The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-07
CURRENT LITERATURE,
The October Magazines,

II ANOhlh hhlOA hEHlEW
may fifty be called a campaign mum Der.
1t contains articles on campaign sub
jects by Speaker Reed, the secretary of
the navy, Andrew Carnegie, Bishop
Merrill of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, Louis Windmuller, and Judge
Walter Clark of the supreme court of
North Carolina. Judge Clark's article
is specially interesting as being an au-
thoritative outline Of the changes
which he and other advocates of free
silver would make in the Constitution
OF the United States if Mr.. Bryan is
elected.
MCCLURE's MAeAzINE.-No reader
of the Bonnie Brier Bush - stories
can fail to be interested in the opening
article. 1t is an account of Ian Mac
laren, the author Of those most genial
tales, by an intimate personal friend,
the Rev. d. M. Ross, describing him
as a minister and pulpit orator, in
which characters he had become emf
nent long before he took up authorship,
as well as in his literary methods and
career. A series of portraits, pictures
of Ian Maclaren's several residences,
and some original Drumtochty views
illustrate the paper.
LIPPINCoTT's MAGAzINE.-The COM
plete novel in this number is The
Crown Prince of Rexania," by Edward
s. Van Zile. The prince visits Amer
lea, falls in love with a New York girl,
is rescued, and goes home to fight for
his throne on news of his fathers
death. "The Need of Local Patriot
ism " ia pointed out by Professor Will
liam Cranston Lawton. George Fl.
Wesley writes of "Some Cd Clubs"
and William Ward Crane of 4" Fashions
in Names" The poetry of the number
is by Celia A. Hayward, John Leighton
Best and Clarence Urmy.
THE REVIEW OF REVIEWS continues
it's admirable record of the presidential
campaign. In the July, August, and Sep
TENDER numbers the republican, dem
ocratic and populist conventions were
reviewed, together with the careers of
the nominees. In the current number
the movement of the " sound money"
democrats, eliminating in the Indian
apolis convention, receives similar at
; tention. No other publication in the
( country offers in a single number such
a wealth of political portraiture, or so
wide a range of cartoon illustrations.
Every note worthy phase of the canvass
is fully and impaitially presented. Ma
: terial is gathered from every sou rec
and carefully digested.
The LADIES' HOME JOURNAL pre-
sents the opening chapters of Ian Mac
laren's new story, and one of the best
r that he has written, "The Minister of
81. Bede's;' Ignace Paderewski's long
promised composition for the piano, a
minuet-" Menuet Moderne;" and AL
bert Lynch's American Girl"-a dis
tinctive Characterization of young
American ~womanhood, by the famous
French aitist-which is shown on the
cover. There are articles also upon
plant culture, dresses and of varied
8 household interest besides the usual de-
partments. The Journal uniquely an
swers every requirement of a family
magazine. Curtis Publishing Com
0 pany, Philadelphia. One dollar per
year; ten cents per copy.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY is one of
the most important issues of the year.
- There is the usual fine literary flavor
n to the contents, and this is supple
3 mented by timely papers IN political,
n scientific and historical subjects. The
leading article of the month, by Pres
4 ident Eliot of Harvard, is on Give
q American Contributions to Civiliza-
n tion," namely: The practice of arbi-
tration instead of war, the increase of
a wide religious liberation, the safe de-
y velopment of manhood suffrage, the
y proof that people of a great variety of
4 nations are fit for political freedom,
and, fifth, the diffusion of well. being
among the population in general. Pro-
fessor John T~rowbridge sounds a note
Of uuarninY in tha yinnrnta artin1Q an
titled The Imperiled Dignity of Sci
ence and the Law"
y CURRENT Observation-Disclosures the
b flood of literature bearing upon the
n issues of the political campaign in the
United States, a most valuable contri-
button is made in this, the second quar-
IS terly number. An unusually clear
statement of the positions taken by the
re various parties is given, with a com
d plete account of the proceedings of the
/. national conventions, biographical
It sketches of Messrs. Mckinley, Bryan,
lowering, Hobart, Sewall and others.
,s The currency systems of all the leadip g
countries are outlined and the reel
ID procity policy and the working of the re-
I'd cent treaties are reviewed. There are
lie portraits of the leading men of all
" parties, including the full-page photo
lie engravings of Mckinley and Bryan.
re Besides forming a most convenient
Or hand book for use in the campaign, the
ID present number of 269 pages covers the
er usual worldwide range of topics. Gar
a. retsop, Cox & Co., Buffalo, n. Y, pub
n fishers. $3.50 a year; 40 cents a number
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