Evening journal., 1893-11-03
RECENT LITERATURE.

The Overland Monthly for November
contains varied and valuable selection
Of stories. poems, reviews and other in
teresting matter
The Grst thing that will strike the
readers eve Is the Prospectus for 1894
BECAUSE Of its beautiful pictures
selec I'd from the file of ths past year
III. Overland makes brave sho wing
and stands firmly in is long maintained
position Of the representative n - zine
OF tbs West coast No other SS1 "a
ted literary magazine is now puunened
wholly on the Pacific coast, and there Is
uetd Of no other IN fe d so wsll-flled
There IS clever sketch by Caroline
LaClnte, daughter OF Profess .
Jrssph LsConie. the geologlst of I
inter visit to Georgia, aud amusing e.
psriences there. Humorous drawings by
he writer give snap o the article. Mrs
Elizabeth 5. Bates writes entertsiningly
OF Sun Dials, and her article is illus
trated from sketches by Nellie Stearns
Gl6dlce, ot many famous dials 1.-THE
Guarauy, the serial that has been run
ming through the year euds IN this mum
Der with grand and fitting catastrophe
and the Indian Question IL argued from
the standpoint OF a man that believes in
civilian ludian agents as opposed 20 mil
itsrv agents. Overland Monthly Publish
ng Company, Pacific Mutual Life Build
ing, San Ffaacitco, Cal.
The Norember Arena closes the eighth
v, lume Of this populsr review, which,
by the conspicu Us 40 lily Of les con
tritutors. its un' quilled fesrless, and
healthy ieformo'ige impulses, has be-
come power in cur laud. The Nov IN
Der issue contains. among other brilliant
paper4, noieworthy article written by
the late Richard A. Proctor in which
the eminent astronomer reviews the
caims Of Bacon aud Shakespeare at
length This paper was originally =
pni ton Of correspondence tween Mr
Proctor and his daughter. The Boon
! Shakespeare case closes in tits Issue
/ IT, contains verd cts from Henry Irving,
/ Governor w E. Russell and Others.
| In this notable verdics twenty OF the
MOTT eminent writer's and critics in
America and + gland are for shakes-
peAre. enc votes for Bacon, end four
are undecid d. Rabbi Solomon Schindler
contributes very thoughtful, though
rather Socialistic paper entitled
Thoughts in an Orphan Asylum +
T
interesting Study of Thomas Paiue "
Louis Frechette. the poet-lsureste Of
Canada appears in an interesting historic
story entitled La Corrivesu Among
other papers of special interest discussed
by eminent thin kers are the following:
THE Slave Power and the Money Power,
is Liquor Selling a SIM Medical
Slavery Through Legislation, Know.
ledge the PIeserver OF Purity, Gerald
MASSEY: The Man and the Poet.
The leadiog feature from the Review
Of Reviews for November 10 its presenta-
ton Of the possibilities OF the Great
Northwest" in au article by S. A.
Thompson, and in a supplementary ST
tie'e by Dr. Emory r Johnson, upor
Finland Waterways for the Northwest
Mr. Thompson, as secretary of the
Duluth Chamber of Commerce. has f0l
several ears been actively engaged 10
searching out and applying effective
means for bringing the great state'
north vest Of the Upper Mississippi, an,
the great Canadian provinces belonging
geographically TO the same region, int
eloser communication with the res
Of the North American continent He 4
therefore able to write with an en
thusiasm born Of intimate knowledg
Of the subject and supported by YER
iuporia ant and surprising statistics. Dr.
Johnson is lecturer on Transportation Il
the Wharton School Of Finance an
Economies. University of Pennsylvania
and has recently published monograph
upon "Iuland Waterways" Dr. John
-on particularly emphasizes the impor
lance Of canal and river trsnsportatio
as meaus of lowering railway rates
and be finds o very large social IS vel
as economic itfuspce resulting from thi
extension Of facilities for shipping an
for personal travel. These two ar.icle
suggest future Of almost unimaginahl
growth for the grest northwest. Fac
article is fttingiy illustrated
lt Is generally admitted thaS To
United States cannot solve the silvv
question without taking into considers
ton the position Of The leading forsig
nntious IN, fenerd 10 silver What /
Germany's present, and what Is likely
be- her future stand In this matter
explained by Professor WAlther Lott, q
Munich. in bis paper on the "Monetar
situation in Germany" just publishsl
bv the American Academy Of Politics
explnins what is the present monefar
situation in Germany, then no
she came to sdopt the gold basil
and. fnslly, why this nu.
continue to remain the onls basis for j.,
system although, rs lie admits, The ia
10 the price of silver is il
turing her interests His concludin
argument is iypically German, as
d says the military interest is the predon
Q mating one IN Germany Now this il
y terest demands that great fund of go
g DO collected for the next war Thi
n therefore, II no other reason was Of avai
/, would be sufficient reason for Germany
= maintaining the gold standard Wa
Their Lott. Monetary Situstion 10 &c
many Philadelphia: American Acai
q siry of Political aud Soci j Science.
a STORIES OF THO DAY.