Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-17
LITERARY NOTES.

The important articles on "Money, Banking and Currency" which appeared in Harpers Weekly, beginning in the number dated March g, 1895, have been collected and published in book form, with illustrations by w. A. Rogers and Thomas Mast. The articles, taken to- gether, constitute a treatise which shows that it is not quantity but quality that We need in our money; that the quality must be such as is demanded by the conner cial world that gold is the only money having quality; that all representatives of money, like paper, checks notes, bills of exchange, etc., must be honest and ac- tualy represent what they profess to rep resent-the gold money of commerce. The treatise also shows that we have now very much more money in this country than is needed by the business of the country and that there is gold enough in the country to sustain paper money largely in excess of all that Is now in cir culation. It also shows that since what is called the demonetization of silver in 1873 took place the country has greatly pros pered, and that it has paid off a large part of it's indebtedness; that all tempo rary increases of the public debt have been the result of silver legislation, which also has not advanced the price of silver. On the contrary, every law in aid of sil- yer has been followed by a decline in it's price. It also shows that prices of gen. eral commodities have not depended upon the price of silver. The chapter on "Bi- metallism in History" shows from an ex- animation of the coinage laws of differ ent nations from 1900 to the present time, that no nation ever succeeded in main taining the two metals in circulation at the same time.
 This timely book is entitled "The Mon ey We Need" Its author is Henry Loom- is Nelson, editor of Harper's Weekly.
 The October number of Harper's Maga- zine will open with a handsomely illus trated paper by Edwin Lord Weeks on the troublous phase of life in modern h. dia, indicated by it's title, "Hindoo and Moslem." This article, following Dr. Thomson's paper on "Arabia-1slam and the Eastern Question:" in the September number, will give readers of Harper's Magazine both the historical and present aspects of an important racial and re- ligious problem.
 The very thorough studies which Ed win A. Abbey made in preparation for the work of illustrating Shakespeare's comedies were prosecuted in Italy, Eng land, and elsewhere, at the places chosen by Shakespeare for his scenes" Quite aside from thein high artistic value therefore, these drawings have the merit of showing the people of the comedies properly circumstanced, with all details and accessories, such as architecture and furniture and dress, in faithful repre- sentation. One hundred and thirty-one of MT. Abbey's drawings, reproduced by photogravure. will illustrate the four volume edition of the comedies which Harper & Brothers will soon publish. The text is that of the folio of 1923. with obvious errors corrected and the orthog- raphy modernized; and the retention in this edition of passages which occur in the folio just mentioned, but which many editors, for one reason or another, or wholly without justification, have omit ted. will be noted with interest and ap- proval.
 Among other attra ctive features, liar per's Bazar, issued on September 21, will present some very beautiful gowns from the Maison Worth drawn by Sandoz These are appropriate for the transition season between summer and autumn An article entitled Life in Puget Sound" by Mrs. Candace Wheeler, will be of un- usual interest, and among the lighter sketches will be a dialogue by Frances B. Paine, in which the humors of Sum mer Whist' will be amusingly out lined