Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-13

In his article in the October
Forum, President Eliot, of Harvard,
draws attention to the striking fact
that the three nations which have
given the greatest proofs of cOnstitu-
tional vigor.-namely, Germany,
England and the United States-are
those which in religious opinions and
practices are very heterogeneous, so
that no concentrated religious fervor
can possibly melt and unite all their
people.
The publishers of McClure's Maya
zine have secured the use of the Hon.
Gardiner G. Hubbard's great collec-
ton of Napoleon prints. This is one
OF the most important collections of
its kind in the world and represents
the results of many years of collect
ing. One hundred and fifty of these
pictures have been selected and will
be published in six issues of Nc
Clure's Magazine, beginning with
November.
The frontispiece of McClure's Mag
azine for October shows Charles a.
Dana, the all-pervading guiding
spirit of the New York Sun, at work
in his editorial office. And the OPEN
ing article is very comprehensive
study of Mr.. Dana's career. from the
time when he began life as a grocer's
clerk, catching Up bit of schooling
as he went along. down through his
connection with Brook farm. his long
service on the New York Tribune un-
der Greeley, his important service
during the war as assistant secretary
of war under Lincoln and Stanton,
and his more than twenty years edi-
torship of the Sun. The article is
written by MIR. Dana's chief editorial
associate on the Sun, Edward p.
Mitchell. Views of his country
home on Long Island and an inter-
esting series OF portraits accompany
it.
The complete novel in the October
number of Lippincott's is "A Cues
ton OF Courage" by Francis Lynde.
1t deals with feud in the mountains
OF Tennessee, and the question of the
northern hero's courage, after sun
dry doubts and adventures, is settled
to the hero's own satisfaction and
that Of the heroine. Mr.. Lynde is a
recently discovered" author, but he
knows how to tell story. Goals
Of Fire" is military tale by Leroy
Armstrong, who here shows him self
no unworthy follower of Captain
King. AT the Little Red House."
by Kate Jordan, has a railway SUBJ
lect. Margaret Langdon writes "A
Tragedy of Trade" IAN Hour Be-
fore Death" is brief yet extremely
strong and pathetic sketch by Eliza
beth Knowlton Carter, a new writer
of whom great things may be hoped.
Gertrude Atherton, in Famous
Rivalries of Women" recalls mapv
moving tales of the past. George j.
varney traces the progress of Tel
egraphy up to Date" and David
Graham Adee identifies The Ballad
of the Drum" which Alexander
Hamilton sang at the banquet of the
Cincinnati, shortly before his death.
Saburo Arai speaks with authority of
japanese and Chinese Porcelains
and their limitations" The senti-
ment and the philosophy alike of
1.-The October Woods" are given by
James Knapp Reeve. In The Snob,"
Kate Miner Rabb shows that essay
writing is not yet lost art. Felix
L. Oswald supplies another good
essay, on Localized Virtue" "a
Garden Quest" is a specimen of Har-
rison S. Morris's forthcoming book
of verse. Besides quatrains by Mar
garet Gilman George and L. Worth
ington Green, and other poems Of the
number are by Florence Earle Coates,
Celia A. Hayward and Emma J.
Gompf.