St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-03
BY THE LITERARY WAYSIDE.

The North American Review for
September opens with a reply to
Goodwin Smith on the Jewish ques-
ton by Isaac B. Bendavid. An I'M
published letter from the late Admir-
al Porter gives a graphic description
of the naval exploit of Lieut.. Cush-
ing in blowing up the Albemarle,
while Frederick Douglass, late minis
ter to Hayti, tells the inside history
of the negotiations for the Mole St.
Nicholas at Hayti, and incidently
criticises the administra ton for the
way he has been treated. President
Huntington of the Southern Pacific
railroad pleads for more railroad
consolidation, and censures the in
terstate commerce law and its rulings
on freight rates. There is a SYM
postum on the curing of drunkenness
by four expert doctors and three
articles by women, including one by
Mrs. Mary A. Liverrnore, "Co-opera
tive Womanhood in the State" 1t
is a rich number of Americas great
est review.
The most valuable article in the
September number of that splendid
children's magazine, Wide Awake, is
an illustrated one on the Prince I'm
perial. 1t will be remembered that
this flower of Frances royalty was
slain in battle in the Zulu war and
the story of his life is finely told in
this article. There are a score OF
other articles in this fall number
that are very readable.
The September Arena has an ex-
cellent likeness of Rev. DIR. George {.
Lorimer who writes on THE Newer
Heresies" Editor Flower has a
profusely illustrated paper on dress
reform and Ruma Oishi has a valua-
bic paper on the japanese govern
ment's constitution. Rabbi Schind-
Ter, Hamlin Garland, and Frederick
Myers are among the contributors
to this well-edited and brilliant re-
view
Harper's for September is full of
interest to the magazine reader.
The New York Chamber of Commerce
is very fully described and illustrated,
Montgomery Schuyler contributes
his second paper on Chicago archi-
lecture; Walter Besant has his
second article on London Planta-
genet, and Howells and Du Maurier
contribute fresh instruments of their
serials. Mr.. De Blowitz, the well
informed foreign correspondent Of
the London Times, writes of Europe
an politics, Frederick Doyle of Chinese
secret societies and Harriet P. Huse
tells an untold story of the Florida
war.
The Century for September opens
with an article entitled "a Winter
Journey through Siberia" by George
KEENAN,, whose previous articles
have been read with such universal
interest. A trip ITO California in
1s49 through Mexico" is wildly
described by \. c. Ferris with num-
erous illustrate ons. Congressman
Henry Cabot Lodge contributes an
article upon The Distribution of
Ability in the United States" the
subject of which was suggested by
article upon the same question in
England, published some time ago
in the Nineteenth Century. In this
number also the fate of the summer
boarders at THE Squirrel Inn" is
decided, thus bringing to a close one
of the most interesting and brightest
of Frank Stockton's stories. Presi-
dent Seth Low of Columbia College
takes up the question of The Gov
eminent of Cities in the United |
States, in the Present Day Papers,
series. W. R. Holloway replies to
Mr.. Wyeth's article in the April |
Century on the treatment of con-
federate prisoners at Camp Morton,