The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
MAGAZINES FOR MAY.
ATLANTIC MONTHLY.

In the May number the Atlantic Monthly
will contain two instructive articles on lie In
rural New England and the problems present
ed by the rush OF the population to great
cities. One of these articles is study OF re-
mote village which has not been reached by
modern methods of life. The native charac-
teristics, which were not very long ago shared
by large part of the rural population OF New
England, now seem so remote rs almost 10 be
regarded as curiosities. This sympathetic
sketch shows the life of the village in all lis
phases The other study is of farming
town which has indeed kept somewhat
apace with modern progress, but still retains
the features of the old rural life. Its accurate
and faithful pictures OF these country towns
now seem almost like descr iptions of another
civilization, so far removed are they from the
characteristic modern hustle of city life. All
the important problems which have risen in
the rece mt shifting OF population and changes
of industry are illustrated in these sketches
the drifting away from the old religious faiths,
the loss of leadership TO a certain extent, the
decline of local patriotism from its old
fervor Yet there are many attractive
features of this life - the leisure that
the people have, their good-nature, the
companionship and the old-fashioned neigh
borly qualities which they retain. In con-
trast with these studies is description OF
F.. Smythe. which gives description of life i'll
Greeley, Colo, and an explanation of the de-
velopment of a rational approach to COM
munism in the fruit-growing settlements of
Southern California. Besides these articles
the May Atlantic will contain an explanation
of how art may play its proper part in our
public schools, by Mrs. Sarah w. Whitman: an
account of Nansen's heroic journey and his
scientific achievements by Professor N. S.
boIa Of Har I'd haotd II
erary articles and characteristic paper on
the Japanese city OF Iznmo by Lafcadio Hearn.
THE CENTURY.
The Century for May contains a group of
three papers dealing in authoritative wey
with fresh topic-the scientific use of kites.
]. B. Millet writes on Scientific Kite-hying,"
with special reference to the experiments at
the Blue Hill Observatory, near Milton, Mass.
Lieutenant. H. d. Wise, U. S. A., makes a rec
ord of his own experiments ON Governors
Island, including an account of his ascent
the first in America and the most notable yet
made. William A. Eddy writes of "Photo-
graphing From Kites" giving an account also
of his experiments in telephonng and tele-
gra phing through lines suspended from kites
the first known exper rents of the sort. Lieu
tenant General Schofeld contributes the first
of his records of unwritten history, his article
dealing this month with 1.-THE Withdrawal of
the French From Mexico" and including an
important letter from General Grant to General
Sheridan showing the attitude of the United
States Government toward the French lnva-
sion. supplementary article by the present
Minister of Mexico TO the United States, Mr.
Romero, sets forth his belief that the fall of
the second empire was closely related to the
events described by General Schofield. Affairs
in the East are treated in an article on "Crete,
the Island of Discord," by Demetrius KaIopo-
thakes, Greek writer educated in America,
now resident in Athens, and in a paper on
1.-THE Royal Family of Greece" by Professor
Benjamin Ide Wheeler, late of the Amer
lean School of Athens, who writes from per-
sonal acquaintance with King George and the
Greek Princes. There is an illustrated de-
scription by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, of
"a suburban Country Place." the residence of
Professor Charles s. Sargent at Brookline,
Mass, and Colonel George E. Waring Jr.
writes bicycling Through the Dolomites,"
General Horace Porter's Campaigning With
Grant, deals with the siege of Petersburg, and