The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-30
CURRENT LITERATURE,
The September Magazines.

servatories to the public, regardless of
days, was Mrs. Patterson, the daughter
OF President Johnson, who is at present
living in Tennessee, and of whom a
pleasant sketch, with portrait, is given
in the Ladies' Home Journal. Mrs.
Jefferson Davis contributes to the same
number delightful sketch of the
widow of Stonewall Jackson, and Alice
Graham McCollin writes of "The Blind
Reader at Washington" Mrs. Patti
Lyle Collins, the clever woman who is
the presiding genius of the dead letter
office. Women's Rights and Wrongs"
are discussed for the first time in print
by the Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage over
his signature, and John Lambert Payne
contributes delightful essay on "What
is Written in Woman's Face" The
hctlon OF the number consists of short
story, A Gentle Matchmaker" by
Kate Tannatt Woods, and the continual
ton of Mr.. Howels' delightful story,
"The Coast of Bohemia" Altogether
this number, with its seashore cover by
w. st. John Harper and its attractive
table of contents, is worth many times
its price of ten cents. Published by
the Curtis Publishing Company of Phil
adelphia, for ten cents per number and
one dollar per year.
THE complete novel in Lippincott's
is "a Bachelors Bridal" by Mrs. H.
Lovett Cameron. 1t tells of an uncon-
ventional and ill.starred marriage aud
its tragic consequences. Captain Charles
King in Uncle Sam at the Fair de-
scribes the Government Exhibit at
Chicago, and tells how that part of it
which relates to the army is thronged
oy visitors, while those which display
the arts of peace are comparatively
neglected. " In the Plaza de Toros,"
by Marion Wilcox, is an illustrated
article describing an Easter bull-fght
at Seville, the cradle of the SPORT
The writer, like a good American,
observed the spectacle closely, but
with little admiration. Mrs. Elizabeth
Wormeley Latimer gives :" A Girls
Recollections of Dickens" on his first
visit to America in 1S41. Under the
heading DON'T" F. M. B. offers some
advice to young contributors. NJ Croft
ton, under " Men OF the Day" discusses
Kossuth, James Whitcomb Riley, and
the Earl of Aberdeen. The poetry of
the number is by Zitella Cooke, Mar
garet B. Harvey, Edgar Fawcett, and
James X. Philips.
THE leading article in Harper's Mag
uzine is " A General Election in Eng
land" by Richard Harding Davis, who
wildly describes his experiences as the
companion of a conservative candidate
during the exciting campaign which
returned the present parliament. The
article is illustrated from ten drawings
by w. Hatherell. Colonel T. a.
Dodge's series on Oriental riders is
continued by an illustrated paper on
the Riders of Egypt" and their
mounts. Another article of general in
terest in the number is 1.-The Diplo-
macy and Law ofthe Isthmian Canals
by Sidney Webster, which exhibits
some of the disadvantages to the
United States of ship canal between
the Atlantic and the Pacific. The fc-
ton includes, besides instruments of
1.-THE Handsome Humes and 6 Horace
Chase" two short stories, Gabriel,
and the Lost Millions of Perote," by
Maurice Kingsley, and 1.-THE Generals
Sword" by Robert G. V. Myers. The
" Editors Drawer" also contains a
short story" Her Sympathetic Editor"
by Thomas Nelson Page.
THE illustrations of the Worlds Fair
buildings which The Century published
in the May number attracted wide at
tention. In September the same maya
zine prints an article on the fair which
Mr.. Castaigne has illustrated with a
number of character sketches of people
on the grounds. These illustrations
show the remarkable versatility of the
French artist. Professor George Z.
Woodbury., author of "The North
Shore Watch" has an article which he
calls "The Taormina Note book"
record of life in a little Siciian town at
the foot of Mount Etna. Bret Harte's
novelette,, "The Heir of the McHul-
ishes," which begins in the number, is
story of an attempt of an American
syndicate to secure Scottish estate
with an imaginary title.
THE great topic of the day-the sill
yer question-has the first place in the
Popular Science Monthly. Under the
title Why Silver Ceases to be Money"
Professor F. w. Taussig, of Harvard
University, demonstrates that the high
price of silver hitherto has depended
largely upon legislation, and that GER
tain growing tendencies have caused
its great fall. He points out also the
prospects for the future use of the
white metal as money. "Folklore
Study in America" is the subject of an
article by Lee j. Vance. Mr.. Vance
tells what organizations have peen
formed for work in this fascinating
field of research, and illustrates his ac-
count with portraits of many prominent
members OF the affiliated associations.
"Science Cooking" is the subject of an
essay by Miss NJ. A. Boland, instructor
in cooking in the Johns Hopkins Train
ing School for Nurses. 1t is . a plea for
education in household affairs" point
ing out the danger of improperly pre-
pared food, and the need of systematic
instruction in cooking.
The remarkable fact is called to
mind in an article that appears in the
Forum on Confederate pensions that
there are 100000 more pensioners on
the government pension-rolls than
there ever were soldiers in the Confed-
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