The Dickinson press., 1895-02-02
LITERARY NOTES.

Stevenson, and not a little under his
there has come forward
lately a whole group Of young Scotch
writers Of remarkable grace and
strength. The chief Of these-Bar.
rie. Crockett and Ian McClaren-
have written each a tribute to their
brother and master Stevenson. which
will appear with portraits and 9th
or pictures. in the February number
OF McClure's Magazine. In the same
number will appear, also. an illus.
trated article on "Stevenson in the
South Sea-" written by q friend of
S%tevenson's who helped him in his
preparations for the voyage and saw
him aboard ship ut San Francisco.
Tho variety that young people al.
ways expect in st. Nicholas 10 to be
found in the February number. 1t
opens with an odd story of "Bruin's
Boxing Match" told by Charles G..
d. Roberts. The number abounds
In pictures, poems and jingles many
of them for the very little ones.
Apropos of the current discussion
of anti-toxine, the alleged diphtheria
remedy. and its merits, the editor Of
the Review of Reviews, in "Progress
OF the World,' calls attention to the
decline of such old.fashioned NAL.
aides as smallpox and typhoid fever
and the increased efforts of modern
sanitary science to grapple with
cnildren's diseases. especially with
diphtheria and scarlet fever. The
Review also offers a few suggestions
concerning tho duty Of society in re.
latton to the condition of city slums,
and the housing of the poor. To
show that the situation in New York
is not quite as bad as it has been
represented, the editor cites the sug.
gestive fact that the mortality rate
for New York tenement houses /,
lower than that for the slum dis
tricts of European cities. There i.
ground for encouragement in this.
France is trying to found il
Northern Africa a military empir,
which shall revive the historic glo
ries of that region. Poultney Big
Glow, in the February Harper's Mag
azine. writes entertainingly Of re
suits OF this undertaking in Algeria
and the article has been illustrated
by Frederic Remington.
The leading feature of "The Cen
fury" continues to be the life of Ma
poleon. by Prof. William N. Sloar
which, in the February number
reaches the topic of Bonaparte's frs
military success. The illustration
, of the present number are from orig
inals by David, Flameng, Lejeun,
Jiminez, and other painters, togett
or with drawings made especially b
Castaigne. Pape and others. afte
r careful studies of the period. I'll
. narrative now rapidly approach.
! the first great campaign in Ital
which was regarded in later life /
Napoleon as the greatest achiev
ment of his career.
Il DR.. Parkhurst has coined q ne
word. and its aptness and clev,
construction are quite likely to mall
1t famous. The eminent reformer
word is "Andromania," and b
J makes his new word serve as the {
tie for his first article in tho next /
sue of the Ladies' Home Journ,
!. and uses it for a vigorous treatmel
u of the type of women for whom
B. invented it.
!. Within the past year, and esp
cially within the past six month
: finance has taken, rs a topic Of pre-
:. discussion, the place occupie
several years past by the tariff. II
great political problem of the day
the United States is the problem
reforming the national currenc
There is no way to get an idea Of Il
- general press discussion except
reading a journal that gives extrac
- and condensed statements from .
the leading representative pape
and reviews. Such a journal is Pu
lie Opinion. published weekly
Washington, d. G.
=. The Standardization, or perha
u what may even be called the spirl
utilization of ply sizes, As a science,
n one Of the most marked logical to
8 denotes of recent investigation a,
Q philosophy. In the light of rece
psychical demonstrations it has be,
!. said that thoughts are things, b
b perhaps it is better to say they a
a forces. In physical science the tn
Org now is that vibration is a nj
versal Law, and the medium of the
a motions is the universal ether,
that there is o common meetil
\. ground of the spiritual and materi,
In the February Arena, Hen,
Wood, writing on "The Dynami
of Mind" extends this conception
. the processes of mind, and CLAIM
~ that al matter is now held to be /
stinct with life, so new thoughts a
q as much dynamic forces in life
any other of the phenomena of n
;, ture-electricity or magnetism, t
j. instance.
It Sleeves remain as wonderful az Q
D. er in size. They are Of the san
10 fabric as the skirt. As for the Ia
/. ter, it is conspicuous for its plat
ID ness and its pronounced flare.