The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-01
Current giteratmre.
July Magazines.

THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW
opens its one hundred fifty.third vol
ume and seventy-seventh year with a
contribution by Baron de Hirsch, the
Hebrew philanthropist, on " MY Views
on Philanthropy" This article opens
the number. 1t is followed by two pa
pers of special interest to farmers. The
first of these is written by l.. l.. Polk,
the president of the Farmers Alliance,
on the subject of "The Farmers Dis
content" 1t is mainly an answer to the
"Note and Comment " of George Z.
Waring, Jr., in the Revie1C for June.
Erastus Wiman writes spiritedly about
"The Farmer on Top" and makes
some startling statements concerning
the exhaustion of the worlds wheat
lands and the growing demands for food
products. He predicts rosy future for
the farmer, and not very distant future,
either. Fourteen pages are devoted to
"Notes and Comments on variety
of timely and interesting topics. Sew
eral of these articles are of special
interest to women, and are cordially
recommended to their attention.
LIPPINCoTT's opens with charming
novel by Mrs. Amelia E. Barr, author
of Friend Olivia" Jan Vedder's
Wife, ," 1.-THE Bow of Orange Ribbon"
etc. 1t is love-story, pure and sim
pie, breathing the enchanted atmos-
phere of romance. tell again." says
Mrs. Barr at the outset of her tale,
"the oldest, and the newest, story of all
the world-the story of invincible love-"
The novel is called " A Rose of Hun
dred Leaves" and is bound to attract
host of readers. "The Future of Cuba"
an article by Frank A. Burr, has de-
cided and timely interest. Cuba is I'M
doubtedly upon the eve of great political
changes, and Mr.. Burr tells what these
changes may be, and gives a concise &C
count of the present condition of this
oppressed island. Alfred Balch con-
tributes an article, /" English and Ameri-
can Newspapers, pointing out the diff
ferences in the two. An important
article, "Some Recent American
Changes" is contributed by James w.
Gerard. In forcible and logical man
ner Mr.. Gerard points out many of the
evils, political, social and physical,
which affect America, and gives an in
teresting resume of the modern condi-
tons and characteristics of the Ameri-
can people.
DEMoREsT's FAMILY MAGAZINE
tells " How to Read Character by Hand
writing" the interesting article be-
ing contributed by Professor Nelson
Thorpe. In the same number is
lendid article on Chill" which is
particularly dpropOS at present Foes
Afield; Plants Poisonous to the Stom-
ach " is quite as seasonable, and every
one can recognize the plants from the
accurate illustrations. In Summer
Outdoor Games; Lawn Tennis, Bad
minton, Colors," they are so clearly de-
scribed and illustrated that the veriest
novice can learn how to play them
without other instruction.; and the
amateur china painter may rival the
professional by following the directions
given in The Use of Matt Colors."
Besides, there are stories and poems,
and err 200 illustrations, including a
sup, RIB water-color, a French costume
study under the Empire, and the numer-
GUS departments are full to OVERLOOKING
with valuable matter.
HARPER's MAGAZINE has fine pOr-
trait of Oliver Wendell Holmes as
frontispiece, and George William Curtis,
in an interesting and appreciative ar
ticle on DIR. Holmes and his works,
takes occasion to review the condition
OF American literature sixty years ago,
when the " Autocrat of the Breakfast
Table }" gave his first paper to the public.
William Dean Howells begins in this
number a new novel, entitled, " An I'm
perative Duty" which on account of
its treatment of certain social and eth
ical problems, promises to be a work of
peculiar and extraordinary interest.
The second installment of George du
Maurier's remarkable romance, " Peter
Ibbetson," sustans the favorable i'm
prtssions produced by the opening
chapters. Fourteen illustrations from
the authors own drawings add to its at
tractiveness. Brander Matthews con-
tributes a piquant article on "Briti-
cisms and Americanisms," which will
commend itself to every student of
language, and especially to every lover
of good English. The Rev. j. NJ.
Buckley, d d., in timely paper on
Christianity and Socialism," discusses
the relationship of re igon to the cur
REM problems of human society.
THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY
contains S. n. Dexter North's wonder
full story of progress entitled "The
Evolution of Wool Spinning" And
this progress is portrayed still more Wv
idly in the accompanying illustrations,
which show the old spinning wheel,
the combs and the hand-oom, and in
contrast with them the selt-acting
mule, the combing machine, and the
power-lOOm with the jacquard attach
| ment Professor G. Frederick WRIGHT
contributes an illustrated paper on
Man and the Glacial Period" giving
some important facts that have come to
light during the past two years. ga
Coming Solution of the Currency
Question " is foreshadowed in brief
and readable paper by Charles S. Ashley
Paul Richard writes on "Deporlm nj
of Savage Negroes" describing theil
attitudes and gestures in performing
familiar acts. In Scientific Dreams
&c - l.,