The daily critic., 1890-09-30

The editor In separate editorials. sus
taius The present Civil Service Commis
sion and The citizens movement ir New
York city.
In Umpors' for October the s.r..
cf south American papers bv TlgH1.r.
lLi.1s Us continued. Julian RHnn iu
am article entitled "Autoine's Moose.
yard gives an interesting narrlfiv. I'd
adventure in The wilds of Cin47l. and
joaquin Miller relates the "Nirhs (
New-iead Abbey spent in the haunted
bed chamber of Lord Byron i, T.
Chiiituden gives q history of the New
Moneys of LincuIn's Administrator
and George Iicknor Curtis contributes
ou interesting chapter of "Ramiuis.
CcUCgs Of n 7. Willis and lydia
Maria JhiIds Daudets "part T1rt.-
con is continued The short stories
are 10y George a Hihham Anna g..
Bracket s. b Ward, S. p. Mclean
Greene aud Jonathan Surres Among
The purme are six S0nnets hv Wor is.
worth, The Dream of phdhe' hv
RurruII Rood, and an Autumn Song"
Dv Nina y Layarl George William
Curtis contributes 10 the editorial de-.
partmeni some reflections on Chri.tIln
ideals ard the Peace Congress an ! The
remainder consists rf critical remarks
by William Dean HOwelIs on the fltui'v
Of certain modern novels with some
mention of the works of Nr Kiplinr.
Ncrga's House hy the Madlarirce. 10
Mr. llenley's essays, and other recent
publications and an explanation bv
Charles Dudley Warner Of newly
coined Western word with its apnnci.
tiuu to an eccentric foreign novelist.
The first article of q political nature
That appears In the October Forum"
is The Decadeuce Of New England q"
by tN Secretary George S. Boutwell,
hose aim Is iO show bv statistics that
the predicted decline Of the New Eng.
land States is wholly imaginary
The Working Of the New Silver
Act Is by Professor 7. W. Tlussig Of
Harvard, who explains the practical
operations of the new law and expresses
less fear Of uuhoaithful innatiop than
many other students Of our financial
system feel
Political in a more general sense Is
Edward Bellamy's First Step Toward
Nationalism.' In which he lays down
The Nationalist programme for i'm.
mediate action.
So also is the article by Thomas Ma.
gee, a close student of the Chinese. on
China's Menance to the World.
wherein he shows his reasons Tor fear
ing the very rapid control by China.
men of many Of the great industries Of
The civilized world by reason Of their
cheap living and their enduring
qualities as lahCrCrs. The leading
article Of the number Is by Bishop
Huntington Of New York on "S1cial
Problems and the Church. wherein
he takes the churches 90 task for their
sloth in bringing to the solution Of our
most pressing social problems the abso
lutte justice and the complete fraternity
of Chrsi's teachinEs and example.
The article This month in the series of
nu.ublugraphicgl essays on "Furmss sg
IL ilucn,os Is 10y Frederic Harrison.
Who is rated hy many critics as the
foremost living master of E1rlish prose
Other articles iu thi. number are Tue
Future of Our Daughters. by Ms
Helen + ~urrelt, The Idea pf Life
After Death, by Professor J Peter
Lesley; Two Forces in Fiction" br
Mary ID. Cutting; 0u explanation uf
The Iodiacal light by Professor Arthur
w Wright and Of the Gulf Stream by
Jacques W. Rcdway, who SHOWS that
many Of the popular notions about this
ocean current especially 20 regard 20
our climate, are superstitions.