The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-29
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

"scribne r's Magazine" for No vemDer
Scribmer's Magazine for November con
tains several notable illustrated articles
on countries mat are little known to
American readers-including the first OF
several papers by Carl Lnmholtz, the
author of Among Cannibals," on his
explorations in the Sierra Madre. H is
expedition is conducted under the aus
pices ct he American Museum Of Natu
rsl History Of New YorK, and tue
Am erican Geographical Society, a d
the results will first appear IN
Scribner's Magazine. There is also 8
strikin1 paper by Napoleon Ney, the
grandson OF the great darshal OF France,
on the proposed frans-Sanarian hailway,
which the French Government has ap-
proved. VI. Ney was a member Of the
Government Commission, ana is fuliy
qualified to write on the subject. Alfred
Deakia, one of the most influential Doliti-
cal leaders In Australia, writes of the
great federation movement in ! hat conn-
try. which bears so many points OF re-
semblance to the founding OF this Re-
public. Another illustrated article is
1.-THE United States Naval Apprentice
SYSTEM" by Lieutenant A. u. Wyckoff,
u. S. n. VINO describes the present sys-
tenn. aud pleads for such an enlargement
of Ii as willtlea0 to the thorough AIneri-
cauization of u navy, where, ~ pres.
ent, the sailors are often composed OF
the sdregs of all n~atlcns." George Hitch
cock. the American artist who lives in
Holland, writes q third Baper on THE
Picturesque Quality Of Holland" this
time treating OF Figures and
Costumes and illustrating his points
with his own drawings. A sixth article
III the Ocean Steamship series, is john II.
.Gould's description OF the Ocean Steam
ch;~ rr Nrnirrht CttrriHr ~ p a nh oVy
Lang gives ano. ner instaiment of his lit
erary recollections. aud there Is an Inter-
esting D by a Harvard graduate, re-
calling '.Mr. Lowell as a Teacher" The
fiction includes another instalment of
Slevenson's serial, the Wrecker." in
which the hero sails away from San
Francisco on his most adventurous voy-
aye among the South Sea Islands after
! he mysterious wreck. There Is also a
snort story by Octave ThaneU, and poems
Nv Duncan Campbell Scott, w. w.
Moody. Julian hawthorne and Q hers.
NAPOLEON News article on Tine Pro-
nosed Trans.Saharian Hallway" is the
fir t adequate account IN English OF the
great work uudeetsken by Frame, which
ranks with the Union Pacific Railway of
this country, tne rrau--Siberian Railway
of Russia. and the lrans-Andean Rail-
way OF South American as an important
commercial and social undertaking, rs
we'll ~ a great engineering feat. In a
large way the plan Of the railway Is to
bring tue great French possessions Vt
Algeris ir North Africa into communica
tion with Seneg l., the French Soudan,
and the French Con o. % the southwest
coast. A part of the proposed s heme IL,
0f course, the reclamation OF great dis
tricts of the Sahara By means OF artesian II
wells, a work ia which France has
already been successful.
Alfred Deakin gives a concise review of
the whole movement for .'The Federation
of Australia" which recently cuimlnHted
In the adoption by a Convention OF q Con-
si ntion fur the Common wealth OF Aus
tralia. This is now being holly debated
by the various provinces of Australia,
which are 10 decide whe; her or not thsy
will come into the federation.
'.The Ocean Steamship as a Freight
Carrier" by John H. Gould, adds to That
popular series an account of the great
lines of steamers which seldom appear in
public print, hut are commercially more
important than the fast passenger steam
ers of which so much Is written. Mr..
Could has described the picturesque side
Of ocean freight traffic as well as the
practical Diet ais Of loading and unload
ing all kinds of freight, such MS fruit. oil.
grain, etc, for which specially designed
steamers with unusual appliances hav
been made.