The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-16
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March magazines.
ALL teachers and hose interested in
higher education will be att ed by
the paper in the Atlantic Monthly for
March, by Professor George II. Palmer
of Harvard University, entitled Doubts
About University Extension" Among
other articles in this number may be
mentioned General Jacob d. Cox's
a." Why the Men of 81 Fought for the
Union;" continuation of Crawford's
" Don Orsino;" Agnes Repplier's The
Children's Poets;" Kate Douglass Wig
gins "a Village Watch-Tower;" and
an unsigned paper, " A Political Paral-
lei " between this present time and the
condition of affairs previous to the
presidential nominations of 1914.
The leading article in the Forum is
on Political Corruption in Mary land. !"
Its author, Charles A. Bonaparte, is a
well known, able lawyer and political
lighter of the state. "The Question of
Free Coinage" is considered by Direc-
tor Leech of the Mint and Chairman
Bland. Two papers that are full of
interest TO literary workers are 1.-THE
Work Of the British Society of Au-
thors," by Walter Besant, and "The
Case of the American Author" by
Charles Burr Todd. Professor David
Swings paper on What the American
Sunday Should Be" is thoughtful con.
tribution from a famous thinker on a
topic whose importance increases in the
public estimation.
SCRIBNER's MAGAZINE contains the
widely announced last poem written by
the late James Russell Lowell, emit led
ION Bust of General Grant" which
is in the vein of Mr.. Lowell's highest
patriotism, ranking with the famous
Commemoration Ode" An article
of wide interest, is a detailed account
of 1.-THE Water Route from Chicago to
the Ocean" by way of the great lakes,
the Welland canal, and the St. Law
renee river, with elaborate illustrations.
In this number begins short serial, to
be continued through four numbers.
by Robert Grant, the author of the
Confessions of Frivolous Girl.n In
this installment of "The Wrecker," the
scene of the story suddenly shifts from
San Francisco to England, and the my s.
terry of the wreck is made deeper than
ever. Other fiction is short sketch of
decaying house and family in an old
rural district. 1t is entitled, "A New
England Kismet," and is by Mrs. Alice
Nor Earle, the author of 1.-THE Sab
bath in Puritan New England"
THE Century Magazine is All unusu-
ally interesting number. Mrs. Van
Rensselaer, and Joseph Pennel, the
first with pen, the second with pencil,
describe St. Paul's Cathedral most
Interestingly; Richard Rathbun de-
scribes the United States Fish Com
mission, and Some of Its Work." and
Mr.. Stillman and Mr.. Cole discuss
Giorgione in their series of "Italian
Old Masters" Paderewski, the pianist,
is exploited by three writer's with con-
siderable vigOr; Hamlin Garland be-
gins a three part story, and Mr.. Sted-
man writes of the Mature and Ele-
ments of Poetry 1.-THE first of series
of critical articles. John Sargent's por-
trait of Miss Beatrice Goelet is repro
produced most admirably; there are
short stories by Mrs. Burton Harrison
and others, and poems by Thomas
Bailey Aldrich, Richard Watson Glider,
and others; the serials are continued.
The most interesting article is in the
open Letters" describing what was
indeed s. A Remarkable Trial by Jury"
The other departments are as strong as
usual in the Century.