The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28
Current giterature.
November Magazines.

THE CENTURY has u very important
article by Professor w. o. Atwaier of
Wesleyan University on "1he Food.
Supply of the Future ~ he first of a
series Which will be of especial value to
farmers. The writer believes that The
doctrine of Malthus-that the time will
come when there will not be food
enough for the human race, owing to
the theory that population increases in
a geometrical and food-supply in an
arithmetcal ratios one which netd
never give the world any uneasiness,
owing to the great advances that have
been made in chemistry. William II.
Goldman, chairman of the famous San
Francisco vigilance committees of 1851,
1856 and 1877, tells what he thinks the
people of California would have done
under the circumstances preceding the
New Orleans lynching. They would
have organized in full force, he says,
formed court, appointed judge and
selected Jury, given the accused good
counsel and the benefit of every doubt,
and finally would have executed with
due deliberation those whom they found
guilty.
THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY
gives the first place in the current
number to university extension. The
article is by Professor G.. Hanford Hen
derson, and embodies the methods and
plans of the Anne rican Society organized
in behalf of the movement. w. +. Dur
fee, in concluding his account of I" The
Manufacture of Steel" takes the reader
among glowing furnaces and the giant
arms of powerful machines, and en-
bellishes his impressive description
with many striking pictures. An essay
on ornament among savage tribes,
with many illustrations, is contributed
by Professor Frederick Starr. The
pertinent question, "Do We Teach
Geology?" is asked by Robert T. Hill,
who is inclined to think that much of
our acknowledging is still unscientific.
In Possibilities of Economic Botany"
Professor G. L. Goodale describes
some Of the plants that might be cult
waited for food if any of our present
food plants should be lost. Carroll d.
Wright, in the second of his lessons
from the Census" points out some
serious defects in our mode of emu
merating the people, and proposes
definite measures for its improvement.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY contains
an account of "Count Tolstoy at
Home" written by Miss Isabel F. Hap
good, who has translated large num-
Der of his books into English There
has not been a more vivid or apprecia-
tive sketch of Tolstoy yet written.
Miss Hapgood, although admiring his
great gifts, is not blind adherent of
his changeable philosophy; and her
sketch is so clear, so trenchant, so we'll
bred, that it must be read if one would
understand Tolstoy better than he I'M
derstands himself There is the first
installment of two-part story by Henry
James, entitled "The Chaperop.n a
subject quite to Mr.. James taste. There
is also short story of Indian life by E.
Cavazza, while the so i reading of the
number is further augmented by a
second paper on "a People Without
Law "-the Indians-by James Brad.
ley Thayer; by S. E. Winbolt's SCHOOLS
at Oxford" and by some able reviews.
THE COSMOPOLITAN devotes twenty
eight pages of this number to a most
interesting and exhaustive article upon
Chicago, from the pen of the famous
novelist, Colonel Charles King. Count
Jacassy, who spent some time on the
ground for that purpose, and Harry
Fem, have illustrated the most charm
ing features of the city by twenty-eight
sketches. An article upon Alfalfa
Farming is by John Brisben Walker,
who gives the reader much valuable
information in regard to the irrigation
and curing of the wonderful plant
which is destined to become one of the
most valuable products of the United
States. General Sherman's letters to
his daughter, written from the field
during the war, are perhaps the most
valuable contribution that has yet been
made to the literature of the war.
Judge Tourgee furnishes a charming
story called "An Outing with the Queen
of Heal ts."
DEMoREsT's FAMILY MAGAZINE
gives the portraits of notal lie bevy of
beautiful Amer lean women. And this
is not lis only great attraction. A
unique st ries OF articles is begun in this
number, The Romances of Pre-Co-
lumbar Discoveries" handsomely
illustrated, which are especially apro-
pos at this time; "Her Souls Secret
is an absorbing novelette,; those who
are preparing Christmas gifts will find
appropriate notices for them and nu-
mt rous pretty styles of lettering in
Home Art and Home Comfort'; in
Sanitarian," Susanna w. Dodds,
M. d., tells about THE Unequal Dis
tribution of Clothing" in the first of
her articles on Woman's Dress Hv-
CHEMICALLY Considered housekeepers
will find some appelizing "Thanksgiv-
ing Menus ~; in fact, something to in.
terest everybody will be found in this
number.
THE North AMERICAN REVIEW
contains an article on the treatment of
the Jews in Russia, written by the chief
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