The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-02
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who contributes a paper of great interest On
"Society's Exiles," dealing chiefly with life In
the slums of Boston. The interest in this paper
in enhanced. by the admirable reproduction OF
ten fashlight photographs taken in the North
End OF Boston expressly for this contribution.
These pictures, together with fullpage
engraving of the artisans apartment
house, recently erected in Liverpool, are
printed on heavy plate paper. Other
artistic features consist OF an excellent
picture of julius Chambers, the editor of the
New York World, and Rev. T. Ernest Allen,
secretary of the American Psychicsl Society.
Mr.. Chambers contributes a brilliant article on
''The Chivalry of the Press" Camille Flam-
marion, the distinguished French astronomer,
appears in a remarkable paper entitled "The
Unknown" Julian Hawthorne, writes on s'The
New Columbus" very entertaining and sugges-
tive paper in Mr.. Hawthorne's best vein. Pro-
lessor James T. Bfxby's contribution on "Evo-
luton and Christianity" is one of the most
thoughtful papers that has yet been called forth
by the celebrated McQueary trial. Professor
Bixby has few equals in scholarship among the
learned men who believe In the higher criticism
OF the Bible A paper of special interest in this
number treats of Irrigation in the North
west" II is written by James Realf, jr,
who has spent many months in the Dakotas
studying the irrigation problem and its posi-
bilities. A strong and somewhat startling paper
appears by Professor Joseph Rodes Buchanan,
entitled Revolutionary Measures and Neg
lected Crimes" Rev. T. Ernest Allen con-
tributes thoughtful argument on "Spencer's
Doctrine of Inconceivability." This number is
frightened by a most charming character
sketch entitled "The Heiress of the RIDGE"
which appears as a No-Nane contributions Mr..
Flower writes on Optimism, True and False"
and the "Pessimistic Cast of Modern Thought"
These editorials are very suggestive, and COM
plete one of the strongest and most entertain
ing numbers of the popular review.
III Carl schurz's remarkable article on "Abra-
ham Lincoln" is the first thing to which the
reader naturally turns in the June Atlantic
Monthly (Houghton, Miffiin Co., BOSTON,, it is
not alone because it occupies the first pages OF
the number 1t is fitting to give so interesting
survey of Lincoln's life and work the place OF
honor, and we think of no magazine article
which has appeared for long time which will
command such attention, not only from its SUBJ
ject but from the fact of its being written by Mr.
SEIZURE. It is review of the life of Abraham
Lincoln, by Nicolay and Hay; and the result of
their survey, which in the "Life" extends
through ten volumes, is reduced by Mr.. Schurz
to about thirty pages of compact and interest
ing narrative, with a summing up of Lincoln's
place as statesman and the work which he
did in conducting the government safely
through the perils of the civil war. One of the
concluding paragraphs il worth quoting: "a
few days after the fall of Richmond" says Mr..
crowd of office-seekers besieging his door.
Look at that said he Now we have con-
quered the rebellion, but here you see some
thing that may become more dangerous to this
republic than the rebellion ITSELF" And the
concluding paragraph of the paper will always
live q most brilliant and striking char
acteriZation of Abraham Lincoln. Mr.
Stockton's "House of Martha" continues,
and he has never been more stocktonesque
than when describing the hero's voyage in a
grocery-boat. Professor George Herbert Palmer
contributes "Reminiscences of Professor Sopho-
cles," who was professor of Greek at Harvard
university for nearly fifty years-a simple and
Homeric figure, caring nothing for outward
forms and fashions, and with his thoughts
oftener in Arabia than in Cambridge-drawn
from monastery TO give himself up to what he
called 'the ambition of learning" College men
will be also deeply interested in Mr. s. E. Win
bolts paper on Rowing at Oxford" Rose
Terry Cooke contributes a story called "a Town
Mouse and Country Mouse" and Rev.
Samuel j. Burrows has an important paper on
"What the Southern Negro is Doing for Him
SELL" which is interesting to read in the light
OF Carl SchurZs article. President d. c. Gil
man, of Johns Hopkins university, has a paper
on "The Study of Geography" and its place In
the college course. There are some reviews, tho
most interesting of which Is "New England in
the Short Story" criticisms of Miss wilkins,
Miss Jewett, and other New England writer's;
and paper on Vinet's letters and the recent
biography of Edmond Sherer.