The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-12

aggressive and courageous Hon. Charles
A. Towne's article, The New Ostracism,
is in the authors best vein of critical
analysis. In the course of the discussion
he attacks with great vigor the pluto
cratic interference with professors n col
leges ana universities. HERNIA E.
Taubeneck. continues his statistical attack
on concentrated wealth. Judge Walter
Clark sends out powerful plea for the
establishment Of public rights over semi
public interests and institutions. The
editor of The Arena continues with un-
abated vigor his onslaught on the organ.
lied forces of plutocracy. HIS arelcle,
Prosperity, the Sham and the Reality, Is
one of his strongest and best. LIT. It'd
path s exposition of the bottom purposes
and methods of the money power IS as
caustie as it is true. Mary Platt Parme.
lees article on the Political Philosophy OF
the Father of American Democracy Is an
original and forceful argument for popu-
lar liberties. B. o. Flower is again at
his best pace in The Latest Social Vision,
in which he discusses the merits OF
Bellamy's Equality. Perhaps the most
radical and defiant article in the number
Is The Dead Hand in the Church, by Rev
Clarence Lathbury, in which he attacks
with destructive criticism the domination
OF the dead past over the living present
in the church.
A picture in the October St. Nicholas
foretells the greeting that many readers
will give to this issue of the magazine. 1t
represents a young girl porting over the
pages and saying: "Oh, dear! The Sc
rial stories all end in this number" For
month eager readers have followed the
adventures of the boys and girls who
figure in the serials, and it is hard to
part with them. Master Skylark," in
John Benefits romantic story of the
days of Queen Bess, returns to his home
in Stratford with his little companion,
Cicely Carew. An account is given OF O
garden party at Shakspeare's house, and
Rare Benz Jonson is one of the guests.
1.-The Last Three Soldiers, 'whom William
II. Shelton has pictured as leading Cru
soc lives on mountain top in the South,
happily return to their homes. Miss
Nina Brarow,'' the little American of
Frances Courtenay Bay lor' s helpful story,
shows in her ripened and chastened char
acter the excellent results of loving care.
But aside from the serial features, there
are many stories and sketches for the cas-
ual reader.
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt contributes a
paper to the October Century on The Roll
of Honor of the New York Police, his ar
ticle being one of the series in this maya
zine on Heroes of Peace. Mr.. Roosevelt
incidentally describes his efforts and those
of his associates to reform the police force
in New York, and he tells of the work
ings of their plan to reward heroism by
promotion wherever possible. A paper
by Miss Anna L. Bicknell, who wrote
Life in the Tuileries Under the Second
Empire, based upon her experiences in
the palace, treats of Marie Antoinette as
Dauphine, and has many illustrations.
Miss Bicknell presents much new mate
rial, drawn from the State Papers in
Vienna. In Wild Animals in a New
England Game Park, Mr.. G. L. Ferris
describes the great game preserve OF u, 0Oo
acres established by the late Austin Cor
Hampshire. Mr.. T. Cole, the engraver,
gives his attention this month in his Old
English Masters, to Joshua Reynolds, four
of whose most characteristic paintings are
reproduced. Tho accompanying text is
by Prof John c. Van Dyke, Joseph PEN
nell writes approximately OF The. Art OF
Charles Keene, ranking Keene next to
Hogarth among English artists. A num-
Der of examples of his work, from the
original drawings, give point to Mr..
Pennell's praise. Letters of DR.. Holm es
to Classmate, edited by Mary Blake
Morse, are for the first time printed. This
number of the Century closes the volume
and brings to an end the serials that have
proved such successful features of the
year.
Among the magazines just fresh from
the press is the October Table Talk,
which is most valuable to housekeepers,
for it's pages are rife with useful and in
teresting matter for them, as for instance,
under the first head comes The Fine Art
of Serving Eggs: Dishes, Dainty and
Nourishing, by Mrs. M. A. W. Rodger
Housekeepers' Inquiries, and New Menus
and Seasonable Receipts. by Cornelia G.
Bedford, The New Bill of Fare, by Mrs.
M. c. Myer, which is full of the latest
ideas and newest interests to women, and
under the second, A Driving Tour, or
an October Outing. by Mrs. Burton
Kingsland, An Approved China Drink,
by Martha Bockee Flint. and Diamond
Back Terrapin. by Calvin DsaWilson.