The Portland daily press., 1891-07-02
MAGAZINE NOTICES.


question in the United States is recognized
by the July Forum, which presents an arti-
Gle from the pen OF Honi Charles S. Fair
child, Mr.. CIeveland's Secretary of the
Treasury. Mr. FaIrchild is against the free
coinage of silver. and he presents some very
good arguments which are worth reading.
A German privy councillor, Prof. Heinrich
GeffckeP, writes of Emperor William H., his
character and his policy. This article is
very timely, as the world Is beginning to
find out:that the young ruler Of Germany is
rather different man from what he was
estimated al when he assembled the throne
three years ago. President Francis A.
Walker has been studying the census returns
Of the colored race, and comes to some very
comforting conclusions. He finds that the
race problem, instead of growing bigger as
the years go by will really grow smaller.
The Negroes are not increasing nearly so
fast as the whites, and they are gradually
dying out in the Northern aud Border States,
while their increase in the cotton States is
not greater than that Of the whites. The
Negro Of the future, in President Walkers
opinion will be found in limited area. and
not in such force as to defy the educational
facilities of the nation to cultivate him.
General Thomas Jordan, who sees military
advantages much more readily than he sees
civil disadvantages, gives his reasons for
favoring the annexation of Cuba. Mr.. o.
wald OttendOrfer, one of the most prominent
German Americans, writes Of the immigra-
ton problem under the title, Are Our Immi-
grants to Blame? Other articles are Home
Life in France, by p. G. Hammerton; The
Operation Of the Interstate Commerce Law,
| by Aldace f. Walker; The American Copy
right Act, by F. r. DAILY; The Need of an
Elastic Currency, by David NJ. Stone; and
National Bank Embellishments, by j. Selwln
TAFT.
The frontispiece of the July Arena is a
portrait of the shrewd and attractive face of
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes. There is also
a study of his poetry by George Stewart.
Under the title Of Plutocracy and Snobbery
in New York Edgar Fawcett writes an arti-
Gle Of blistering severity on New York soci-
ETY.. The "Four Hundred" come in for
ridicule and condemnation right and left.
Edward Bellamy is supported by Rev.
Francis Bellamy, who thinks nationalism
will be easy of attainment, and writes this
month OF The Tyranny of all the People.
An exceedingly radical man upon social
topics Is Prof. Joseph Rodes Buchanan. who
utters some very startling ideas In the
course of Part III. of his serial article on
Revolutionary Measures and Neglected
Crimes. Camille Flammaron continues his
articles on the Unknown: Other articles of
this number are, Should the Government
control the Railroads? by G. Wood Davis !;
me Swiss and American Constitutions, by
w. ID. McCrackan; Eonian Punishment,
BY Rev. Or. w. e. Manley; The Negro
Prairie Heroine, by Hamlin Garland; and
editorial notes, chiefly upon the present dis
turbances in theological circles over creeds.
Scribner's Magazine for July continues the
series of articles on Ocean Steamships, speed
being the particular portion of the subject
now under consideration. The old Sirius,
built in 1896, paddle-wheel steamer, sur
prised the world by crossing the ocean In IS
days. II hours and Is minutes. The Sirius
was 40 feet long on the water line and had
horse power Of go. In 1889 the Teutonic,
5e6 feet long, with horse power of 1900
crossed the ocean in days, 10 hours and
minutes. Between the Sirius and Teutonic
is an interesting period Of maritime endeav-
ors which are told about entertainingly in
the article. The most remarkable and in
teresting political experiment of the age is
undoubtedly the establishment of the Parlia-
ment of Japan, and John A. Wogmore tells
an interesting story about the scenes, of
many of which he was an eyewitness. Paul
Van Dyke writes of lizard Hunting In the
Spanish Pyrenees; and another article ap-
prOpriate to the vacation season is an account
of the very gamey ocean fish, the Black Sea-
bass of the Pacific Coast, by Charles Fred
erick Holder. Training Tropc Torrent
of Hayti. Jacob A. Refs writes an exceed
ingly interesting description OF life in a
Danish town centuries old, and little changed
In outward form by time. Outlawry on the
Mexican border by James E. Pitcher, is an
interesting account of the. exploits of the
fore the recent rule of order In the Republic
to the South of us. The fiction includes four
short stories, A Matter of Fact, by George
A. Hubbard; the Chimes of Walletikon, A
Swiss story by George l.. Catlin; My Uncle
Dick, by John Elliott Curran; and Mrs.
Manistry's view, by Edith Wharton.