The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-03-31

ing the money problem by rNsing silver
to a gold standard. Sir Henry James,
MI, Gladstone's former Attorney Gener-
al, describes in The British Corrupt
Practices Act this celebrated and effec-
tive measure, which he carried through
the House of Commons; the Hon. Josiah
Quincy. Assistant Secretary of State, per-
forms similar office in Working of the
Massachusetts Corrupt Practices Law,
of which he was the author; and Mr..
Joseph B. Bishop, of the New York
Evening Post, in Insufficient Restriction
of Campaign Expenditures, exposes the
weak point of American Corrupt Prac
tees Acts. This unusually full number
of the Forum contains also Church
Union Necessity: The Maine Expert
ment-an earnest argument by President
w. Dewitt Hyde Hyde, of Bowdoin Col
lege, for nter-denominational union as
the sole hope of saving the country
churches, with an account of the Maine
movement in this direction.
The high lights of the April Century
are Anarchists and Arbor Day. The
number opens with a notable article on
The Chicago Anarchists of 1886, being a
review of their crime, trial and punish
ment written by Joseph E. Gary, the
judge who presided at the trial. The
paper will stand for all time as an au-
thoritative record of this celebrated case.
This is, in certain sense, an Arbor Day
number of the Century, this flavor being
supplied in part by an article on the Ar
Dor Arboretum of Harvard University,
de scribed under the title of A Tree Mu-
scum, by Miss M, C. Robbins. Mr.. Bun
ner contributes a poem, The Heart of the
Tree, beginning, What does he plant
who plants a tree? which is attractively
decorated by Alfred Brennan, and in the
editorial department there are four arti-
cles on different phases of the same gen.
eral subject, as follows: ~ "a Mem
orable Advance in Forest Preservation,
referring to the forest reserves made dur
ing the last weeks of the late admins
tration, and the influence of this policy
upon the preservation of forests in the
States; ~ Parks in and near Large Cit
les, referring to the work in Massachu
sets in preserving beautiful natural
spots; ~ The Worlds Fair and Land
scape-G Gardening, setting forth the need
of trained foresterS; and az a note on
Arbor Day. A richly illustrated
paper is by Mrs. Oliphant on The
Princess Anne, Of whom as queen
the writer will speak in the May number.
In the American Artists Series there are
two notable examples, one scene on the
coast of Etretat, from a painting by
George Inness, and the other reproduc-
sof ~
Staying the Hand of the Sculptor, by
Daniel G. French. whose statue of the
Republic is being erected at Chicago.
In fiction, besides the sixth part of Mrs.
Burton Harrison's Sweet Bells out of
Tune and the fifth part of Wolcott Bal
estier's Benefits Forgot, there are two
illustrated short stories, The Cash Capt.
tai of Sunset City, by Hayden Carruth,
and Idly, by Margaret Collier Graham.
In the April number of Good House
keeping Miss Parloa has an interesting
article on Cheese, while the other serial
papers A Noble Girlhood, by II. An
nette Poole; Everyday Etiquette, by Mrs.
Minerva Van Wyck; A Housekeeper's
Shopping Bay, by Helena Rowe; What
to Do with My Lady's House, by Mrs.
Oliver Bell Bunce; and Practical Cook
ing, by M. E. Chandler. Besides there
are good many pages OF matter pecu-
liar to the season-to the springtime and
to Easter; all of which is in addition to
the usual variety of practical papers for
the guidance and betterment of the
household
The Culver for April is most reada-
BILE number. 1t opens lightly, as the
spring days that are upon us, with a
story The Wisdom of Alice, by Edith
Lister, author of On Stronger Wings.
More in the line of Sunday reading per-
haps is The Stone Rolled Away, by the
Rev. W. Pakenham Walsh. Buxton Old
and New, is descriptive article made |
interesting with pen and pencil. The
Persistence of the Divine Gifts and the
Divine Call of the Rev. John Brown,
D. D., is followed by story called DR.. |
Cranes Fall, by Mary Hampden. New |
Lights on the Sacred Story will interest |
all who love to read the story of the |
stories. An essay on Character is well |
worth reading, and those who think that |
a little dry will find what they want in |
Colonel Kit; Story of London Arab. |
A Day with A. K. H. B. is an account by |
the famous interviewer, Raymond Blath-
wayt. and DIR. Boyd, beloved by all culti- |
atoms Of Country Parson. The author |
of How to be Happy Though Married |
gives us some of the Last Words of Noted |
People.
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