The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-06
Current giteratmre.
The Magazines.

las O'Connor's story, "The Brazer
Android." 1t is a relief to turn from
the tension of "The Brazen Android ,
to the portion of hitherto unpublished
journal of Richard II. Dana, which de.
scribes voyage to the grand canal Of
China. Mr.. Dana's description of Su.
Chau is immensely interesting. II. G.
Merwin, on the ethics OF Horse.
Keeping" will interest lovers of thai
animal. William p. Andrews finishes
a second paper on "Goethe's Key tc
Faust" and the well.known historian
George E. Ellis, has paper on
"Jeremy Belknap." There are -four
chapters of Mr.. Stockton's bright Sc.
rial, "The House of Martha" in
which the hero encounters the heroine
under circumstances in which n } hero
has ever been known 10 encounter a
heroine since the world began.
THE FORUM contains several articles
of more than average Importance. One
of these is by ex.Secretary Thomas F.
Bayard, who writes OH estate Rights
and Foreign Relations" This is dis
cussion of the principles which have
governed our negotiations with foreign
countries in disputes similar to the one
with Italy. Sir Roderick w. Cameron.
writes about the new Commonwealth
of Australia" General Francis A.
Walker, in "The United States Cen
sus," gives an explanation of how our
census differs from European censuses.
"Spain Democratic Nation" by
Emilio CASTELAR,, is striking story of
the trials and triumphs of popular gov
eminent in Spain. Alphonse Bertillon
explains "The Bertillon System of
Identification" by which professional
pickpockets have been almost entirely
driven out of Paris. Edward Atkinson
contributes the first of series of brief
articles on current financial topics. His
subject is Free Silver Coinage-Why
Not?"
The New ENGLAND MAGAZINE has
an excellent and varied table of con-
tents. The initial article is "Walt
Whitman at Date" by Horace l..
Traubel, and his revelations of the
everyday life and struggles of the good
gray poet, whose limbs are now par
alyzed, will interest thousands of adj
mirers on both sides the Atlantic. Mr..
Traubel has been near neighbor and
privileged friend of Whitman's for the
last fifteen years, and his article has,
the refore, a greater value than the gen.
erality of "reminiscences and superficial
observations of extraordinary personal
tiles. Walt Whitman's portrait, new
picture recently taken, forms the from
tispiece of the number. 1.-The Loyal
ists," written by James Hannay from
the British standpoint, deals with a
phase OF the revolutionary war which
has had one-sided treatment in our
country. The publication of this ar.
ticle in Boston magazine shows the
decline of prejudices. An interesting
article at this time, when the Behring
Sea matter is so much before the public,
is Mr.. Charles Hallock's The Alaskan
Fur Trade; Its Origin, Courses and
Ethnography."
THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW
opens with three articles on the subject
Of wealth. Bishop Henry G. Potter
writes on 1.-THE Gospel for Wealth, -
Hon. E. J. Phelps on irresponsible
Wealth." and Hon. Joseph Chamber
lain on Favorable Aspects of State So
cialism." The last named article re-
counts the wonderful improvements
which have been made in the city of
Birmingham during the last fifty years
by wise municipal expenditure, and
also points out how the condition of the
people of England in general has i'm
proved in the same period. Socialism,
as far as it has already advanced, is de-
Tended. Two articles in reference to
Canada claim our attention. The
character of the first of these is suffi-
GENTLY attested by its title-"Th Wi
man Conspiracy, Unmasked." 1t is
from the pen of Sir Charles Upper.
His conclusion is that, as the result of
the recent election, the "delusion of
unrestricted reciprocity may be re-
garded as dead and buried" The Sec
ond of these articles is written by the
Marquis of Lorne. 1t is called "Can-
ada and the United States" and sets
forth the reasons why Canada is averse
to this country and prefers to paddle
her own canoe.
THE CENTURY begins new volume,
and in it are begun several new features
of what the editors call their "sum-
mer campaign" "The Squirrel Inn,"
by Frank r. Stockton, is one of the
principal and most popular of these
new features. The "Innp itself
is carefully depicted in picture which
is the joint product of the artistic skill
and ingenuity of both the author and
Mr.. Frost, the illustrator. The long
promised papers Qwo in number) on
the court of the Gar Nicholas l. are
now begun, the frontispiece of the mag
azine being portrait of the Emperor
Nicholas. These papers are by the
late George Mifflin Dallas, in his day
one of the most distinguished states
men of the country. A brief sketch of
his life appropriately accompanies this
paper. Among the separate papers
none is more striking than that of +.
Hopkinson Smith, who made a special
trip to Bulgaria to gather impressions
for The Century. Mr.. Smith entities
his paper "a Bulgarian Opera Bouffe,"
and illustrates it not only with photo.
graphs of prominent persons, but with
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