Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-01-06
Literary Notes.

sJter1py Notes.
Webster was often. as we have
seen. reused to great uttcrances on
the spur Of the instant by some inn
mediate provoeat;on. and no one
could do grander things without
preparation Of any sort. He had |
really no methods or habits OF prep
aration. Sometimes he wrote out be. |
fore speaking. Sometimes he wrote
out deliberately after speaking.
Sometimes he had a long time for
preparations: sometimes, as in the |
Haync case. a very short time. One
of his grandest orations-perhaps
the grandcst Of all-was the eulogy
on Adams and Jefferson. They died
in 1926, on the Ith of July. A week
elapsed before he accepted the ap-
Pointmcnt to deliver the eulOgy. 1t
was delivered on the I'd of August.
This is contained in..Webster's keply
to Hayne," by Hon. Robert c. Win
throp. in the January number of
Scsibner's Magazine.
The Review of Reviews for jan
uary is particularly strong in its ed
itorial resume of the closing events of
the stirring and turbulent year 1898.
DIR. Albert Shaw. the editor. discuss
es tariff revision, the relief of the
unemployed, recent strikes and labor
questions. the Hawaiian question
and the administrations policy with
regard to that subject, civil service
reform as applied to our diplomatic
and consular. as well as other
branches of'the public service. and a
great variety of other topics of the
day. Foreign affairs are briefly but
clearly presented, and this depart
ment. entitled, The Progress Of the
World" presents in some twenty
pages a broad and frank treatment
Of affairs political and social from
Canada to Capetown. The list of
portraits is sufficiently illustrative
Of the enterprise of the Review of
Reviews in securing and presenting
each month the portraits of the men
whose faces the reader Of the worlds
news would mos; naturally prefer to
see.
McClure's magazine for January is
as attractive in illustration. rs in
reading matter, and what first strikes
one in CHANGING through it is the no.
table wealth Of portraits. One of
Parkman. the historian, serves as
frontispiecc: and in the Human
Documents" department (Which. by
the way. abates none of its interest
and novelty are others of Parkman,
n well rs series OF Rider Haggard.
the novelist. and n series Of the emf
nent French physician and scientist.
lCharcot. Then there are portraits
also Of jules Verne. the late Profess
or Tyndall. Professor Huxley, the
duke of Argyll. Samue; Smiles. and
Professor Max Muller. Some hither-
to unpublished letters OF Whittier's.
leXhibit his sweet. serene faith in God
and man most attractively. 4 study
Of Jules Verne Mt home, largely au-
photographed. biographical and
critical study Of Francis Parkman.
and an account OF the Maxim air-ship
the newest and most promising APP
lqliancc for aerial navigation. are al
so notable articles. W. ID. Howells.
&. W. Cable. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.
Professor Tyndall. and others con-
tribute a series III reflections and
notices suggested by the new year.
The short stories of the number
Chandler Moulton. and !. Zangwill.
The North American Review begins
the new year with an exceptionally
strong number, both as regards the
celebrity Of its contributors aud the
! timeliness and authoritative character
Of its contents. 1t opens with an
important article on the proposed
..1ncome Tax on Corporations" b,
Hon. William L. Wilson. chairman OF
the ways and means committee
disqualification in BRAZIL forms the
|, subject of a paper by the Brazilian
minister at Washington, Salvador d.
Mendonca. which possesses specia
: value ut the present crisis in thai
country. EN-SPeaker Reed discusse,
5 the Tariff and Business" in a char
acteristic manner: Governor Waite
. of Colorado. answers the question
Are the Silver States Ruined?" ano
Lady Jcune writes most entertaining
~ OF dinners and Diners" Under tn,
caption Of ..Aftcr-thoughts of Story
teller. George w. Cable, the novelist
I, contributes some interesting reminis
4 cences and reflections. Bishop Doane
of Albany. discusses The RomaI
, Catholic Church and the SchOo
Fund" in vigorous article. Tn
!, comptroller Of currency. Hon. Jane
II Eckels. points out ''How to Pre-
g vent a Money Famine" and Fred
c eric X. Coudcrt, the well-known law
yer. sums up the case against Minis