The times., 1897-07-04


ing suttee and infanticide she had caused
the teemiDg population OF India 20 in
crease unchecked from 10000 900 tG
2O0,00OOOO On their arrival IN India
these gentlemen Immediately went 90 wors
to save the lives OF all OF this surplus
population that they could reach, often
impcriling their own lives IN the effort
such is the consistency OF human nature
Mr. Hawthorne's style is that OF the doreE
list, the story teller, rather than the
humanitarian. and for that very reason he
is able to give a more vivid idea Of thd
situation in India than could more
actively Interested writer
Richard lie Gallenne, thar dilIetante phi
! losopher with the charming style, who has
been pll ying his part in English literary
circles of late, gives TO the Cosmopolitan
a new rendering OF the Rubaiyat or omar
Khayyam, which is In many respects the
best that has yet been made IL certainly
has a unique charm, which ifnpTesses one
as being much like the charm OF the orig
inaI Persian poetry Ida Rose McCabe
writes on THE Everyday Life OF a Sister
OF Chauty,'' and George PangaIo on How
the Streets of Cairo Came to the Worlds
Fair
st Nicholas for July much resembles a
box of mixed boHbons. It is fun OF
literary and pictorial EOnnes bouches, all
dainty and well suited 20 the taste,
aud not too much OF any one kind The
banner article, so 10 speak, is that by
Charles Sydney Clark, entitled "HOnOrs
10 the Flag" " hich Describes the manipu-
latiuns pertaining 10 the flag in mill
taTy life There Is a fac smile OF a let
ter written uy George Washington, an
article on the Girlh8Od OF Queen VICTORIA,
one on The Last of the Drums by Con
MarTast Ps-rkRs. L, 5 NJ C., and GOzen
other pretty and funny and ssef al things
One OF the most original is description
of the brownies Of insect world, and one
Of tire prtttieSt poem BY JOhn Vance
| Cheney, called The Sprite Of the Hilltop" -"
\ FrancsS COurteuay Baylor is writing a
| serial story for 81 Nicholas. called Miss
| Nina HarrOw." >" which contrasts the bring
/ ing up Of the sensible English child with
| that Cf the spoiled American child in
way whichis more instructive than flat
terins TO tie small people OF our own land
Tue Eevicw or Reviews has changed Its
name u the American Monthly Review OF
| fusion with Nj. Stead's English Review
OF Reviews The July number opens with
| thouehtful and mastery article On the
| Hawaiian question, the first iIiustIH-lon
! OI which Is the cartoon published in Tie
| Times Just after the signing OF the treaty.
/ This CartoCu represented Uncle sam vil,ly
! waving thr american nag nd kicking the
| sugar trust at one and the same time,
1 EF.rr
! background. waved a second edition uf he
/ stars and ; tTipcs and John BJill and Japan
/ looked on with long faces Gen
/ Wloirord's appointment Is review
/ ed and the Cuban question. the
tariff hiI and other public matters =
/ ceIve their due measure of attention GRs
| Of the particularly Interesting features OF
/ this number II the light Of the DeDs it
veIopmeHJ 10 resume OF Edward Bel
/ Ianiy's Gospel Of the New Social D=muC-
| racy, 10y sylvester Baxter An article 10y
/ Or E. L; L Gould treats of scheme
| which may tend t. bring about the ideal
| democracy namely, 'H0mewood Model
| Suburban Settlement Gen A "
GrseIy writes cn TIE Higher Deaf Glse
| EdUcatiuu IN America" describing Gal
| laUdet College, in this city. seth Low Is
| "A character sketch, finely HlustFa-ed. Dy
Edward Cary There l. also an artiCl, IN
The Revi-oI cf the French Universities, -
by Baron Pierre de Coubertin-
The Forum for July contains an ex
trcnlely varied lot OF articles, both as
regards writers and subjects one which
VIII be OF especial interest t. the Curau
League and its friends here is the paper
by Thomas 6 AIvord, con esp0ndent OF
the World in this city, entitled. why
Spain Has Failed in Cuba" Another
Washington resident, Dr Harvey " Wiley
chief OF the division Of chemistry II the
| Agricultural Department., WRITES ON sugar
BountisS and Their Influence" and Mr.
Duncan Veazey, a Baltimore man. and
the chairman OF the executive Committee
of the National Civil Service AssOcia-
ton, writes on Radical DEFECT ii
| our Civil Service Law" The name of
HauIin is familiar in connection with
! American affairs in Turkey. and Prof
\ d. F Hamlm, professor of arChit &c turs
| IL Columbian University. was born IN
/ that country and has made several visits
| there He has something to say or The
Rights of Foreigners in Turkey " Mss
| Frances Abbott contributes a thoughtful
| paper on the question whether or mol
Americans have any social standards Two
interesting views Of municipal govern
ngent are contributed by eS-Gov Flower
and Senator Frank Pavey, and TWO
college professors are represented by two
articles-one by Prof WooIsey. OF Yale
ON THE Powers of the GraeCo-TurEi>f
War and one by Prof LaUehIin OF Chi
CaCo University, on .'The Mckinley Ad
IninistTatioH and Prosperity"
The July number of Current Literature
is fine specimen OF the scope of tLaI
magezinr Among the noted writer
brought together between It's covers ar,
Gecr-e " Gable, editor of the magazine
Hamilton MabiC, Richard Burton, Moses
Colt Tyler, John Hay, Henry Van Dvke II
". Hazeltine. ". Robertson NiCoU. Lillian
and Arthur I. QUiIler-C0uCh. ID. 7. Mac
DougaI, Ernest IngcISGlI, Baron Pierre il
Couhert William Winter. MIS-. HumPhre.
Ward, John f. Tabh, Clinton ScoIlard ant
Gilbert Parker.
ROwdy Vs.. Gentleman.
The man who has retired from politics,