The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-07
July Magazines.

lic," where the citizens and governors
are young boys and girls from the
poorest and most crowded districts of
the City of New York. Private indus
try and public functions are pursued
precisely as by older people in larger
republics, and neglect or abuse of
either encounters the same pains and
penalties as in life at large. The pa
per is fully illustrated from special
photographs.
WHILE three short stories of unusual
merit are distinct feature of the July
Atlantic, still this Issue contains aside
from excellent fiction articles of per-
manent interest and value. Professor
Woodrow Wilson of Princeton Univer-
sity contributes an article upon 1.-THE |
Making of the Nation" and asks the |
perplexing question, "What is Ameri-
canism?" Another political paper OF
importance is by f. l.. Godkin, editor |
of the Nation, on "The Decline of |
Legislatures. He traces the develop
ment of legislatures, and shows how in |
all parts of the world there has been
startling decline in the dignity of legis-
lative bodies.
THE PREACHERS MAGAZINE for
July shows marked improvement
over the previous issues of this maya
zine, which is now in its seventh year.
1t is a storehouse of aid to the busy
pastor. This number contains an ex-
cellent sermon on "Religious Unreal
ity," by F. w. Farrar, DID,, together
with an illustration of the author as he
appears in his pulpit. DIR. George F.
Pentecost also furnishes a sermon on
Christian Unity in Diversity" which
is accompanied with a most excellent
portrait. The subscription price is
81 so per year, and liberal premium Of
fers are made TO subscribers. A sam
Pile copy will be sent for fifteen cents.
Wilbur B. Ketcham, 2 Cooper Union,
New York.
THE very successful group of college
articles in Scribner'S Magazine is con-
cluded with Judge Henry E. Howland's
account of Undergraduate Life at
Yale " in the July issue. Judge How
land has kept in close touch with Yale
life from 1850 TO the present day, and
his article is the very cream of nearly
half a century of "reminiscences and an
ecdotes. From store of memorabilia
he has also restored something of the
student life in the eighteenth century.
What Judge Rowland has to say of the
famous Yale secret societies will be
widely commented upon. AS men,
Der of the University crew of 1854, his
remarks on rowing are also unusually
pertinent.
THE great international questions of
the hour, and American questions of
political or economic character, are
discussed in the editorial department of
the American Monthly Revie,o of Re-
vie,oS for July. The project of Hawaiian
annexation claims precedence in the
review of current topics, entitled "The
Progress of the World" The editor
also comments on tie present status of
the Cuban question, on the situation in
Spanish politics, and on our trade rela-
tions with the South American repub-
lies. This department deals, too, with
the problems resulting from the Turco.
Grecian war and other grave compiled.
tions in the Orient. In domestic mat
tiers, the proposed currency commission
and the labor conditions OF the country
receive special attention.
CURRENT HISTORY. Buffalo, N.
Y, Garretson, Cox & Co., publishers;
Alfred Sidney Johnson, editor. Quar-
J terly, $3.50 a year; single copy forty
cents; sample copy, ten cents; speci-
men pages free. This magazine is the
pioneer in an important class of liter
ature which has arisen in recent years.
1t was the first periodical designed with
view to recording the worlds history
in form convenient for reference, to
be useful to students of our times not
only in this day but in later years.
With the present number (st Or, 1890
it enters the eighth year of its record
with every evidence Of that regard for
accuracy and breadth of view which
have established and long maintained its
reputation as the most complete hand
book published Of the history of our own
times.
WITH the exception Of the noted
Worlds Fair number of the Cosmopoi-
tan, which reached price OF five dol
} lars copy after the last edition had
been exhausted, no stronger number
OF this magazine has ever been issued
than that for July, 1897. The remark
able story OF the War OF the Martians,
by Wells, which is attracting the atten.
ton both of the scientific and nom
scientific good-story-loving public, is
continued, and there is fourth story
by a'Becket, deliberately illustrated by
the humor of Peter Newell. The edu-
cational dscussion--this time by Pro.
fesscr Peck of Columbia-the story of
"The Everyday Life of Sister of
Charity" deliberately illustrated; "The
Genesis of a Comic OPERA" given by
Reginald de Kohven; President Gilman
of the John Hopkins University, on
"The Bankruptcy of Science" and an
interesting story by the Greek who con-
ceived and brought into existence "The
Streets of Cairo at the Worlds Fair "
T these are some of the contents of this
ten cent magazine.
A GROUP of papers which gives in
dividuality to the July Century deals
with the hunting Of large game. Mr..
II. W. Seton-Karr describes his ex-
periences after big game in Africa and
India, including the hunting of ele-
. plant and tiger, and particularly his