The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-01
CURRENT LITERATURE.
The May Magazines.


dzine appears in an even more attractive
cover than the Easter one. This mag
azine is certainly one of the best of the
month, and cannot fail to be appre
ciated by its readers. This number,
with its eighty illustrations, is as unique
and interesting as any we have seen.
THE subject of Fear " is taken up
by Professor James Sully in the Popu
lar Science Monthly His investigations
show that while some children are afraid
of heavy, rumbling sounds, like peals
of thunder, others are pleased by them,
but are greatly disturbed by much
smaller sharp sounds. Opposite effects
are produced in small children by the
first sight of the sea.
THE one memorial in equatorial At
RIGA in which the whole civilized world
has interest is pictured in The Century
for May. This is the tree beneath
which is buried the heart of DR.. Living
stone, and upon the trunk of which
record was rudely chiseled by one of
the great missionary's native followers.
The photog aph which is reproduced
was made by Mr. E J Glave, in the
course of an exploration undertaken
for The Century magazine.
AMONG the contents of The Forum,
for May are "Can We Revive the
olympic Games ?" a study of the spirit
of ancient and modern athletics, by
Professor Paul Shorey, of the Univer-
sity of Chicago; "The Future of the
Great Arid West" by Mr.. E. r. Small
ley of St. Paul; "Our Debt to Invent
ors; Shall We Discourage Them ?" by
Professor r. H. Thurston of Cornell;
1.-The Coming of Equality of Opportu-
nity," by Colonel Carroll D. Wright;
and "The Government as Great Pub
lisher," by Mr.. A. R. Spofford, librarian
of congress.
HARPER's maintains its reputation as
"the best collection of short stories."
The May number contains three, each
treating phase of American life, and
each widely different from the others
10 scene and manner Owen Wister's
Ella Tinaja Bonita" is love-story of
Arizona, with a desert and drought
for background; Robert Grant, in
"By Hook or Crook" relates an Incl
dent in the social career of prosperous
in " Dutch Kitty's White Slippers" in
PRODUCES his readers to another set of
People We Pass " in the East-side of
New York
CONSPICUOUS among the contents of
the May Atlantic is Percival Lowell's
first paper on Mars The subject is
the Atmosphere of Mars" and is
treated with such skill that the reader
finds new interest in the scientific in.
formation given. Two papers of I'M
usual historical interest are "The Polit-
ical Depravity of our Fathers" by John
B McMaster, and CDR. Rush and Gen
eral Washington by Paul Leicester
Ford. Two other papers, which may
be spoken of naturally together, are
Cramps with an Enthusiast" by Olive
Thorne Miller, and "a Week on Wal.
denis Ridge" a Tennessee sketch, by
Bradford Torrey.
WoMEN's colleges receive DR.. Park.
bursts attention in the May Ladies
Home Journal, and the vigor with which
he treats the subject is unmistakable
Eliz beth Stuart Phelps is tenderly
reminiscent of her father, the late Aus
tin Phelps, in the series OF "The Man
Who Most Influenced Me-" Edward
Box answers, with much force and d.
rectness, page of" Problems of Young
Men," The cover of this number is 8
reproduction of one of Albert Lynch;
beautiful girls, set into an artistic
frame. This beautiful magazine is sold
at ten cents per number and at one
dollar per year, by The Curtis Publish
ing Company, Philadelphia.