The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-03
sensation will be developed before the
Parnell Commission adjourns.
THE MARCH MACHINES.

| iothhiuo Ndilul anu OuT OONerllncutf ny
Stuart +. Weld whose comments and
opinions are forciblc, timely and unanswer-
able on question as important as the com
pletion of the Panama Canal is to American
affairs commercial and political After re-
viewing the subject in all its phases and
bearings, after weighing we'll all the criti-
cisms expressed first and last this writer
refers to the treaty signed by the European
| powers at Constantinople which fixes the
| international status of the Suez Canal, and
then asks: SIS II TO be said that the mon
arches of Europe have settled the status of
their interoceanic waterway upon principles
of equality and justice and that the repub-
lies OF America are 10 have n basis of another
sort''2 Hope Nortnors delightful sketch OF
"The Keiths" is like uncorking rich old wine
whose bouquet the connoisseur enjoys al
most as much as the wine itself. The writer
covers considerable ground in her thirteen
pages, though volume would not be TO much
TO devote to the lives of two such men as these
distinguished brothers. OF James Keith born
in 1896, who rose 10 be Field Marshal OF
Frederick the Great, Rousseau said "he lived
glorously and died in the lap OF honor"
George Keith, the elder, born in 1903, was
known as Lord Marischal because of his
Office of Grand Marshal of Scotland The
Margarine of Baireuth, Fredericks sister,
also speaks in high terms OF the Field Mar
shall. Personal "reminiscences of William
H. Seward" by Samuel j. Barrows, private
secretary and Isabel, his wife, forms an cx-
ceedingly interesting contribution showing
Mr. Lincoln's Secretary of State TO have
been "a man of native kindness of heart, and
one of the most democratic OF men," Frank
Gaylord Cook gives an interesting review OF
"Some Colonial Lawyers and Their Work"
Hannah Caline's Jim" is an amusing negro
sketch, by Elizabeth w. Bellamy. "Passc
Rose" by Arthur Shebrurne Hardy, deyel-
ops in power aud interest. ''The Tragic
Muse the other serial by Henry James,
gains on the reader. Charles Dudley War
; nernever wrote with a happier pen than in
the charming paper simplicity" lie has
woven the beautiful idylo of "Nausicaa" with
some practical ideas of simplicity in daily
life, routine and dress with rare ingenuity.
The March Harper, richly laden num-
bor opens most brilliantly with historic
2 resume Of "rhe Institute Of France, by
1 Theodore Child, plethoric with names IL
, iusirivus la science, literature anu al aiid
information relative 20 the laws, etiquette
and methods governing the five academies
! composing the Institute from its founda-
/. ton, $50 years ago, down 10 the present day.
Portraits of renowned savants writers, sci
entists and specialists are profuscly scat
tered throughout, lending additional inter
D est TO this fascinating paper. New Vi
q emma" by Curt Won Zelau yies with the arti-
, Gle Just mentioned in matter aud illustra-
tons though the latter are composed chiefly
Of splendid buildings-museum theator.
church-which, with one Of the "Aiaria The
2 resa Monuments" so nobly adorn the seduc-
tive Austrian capital. In THE Origin Of Co
lestial Species" Norman Lockyer, +. X. s.,
Ins France, interprets meteOritcs falling
stars and molecules and other curious pho
4 nomena In an ably scientific manner, show
, ing that although the finished product-a
world-may consist OF more complications,
Il may not necessarily be more complicated
, In It's inner essence than a meieoite'
, Comments on Canada" by Charles Dudley
: Warner, supplemented by a frontispece
portrait Of Sir John A. Macdonald, Is an ex-
tcnsive article OF twenty-eight pages ON this
much discussed subject. the result Of careful
r thought study and observation. Kenyon
Cox writes delightfully."- about civilian
NJ. Chase, Painter" which with bas-rclicf Of
the subject from the bronze by 81. Gaudens,
g and several selections from Mr.. Chases own
= works makes an enjoyable contribution.
"Moteys Letters II a charming paper by
Geo. William Curtis, whose pen Is that OF O
ready writer" In elegance aud accuracy OF
c expression and In force aud beauty OF style
0 The fiction element In this number Is repre-
scnted by Constance Fcnnimore woolson
: whose Jupiter Lights grows In interest
"showtops Confession, 'ashort story by join
0 Lille. and illustrated: "a New Arabian
\ Night" by L. T. Hale, a mixture Of humoI
A and satire, and "One Story is Good Till Anoih
er Is Told, by Brander Matthews and Gcorg'
H. Jcssop, whose names are fair guarantee,
Il Tor a readable story. "Poc's Mary" by Au
l. gnstus Van Ciccf, Is the narration Of 10
mantle episode In the sad and stormy carcci
Of that strange and fascinating man
= Blornsticrne Bjornson continues his inter
osting talk about Norway and Iis People
which is attraciivoly illustrated. Two shor
poems, The shipman's Tale" Thoma
i Bailey Aldrich, aud Winter Boughs,
II Loulss1 Imogcn' Quincy, representing th'
|. poetic element concludes this most inter
:. esting number.
y Scyibnor's for March stands ly the side o
J.. Harper In the variety and quality OF its con
tents THE Railway Mail Service, by Thos
4. James, x.postmastcr-G General, strikes on
u with wonder that postal system can be n
}, bcwlldcrngly complicated and at the SAM
|, time 10 practically perfect. Besides IN
, froniispiccc, AT a Way-Station - IN
y Postmastcr's Assistant" from pmwing b.
l. Herbert, engraved by y. A. Clement seycra
I" other illustrations add interest 10 the paper
1, In "a German Rome" w. u. Scott discourse
most scholarly on the early history o
Trcvcs, situated In the Mosclle Valley
n which II Is claimed was founded 800
y nc. by Trcbcia. the siopson Of somiumis
n who He'd from his kingdom TO escape th
SHARES Of his sicpmothcr. These pages ar
> rich In antique lore, and are rendered NOR
e attractive by illustrations Of the 'Consiantln
n nasilica," Roman Monument of the secun
N dinl Family" the ruins Of ''rhe Impcria
Palace from the Road. "Poria Nigra a.
= Church, Seventeenth Century" "fhe Port
D Nigga NJ IL Now L." and several other'
"a showing that "rrcvcs Il indeed the Rom
q. Of the lands beyond the Alps" In 'som'