The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-02
LITERARY NOTES.

The Forum for October laws hold d.
rectly on no less than eight of the most
pressing subject of the time-problems
of our own civilization-(D Cholera:
DIR. Lewis A. Sayre, the eminent au-
thority, points out the lesson of preced
ing epidemics and tells how cholera may
| be prevented or controlled in any om-
munity; (2) Our Public School System:
DR.. ]. NJ. Rice; 81 Venal Voting: Profess
sor McCook. of Hartford; az The Pri-
mary election as the Privot Of Reform:
Hon. David Dudley Field; 90 The Chi
cago Exposition and Sunday: Bishop
Potter make plea for Sunday
opening, with trade and ma
chlnery stopped; (6) The Poor and Class
Distinctions in Society in Great
Cities: by Miss Jane Adams, one of the
| founders of Hull House; ~ Civil Service
Reform: not a sermon, but two papers
full of facts-one a comparison of Mr..
| Cleveland's administration with Nj.
Harrlson's in dealing with the civil
service. by Mr.. Luciuf B. Swift and
John 7. Doyle, secretary of the commits
sion; (S) The Tariff and Trade: two
sided discussion, by Senator Aldrich.
who defends the Mckinley Act and con-
siders its effect on the cost of living, and
by Hon. William L. Wilson, who traces
the origin OF the Republican policy of
reciprocity.
The Columbus interest eliminates, as
it should, in the October Century, con-
temporaneously with the celebrations at
New York and Chicago, the frontispIece
being the newly brought out Lotto"
oe h.
w. Ellsworth, of Chicago. 1t is accom-
panied by an explanatory paper by the
critic John c. Van Dyke. In the same
number, the Spanish statesman, Cas-
teIar, writes of Columbus homeward
voyage after the great discovery; and
the architect Van Brunt describes the
Fisheries building, the exquisite Art
building, and the United States Govern
ment building at the worlds fair. In
addition to this Is an editorial on the
fair, in which it is declared that Chicago,
in the housing of the worlds fair, has
The editor adds, ave shall have an ex-
hibition more dignifed, beautiful, and
truly artistic than any tho world has
SEEN"
The October number of Harper's
Magazine very appropriately opens with
an article entitled 1.-The Baptismal Font
of America" by Frank Mason, in which
a full account is given of the manner in
which the western continent received its
name. The article is accompanied by
fourteen illustrations, including a fac
simile of the page in the Cosmographiae
Introductio in which the name America |
is first mentioned. Another article |
apropos of the 4O0th anniversary of the |
discovery of the New World is a |
scholarly essay on Columbus, by Pro- |
fessor DIR. S. Ruge of Dresden, review |
ing the facts which the latest researches |
have brought to light concerning the /
character and achievements of the dis
coverer President Charles f. Thwing |
of the Western Reserve university con- |
tributes valuable and comprehensive |
article on Education in the West" The
fiction of the number includes the
continuation of Miss Wilkins absorb
ing story "Jane Field" illustrated by w.
T. Smedley; the eighth instalment of /
Mr. Howells's "The World of Chances"
and highly entertaing tale by Thomas
4. JanvIer, entitled 1.-The Eferati Fam
ilv," which is also illustrated by Mr.. |
The number having been
printed during the last illness of George
William Curtis, it contains no communi
cation from him, but instead of his usual
graceful essays in the Editors Easy
Chair there are some short articles about
the Easy Chair itself and on other timely
topics The November number will con-
tain Mr.. Curtis last contribution to the
Easy Chair.
Tia t1Ja I1r Nf PC
Magazine begins a group OF articles on
The Worlds Fair at Chicago" with a
description by Ii. &. Bunner
of 1.-The Making OF the White CITY," MT.
Bunner looks with appreciation and /
surprise on the wonderful transforma-
ton which a year has made in the
waste and desolate sandy plain which
has now become the'si of such group
of buildings as has never before been AS
sembled for such purpose, on such a
scale, within such time, and in such
a series of illustrations by
w. T. Smedley illustrates this striking
Among the most vivid articles IN the
Historic Moments Series, Is descrip-
ton in this issue, By Daniel Denison
Slade, u. D., of "Ihe First Capital
Operation under the Influence of Ether"
Dr.. Slade is one of the few survivors of
the group Of physicians and students
gathered in the Massachusetts, gem
eral hospital on November Z, 1916, TO
see the first test made of DIR. Morton's
great discovery which was 10 revolu-
.ionize surgery. DIR. SHADES recollect-
ous are so clear that the details Of the
historic scene are made perfectly APP
parent 10 the reader.