The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-29
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1Ae EoFUm TOT StntetHueT.
In the September Forum, which beg Ins a new
volume. hree striking articles are especially
cohspi cuous -"A Century's Struggle for Silver. .
''1he Vatican and the United States by the
Rev. DR.. Edward McGlynn; and MY Four
Favortts Parts" by Henry Irving, the famous
English ,rsgsdian. Mr.. McMastsrs paper sum
marizss ;ersely the experience Of ths United
States in securing an abundant and convenient
silver curreuey-medium for everyday mercantile
diagnosis Of the present relations of the Pope
and American Catholics, condemning grave
abuses and reeiting tbs exact language of his
recent remarkable personal oonversatio lon with
Leo XIII during which the Pope discussed the
Satolii- Cerrigan controversy and frankly con-
emned fomenters Of ecclesiastical dissenslop.
Albert .pss 6. Stevens, editor .Brads'Fssss,n ip
Crisis. y codiies the history of notable panics
aud shrewdly ~criticises the present business
siluatioa, Edward n. Shepard, II The Brook.
Ign Idea Ia City Government" insists that
Brooklyn's present misgoyerHment is due, not
to its municipal charter, but to the men who
act under il. W. NJ. F. Rouad. Secretary Of the
National Prison Association, writes on "Criml-
mails Not the Victims of Heredity,' = boldly de-
Tending with facts and figures the revolutionary
conelnsion implist in the title G. 2, Tilling-
Library Commission. in Books and Readers In
Public Librari 81 tells of the most popular
books In libraries. the classes of readers libraries
should cultivate. and the efficiency of free
libraries as aids to scheol education. M. B.
Morton, OF the Kentucky Secretary of States
Office, interprets from original statistics the
sion methods, showing the doubtful economy
of the former. Helen Watterson, in
a rscy paper on Women Excite
wisdom IN advertising sex distinction. A. S.
Niche. President of the Royal Bank of Scot
land and a web known financial expsrt, dis
cpsses '"fhe Scotch Banks. Their Branches and
Cash Credits unfolding the merits of a system
whose application in the United States is widely
advocated. President w. r. Harper Of the
Chsesgo un,yerslty IN tins ray q american
statistics gatherei by the Foruai from Ameri-
can colleges. Which show that the average pro-
f hsSs,.f IS r sasly ON una 9Tpsd vast. rtet f Il gm w. q;
Hsnsshoids' proving that unwise marketing
and bad eookins needIessly increase the cost OF
living, and a study Of "Gompulso ~ State In-
surance; It's Effect in Germany" BY John Ora
ham Brooks, now 10 Germany In the interest of
the Bureau of Labor, deals adequately with q
topic of wide aud immediate interest.
"Scrihner's kEagazine."
s~cribnsr.s Magazine for September contains
sixteen titles ia prose and verse. seven of them
Illustrated. The artists represented include
Alfred Parsons, A.. i. Steiner, W. L. Taylor. O.
H. Bacner, j. Il. Twachtnlan and c. s. Rsiu.
hart. With such notable artists the number is
remarkably rjcn and attractive in its pictures.
Four OF the articles, widely varied in character,
deal, from different points of view. with literary
pefsonages whose books have become class les.
The three hBndredth anniversary of the birth
of Isaak Walton is noticed by an enter
tanning article on his life in London and at
Daredais. with Illustrations from resent
sketches by Alfred Parsons, who " so
skiHul in depicting English landscapes The
author. Alexander Cargill, has collie eted q great
deal OF interesting about Walton,
which Is not easily accessible. Austen Dobson
contributes q delightful article on orchards sou
at Home, giving q more ultimate view or the
personality of the author OF 'Clarissa" and sir
Charles Grandson" than IL found elsewhere.
Another OF the literary features OF the number
is 2, 4. Suiiiyan's account Of the original manu-
script of Thaekeray's Roundabout Papers,"
which is now in Harvard College Library. A
number of new and interesting paragraphs have
been found in this original manuscript which
! are not in the published works of Thackersy,
Andrew Lang makes a new contribution to his
Letters to Dead Authors" writing q genial
epistle 70 Samuel Pepys, Asq.
One of the most entertainiDg contributions to
the series on MEMS Occupations "a Fred J.
Miller's description of the every -day life Of
'sThe Maehinist. The author writes from
practical experience Of his life. and in his
paper shows what unusual qualities Of ingenu-
the making Of q successful machinist on wham
rests SO much OF modern progress, The Illus
~tratiops from life are by o. II. Bacher.
Gpstave Kobne describes the high tides of the
Bay oS. Fundy with striking illustrations from
photographs. Edward J. Lowell takes a phil
osophfcai survey of the development of clothes,
from the 1oga to trousers. w. l.. Taylor has
drawn a series of Illustrations which graphi-
ycaily represent this development.
TIE fiction of the number contains the con-
clneior Of Robert Grants Opinions of q
Philosopher another instalment of Harold
Frederic's wartime serial. 'sThe Copper head, y
beth X. Tompkins and Margaret Sutton Briscee
Gin dialogue form. Among the poems is an
unusually impressive one by D. G. Scott, en-
titled, 1.-The Harvest"