The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-10-26

worm OF chicago. LII Is accompanied
by an explanatory paper by the critic
John G. Van Dyke. In the same num-
Der, the Spanish statesman, CASTELAR,,
writes of Columbus homeward voyage
after the great discovery; and the archi-
lect Van Brunt describes the Fisheries
Building, the exquisite Art Building,
and the United States Government
Building at the Worlds Fair. An arti-
Gle of immediate and almost sensa-
tional interest is Professor jerks paper
on Money in Practical Politics." de-
scribing the methods, shameiully COM
mon, in what are callei "practical poll
tics Yin this country. The opening pa
per of the number is a very striking
piece of autobiography by Archibald
Forbes, the famous war orrespondent,
who describes in the first of series of
two papers what he saw of the Paris
Commune.
THE A tlantic opens with an able pa
per by James G. Carter, entitled Mr..
Tilden.'' He gives an interesting
resume of Samuel J. Tilden's place in
public life. Mr.. Carter considers him
the most distinguished example of our
best class OF statesmen. At the pres
ent moment, when Mr.. Tilden's be-
quest is so much talked of, this will
serve to show the manner of man he
was, and will perhaps throw some light
as to the way he would have wished bis
bequest to have been used. Mrs. De-
land, in the i" Story of Child" gives
some delightful passages in the life of
her heroine, and the scene in which
she and her playmate worship an idol
is very cleverly written. Alexander
Brown, author of the Genesis of the
United States" has a paper on " The
English Occupancy of North America"
and incidentally endeavors to put Cap
tain John Smith back into his rightful
obscurity.
THE complete novel in Lippincott'S
Magazine is The Kiss of Gold" by
Miss Kate Jordan. 1t deals with the
fortunes and misdemeanors of Young
writer, whose sudden success was at
tended with temptation too strong for
his integrity. The tale is illustrated
throughout. Under the title, )" Hearing
my Requiem" George Alfred Townsen
C Gath"), the well-known newspaper
correspondent, narrates curious Incl
dent in his professional experience of
long ago. James Cox gives a history
of that established institution, the
carnival at st. Louis, and full and in
teresting account of the liberal prepare
tions which are to make it especially
memorable this fall. This paper is IL
Illustrated by six full-page plates. Ed
win Checkley, whose portrait precedes
his article, continues the " Athletic
Semes" with lively plea for his favor
lite science of " Muscle Building"
To the ReUieoO of Reuie,oS Mr.. Stead,
the English editor, contributes one of
his raciest character sketches, this time
dealing with Mr.. G adstone's new cabi
net in bunch, so to speak, rather than
with some single parsonage. The arti.
Gle throws many bright sdelight on
contemporary English politics, and hits
off in Mr.. Stead's fearless and always
felicitous manner the twenty or more
men who now lead the Liberal English
hosts. Mr. Shaw, the American editor
of the ReUie,o Of Reuieocs, writes of two
great Americans, Whittier and George
William Curtis. In their popular de-
partment, entitled "The Progress of
the World" the editors cover briefly
and tersely the leading topics that alb
sorb the attention of America and
Europe. The cholera question has its
due attention, and the English political
situation is fully discussed.
IN the Cosmopolitan the illustrations
are more numerous and varied in
character than those of the other lead
ing magazines. The articles are as short
and as much to the point as is consist
ent with literary finish, and one has
the sense of a vigorous and newly
appreciative grasp even of subjects
which in themselves are familiar. Per-
haps this quality of vigor and freshness
is most conspicuously displayed in the
three articles contributed by Henry
Cabot Lodge, John A. Cockerill and
Murat Halstead, of which the themes
are respectively, GAS to Certain Ac-
cepted Heroes -; "Phases of Contem-
porary journalism" and Liberal
Tendencies in Europe" In these, we
venture to say, the reader will find new
thought, in phrase that cuts its way and
insists on being quoted.
THERE is an autumnal flavor about
ooO" hio"oohoePt"y, qu''C III hooPiuS
with the lowering temperature, the
lengthening evenings and the ripening
year. In addition to Miss Parloa's adj
mirable papers on "Many Meals for
Many Millions" there are continue
tions of several series, notably those on
"The Expert Waitress" The Food
of the People," "The Household Laun-
dry" and Little Talks with Little
Women" In the way of evening di-
version there will be found instruction
and illustrations showing some fine
patterns of hand made laces, and the
puzzle department - which for the
young people is perhaps the most alb
sorbing of all the interesting variety
peculiar to the magazine.
DEMoREsT's FAMILY MAGAZINE has
" A White House Orchid" an exqui.
site painting on porcelain of a lovely
bunch of orchids grown in the White
House, executed by Mrs. Benjamin
Harrison with the superior skill for