Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-03
OUR BOOK TABLE.

/ ne Century. October The Century
company, Union Square, New YORK
I Pfses, 81 a year.
Asthe 4O1th anniversary Of t1e DIS
covery Of America Il 20 Dc cele oratea
70 this country with 80 much eciAt y -
not strange that much regarding ths
erUat discOverer finds IL way INTO cur
rent literature
The Century Is always 10 t0uca Wy" iil
/ the times. and the frOntispiecs i0r w
I O,,tober number Is an engraving Oh we
Lotto portrait Of Columbus owned y
. Mr.. J.. w. Ellsworth Of Chicago, AID =
the one selected for the face o. ths
( souvenir coin. Castelar's papers are
contributions to the history q ne
times Of the discoverer that eannoL d
ovsrsstirnsted. Not only Il ST.. Cas-
Z tslar a man Of letters, but his intimate
ACQUAINTANCE with Spain, his native
I land. It's past end it. present gtv"s MIN
s1psrior advantage over writers not
having access 70 the sources Of MS IN
formation.
In "Open Letters Joseph Derry
computes the numerical strength Of the
Confederate army, and IS met By spir-
ted reiOinder from a y. Casselrnau.
The Illustrations are especially hne,
and have 9 range that Is sufficient 70
meet the wishes Of the lovers VI art
The readers d this monthly are prom
ised a story Of life in Colorado. Wool
colt Balestier's pOsthumOus novel; the
autobiography 81 SalyiDi, and series
OF papers regarding railroad crossings,
for which the data IS now being gath
cred by a man in Europe specially del
eguted for the collecting. \ series Of
papers What ! saw Of tho Paris Com
nuns, by Archibald Forbes, Is begun
in this number, and will prove Of value
aud interest, the writer's name being
the guaranty.
The Forum: October-The Forum
publishing company, Union square,
New YOrk-sj.OJa year.
If it we're possible for an observer OF
political methods 20 doubt that there
was much corruption in modern politics
the fact that yenaiity at the polls is ~
much commented upon in public jour
nails is convincing that the evil exists
in a noticeable degree. Professor
McCOOk differs from most iaultfnders
in that he proposes remedies for the
existing evil Of yenal voting. Sum
married. briefly, he favOrs. as prevents
tives, educational and moral tests. the
continuance Of the suffrage privilege
being dependent upon tine sustain
ing Of good moral chArac-
Ter. The best secret ballot
law that can be framed and absolute
lrankness and plain dealing among
voters. This state Of things may seem
somewhat UtOpiau in It's nature, but
there can 9be no question that a
continued effort 20 establish it would
do much toward purifying the ballot.
| Morality, as he truly says, cannot be
| produced by Legislation, yet legislation
can make 1t harder and more unpleas-
ant 10 do wrong.
Our Public School System: Evils In
Baltimore by Dr. j. NJ Rice is the
first Of number OF papers on this vital
topic by writer who has II pared
himself tOr,his work through travel and
observation. The question OF proper
schooling for the young is vital, be-
cause on it depends the future
OF the home. society and the
permanency OF republican institutions.
1t is when men depart from the early
training in right principles received ut
/ the freside and in the schoolroom that
such an evil as yenality In any form.
| either In social, business or political
| questions becomes possible. It is there
fore imperative that in the short term
! Of youth there be not only no mistakes
made. but that everything possible be
accomplished in the line OF good citi-
zenship.
Among leading articles in the Octo-
bor number are Civil Service Reform.
as reviewed by three writers and THE
Tariff and Trade" by Senator Aldrich
and Hon VIM. /. Wilson.