The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-12
CURRENT LITERATURE.
The July Magazines.

changed in size, excels any other issue
OF that magazine in the number of its
distinguished contributors, in the in
terest of it's contents and in its over
flowing illustrations by famous artists.
The midsummer number is intended to
set the pace for the magazine at its
new price of 81 50a year. The maya
zine remains unchanged in size, and
each issue will be an advance upon its
predecessors. Literally, every known
country is being ransacked for mate
rial in the hope to bring the Cosnopol-
ttdn forward as the leading magazine
in the world.
A PORTRAIT of England's future
queen-Princess Mary of Teck-forms
the frontispiece of CaSseWS F'anoily
Magazine and gives a much pleasanter
impression of that royal young lady than
do most of the so-called portraits of her.
A Lakeland Voyage " fills the reader
with longing for a vacation in Eng
land and suggests to him that he might
find as beautiful scenery nearer home,
in Vermont or the Catskills, for in
stance. "Lace Braid Embroidery" will
interest the lady readers of the maya
zine, the male readers will prefer &C A
Ruler of Princes" and the Young girls
will decide for The Tutors Engage
ment." There are a great many good
things in the number but none better
than the series of illustrations called
"Our Circulating Library"
THE Spanish Inquisition as an
Alienist" is the subject with which
Mr.. II. G. Lea opens the Popular SCI
ence Monthly. In this article several
cases are related which show what sort
of treatment insane offenders against
the church received from the holy Of
flee in the SEVENTEEN century. The
views of Herbert Spencer on Private
Relief of the Poor" are contained in
an incisive article. Those who enjoyed
DR.. w. d. Eastlake's delightful account
of Japanese Home Life " in the May
number will welcome a sketch of the
Moral Life of the japanese " from
the same pen. Under the title " Evil
Spirits" appears an article by J. H.
Long, pointing out the terrors of a be-
lief in demons, and especially in
witches, that was so earnestly fostered
by the church during the Middle Ages.
THE complete novel in this number
of Lppincott'S is /" The Troublesome
Lady," by Patience Stapleton, who is
already well known to our readers. 1t
is lively and interesting tale of ranch
! life in the West, and is fully illustrated.
Other illustrated articles are " On the
Way" by Julian Hawthorne, which
deals with Washington as a starting
point whence to visit the Exposition,
and "Chicago Architecture" by Barr
Ferree. Gilbert Parker, the author of
the novel in the June issue, supplies
an account of "'T The New Poetry and
Mr.. w. E. Henley" Edgar Fawcett
discusses &c Certain Points of Style in
Writing" and Maurice Francis Egan
gives Gan Fashioned View of Fic-
ton" Robert Timsol and Frederic
M. Bird set forth the relative advan-
V. Point" M. Crofton, in "Men of
the Day." handles Alexander Dumas
and Secretary Hoke Smith.
How a marriage proposal is made and
how it is worded always arouses the in
terest of girls, and to them the charm
ing revelation made in ''The Story of
Five Proposals." which is told with de-
lightful frankness by Western society
girl, in the LADIES' Home Journal, will
have an unusual attractiveness. A. B.
Wenzell, the artist, adds to the article
with five of his exquisite illustrations.
Mr.. Box, the editor, discourses with
forcible directness upon the perplexing
question of corporal punishment for
children, writing from the boys point
of view "Mr. Beecher's Imprinted
Words" as reported by his private
stengrapher, are full of noble thought
and inspiration. Good fiction is tonic,
and the charming story of Dennis
O'Rourke, by Lucy Derby, with its
clever illustrations, will prove one of
the best. Mr.. Howells' story, 1.-The
Coast of Bohemia" grows in interest
and charm as it proceeds. A page of
illustrations from original designs, en-
titled /" Dressing Without the Corset"
by May Root Kern, will be read with
profit, as will Mrs. Mallon's The Ideal
Summer Blouse" and odds and Ends
of Wardrobe" The editors all have
something bright TO say in this number,
which, with its attractive summer cover,
specially designed by Frank o. Small,
and its admissible table of contents, is
worth many times the price-ten cents.
IN this number of the North Amer
lean Revie,0 the dominant questions of
WV hOui an NioSNoSSts 90 usual, III tuC
most authoritative manner. The open
ing article is by Professor Briggs, whose
recent trial for heresy created such
excitement in theological circles, and
is entitled "The Future of Presbyter-
ianism in the United States" The all
important question Should the Chi
nese Be EXcluded?" is considered from
two different points of view, first by
Colonel r. G. Ingersoll, who replies in
the negative, and, secondly, by Con-
gresham Geary, the author of the
Chinese exclusion law, who answers in
the affirmative. A paper possessing a
unique interest on "The Family of
Columbus is contributed by the Duke
of Veragua. The article entitled L" Di-
vorce Made Easy" by Professor Brun
of Palo Alto University, is in the ma
ture of reply to M. Naquet's article
ON Divorce, from French Point of
View" which appeared in the Deem
Der number. Under the caption of
"Natural History Of the Hiss" DIR.
OniS Robinson writes inStructivalu