The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-12-14
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III LILO OeC6luU6T HUluU6I VI i LIZ le6yl6N
of Reviews Robert j. Finley has strik.
ing article on The Cartoon in. Politics,
giving the outline of the recent campaign
in New York as it appeared in current
caricature. There is sixteen page re-
view Of Senator Sherman's memoirs, and
a sketch of Herbert, Spencer written by
an intimate friend. T he editor calls in
question highlands claim to be consid-
cred an American power. and in the
Progress of the World" department. the
most Important current events receive
illuminating treatment.
The Decem Der Arena has very attrac.
tive table of contents, first upon the list
being recollectlons of Americas seven
great poets. Rev. Minot J. Savage writes
of Lowell, Rev. John W. Chadwick OF
Emerson, Frank B. Sanborn of Emerson
in his home, Edward Everett Hale OF
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mary B. Chap
in of Whittier, and Henrietta ). Nah
mer of Bryant The Wonders of Hypnot-
ism are depicted by Henry Gaull1eur in a
very Interesting article in which are con-
tanned the latest demonstrations Of the
subject Ly leading French scientists
Prof. Ely and Justice Walter Clark of
North Carolina argue strongly Ill favor
of government control of the telegraph.
Helen Gardner argues the question of
clear manner. The price OF the Arena
has been reduced to % cents per copy,
and SO year. but the publishers prom
Use that the magazine shall continue to
be as strong, Independent and bold as it
hns ever been. The Arena is in many
ways unique among magazines. its con-
tribuUions take wider range and are less
conventional in subject and in manner
of treatment than most of the monthly
publications.
In the Popular Science Monthly for
November Hon. David A. Wells follows
the Introductory paper Of his series on
Principles Of Taxation with very read
able and instructive account OF The Com
paratfvely Recent Tax Experiences of the
Federal Government Of the United States,
in which he sets forth the strange mix
ture Of ways for raising revenue adopted
during and just after the civil war. In
one Of the illustrated articles of this
number Prof. 6. Frederick Wright pres
ents New Evidence Of Glacial Man in
Ohio, which consists in the finding of a
stone knife imbedded in glacial gravel
near Steubeville. Prof James Sully
shows US childhood On the Side of Law,
giving much evidence of an instinct for
order and regularity in the child. A
quite seasonable article is The Anatomy
Of Speed Skating, by DR.. r. Iait McKen-
zie, giving the physical measurements of
several champion skaters with pictures
Of the men. Herbert Spencer continues
his series of Professional Institutions by
tracing the evolution Of the Teacher from
the priest. and throws much light upon
clerical control of secular education.
Prof W. R. Newbold contributes psy-
Geological study Of Suggestibility, Au-
t0matism and Kindred Phenomena
Other contributors to this number are the
Dean Of Montreal, who writes on Sir
John Lubbock, Laenas G. Weld, Edward
Farher, N. V. Brendecourt, G. w. Lit
tlehales and Virgil G. Eaton.
The American Kitchen Magazine for
December has the following table of con
tents: Tho Signs of the Times, by Ellen
H. Richards; Home Bcienoe, syllabus
issued by Regents Of New York Univer-
sity; The Yule Log, by Louisa M. Al
colt; The Christmas Dinner by Mary J.
Lincoln; A California and an English
Plum Pudding, by Kate B. Whitaker
The Souring Of Milk by E. W. Allen
His Reason (verse) by James Courtney
Challis; The Aladdin Oven at Tuskegee
University, by Edward Atkinson; The
Domestic Problem, by "Huldah" From
Day to Day, by Mary j. Lincoln; Christ.
mas CONNECTIONS, by Barbara Allen
The fiction of the December Cosmo
politan is by Robert Louis Stevens. Ouida,
Sarah Grand, Zanyill and James Lane
Allen. Probably no stronger array Of
fiction has ever been presented in any
magazine-money could not buyl. better
Nor has any magazine ever had larger
number of really distinguished artists en-
gagged upon the illustration of a singl,
number. The reader might be puzzled
to know how such number can be mad,
at the price of ten cents. But the maya
zine itself affords the solution. IU con
tains 100 pages of advertising, which, al
the publishers announce, is from $400
to $4,000 more net cash advertising thar
Was ever before printed in any magazine
of any kind, and in any country i
breaks the worlds record in the pub
fishing business. Moreover, the cost O
the artists and authors who appear il