The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-09-07
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September Magazines.

ply, in his Warfare of Science" Sc
ries. The disbelief of the medieval
theologians that men could live on
the opposite side of the globe is the
chief subject of this chapter. DIR.
Charles G. Abbott contributes an Illus
trated article testifying to the skill of
1.-THE Delaware Indian as an Artist"
and puts in evidence figures of carved
gorgets, masks, and various other OBJ
iects. The number contains also one
of Professor Huxley's trenchant pa
pers, on " The Decline of Biblioatry, :"
in which the conviction is expressed
that merely nominal belief in the BIZ
BILE is rapidly displacing the old practi-
cal belief. Under the title Infectious
Diseases Causation and Immunity"
DIR. G. M. Sternberg, U. S. A., tells
what has been been learned in this field
up to date. Professor Joseph Jastrow
presents " Further Study of Involun-
tary Movements" experimenting an
earlier paper on this subject. The
trouble at the Carnegie mills gives time
illness to Conrad Reno's reply to Ed
ward Atkinson, on "The Wage-con-
tract and Personal Liberty" Mr..
Reno advocates compulsory arbitration
through a state tribunal as the remedy
for labor disputes.
THE REVIEW OF REVIEWS is so
edited as to remind its readers that
there are, even in presidential year,
many other topics besides politics that
claim share in the general attention.
In its timeliness, freshness and origi-
nality this September issue of the Re
CieW is fully equal TO any of its prede-
cessors. The department of Leading
Articles of the Month " in this number
devotes large amount of attention to
psychical research, and contains mag
niicent portraits of Professor Charles
Richet, the distinguished French
scientist; Professor William James, of
Harvard; Professor Henry Sedgwick,
of Cambridge, England; Mr.. Alfred r.
Wallace, DR.. Richard Hodgson, and
Mr.. F. w. H. Myers. One of the most
remarkable articles is entitled " Strikes
and their Remedies" and it discusses
modes of Cancellation and arbitration
based upon an exhaustive report pre-
pared by the Royal Commission on
Strikes of New South Wales, Australia,
The article will be found an exceed
ingly timely one, for it has been pre-
pared with direct reference to the
American strikes of the present season.
In the " Progress of the World" the
editor continues his last months adj
vocacy of official and, to some extent,
compulsory arbitration in labor dis
putes.
LIPPINCoTT's is a Pacific number.
Every article in it deals with the topics
of our western coast-chiefy, of course,
Californian-or has been prepared by a
native rQaidpnt of thot founral
gion. The complete novel, 'The
Doomswoman," is by Mrs. Gertrude
Anterior. 1t is vigorous tale of 'the
grass era" of Spanish occupation, and
depicts with vivid brilliancy the man.
ners, amusements, passions, and in
trigues of those hidalgos and donnas
who ruled the land before its cession.
The novel is fully illustrated. Hubert
Howe Bancroft, the distinguished his
torian of the Pacific coast, furnishes
most interesting account of "Cali-
fornia Journalism" by the veteran edi-
tor, M. H. DeYoung. Portraits of
these gentlemen accompany their arti-
Giles. There are short stories by Heine
(better known as Joaquin) Miller and
Emma Is. kaufman and poems by
Ina A. Coolbrith, Madge Morris, Mar
Tia l. . l. JlOl, Il lOld DutdTGT,
Charles Warren Stoddard, and Nelly
Booth Simmons.
DEMoREsT's FAMILY MAGAZINE con-
talns most delightful description of
"Our Summer in a House boat, )" abound
ing with charming descriptions of
scenery, and humorous incidents, to
which the numerous illustrations give
additional zest. "How Artificial Ice is
Made" is especially apropos when the
mercury is striving to make a record,
and to know that Jack Frost is not the
only dependence for supply of ice
makes one feel several degrees cooler
on hot day. This also is fully illus
trated. Society Leaders in Ohio "
gives charming pictures and crisp bio
graphical sketches of representative
women of Ohio. The departments
Our Girls, Home Art and Home Com
fort, Household, What Women are Do
ing, Worlds Progress, Chat, and Mir
ror of Fashions-all abound with good
things and, in addition to over 200
black-and-whi illustrations, there is
beautiful water-color, The Little
Mother"
The ATLANTIC MONTHLY is notable
for the beautiful verses addressed to
Oliver Wendell Holmes, on his eighty
third birthday, by John Greenleaf
Whittier, now in his eighty-fifth year.
1t is fitting that this poem should APP
pear in the magazine of which these
two writers are now the Oldest and
most distinguished contributors. Mrs.
Deland's new serial, "The Story of
Child" opens the number. Mrs. Olive
Thorne Miller has paper on 1.-THE
Cliff-Dwellers in the Canyon" the
clitf-dwellers being not savage race of
men, but a flock of birds. Mr.. Bishop
continues his papers on Gan American
at Home in Europe" Mr.. Hale's de-
lightful papers on A New England
Boyhood" are devoted to his life at
home, and have all the liveliness and
brightness of their author, and are
a really valuable picture of domestic
life in New England fifty years ago.
THE New ENGLAND MAGAZINE con.
tainS an able eynositinn of notiona1;op,