The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-06
CURRENT LITERATURE,
The March Magazines,


cessful systems of proft.sharing by two
large manufacturing comprehensive
Proctor q Gamble Company, near Gin
cinnati, and the N. o. Nelson Manu-
featuring Company, near st. Louis.
Mr.. Frank W. Blackmar, of the Uni
versity of Kansas, made a special in
vestigation of the practical W, rking Of
these proft-sharing concerns especially
for The Forum. At both places, labor
troubles are unknown, and were un-
known even during the most depressed
times.
THE Atlantic Monthly will contain
the opening chapters of striking serial
entitled 1.-The Seats of the Mighty" by
Gilbert Parker. 1t deals with the life
and adventures of young captain in
Virginia regiment, afterwards of Am
hersts regiment at The time of the fall
of Quebec. IL will run through several
numbers, and is one of this popular
authors most powerful stories. Fic-
ton is further represented by the first
installment of a two.part story by
Gtace Howard PIERCE, entitled "Gri-
dou's Pity" and additional chapters
from Mrs. Wards serial, " A Singular
Life"
DAVID CHRISTIE MURRAY, the well.
known English writer, is the author of
the special move cite entitled Why2
says Glady," contained in the March
NUMBER OF Tales from To,on Topics.
win great felicity of style and refresh
ing Wit Mr.. Murray relates story of
love that results in marriage and sepa-
ration, The story, which is in dia-
logue, forms a delightful introduction
TO a volume that is otherwise made up
OF the pest stories, sketches, poems and
witticisms that have appeared from time
to time in the regular issues of T'o,pn
Topics. To gn Topics Publishing Com
pany, 2OS Fifth Avenue, New York
City.
AMERICANS have 80 commonly ac-
corded to modern French artists the
hnal word in painting that a contrary
opinion sounds almost like beresy. Ac-
cording to an article entitled can
American Academy at Rome.n bv
Royal Cortissoz, in the March Rarper's.
there is a growing contingent Of artistic
heritics abroad. Italy, it seems. ia in.
creasing in favor as the only country in
Europe where all the elements of land
scape, tradition, galleries, architecture.
and popular appreciation favor the pro-
duction of serious works of art The
French are criticised as too clever
With their enormous talent. thew are
accused of wasting themselves in a
"splutter of blagu ;" while m,re hon
estly-minded and less snowy pain ers of
England, Spain and Italy are bui1n,y
up schools that threa en- the supreme
of Paris.
TX he t,.rA all
fresh and unhackneyed subjects. In
these globe-trottiug days the account of
a new field of travel will be greeted
with pleasure by American travellers,
and this Miss Harriet Waters Preston
and Mr. Joseph Pennell, the artist, have
found beyond the Adriatic," along
the coast of Dalmatia and Albania, a
region, moreover, which is now Access
sible to travellers. The second topic is
the art of the late Jean Carries, the
French sculptor and potter. The Cen
tury is the first of the magazines, we
believe, to give attention to the impor-
tant work of this artist, the appearance
of whore work in the Salon of the
Champ de Mars of 1892 caused his fell
low artists to demand and obtain for
him from the president of the republic
the cross of the Legion of Honor.
ONE of the most important projects
ever undertaken by Scribner'S Magazine
begins in the March number with the
first instalment of President E. Benjs-
min Andrew dramatic narrative, " A
History of the Last Quarter-Century ia
the United States" That this will be
always interesting is proved by the
statement of the author's plan to his
readers in the Introductory paragraph
in which he tells them that they are
"going upon rapid excursion, through
vast tracts, with frequent use of the
camera, and not upon typographical
survey" Each instalment will be filled
with what was once the sensational
episode of the day, and which has been
proved by time to be of great historical
importance This series is of all the
more importance because there is no
book in existence that gives history
of our own times for those who are liv-
ing in them.
"MRs. SHAKESPEARE" sounds a bit
odd to our ears, and that is why thou
sands of people will read with curiosity
the article under that title in the March
Ladies' Home Journal The paper is
lhtCiOotibS' - 40 ~ 49, "
j. Rolfe, the Shakesp .rian authority,
who gathers together everything that
is known about Shakespeare's wife, her
courtship, her married life and her
children, and presents his material in a
popular and most fascinatingly interest.
ing article. Conan Doyle, in the same
magazine, tells what he thinks are the
Literary Aspects of America; while
William Dean Howe,ls is particularly
entertaining in his literary autobiogra-
ply this month in telling Of Thomas
Hardy and Tolstoy, and of the greatest
literary passion of his life. And there
is much more-too much, really, to
mention-in this issue of the Journal.
1t is good number in every respect,
and beautiful one as well, clothed in
its artistic cover by Albert Lynch, the
French artist, whose chaste girls are
ex uisitely portrayed on this Journal