Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-28

Hinduism Based on Revelation" mo
Polytheism in India, lathe Bane of India, :"
"Essentials OF Hinlu Faith," "Buddha's
Four Noble Truths" Tho jams Not
Atheists "Confucisn Ethics" and the
..Sbinto's Scheme for Ending War;" A
large number Of other valuable articles also
contribute to the worth Of this number.
Review of Reviews Co., ID Aston Place.
New York.
Harpsr's Monthly.
ReceLt issues of Harper's have been no.
ticeably strong in short stories. The
March number contains FIVE: "The Buck
ley Lady" love-story of colonial New
England, by Miss Mary E. wilkins; "A
Partie Carree," history of . yachting
cruise in the Mediterranean, by w. E.
Norris; IAN Undivined Tragedy. ro-
mantle tale of English country life, by Lau-
renee Alma Tadema, daughter Of the we'll
known painter: cat Private View,"a
sketch Of New York life. by Brander Mat
thews: and "Cache Cache" a story of the
French Revolution, by William McLenuan.
1t 10 to the credit of Messrs. Harper
| Brothers that they have never spared any
expense or paint to keep their publications
fully abreast of the times. The March
number of this fine magazine is fully up to
the high standard which the publishers of
this fine magazine have set for it from the
first. Harper Brothers, New York;
Current History
| for the 4th quarter of 1898 sums up in q
nutshell both sides of the Hawaiian ques-
ton; gives an elaborate review of the stu
alton in the United States as regards the
tariff and the general interests of business
and industry, with statistics for the year I;
traces the causes and significance of the
trouble in Brazil; discusses with great
cleaners the internati nal problem of the
balance of power in the Mediterranean; re-
views the political situation in the United
States, the Gravesend fair, the working Of
the liqaor dispensary law in South Carolina,
f, the prohibition movement and the growth
of new political forces in Canada; dis
cusses the facts and tendencies of
the growth of Socialism and Anarchy
| in Europe, outlines the life and
work of Francis Parkman; and contains
fund of valuable information on host of
other timely topics. Portraits Of many
prominent personages, as well as useful
maps etc., adorn the pages. Editorially
and geographically the work shows the
greatest care. An elaborate itemized index
| for the volume il given with the present
number. 1t c.vers 26 closely printed
pages, and adds greatly to the value of the
book as reference work.
| (Garretson; Cox & Co., Buffalo, N. Y:
Sl.50 year, single copies 40 cents; sample
% cents; specimen pages sent on applica-
tion.)
The Forum. lf
The March Forum takes up the Income
Tax first with an article showing the imprac-
ticability of collecting it, by the Hon. Davil
A. Wells, and companion article giving
reasons in its favor, by Congressman U. s.
Hall of Missouri; who is one of the most
energetic champions of the tax in the
House. These two writer's 60 over the
whole controversy and give the clearest
view that has been presented of the matter.
Following this is an exhaustive article on
the Great Railroad Failures of 1898, and
their Lessons, by Simon Sterne, one of the
foremost lawyers and students of economic
questions that we have. With this number
of The Forum an interesting series of
articles is begun on current plans
for reforming society. Other article s
in this number are 1.-The Duty
of Educated Men in Democracy"
by Mr.. E. l.. Godkin, editor of The New
York Evening Post; COLONIZATION as q
Remedy for City Poverty" by Prof. Fran
els G. Peabody of Harvard; "Lowell, the
Man as Revealed in his Public Letters"-
sympathetic study by his friend, John w.
Chadwick; and sn article by DR.. H. d.
Chaplin, of the New York Post Graduate
Hospital, on "Child-Study in the Hospital, -
wherein he explains the record of six hun
bred cases that have come under his care.
DR.. Chaplin presents group of moot inter-
esting facts to show that environment has
had more to do With the development of a
child than heredity. This is very valua-
BILE contribution to sociology.