The Somerset reporter., 1897-02-04
Literary Notes.

Senator David B. Hill has written an
able paper for the February number of
The Forum On the Future of the Demo
attic Organization" "fhe present sud
future of Cuba" is the title of an inter
estng and important article from ttl
pen of Mr.. Fide d. Pierri. chairman Ut
The Cuban Press Delegation. 1t Is an
able and imp partial account of the prog
ress and present condition of The Cuban
revolution. The Hon. William WoOdvile
Rochhill, Assistant Secretary of State,
has contributed n timely article review
ing the steps that have been taken to-
ward reforming our Consular System
and Uniting out many evils yet to be
femedied before the service can reach its
highest efficiency. Miss Alice Zimmern
contributes an Article describing the aims
aud objects of the leading Ladies' Clubs
of London.
The Perkins Institution for the blind
was the first important school for thu
blind in America. and it remains the
most important one. Its history has
never been 40 we'll told, nor its work so
interestingly detailed, as by Dr. Samuel
Eliot in the New England Magazine for
Febru Try. The remarkable devotion
and efforts OF DR.. Howe In the early
days of the institution. when he was a
pioneer in paths in which he has been so
usefully followed by so many, are
brought before us impressively by Dr.
Eliot, and the experience In the institu-
ton OF Laura Bridgman and other inter
esIing pupils constitutes an important
feature of the article. We are given Il
great lumber of pictures by way of illus
traton, of DR.. Howe and his
associates, views of the institution and
glimpses of a score of its classrooms.
The article is of rare interest and i'm
portance.
The principal topics treated editorially
in the February Review of Reviews are
the Anglo-American arbitration treaty
the Cuban situation, the prospects of the
Nicaragua Canal, the recent elections of
nited States Senators in the different
states and the relation of the great cor
porations to political campaign funds.
There is also the customary resume of
the significant foreign events OF the past
month. The editorial pages, like the
other parts of the magazine, are fully
and suitably illustrated
The February number of Harper's
magazine opens brilliantly with an arti-
Gle on "Ihe Coronation,n written by
Richard Harding Davis and illustrated
by X. Cation Woodville. Both writer
aud artist witnessed the splendid cere-
monies ut Moscow from the standpoint
of official visitors-Mr. Woodvile with
a royal commission from Queen Victoria,
aud Mr.. Davis az the representative OF
IIarper's magazine. Both are at their
best in reproducing the gorgeous ,pecta-
Gle. aud the result will stand as the tinal
account Of the most imposing state cere
mnny of modern times. To the same
number Charles +. Lummis contributes
tie first of SERIES of timely articles on
Mexico, the spirit Of which is enarac.
terzed in the title, The A Aakenlng of
Nation" These papers are the result
OF a three months Journey undertaken
for Harper's magazine by Mr.. IurHmis,
the best American authority on the sub
ject. They will be profusely illustrated
from photographs taken expressly for
this series by the author.
The most novel thing in Scribner's for
February is the appearance of c. d. Glib
son as the writer of the notes which
accompany his first series of sketches
portraying "London as seen by &. ID.
Gibson As a writer he sees things with
that fresh eye for what is significant
and picturesque in character that marks
his drawings. He is intensely interested
in the pageant of the "London Streets"
and he tells you why. His drawings
fmade during his residence in London)
are studies from real people, aud sug-
gest entirely new types. These articles,
which will continue for six months. add
a new Gibson gallery TO he Pati- aud
New York types already famous.
In the February AtLatic Mou'hl
President Eliot in the article, "A Study
of American Liquor Laws" sums up
the conclusions drawn by himself. Pres-
dent Seth Low of Columbia College and
james c. Carter, Esq, of New York,
who constitute the committee that have
investigated the actual working of liquor
laws in eight states. There has been no
previous study of this subject So
thorough. The results of prohibition,
of various forms of high license, and of
other efforts at restriction are duly set
forth, together with President Eliot's
farreaching conclusions concerning
them.