The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29
The Cosmopolitan.

Looked Pleasant: IA Dare y. sStalled at
Bear RUM; "The Olympian Games"; 1.-The
swordmaker's Son." etc.
The Cosmopolitan.
The Cosmopolitan is a well-flled literary
dish served at the modest price OF 10 cents.
The opening article, entitled IA Word
About Golf, Golfers and Golf Links in
England and Scotland" by Price Collier,
contains many interesting data on the
sport that is dear to the heart of the Hon.
Arthur James Balfour; "Vicissitudes of
the Dead" by Eleanor Lewis, is an ably
written article on rather gruesome SUBJ
iect. x-Postmaster-G General Thomas l..
James gives a history of the development
of the overland mail service in this coun-
try.
Miss Beatrice Harraden of "Ships that
Pass In the Night" fame contributes a
story under the caption, 'Hilda Strafford."
Like much of this authors serial work, it
processes to describe life in California. or
at least, the southern portions OF the State
IAN Imperial Pleasure Place. is described
by Isabel F. Hapgood, and incidentally
treats of the life of the Emperor and En-
press of Russia.
"Civitas Dei'' is the title of some verses
written by Sir Lewis Morris, who was
mentioned prominently in connection with
the laureateship prior to the selection OF
Austin.
In The World of Art and Letters ed
ward S. Martin makes comment on the
| London Spectators remark: THAT the
Americans should believe that they hate
| us, or at any rate should profess to do SO,
| is a very grevous wound to Englishmen;
| but what is bitter beyond all bearing is
the thought that the Americans not only
| do not like US, but do not even know that
we like them Mr.. Martin thinks that
rich Americans have been drawn to imi-
tate rich Englishmen; that London has
the same attraction for wealthy Americans
| as the candle to the moth; and that for
| these reasons the American is bound to
disguise. as it were, his natural brotherly
love for his friend across the water.
| and" adds the writer "the instinct of
| self-preservation leads us to pitch into
these intolerable countrymen of ours who
show themselves so irresponsibly overap-
preciative of British delights!''
| Toward the close of his article Mr.. NJ ar
| tin protests the friendship of America for
England in this wise:
| But how can the Spectator believe that the
| ma jority of the Americans hate the English?
| Don't we descend upon their pleasant island
every summer like swarm OF locusts (exce pit
| that unlike locusts we pay for what we eat ?
| Has any eminent Briton come to these shores
! within nall q century lnaC we nave not StOOQ
| on our heads to welcome and entertain? Were
we gruff to the Prince of Wales when he
| came? Were we inhospitaDle to the English
! sailors who came to the Columbian cele-
! bration? Do we refuse to be entertained by
English actors, or to read English books? We
| have our Jingoes, but the Spectator knows
Jingoes-it has them at home. Perhaps some
| of our schooibookS need rewriting; that Will
| come. Do our young women frown on Eng
| lishmen? Good gracious, good Spectator we
are not hostile, we are merely coy; coy because
fand nns hot ytrl
| restraint. Take comfort about us, friend If
we were half as attractive to you as you and
| your country are TO us you would visit US
| oftener, and come to know us as we really are.
Some beautiful specimens of half-tone
work bring the contents-l1st Of the Cos
mopolitan to a close.
Scribner's.
Scribner's opens with a history of the
| late Lord Leighton, by Cosmo Monk
house, which derives additional interest
! from the fact that it was already in type
when the news was received of Sir Freder-
ick Leightons elevation to the peerage at
the beginning of the year; and it was pre-
pairing for the press when word came OF
| bis death on January %. The deceased
Royal Academician himself assisted in
choosing the subjects for illustration. J..
NJ. Barries novel, Sentimental Tommy"
is continued in its serial form. The re-
vival of the Olympic games at Athens is
admirably treated in an article by Rufus
B. Richardson. Richard Harding Davis
complete story entitled "Cinderella," The
"History of the Last Quarter Century in
the United States" Professor E. Benjamin
Andrews, is brought down TO the events
of the panic year 1893-94. The writer dis
cusses the closing of the mints by the
British Indian Government to the free
| coinage of silver, and its effect upon the
Europe. The Pullman strike, which Grip
pied railroad travel in America, is well
| covered, and in a manner particularly in
! teresting to citizens of California.
| Professor Andrews handles the Southern
! Pacific Company in a rather rough-shod
manner, narrating many instances OF how
| astute merchants have contrived to beat
| that company and its allied corporation
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. OF
| the Valley Railroad he has this to say:
"The experiment (of com peting road)
was watched with deep concern owing TO
the fear that this young plant, should it
mature would go the way of preceding
roads into the clutch of the 'OctopIs.
Though a careful plan was devised to pre-
vent this by placing the shares of the new
corporation in the hands of trustworthy
trust, acute students of the movement and
of the events leading to it believed that
nothing short of governmental or State
railway system would meet the require
ments of California"
There are two other important articles
| in the April "Scribner's" which are wor-
| thy OF particular mention: one entitled
"1'he Ethics of Modern Journalism" by
Aline Gorren, and "The Quarrel of the
English speaking Peoples" by Henry Nor
man. who recently acted in the capacity of
Washington correspondent for the London
Chronicle.
Harper's Monthly.
"Harpers' for April opens with con-
Guiding installment of Louis de Contes
personal Recollections of Joan of Arc"
"The Voice of Authority" by E. A. Alex
ander, is the story of a Nebraska girls
experience in Paris. Katarina Trask has
a piece of religious verse entitled ga Night
and Morning in Jerusalem" The serious
side of a university mans life is dilated
upon by Henry 7. Fowler in well-wrtten
article under the heading, "a Phase of
Modern College Life" The illustrations
of Mr. Fowler's articles show Murray
Hall, at Princeton; Dwight Hall, Yale;
Stiles Hall, at the University of Califor-