The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-26
NEW G
scribner,s Magazine for November.

~Scribner's Magazine for November.
Scri5ne7'S Magazine for November
a third African article-a
valuable addition to the notable pa
pers of Prof. Henry Drunmond and
Joseph Thompson; a discussion of
some startling problems in Inter
national Law affecting the United
States in the event of another Euro
pean war; the description of an old
Spanish university by a well known
novelist; an explanation of the rela-
ton of electricity; an army surgeons
account OF the modern Sanitary
Corps which relieves the sick and
wounded; and interesting essays, tic-
ton, and poems. Most OF the articles
are richly Illustrated.
Colonel HI. G. Prout (Baroud Bey),
an American Governor General of the
Equatorial Provinces of Africa, and
a trusted friend of General Gordon,
writes of that little known region
under the title Where Emin Is"
Emin Pasha was chief medical officer
during Colonel Prout's administra-
ton, and the latter speaks of him as
s'a most valuable adviser and a good
companion 1t is the intention of
DCT[OfIGT D W PGOllSl1 AlO1O oAtASiSo "a
the African field, to which Colonel
Prout will contribute.
Professor j. Russell Solely, U. s. N,
discusses .'The Effect on American
Commerce OF an Anglo-C Continental
Warn-showing, in o striking man
ner, how some of the principles of
international aaw which England has
been active in establishing during this
....4--x ..,s1l .0nn4 ~ hn.. own IiSnd-
vantage and peril. He also shows
how the navigation laws of the United
States will prevent our profitlng by
the redistribution of the carrying
trade, which would result II an effect
uaI blockade were laid against Great
Britain. In view of the congress OF
representatives of maritime nations in
Washington, this paper should at
tract especial attention.
DIR. NJ. Allen Starr writes of "Elec-
tricity in Relation to the Human
Body" drawing the line very sharply
between its legitimate use and quack-
cry. This article is a thoroughly
wholesome and acute presentation of
q subject on which the public is fire.
quently misled.
Miss Josephine Lazarus Ia sister OF
Emma Lazarus, the poetess) writes Of
the journal of Marie Bashkirtseffn
"a remarkable book which has at
tractcd much attention in France, and
which Will appeal to sensitive people
everywhere as "AmieIs journal =
does. The book contains the init
mate personal record Of the brief life
of a young Russian artist, who died in
Paris several years ago when Just
winning reputation as a painter. The
journal is the u-nrestrained MARIA
tive of her intense ambition, passion
and suffering, and concludes with the
pathetic romance of her devotion to
the dying painter, Bastien Lepage.
Her pictures are one feature OF the
Paris Exposition, and her Partisan
studio, just as she left it, is now Wis
tied weekly by those who have
learned to know her work and her
sad story.
William Henry Bishop, author Of
"Detmold,n The Golden Justice
etc, describes the picturesque fea-
lures of the old Spanish University OF
Salamanca and the modern student
life there. The illustrations are from
recent photographs and show types OF
modern Spanish students, both boys
ana girls.
"Goethe's House at Weimar,n which
was closed to the public till last year,
is described by Oscar Browning and
illustrated from the first photographs
permitted to be taken of the interior,
showing the rooms as Goethe left
them.
Dir. James E. Pitcher, U. s. A., tells
of "a New Field of Honorn-the San
itary Corps of both the regular army
and National Guard, which is organ
lied for the relief and care of sick and
wounded. The modern humane APP
planes are described and their
application in peace and war clearly
explained.