The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29
Lfppincott's.

III,
sangster; .rhe Missionary Sheriff" a story,
by Octave Thanet
Lippincott's.
The complete novel in the April issue of
Lippincott's is "Flotsam," by Owen Hall.
The scene shifts from England to India
and Australia, following the fortunes of a
heroine who through a severe experience
at sea loses track of her past life, so that
her identity is established only after many
months and much difficulty. 1.-The Vivi-
section ist,' by Carolyn Wells, describes
tn conduct of a novelist whom no scruples
de ter in the search for literary material.
Ii eutenant Thomas Fl. Wilson. in "Be-
tween ReEefs," tells Of a not wholly un-
rig htfous revenge. ION the War-Path
with Kit Carson" by William Thomson,
is true story, and so probablyls is Dream
ing Bob, " by DR.. Charles c. A bbott. The
incidents of the first occurred on the Cali
fornia trail in 1850; those of the other
more recently in New Jersey.
1.-The Drama of One Hundred Acres" by
Calvin Dill Wilson, is an imaginative
sketch of the development of an Ohio
farm. Ellen Duvall, in can Old Testa-
ment Drama" comments on the tale OF
brief article on ''Penal Administration in
Pennsylvania" tells what has been done
and what may or should be done in the
way of prison reform. 0. L. writes OF
"Holy Week in Mexico" and Cleveland
Moffett of "Paris Swindles." r. G. Robin
son recalls the case Of can Expensive
Slave in Florida, who caused the war Of
The poetry of the number is by Susie N.
Best, Mary Bradley and Madison Cawein.
An illustrated supplement, by Anne Hol-
lingsworth Wharton, treats of ''The
Washingtons in Virginia Life, and tells
much about the early life and legendary
love affairs of the Father of his Country.
The Forum.
The Forum has for its leader this month
entitled Deficiency of Revenue the Cause
of Our Financial Ills" The Senator con-
tends that the President and Secretary
Carlisle mistake the cause of our present
financial condition in attributng it to the
demand tor gold for United States notes,
and he thinks that the facts which he
submits III his paper will convince
every one that the true financial policy
is TO supply the Government with
ample means to meet its current expeEdi-
lures and to pay off each year a portion OF
the public debt. He crticizes the Wilson
bill very severely, declares that it has pro-
duced deficiency every hour since its
enactment, and attributes our financial
ills-especlaily the continued exports OF
gold-solely to its workings. He says that
he prefers law that will impartially pro-
tect and encourage all home industries,
and he considers the Mckinley law inf
nitely better than the Wilson law. The
| Right Hon. James Bryce, NJ. p, author of
that most popular and successful work,
1.-The American Commonwealth" has
written an article entitled 1.-Two South
African Constitutions An elaborate anal
ysis of the systems of government in the
| two South African republics-the Trans
vaal and the Orange Free State. Professor
| Arthur w. Wright of Yale University,
who has lately conducted some remark
ably successful experiments with the ''X'
rays, writes about THE Cathode Ray-Its
| Chara cIer and Effects"
McClure's Magazine.
McClure's April ber has for frontis
piece an excellent portrait of Professor
Roentgen, whom the German Emperor has
within these few days made baron for
his marvellous discovery of the cathode
rays, and the leading article is almost the
first account yet given of Professor Roent-
gen as seen in his own laboratory in the
| actual conduct of his experiments. The
new Anthony Hope romance begun in this
number promises to supply the most at
tractive company of people and the most
| enthralling series of adventures that the
| fruitful author of 1.-The Prisoner of Zenda"
has yet created. An account of Lincoln's
courtship and marriage based on the tes-
timony of intimate friends of his still liv-
ing completely disproves shameful story
| accepted by some of the best biographers
that Lincoln once subjected the lady who
afterward became his wife to the unspeak-
able humiliation of absenting himself
without warning or explanation on an
occasion appointed for their marriage.
Along with this is given an account of
debate, with passages from little known
speech of Lincoln's, wherein he had Doug
las for an opponent and completely dis
comfited him, twenty years before the his
toric debate of 1858. The pictures are
abundant and opposite.
Meehans' Monthly.
Meehans' Monthly seasonably has for its
Prang colored plate representation of the
beautiful blue Rocky Mountain Colum-
bine. The columbine history is as inter-
esting as the plate. 1t appears that the
botanical name, aquilegia, is not given as