The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-08

Leech, Director OF the Mlnt, WIZ mann
tains that free coinage would cause
Europe to send it's silver to the United
States; and ''Free Coinage and an Elastic
Currency" by X. =. Bland. a ~pro-coin-
age article. "Methods of Restricting
Immigration" are discussed by Senator
Chandler, Chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on Immigration. Professor David
Swing of Chicago points out the change
that has come within recent years in the
observance of Sunday, aud indicates
whath he thinks the American sunday
ought to be. Professor +. G. Peabody OF
Harvard, who is now in europe,
has made a special study of the
den, which he Analyses aud com
pares with our system of municipal gov
eminent, In 'fThe Education of the Fut-
ure"-the way to a great advance over
any educational work now done, is
pointed out by MI. Clarence King; and
authority on the subject. writes of THE
Study of English" OF interest to all lit
erary workers are Mr.. Walter Besant,s
EXPLANATION of "rhe Work of the British
Society of Authors" in preventing the
publishers from getting an unfair share OF
profits. and MIR. Charles Burr Todd's rea-
sons for the organization OF a similar
society in America. General e. t. Alex
ander, President Of the Georgia Central
\ Railroad. writes of Industrial Progress
in the South;'' Mr.. Courtenav De Kalb,of
.'The Intercontinental Railroad Problem"
and Colonel A. A. Pope of IAN Industrial
Revolution by Good
Harper's Magazine for March.
William Dean Howells' new novel.
"The World of Chance" begins in Harp
cr's Magazine for March. Judging from
the opening chapters alone, this story
promises to o1trival in interest anything
heitherto written by that distinguished
author. This number of the magazine is
also especially strong in American SUD
jects. Julian Ralph contributes a graphic
article on "The Capitals OF the North
west"-meaning the twin cities of Mime
sofa and the twin lake ports. Duluth and
Superior-in which he gives some sur
prising figures regarding the phenomenal
growth and prosperity of those cities. In
another article, entitled Taking Mus
quash"-which article is superbly llus-
trated from drawings by Remington
the same writer concludes his wonderful
ly entertaining description of the Hudson
Bay country and the f~ur-trading industry
of the Northwest. Edward Anthony
Bradford writes an able and trenchant
article America for the Americans"
The very interesting series of personal
Recollectious of Nathaniel Hawthorne"
by Horatio Ridge, is brought to a cou-
clusion. William McLennan in the
unique dialect of the French Canadian
habitant, tells the story of Johnny Raw
son and Chubby Peters," which is illus
trated by Reinhart. In al article on "Our
Gray acknowledgements by j. Q.
Beard-Ern est Ingersoll, in his usual en-
gaging mann er, gives a careful study OF
the habits and characteristics of these in
teresting little creatures. The second of
the notewor thy series of Danube articles,
From the Black Forest to the Black
Sea-" strengthens the good impressions
made by the first. It is written by Poull-
ney Blgelow and richly illustrated BY
| Alfred Parsons aud F. D.. Millet. Mr.. De
Blowitz. in another chapter of his me-
moirs, entitled ALFONSO XII. proclaimed
King OF SPAIN" gives a CHARACTERISTIC ac-
count of a remarkable feat of journalism,
which led to his appointment as chief cor
| respondent of the London Times in Paris.
| With an article on the London of George
the Second" which is p%rofusely illus
trated by E. A. Abbey and others. Walter
| Besant brings his valuable and very pop
| ular series of London papers to a close.
Constance Fenimore Woolson contributes
an Italian story, Dorothy" which is
appropriately Illustrated from drawings
by C. S. Reinhart. The Editorial De-
partments are conducted, as usual. by
| George William Curtis, William Dean
| Howells and Charles Dudley Warner.