The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-07

.rot,gh..rfgy writes OF the problem OK
.sFs-fssoa IAsbor" Edmund GosSs. TIE EN-
mere critic and writer. Under the title .,
The History q Posrn-' gives some DE-
nxhffuz "reminiscences OF TIC late SovFn-
try Patrore and hts famous work. Tns
Arx@I In the Eouse." The second ana
concluding portion OF Mr.. CismenceAIs
important pager on The French Nav
Is in this number. 81 IS ar actual repre-
seatatson OF naval affairs as they exist n
France today. I've notable articles under
the caption OF The Railway Proosern
discuss this naomenio0s question froIn
two standoosnts The legislative Solu-
tion" Is treated By the Hon Lloyd Bryce.
who emphasizes the claims OF the ra3i-
ways against unjust legal restrictions
and unfair taxation. while DIR. James j.
Wait. ii "a Mercantile View" sets forth
the relations existing To-Day between TIE
msrchsnts and shippers and the railways.
Prof. c. A Briggs, .. D., contributes
brilliant article on Works Of In1sgina-
ton in the Old Testament" II Is a crisi-
cal review OF the books CT JOB. the song
OF Songs. EccleSlastes. kuth, Jonah and
Esther All Of which Dr.. Briggs says are
beautiful forms OF literary srt-~o-ks OF
the imagination inspired BY God 70 SCI
forth the ethical and religious principles
Of the Old Testament
The Review OF Reviews for March IS as
usual q most interesting NUMBER Moses
p Handy contributes "A Character
Sketch OF Lyman j. Gage. IN which ara
enterlainingiy told the intellectual, nusi-
ness, social. political and religious char
acteristics o. the new secretary OF TIE
treasury. Her Majesty Queen Victoria.
a Study O. the Longest Reign IN British
History" is In view OF the approaching
jubilee most timely The article contains
If hs.F m
ily and home life which have hitherto not
been published. The Leading Articles OF
the Month" and Periodicals Reviewed
have their usual interest.
-
In the Atlantic Monthly for March
Prof. John Fiske. the eminent historian,
has the most notable contribution that
has been made 10 the discussion OF the
arbitration treaty. he shows how the
progress OF industry and the relations be-
tween the United States and Great Brit
ain make such a treaty logical event;
and he explains the incalculable Dement'S
that are sure TO come from IL in the fu-
ture. He points out how nearly ali our
disputes in the past could have been adj
Jussed under such treaty. ana traces
the remarkable growth OF arbitration
since the Geneva award; IL reviews the
feeling between the United States and
treat bIttA2I, SHOWING the NAi1NA4sA-S
strength Of kinship, and predicts that
courts OF arbitration must become a fixed
institution. Mr. Woodrow Nilsson writes
from the point of view Of a non-partisaa
on Mr.. Cleveland as President. review
ing Mr. Cleveland's two administrations,
and undertaking to assign him his histor-
ical place among our presidents. Blanche
Willis Howard. after a long silence, has
a charming short story, entitled Mari
In h. yh
Recent Discoveries by Percival Lowell.
and the serials continued are T. ". Hig-
ginson's Cheerful Yesterdays, My
Sixty Days in Greece" by Basil L.
Gidersleeve; Charles Egbert Craddock's
'sThe Juggler." and THE Story OF an IN
told Love-" by Paul Leicester Ford.
The March number OF the Arena is the
initial issue OF the magazine under the
new management and editorsh.p. The
number opens with the first Of series
on the development and reform Of city
government in the United States. This
first article is by the Hon. Josiah Quincy.
mayor OF Boston, and is entitled The
Development OF American Cities.
Harper's Magazine for March contains
an article on Mr.. Henry c.. Marquand."
by Mr. E. A. Alexander, who tells how
this gentleman has helped on the ad-
vancemsnt OF art in New York. Charles
F. Lummis gives Part II. of The Awak-
ening OF a Nation" In this number IS
notable installment OF The Marian,
made so by the intervention OF Martha"
an inhabitant of Mars, from whom the
story takes its name. Astronomical
Progress of the Century" BY Henry
Smith Williams. NJ. D.. is a paper OF
great interest, illustrated from drawings
and photographs. Poustney Bigelow's
White Mans Afrtca" maintains It's eX-
ceeding interest. Capt. A. T. Mahan
writes Of Preparedness for Naval War"
The Deeadence OF the New England
Deep-sea Fisheries by Joseph William
Collins, with its many Illustrations, is
rather melancholy reminder OF what was
once the industry OF the Atlantic coast.
Three short stories. ~oems and Charles
Dudley Warmers Editors Study" with
the Drawer and literary notes makes up
the remainder OF the issue.
Scribner's for March has as its frontis-
piece ''Esmond and the Prince and IS
the third Illustration IN Scenes from che
Great Novels" Il IS drawn by Howard
Pyle and engraved by Florian. the lead
ing wood engraver OF France. The
Banderium OF Hungary. BY Richard
Harding Davis. Is a description OF the
celebration at Budapest last June Of the
thousandth year OF Hungary as q king
dom. Mr. Davis article Is fully as enter
tanning as his Coronation OF the Car"
in last months Harper's. II seems some
what strange TO think OF Whistler as
iithographer. but Elizabeth Robins Pen
nell has in this number The Master OF
the Autograph, J. McNeill whistler"
and gives illustrations % a dozen repro
duc;lons Of Mr.. Whistler's Autographs.
TIE third paper on The Conduct OF
Great Businesses" IS the Business Of a
Factory" by Philip C. Hubert jr. In
'I.on3on. as Seen by =. L. Giboon" this
month s. given US London Audiences"
In which the author remarks THAT the
audience is often more entertaining than
/ he play" ana his Illustrations certainly
support this theory. Richard Harding
/ Davis Soldiers % Fortune" continues
with undated interest. w. n. Hpwens
contributes IN amusing story OF Play"
The ATT or Travel" hy Lewis Morris
I33iues and the usua, miscellany COM
p,ete au entertaining number.
The New Enslan3 Magazine for Fsbru-
A~y contains a beautiful and discerning
tribute 20 William Hamilton Gibson. from
the pen OF Eis friend Rev John Coleman
Adams. In THE death OF William Hamh-
ton Gibson ar. science and letters met
w.ta a grave loss whieh Mr Adams ap-
prtctattVe artistic fnp~esses the more
I deeply. An excellent portrait. copies OF
various pictures az ut Gibson an3 many
views of his homes. his studios and Tho
landscapes which we're dear 20 Ai-n Illus
trate the article. The Perkins Institu-
toa and Massachusetts school for ne
Rffr4 hv up Sewlrlas ETtcg l. an f.,,-