The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
LITERARY NOTES.

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In the February number of the Cen
tury will be printed a paper on the
'Palmerston Idea in Diplomacy by
Edward NJ Chapman This was writ
ten before the presidents message on
the Venezuelan question, but has a
distinct bearing upon it. The article
is in a friendly spirit, but attributes to
| Lord Palmerston's diplomatic ideals
the present isolation of England.
| The February number of Harper's
will be in the best sense popular.
Stephen Bonsal will describe "The New
Baltimore" with the aid of eighteen IL
lustrations; Casper w. Whitney will re-
late some exciting experiences in his
| pursuit of the musk-oX in northern
British America, and Henry LOOMS
Nelson will discuss 1.-THE Passing of the
Fur Seal and find cause in the fail
ure of Great Britain to support the
findings of the Paris tribunal. There
will be capital short stories, and the
military spirit will be satisfied with
/ Poultney Bigelow's stirring description
of ''The German Struggle for Liberty
against Napoleon and the Prussian
king; Theodore Roosevelt's narrative
of st. Clairs disastrous expedition
against the Miami Indians a century
ago; and the story of the capture Of
the Maid of Orleans by the English,
told in the Personal Recollections of
Joan of Arc
McClure's Magazine for February will
contain eight important portraits Of
Lincoln and will present material never
| before published. During this period
Lincoln suffered financial wreck as a
country merchant; made his first dc
| quaintance in a very romantic way,
with Shakespeare and Blackstone;
mastered surveying in six weeks and
became deputy county surveyor; was
elected to the general assembly, and
I began his acquaintance with Douglas;
and fell in love with a sweet and
beautiful young girl, Ann Rutledge,
and suffered the half-crazing affection
of her death on the eve of their mar
riage. In illustration Of the paper there
will be, including the eight portraits of
| Lincoln, twenty-eight pictures-many
of them also never before published.
Macmillan & Co. announce ''An ETH
| cal Movement by W. L. Sheldon, who
! has been for ten years lecturer of the
Ethical society Of st. Louis-one of the
societies that has grown out of the
ethical movement inaugurated twenty
years ago in New York city by Dr..
Felix Adler. The lectures have a pc
culiar significance as showing the at
titude of mind of one who has made of
ethics religion and who believes in
| the work of these new societies as the
devout Catholic believes in the Roman
! Catholic church. They indicate how
far ethics can take the place of theol-
ogy as an inspiring force to certain
class Of minds, and they illustrate the
| transition from an accepted orthodox
faith to this ethical idealism, showing
| to what extent such a change may or
may not alter or influence ones gen.
eral religious beliefs and also pointing
| out the degree in which this standpoint
may modify ones views about social or
political institutions.
Captain Alfred T. Mahan will have
paper in the February number of the
| Century on Nelson at Cape st. Vim
cent" This is the first of four articles
which Captain Mahan will write on the
] naval engagements that gave Admiral
| Nelson his fame. The combat off Cape
! St Vincent was notable because of the
disparity in numbers between the Span
ish and the English, and by reason Of
! Nelson's quick wit in deciding upon
/ dashing vancouver at a critical mo-
ment.
A book that possesses a special time
illness in connection with present inter-
national issues is THE History of the
! Foreign Policy of Great Britain" by
Montague Burrows, chichele professor
of modern history in Oxford, just pub
! 1ished by the Putnams. The work pre-
sents in outline the main features of
the relations of Great Britain with for
/ eign states from the time of Henry II
down to the beginning Of 1895.
An elaborate Dictionary of Philos-
ophy and Psychology" will be issued
/ by Macmillan & Co. under the editorial
supervision of Professor J. Mark Bald
win of Princeton university. The work
/ is to be strictly dictionary, and its
! two general features will be Q) concise
/ definitions of all the terms in use in
1 the whole range of philosophical study
/ philosophy, metaphysics, psychology.
ethics and logic; and (2) such historical
matter under each term as may be
necessary to justify the definition
| given and to show that the usage sug-
gested is the outcome of the progress
| of philosophy.