The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-09
Current Giterature.
July Magazines.

month is the story by Oscar Wilde,
&" The Picture of Dorian Gray" Other
contributions are "The Necromancy of
To-day" by Edward Heron-Allen, and
biographical sketch of Senator j. j.
ingalls,. A half-dozen shorter sketches
make very interesting reading.
THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW has
an answer to Mr.. Parnell by Mr.. Bal
four on the subject of the latter's Irish
land bill, and the two other papers that
will be read with the most interest are
d" Summing up the Tariff Discussion"
by Andrew Carnegie, and Contested
Elections" by Speaker Reed. Justin
Mccarthy writes on "The Prince of
Wales" and Chauncey NJ. Depew on
" Railway Men in Politics." Notes
and Comments" include several inter-
esting topics.
THE FORUM opens with John Tyn-
dall's sketch of his " Formative In
fluences." In one place in the article
he mentions the name of Emerson
among others who influenced his early
life. " Obstacles to Civil-service Re-
FORM" by Walter NJ. Ferris, and
d" The Wages SYSTEM" by Lyman Alb
bolt, are suggestive articles. A. r..
Carman writes on Perplexities that
Canada Would Bring" and Noah
Brooks gives description of what he
conceves The Newspaper of the Flu
ture " will be. "The Newer Westn
is birds-eye view of the states and
territories west of the Mississippi.
Their present condition and their won
derful resources are comprehensively
described.
TIE ARENA contains complete
drama, entitled " Under the Wheel"
written by the talented young Boston
artist, Hamlin Garland. 1t is some
thing more than an entertaining social
drama-a strong moral purpose lies be-
hind it, or rather may be said to have
inspired it. The opening scenes are in
an overcrowded tenement in Boston;
from here the actions shift to the
heavily mortgaged farms of the far
West, where the scenes, though strik-
ingly unlike those in the great eastern
center, are none the less pathetic.
{" Bismarck and His Time" is the sub
ject of very able and entertaining
sketch by Rabbi SCHNEIDER The learned
rabbi having spent the greater part of
his life under the German sky, brings
to the subject an actual knowledge of
the condition of German affairs since
the iron chancellor came in power.
THE COSMOPOLITAN departs from its
usual makeup and devotes itself largely
TO fiction, travel and sports. A new
southern writer, Robert Yulee Toombs
of Georgia, comes to the front with one
of the most spirited sketches of south
ern life yet published. Julian Haw-
thorne presents a curious study of the
Boston girl, asking of her in his title
page, Was 1t Typica?" Eleanor
Sherman Thackara, daughter of Gen
eral w. 7. Sherman, appears for the
first time in the literary world in a dis
cussion of Z" Three Great Philadelphia
Training Schools" and Mrs. Roger A.
Pryor considers the constitution of
American society in an interesting
way. " Trout Fishing in Lake Ed
ward" and the actual experience OF
Trapping Grizzly" will interest the
hunter who proposes to roam the
mountain-ridges during the summer.
THE CENTURY contains the long
expected debate on The Single Tax, .
by Edward Atkinson and Henry George
Mr.. Atkinson opens the discussion in 6
paper on " AJSingle Tax upon Land :"
Mr. George replies in GA Single Ta1
on Land Values" and there is re
joinder by Mr. Atkinson. Another
article is the beginning of The Cen
tury'S " Prison Series" the first papel
being thrilling account of the life o
" A Yankee in Andersonville," by DIR
T. H. Mann, accompanied by plan
and pictures made from rare photo
graphs. The fiction of the numbe
consists of the second part of Mrs
Barr's "Olivia -; a story eth
Reign of Reason" by Viola Rosebor
Ga young southern writer with rap
idly-growing reputation); and com
plete novelette,, " Little Venice" b.
Grace DEMO Litchfeld, with a full
page illustration by Mary HallocI
Foote.
HARPER's MAGAZINE has the secon
installment of Daudet's "Port Taras
CON-" which is profusely illustrated b
eminent French artists. In the de
partment of fiction, besides Daudet'
new novel, there are several shoi
stories: "A Poetess," by Mary I