The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-01
The Magazines.


an article by Cardinal Gibbons on
" Wealth and Its Obligations. This
paper is the first of series to which
Bishop Potter of New York, Hon. E.
j. Phelps and Hon. Joseph Chamber
lain will contribute. Senior Emilio
CASTELAR, discusses, under the head of
" The Best Sign of the Times" the
progress of democratic revolution and
evolution in Europe. Secretary j. M.
Rusk writes in very interesting way
about the political agitation of the
farmers of the country, and the grounds
of their discomfort at the general low
ering in price of agricultural products
during recent years. Professor Rich
ard T. Ely presents his views of g." Pau
perism in the United States" and
shows in an elaborate and carefully
written paper how large the INDECENT
population of the United States really is.
THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY
opens with an attack on socialism by
Herbert Spencer. The title of the arti-
Gle is " From Freedom to Bondage"
What Keeps the Bicycler Upright"
is explained in an illustrated article by
Charles B. Warning. ga Brief His
tory of the Ohio River" describing
some wonderful geological changes,
with maps and cuts, is contributed by
Professor Joseph F. James. A paper
by Professor Henri Marion, under the
title Training for Character" gives
valuable hints on the care of young
children. "Social Changes in Califor-
nia," by Charles Fl. Shinn, sketches the
development of a community such as
the world will never see again. The
Editors Table contains conservative
view of "Koch's Consumption-cu !"
and some remarks on Intellectual
Liberty" suggested by the MacQueary
hetesy case. The index for the past
six months, in this number, shows that
the high character of the magazine is
being well sustained.
THE FORUM is particularly interest
ing on account of the article by Senator
Hoar of Massachusetts, on the federal
election bill. He constructs an argu-
ment to prove that the republican party
was untrue to its presidents and to its
principles, because this late congress
adjourned without enacting the cleo
ton bill. He argues that the series of
great historical achievements of the re-
publican party suffered so serious a
breach by this inactivity, that the party
must find new vigOr to make its future
in any way worthy of its past. Other
articles in this number are " A Study
of the Problem of Poverty in Great
Cities" by Rev. DR.. Rainsford of New
York; an photographed essay by
NaWnnn1h al
omer; an explanation of the feats of
so.called mindreaders, by Professor
Charles Gatchell, of the University of
Michigan, who shows that, "mind-
reading" is really musclereading; a
comparison of railway rates in the
United States and in other countries, to
ascertain whether our rates are really
high.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY opens
with the first part of a story by the late
William Douglass O'Connor, entitled
"The Brazen Android.n 1t is story
of old London, and its ancient life is
wonderfully reconstructed by the vivid
! imagination of the author. Mr.. Stock
! toms " House of Martha continues in
its usual rollicking fashion for three
more chapters, and Mr.. Lowell's trav.
eler pursues his wav through "Noto'
An Unexplored Corner of Japan
Francis Parkman's second paper or
"The Capture of Louisbourg by the
New England Militia" is marked by
the skill and care which Mr.. Parkmau
devotes to everything which he writes
Hon. S. G. w. Benjamin, for some
years United States minister to Persia
has timely consideration of 1.-THE
Armenians and the Porte" The mum
Der is not without poetry-ClintoI
Scollard, Thomas William Parsons
Thomas S. Collier, and William II
Hayne being among the contributors
and in this connection William p. An
drews' paper on "Goethe's Key t.
Faust should not be forgotten.
SCRIBNER's MAGAZINE for Apr
marks the beginning of the richly-illus
trated series of Ocean Steamships
which, it is believed, will be as sue
cessful as the railway" and "eleC
trio series. The most competent au
thorities have been chosen to write @
Ocean Passenger Travel" 9Th
Ships Company" "Slfety at Sea,
ISL eed," and the Lines of tn
World" Original drawings by skilfr
artists (who have been granted speciI
privileges for study by the variou
steamship companies) will illustrat
each paper. Articles of travel and az
venture are represented in this issue b
Mr.. Jephson's second paper on his pc
ilous journey to Captain Nelson {
Starvation Camp; Robert Gordon Blu