The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-07
CURRENT LITERATURE.
March Magazines.


have suffered somewhat from a mis-
taken notion, largely prevailing, that
this publication is devoted wholly to
military matters. This is d veIy great
error. As a matter of fact, there is
only enough of war literature in Blue
and Gray to give it spice and snap. Its
great purpose, to which its best pages
are devoted, is the promoting of a wide
and generous patriotism, and the unity
ing and unfolding of all our varied ma
tional interests. No better publication
can be placed in the hands of Ameri-
can boys and girls. l will greatly help
to make better citizens for the future.
THE March number of the Atlantic
Monthly opens with the third install
ment of Mrs. Deland's "Philp and
His Wife" Charles Egbert Craddock's
His Vanished Sar" appears for the
last time before its publication, as now
completed, in book form. Greece, in
the earliest DAYS of her life, is repre-
scented in Maurice Thompson's The
Sapphic Secret" study of the peculiar
charm of Sappho's diction. To the
wonderland the men-who have come
to think womankind capable of all mas
culine achievements, Miss Brower's
shrewd con sideration of the work of
women in music will be particularly
suggestive. A very striking poem is
Archibald Lampman's "The City of
the End of Things" Houghton, Milf
fin & Co., Boston.
THIS number of Scribner's Magazine
opens with the second article by Joel
Chandler Harris on "The Sea Island
Hurricanes "-this one dealing espe-
cially with the great relief work which
is being conducted by Miss Clara Bar
ton and the Red Cross Society. The
fiction in this number is notable, con-
tanning the first installment of a four
part story, GA Pound of Cure" by Will
lam Henry Bishop, who has published
no long story for several years. This
is tale of Monte Carlo at the present
day, in which young American and
his wife are the principal actors. The
third installment of "John March,
Seutherner," Mr.. Cables great serial
of the New South, is notable for its hui
morous negro characterizations and for
a charming bit of leve-making. There
is also short satirical story, "The
Summer Intimacy" by George A. Hib-
bard, in his most amusing vein.
THE North American Review has
seldom offered it's readers so great
variety of subjects as this number con-
tains, nor presented to them a more re-
markable list of contributors. The
opening article, which is entitled "The
House of Representatives and the
House of Commons" is certain to at
tract considerable attention on both
sides of the Atlantic. Under the cap
ton of 1.-THE New Aspect of the
Woman Question:" Sarah Grand, au-
thor of "The Heavenly Twins" con-
tributes clever and powerful article
on the relation of the sexes. Archi-
bald Forbes, the famous war corre-
spondent, discusses "The Outlook for
War in Europe' in mastery man
ner, and Professor R. T. Ely outlines
programme of social reform in paper
on Natural Monopolies and the
Workingman." Prisons in the Old
World and the New" forms the SUBJ
ject of paper by Major Arthur Grit
18th, Her Majesty's inspector of prisons,
which is especially timely in view of
the recent investigation at Elmira.
THE Literary World, published fort
nightly by E. H. Hames Il Co., Boston,
Mass, began its twenty-fifth volume
last month. The first thing we will note
in the issue beginning this volume
January 13) is list of the best books
of 1893, "-some 275 in number,-giv-
ing title, author and publisher of each,
and covering numerous departments of
literature. 1t is a valuable list indeedl
Sitting by our evening lamp, after a
brief hour in running through the
pages of this periodical, we think of the
class of book-lovers who find an mex
pressible delight in visiting book
store, feasting eye and soul, glancing
at new publications, taking up here one
and there another, dipping for the mo-
ment into their treasures, and signing
for more time and money, for buying
and reading,-a pleasure, alas, too rarel
But next to this pleasure is the semi
monthly visit of such a publication as
the Literary World 1t lays before the
reader long list of the newest and
, best books, giving, at more or less
length, an idea of them, such as to
make it almost an indispensable to one
who would be well up in the literature
| of the day. There are others to whom
this publication appeals, but we can
not do better than to urge any who
would know its merits to send ten cents
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