The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-09

ing women as Miss Frances Il. Will
lard aud Mrs. Frances +. Russell, but
he certainly scores another palpable hit
in the timely appearance of this paper.
Among the many other noteworthy
contributions are Rev. DIR. George G.
Lorimer's defence of DR.. Briggs and
his associates; Frederic w. H. Meyer
of Cambridge, England, on the work
accomplished by the English Psychical
Society; Kuma Oishi, M. A., of Toxic,
Japan, on constitutional government in
Japan; Rabbi Solomon SCHNEIDER on
Interrogation, and Sylvester b ,xter on
the Austrian postal banking sl stem.
LIPPINCoTT's MAGAZINE will be es.
pecially interesting to Vermont people
on account of the article by Mrs. Julia
&. r. Dorr, which it contains. This
article is entitled "A Plea for Helen"
and is a defence of the pretty girl
Mrs. M. Z. w. Sherwood writes of
"Society in Different Cities" topic
upon which she is eminently well quail
| flied to dilate. She compares the So
cial life of New York, Philadelphia,
Washington and Chicago, AMI gives
good picture of the lives of the four
hundred in each of these representative
cities. Everyone interested in the bet
terment of public roads and highways
should read the article by John Gilmer
! Speed on Country Roads and High
ways" That we have very bad roads
in this country is an accepted fact, but
few realize how very bad they are in
comparison with those of many foreign
countries. Besides calling attention to
the wretched condition of our roads,
| nd tn11;,,r, hot hoo, IT, Il
ferent states for their betterment, Mr.
Speed offers some valuable sug yestions.
Among other articles to be noted are
clever skit by Edgar Fawcett, entitled
&c His Majesty the Average Reader"
and 1.-The Days that Are to B." dip
into the future, by J. X. Wetheill.
HARPER's MAGAZINE is, as usual,
handsomely illustrated. " Much Ado
About Nothing" is the Shakespearean
play discussed this month. Following
this paper is a comprehensive and pop
ular article on the New York Cham
Der of Commerce." its history, purpose
and methods, written by DR.. Richard
Wheatley, and richly illustrated-some
of the portraits being copies of the
paintings by Trumbull, now in posses
sion of the Chamber of Commerce.
The third chapter of w. D. Howells'
remarkable story, "An Imperative
Duty" presents some highly dramatic
scenes, and leaves the reader impatient
for the succeeding instalment. A gen.
uine treat 10 lovers of literature is Of
fered in the Letters of Charles Dick
ems to Wilkie Collins" which are now
for the first time given to the public
through the editorship of Laurence
Hutton. Elizabeth Stoddard writes
pleasant summer story, " A Wheat field
Idyl." Mr.. de Blowitz contributes
peculiar y striking article on Germany,
France, and General European Poll
TICS" which will doubtless create sem
sation wherever it is read. The edi-
torial departments present for discus
sion and thought the usual rich variety
of timely topics relating to socie y, mu-
sic, manners and literature.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY opens
with story by Rudyard Kipling, en-
titled 1.-The Disturber of Traffic" The
story is related by an English light
house keeper, who tells of the experience
of another lighthouse keeper in little
known part of the world, who, half
maddened by solitude and a certain Gu
rious optical delusion connected with
the tides flowing by his light, became
to an alarming extent disturber of
traffic" Mr.. Kipling has never done
anything of the same kind before, and
has never been more vivid aud astound-
ing than in the present story. Another
short story, Z" An Innocent Life.n is
contributed by Lille B. Chace Wyman,
whose Poverty Grass" is remem-
bered as a collection of powerful short
stories on social questions. Mr.. Stock
toms House of Martha" is continued
by long instalment, and Mary Hart
well Catherwood gives us four clever
chapters of 1.-The Lady of Fort St.
John" A paper on The Author
HIMSELF" by Woodrow Wilson; a
charming description of the japanese
feast of lanterns and the market of the
dead, by Lafcadio Hearp, and review
of Mrs. ELEPHANTS life OF Laurence O j.
plant Gin itself practically a BIZ graphi-
cal sketch of that extraordinary mani,
under the apt title of " Modern Mys.
tic" are among the other interesting
papers.
THE CENTURY has a portrait of
Thomas Bailey Aldrich as frontis-
| PiNNN' pNOiSN hChudb WIiLtS Oll "A
Winter Journey Tnrougb Siberia" The
subject which will probably attract the
widest interest is the discussion of the
Treatment of Prisoners at Camp Nor
ton" Indianapolis, during the war,
a discussion begun by DR.. John A.
Wyeth's article in the April Century.
The present number contains reply 10
that article by Colonel w. r Holloway,
who during the war was private secre-
tary to Governor Morton, and the reply
has the Endorsement of a committee of
the Grand Army of the Republic APP
pointed to investigate the subject.
Room is also made for rejoinder by
DR.. Wyeth, in which he quotes addi-
tional statements to substantiate his
previous article. This number contains
two illustrated stories-'' Elder Mars
tons Revival" by lie Roy Armstrong,
with picture by Kappes, and "Zekil,,'
by Miss Matt Grim, with pictures by
Kemble-together with the conclusion