The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-08-29
The September Forum.

The September number of The Forum
(Which by the way, begins NOl. NA.) J, Is,
III many respects, one OF the most note
worthy numbers ever issued. The leader
is contributed by the Hon. Theodore
Roosevelt, President OF the Board OF
Police Commissioners, New York, who
writes in his usual vigorous style on
The Enforcement Of Law setting forth
clearly and unequivocally his position
with. regard to the enforcement OF the
Excise Law in New York, which he is de-
tcrmincd to inforce withoutfear OF favor.
Mr.. ID. Mc(i. Means follows Mr.. ROose-
Welt with an article on "Muncipal Prog
ress and the Living Wage, in which he
contends that our prospects OF nObler
civic life hang upon the reform OF Civil
Service, and that when Oncethe Civil Ser
vice is reformed, the question OF the 'liv
inc wage will lose its Importance. Mr..
Richard H. Hutton, Editor OF the Lon
don 'SpcctatOr, contributes an appre-
ciative criticism of professor Huxley
| fr oma metaphysical point OF view.
Probably the most noteworthy article
in the September number is contributed
by Prof. Caesar Lombroso, the eminent
Italian Crlminologist, author of EDELIN,
quent Man. 1.-The Female Offender"
etc, who writes on Criminal Anthro
pology: Its Origin and application"
! Professor Lombroso tells ofhis discovery
of the science to which he has given the
name OF Criminology, and explains the
application of his theories-an article of
profound interest. Mr.. Clarence King,
in "Shall Cuba be Free traces the his
tory of Spanish repression in Cuba lead
| ing to the present rebellion, and paints
| Spanish rule in Cuba i'll the darkest of
colors, making an eloquent plea for
| Cuban Independence. Mr.. Frederic Har-
riSOn concludes his series OF papers on
The Great Victorian Writer'S" an I'M
usually brilliant estimate OF ''GeOrge
| Eliot's Place in I.itcrature.' Mr.. Harri-
sons long acquaintance with George
Eliot gives this paper an unusual inter-
est. Mr.. Edward Atkinson points out
some OF The Benefits OF Hard Times. -
! Mr. Martin j. Griffin, Librarian of the
Dominion Parliament, contributes an
uncommonly interesting paper on The
Anecdotic Side of English Parliamentary
Dssolutions." briefly describing English
Parliamentary dissolutions from the
year 1850 up to the iall of the Rosebery
ministry. Mr.. ii. 7. Newcomb in The
Civil Service as Il Career, points out the
| opportunities for young men and women
| In the tlYll Service. otner articles III the
September Forum are: ''Unsanitary
Schools and Public Indifference by DR..
Douglas IL. Stewart, who lately made
an official examination of the public
schools in New York City-the results OF
his investigation. which he describes in
his article, are fairly startling. "Meth-
DDS and difficulties OF Child-Study," by
Mrs. Annie Howes Barus, who points out
how mothers should scientifically study
the development OF ieir children, should
in fact record their life history.
Thus, the September Forum sweeps
over the whole field OF contemporaneous
thought, presenting its readers with
eleven timely and interesting articles by
notable writers on u variety OF impOr
tant topics-literature, politics, social.
ogy, crimlnology, economics, municipal
reform, education, biography, etc, etc.