The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-09-24
Current 8iterature.
October Magazines.

OCtOUtI mhshhtutSs
DEMoREsTs FAMILY MAGAZINE introduces
its readers to the palatial residence Of Sem
ator Hearst of California, and when one has
looked through the magnificent illustrations
one feels quite at home upstairs and
downstairs and in my lady's chamber"
The young folks will all be interested in
The Game of Golf for Ladies'" which is
quite new on this side of the water; old and
young will read with interest and profit the
curious facts about animals embodied in
DISCUSSES in Animal Life" and soft-shell
crabs will be invested with a new interest
after one has read about " The First Armor-
Wearers." This number also contains the
new list Of club premiums, which makes
some very generous offers.
THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY contains
more of DR.. Andrew ID. Whites discussion
of " The Fall of Man and Anthropology." In
this article he reviews the efforts Of Arch
bishop Whately and the Duke of Argyll to
prove that the lowest races of men have
sunk from an an earlier civilization and the
attempts of certain church organizations
in recent years to silence professors of sci
ence who were teaching the conclusions of
evolution. A delightfully."- simple and prac-
teal talk to mothers about interesting chill
dren in the study of nature, by Mary Alling
Ober, is also contained in the number
Liquor Laws not Sumptuary" is the title
of an article by G. f. Magoun, DID. 1t is a
reply to an article by Dr. William A. Ham
mond on sumptuary laws in an earlier num-
Der, and quotes old colonial and recent
state laws to show that existing statutes
against the liquor traffic have not been
made to enforce economy.
HARPER's MAGAZINE contains the second
article of Theodore Child's series on South
American topics. This one is entitled
Agricultural Chilli 1t contains an ac-
count of visit to the agricultural provinces
of that country, describes the Chilians'
| methods of farming, irrigation, wine cul-
| ture, etc, and states some interesting facts
regarding immigration, labor and wages.
| The description of some of the growing
cities and towns, and Mr.. Child's account
of railway travelling in that region, will be
read with surprise by many persons who
are accustomed to regard the South Aneri-
| can states as countries but little better than
half civilized. Antoine's Moose-yard,'
a narrative of hunting adventures in the
| Canadian woods, is accompanied by twelve
spirited illustrations. joaquin Miller con.
tributes an interesting article on " Nights
at Newstead Abbey" handsomely illus
trated. 1.-THE Birth of Great Industry
the production and marketing of petro.
leum is described by Professor j. S. New.
berry.
CAssELLs MAGAZINE OF ART is an excel
lent number. The opening article on the
" Sculpture of the Year" gives among its
reproductions of the more important work
j. Donoghue's "Sophocles Leading the
Chorus of Victory after the Battle of Sala.
mis-" Claude Phillips writes of The
Modern Schools of Painting and Sculpture
in France" an article made particularly in
teresting by the portraits of Camille Der
nier and Raphael Collin drawn by them
selves. Perhaps the paper in this number
which will be the most generally read out
side of art circles is the second of those
contributed by George du Maurier on The
Illustrating of Books" The current paper
is " From the Serious Artists Point o.
View" Mr. du Maurier shows in thest
articles that he is as much master Of the
pen as of the pencil. " Babies in Art anC
Nature" is an interesting paper by II
Arthur Kennedy which offers an oppor
tunity for illustration that has not beef
neglected. Scottish National Memorials
is also an illustrated paper. This is fol
lowed by a poem from the graceful ant
trained pen of Christina G. Rossetti, which
is illustrated in the pre-Raphaelite name
by C. Ricketts,. AS usual the Notes - ar
full, those on American art being particu
larly elaborate.