The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-15
Literary Notes.

The North American Review for No
vember opens with an important and
timely article on "rhe Fight off the
Yalu River" by the Secretary of the
Navy, Hon. Hilary a. Herbert. The
japanese Minister at Washington,
Substituting kuring, also furnishes a
valuable paper on other phases of "rhe
War in the Orient" Two notable arti-
cles on the "Possibilities of an Anglo
American e.unon," written respective
" by Captain Alfred +. Mahan. [. ;.
y, and Captain Lord Charles Beresford,
of The Royal Navy, are certain to at
tract wide attention. Under the title of
"Iow Law is Made Senator John l..
Mitchell, of Wisconsin, furnishes an in
tercstng and instructive article, de-
scribing the course of bill through
Congress. The Business Revival"
forms the subject of four papers by the
Presidents of the Chambers of Com
merce at Boston, Cincinnati, New Or
leans, and the President of the Mler-
chants Exchange at st. Louis. The
Rev. Bishop stephen NJ Merrill, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, deals with
the "Evolution of Political Parties :
Max O'Rell describes the difference be-
tween "French aud Anglo Saxon I'M
morality" in a vivacious paper; Amelia
f. Barr discusses "The Modern Novel :
and Charles Dickens writes most enter
tainingly of Public Dinners in Lon
dom past and present. Other topics
treated are: Educating Daughter, =
by Elizabeth Bisand; Free Coinage in
Mexico, by Claude y. Bennett; "For a
Suppression of City Noises" by Philip
II,,b L. 7 g.,
by William kinnear.
The show of distinguished beauty.
transfiXed by famous artists, which is
now taking place at the Academy of
Fine Arts in New York. has been antici-
pated by The Cosmopolitan Magazine
In its November issue, is an article by
VIM. A. Coffin, with illustrations of
some of the more beautiful faces. The
Great Passions of History" series has
for this months subject the romantic
career of Agnes Sorei, who influenced
the destinies of France under Charles
VII. "rhe Art Schools of America, =
"The Great British Northwest Terri,
tory" 1.-The Chiefs of the American
Press and the Public Library Move
ment," are amongst The Cosmopolitan :
table of contents. Survivors Of the war
and their children will find intense inter
est in "fhe Story of IA Thousand" a
personal narrative begun in this number
by Albion W. Tourgee, who tells in "A
graphic way, of regiment which saw
fierce seryice-of its organization, its
marches, its sports, and its death-roll
The Review of Reviews for November,
in its editorial department (''Ihe Pro-
gress of the World'D has some sugges-
tive paragraphs bearing on the present
attempts at municipal housekeeping
in the great cities of New York, Chicago
and San Francisco, aud takes the occas-
ion to emphasize certain lessons to he
learned from European municipal eX-
periences. In speaking of Glasgow
spstem of street cars, owned and oper-
ated by the municipality, the editor
points out that this responsibility was
not undertaken by the city until the
municipal government had been tested
with many large enterprises which it
had shown it, fitness to control aud
operate successfully; it is now managing
its street car service, says the Review,
as successfully AS the best of our Ameri-
can cities manage their fire departments.