especially in
sanity, is a problem for intellectual work
ers." William f. Apthorp, the musical
critic, writes with enthusiasm of Some OF
Wagner's Heroes and Heroines," Thomas
| A. Janvier discusses Mexican Supersti-
tions and Folk Lore" Henry James con-
| tributes what the Scribners call the END
| Paper" 1t is in the form of dialogue be-
tween party of Americans and English,
| who discuss certain social topics from an
| international standpoint. Two short
STORIES one by VIM. McKendree Bangs, the
| other by Robert Grant, are above the aver
| age merit.
| One of the most interesting contributions
| to the March Atlantic is the Personal
"reminiscences of William HI. Seward" by
Samuel L. BarrOws. his private secretary,
| and Isabel G. Barrows, who served tempo
rarily in the same capacity. Prof. Fishes
historical paper is on Ticonderoga, Ben.
| ningtOn and Oriskany. Stuart +. Weld
| writes of THE Isthmus Canal and Our
| Government" He deprecates any attempt
| by the United States to obtain control of
| the canal. Frank Gaylord Cook writes OF
"SOme Colonial Lawyers and Their Work. y
| Charles w. Warner contributes graceful
essay on Simplicity and Hope Notnor
| writes of ''The Kieths." two Scotchmen who
obtained distinction in the eighteenth
| century-one holding the hereditary dis
| tinctiOn of grand marshal of Scotland, the
other becoming field marshal under Fred.
| erick the Great. The fiction is in the serials
THE Tragic Muse" and "Passe Rose" by
L nd Arfb nr Honlx