Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-07-11

The FORUM for July proves to be an enter
tanning number. OF course the economical
questions Of the day are considered, the
province of the magazine being to keep
pace with current problems. The Hon.
George Il. Edmunds writes OF the .'Salu-
tary Results Of the Income Tax Decisions'
and Assistant Attorney-'ieneral Whitney
discusses the political dangers OF the
same decision. Prof. J. Laurence Laughlin
deals with "'coin's' Food for the Guilt
ble," which means that the discussion
started by that sensational and unreliable
publication is not TO be ended at once.
William Solomon considers Sound Cur
rency the Dominant Political Issue THE
Proper Perspective Of American History, F"
is outlined BY Prof. Woodrow Wilson and
ex-senator e. u. Ross writes Of "A Previous
Era Of Popular Madness and Its Lessons. +"
There are several other papers, one Of the
most entertaining and instructive being
the Confessions Of a Literary Hack" who,
for obvious reasons, does not sign his name
The opening paper in HARrER's for this
month discusses with almost unbounded
hopefulness the three American artists,
Dewng, Tryon and Maomonnies. They
are all young and, even better than that,
endowed with a thoroughly sane and
henlthful Imagination. With Dewing
pure poetry is suggested by simple means,
often by vague, impalpable methods.
With Mr.. Tryon, also, the spirit of his art
is more than technique. MIR. Macmonnies
is penetrating, decisive, clear-cut. All re-
fuse unswervingly to be, in any way,
turned aside from their high ideals.
Poultney Bigelow is seen at his best in
bis sharp, crisp, even witty delineation of
the struggle between Germany and France
at the beginning of the century. At that
time the very essence of their nationality
seemed reversed. Germany was vacillat-
ing, slothful, unready. surprised and
overmastered at every point.
owen Wistar describes the Evening
Home which catches up and tries to hui
mamie the boy waits of Philadelphia.
Lack of persistence seems the blight of all
low-down humanity. When II can be
made to stick to printed page an earnest
of hope is established. For this purpose
Gilberrs comic operas came IN! play ad-
mirably.
Behind the amusing froth of Richard
Harding Davis study of the voluntarily
expatriated Americans of Paris turks a
good deal Of the perennial sadness of
human life. Paris is like fire, good for
service. not mastery.
Julian Ralph continues his valiant exer-
tons to see things in China couleur de
rose. Perhaps involuntarily, his tone
grows apologize, ever and anon. in these
entertaining papers. He knows the world
is thoroughly won by Japan.
Hearts lnsurgent" is not up to what
one has right to expect from Thomas
Hardy. There is no sweetness, no stateli-
ness in his characters. The best is the
poor old forsaken schoolmaster. Even
errors are seasoned by little straight
forward, purposeful Conference. These
characters are too willowy to call up much
emotion of any sort. Not Arabella. how
ever. She is woman of such painful
sort, so absolutely unredeemed, that in her
behalf one accepts with true thankfuluess
Emerson S theory of some souls dying out
for good, for sheer lack of anything in
them at all worth saving.
ST.. NICHOLAS for July except the three
leading serials, which go ON their way
independently, even OF the Fourth. is
markedly national and patriotic. a feature
of this is the selection OF Whittier, the
most absolutely and exclusively American
of all our men OF letters, for little
biographical sketch. This portrait is ex.
cellent. 1t gives one of the most striking
aud spiritual faces that ever looked out on
humanity. His life, writings and charac-
ter were alike simple, direct and deep.
The whole range of his travels could easily
be run over in a day, but he lived down to
the core of all in which he took part. His
own times, those of course of the anti.
slavery struggle and the Civil War. were
just suited to such earnestness Of soul and
steadfastness of purpose. In them he was
q potent force. With all his deep feeling
there was no deiileinent of bitterness or
revenge. The rhymes OF American States
are continued with the odd conceit of
| making the outline OF each into some APP
| propriate picture Louisiana is Louis the
| Fourteenth, Arkansas u Jug of hot water.
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