The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-03-25
Literary Notes.

The Forum for March contains a doZan
timely aud important articles. lie
arbitration treaty is discussed hv two
compton authorities-the Hon. Freder
ie Il. Coudert. and Theodore :. Noolsey.
Each has few criticisms To make, but
both agree in declaring he treaty 10 be
IA considerable Sfep toward better order
of things. Hon. Perry b lmont, the
we'll known politician and millionaire,
crifcises Mr.. Roberts view in paper
entitled "raxation; Its sum, Justiiica-
ton, and Methods Mr.. James
Sehouler, the eminent constitutional
lawyer and historian, reviews those of
Mr. Cleveland's administrative acts
which have provoked the criticism that
he has arroganlly and illegally stretched
his constitutional powers, discussing III
particular the question As To his right to
recognize belllgerency. DR.. Geo. r.
Shrady, editor OF the New York "Medi-
cal Record" in brilliant aud highly in
teresting article, reviews the most i'm
portant recent trumphs IN Medicine and
Surgery.
The illustrated article on DR.. hansen,
held over from Harper's Weekly Of
March 20, appears in the issue OF the q .
gives a thorough account of one of the
most widely discussed men of the time
and of his great book. which Is At pres
ent the literary sensation in England
aud America. Another important
feature of this number Is a suggestive
article by Thomas G.. Shearman on the
lack of banking facilities in the West
and South. The double page Illustrations
show the main reading room and dome
of the new Congressional library, and
there is also full-page drawing Of the
main hall and staircase.
Considering its size, 81. Nichols seems
tn hold the most of any of the magazines.
Here, for instance, Is the VI treh number,
not too bulky to go comfortably into the
pocket of the overcOat Of any father of
boys and girls-and yet it finds room for
six serials in addition TO all its wealth of
minor features and its two departments.
The present New England Magazine
is not the first magazine with that title
which has been published in Boston.
The first New England NJ tgszine was
established by Joseph T. Buckinham as
long ago as 1881, and lived to complete
its ninth volume. This old New Eng
land Magazine has now become almost
forgotten, but 1t played in its time very
important part. The first of DR..
Holiness "Autocrat of the Breakfast
Table" papers appeared in its pages, and
among its contributors were Hawthorne,
Longfellow, Whittier, Edward Everett,
and all the brightest minds of the time.
Rev. George Willis Cooke contributes
thorough and interesting article upon
this historic publication to the March
number of the New England Magazine.
Warren F. Kellogg, Park Square,
Boston, Mass.
The only complete and accurate &C
count Of the life of Lyman j. Gage,
Major Mckinley's choice for Sec
rotary of the Treasury, has been
written for the March Review of Reviews
by Major Moses 2. Handy. An English
mans study of the longest reign in
British history is contributed to the same
number in this diamond jubilee year of
Queen Victoria's rule by Mr.. w. 7.
Stead, who traces the growth of imperial
dominion and the influence of the royal
family from the point OF view of the
typical British subject. The article is
illustrated with large number OF por-
traits OF the Queen and of members of
her family circle. Many of these por-
traits are rare, and are now published
for the first time in America,