The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-06
THE REVIEWS.

Ian MacLarens article on Henry
Drummond starts OH the May number
of the North American Review. It is
pleasant, cheerful article and por-
trays Drummond as a most delightful
man. Simon G. CroSwell treats of the
question Should immigration be Re
sIricted ?" He is not a tnoroughg going
restrictionist by any means, and is de-
cidedly in favor of the admission of
bona fide laborers. Admiral P. II.
Colonb. R. N, tells of the Evolution
of the Naval Officer" Mr.. NJ. G.. Null
hall, T. S. s., has a very instructive
statistical article on the Progress of
the United States" Professor D. a.
Sargent's Exercise and Longevity" is
in any way care for athletics or exer-
else in almost anv form. An article
that IS certain to attract much atten-
ton is Professor Goodwin Smiths "A
Constitutional Misfit." His contention
is that much of this country's present
troubles of all kinds comes from the
absence of administration leadership in
congress, in fact what is generally
known as responsible government in
England A marked feature of the
May number of the Review is the num-
Der of we'll known and DISTINGUISHED
EngliShmen who are contributors to it.
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The May Forum has as it's leading ar
ticle The Progressive Inheritance
Tax by Hon. James A. Roberts,
comptroller of the state of New York.
1t is a question that has become a live
issue in New York and is probably des-
tined to become a live question in al
most every state of the Union. Editor
Charles r. Miller of the New York
Times writes on Has the Senate De-
generated? A Reply to Senator Hoar."
He does not say right out that it has
but it is quite plain that such is his
opinion. Industrial Combinations, by
George T. Oliver is a discussion of the
question of pools. He would either en-
large the powers of the Interstate
Commerce commission or create a new
tribunal Ito investigate the methods of
corporations, associations, or individu-
ais, engaged in the manufacture or
supply of articles of general or public
use" Professor Simon Newcomb's
France as Field for American Stu
dents will interest all college men who
contemplate going abroad to continue
any special studies. Paul Lindenberg
writes pleasantly of Emperor William
II. Joel Benton discusses the question
whether or not Poe was plagiarist.
entirely original, and in this sense all
writer's have been plagiarists.
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The Review of Reviews for Nav in
it's Progress of the World has a great
deal of politics, that is, much to do with
those who have been prominently be-
fore the public the past month as presi-
Dental appointees or otherwise. And
their portraits are all there. Stephen
Bonsal tells of THE Real Condition of
Cuba Today" An interesting article
is Baron Pierre de Caubertin's THE
Chancellor of the French Republic
Gabriel Hanotaux.' There is the usual
resume of leading articles Of the month
For the busy man, the man of affairs,
who cannot spare the time to go
through all the reviews and magazines,
the Review of Reviews is a very handy
compendium. giving him the pith of ALL
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The Bookman for Nav is an unusu-
ally interesting number. Chronicle and
Comment" contains portraits Of Charles
Lamb, Max Pemberton, John Hay, A
T. Mahan and Gertrude Atherton. THE
Poetry of Austin Dobson,' by Arthur
Symons, is pleasant reading. Edgar
Allen Poe is the subject of article ~
on American Bookmen. It is copiously
illustrated, both with portraits and pic
lures of the cottage at FoGdham. The
articles, all short, are all interesting