The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-04
CURRENT LITERATURE.
The April Magazines.


opens with the second of Octave Than
cts sketches of American types, sug-
gested by her observations among the
state buildings during the Worlds Fair.
In this article she describes 4" The
Farmer in the South" whom she knows
very well at home, as il is her custom
to spend every winter on plantation
in Arkansas. The illustrations by A.
B. Frost are in his very best manner.
A very different type of character is
described by II. G. Bunner in his
"Bowery and Bohemia" HIS great
Familiarity with the phases of New
York life enables Mr.. Bunner to de-
scribe a type, "the real Bohemian"
who is very little known and imper-
fectly understood by the general public.
In variety, originality and excellence
the April number of Romance is not
surpassed by any of its predecessors.
Its leading features are powerful So
ciety story by Arthur Beardsley Mitch
ell and group Of three thrilling narra-
tives of adventure, all written expressly
for this magazine. Besides these,
which are all American, there are
stories of Spain, France, Germany,
England and Japan; good ghost story;
charming love stories; one of the
stran rest fantasies of Alphonse Daudet;
strong tale of the Western mines; and
many others of uncommon merit in
different lines. Romance is issued by
Romance Publishing Company, Clinton
Hall, Aston Place, New York, at twenty
five cents number; subscriptions, 80 30
a year. A sample copy of back num-
hA, 10 g..
BESIDES Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Wards story, THE Oath of Allie
glance" the atlantic contains two con-
tributions relating to war. They are
Mr.. Eben Greenough Scott's historical
paper, " General Lee during the Cam
paign of the Seven Days." and paper
on "War's Use of the Engines Of
Peace railroads, electricity, and in
iammable oils-by General Joseph L.
Brent, Of the Confederate army. Two
notable articles on political questions
are Mr.. A. Lawrence Lowells "The
Referendum in Switzerland and in
America" and "Some Causes of the
Italian Crisis" by w. r. Thayer. Mrs.
Catherwood's strange story of "The
Windigo," and the continuation of Mrs.
Deland's Philip and his Wife,"
give strength to the fiction of a strong
number. Houghton, Miffiin & Co.,
Boston.
AMONG the editorial articles in the
April Century are an announcement of
the Life of Napoleon" which is soon
to begin in that magazine, and articles
on 1.-The Look from Above Down
ward " and Voting by Machine" the
last being a description of recent in
vention designed to circumvent cheat
inI at elections. Among the "Open
Letters" in the same magazine, is a
resume of the " Forestry Legislation in
Europe" by DR.. B. E. Fernow, chief Of
the forestry division of the Agricultural
Department. Rev. DR.. T. T. Munger
writes Interestingly of the " Head of
Sir Walter Scott" and President Will
liam Dewitt HYDE of Powdoin College
discusses The Unity of the Sects " in
somewhat different vein from the cur
rent tendency, upholding the special
value of the leading Protestant de-
nominations.
THE STAR" contributors to the April
number of the North American Reuie,o
are Cardinal Gibbons, who furnishes
some exceedingly interesting" Personal
"reminiscences of the Vatican Coun-
Gil -; Mark Twain, who tells the " Pri-
vate History of the Jumping Frog
Story" and Governor Stone of Mis.s-
sippi, who discusses "The Suppression
of Lawlessness in the South" Justin
Mccarthy, M. P, contributes an ex-
ceedingly timely article on New Par
ties in Parliament" and the Hon.
Thomas H. Carter, chairman of the re-
publican national committee, supplies
an able paper on 1.-THE Republican
Outlook" Other topics treated are
Delicacy, True and False" by Will
liam Matthews, LID; College The
atricals as We Have Them" by E.
Ireneus Stevenson; and LAND Held
out of Use," by j. w. Bengough.
THE April Forum is one of unusual
variety. 1t opens with an article under
the significant title "Mr. Cleveland's
-Falure?" by IAN Independent
who frankly analyses Mr.. Cleveland's
characteristics, and indicates what he
regards as the serious mistakes of the
first year of his administration-an ar
Gle that is likely to provoke much dis
cussion, because an effort is made in it
to formulate final judgment of Mr..
Cleveland as figure in our politics.
Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt contributes
stirring article on what Americanism
Really Means" Colonel Aldace F.
Walker, formerly a member of the In
terstate Commerce Commission and
since then chairman of the Western
Traffic Association, answers the ques-
ton, Has the Interstate Commerce
Law been Beneficial to Commerce."
and points out what sort of law we
ought to have touching great railroad
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