Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-14


Mr.. Gladstone is preparing second
series of "Gleanings" from his occasional
writings. The first volume of the new
series will consist of essays ecclesiastical
and theological. Gladstone's "Gleaning5"
now consist of seven volumes, covering
the period from 1S43 to 1879. A new vol
ume will be published sometime during
the spring.
The March number of the New England
Magazine contains a paper on its prede-
cessor of the same name. started in 1881.
by Joseph L. Buckingham. The article
deserves the attention of students of
American letters, as it contains several
poems contributed by Dr. Holmes to the
old magazine that have never been re-
published, the original beginning of the
"Autocrat" and some early work OF
Longfellow.
The Inaugural ton number of Harper's
Weekly has an ornamental cover design
ed by Mr.. George Wharton Edwards and
contai ms a detailed description of the in
| auguration by the editor, Mr.. Henry
gurations, by Col. Archibald Hopkins,
and an account of the inauguration balls
Of the past, by Mr.. Gaillard Hunt. There
are also numerous drawings of scenes as
ISOLATED with the ceremony. including
several full-page illustrations.
The Russian authorities have placed
upon their list of prohibited books Leroy
Beaulieu's Empire of the Tsars and the
Russians" AS a consequence, the COM
plimentary copies forwarded to certain
officials connected with the st. Peters
burg Library and the Department of Edu-
cation, have been returned by the st.
Petersburg poStoffice. the delivery being
forbidden. The authorized English trans
| lation of the work, by Nine. Ragozin. is
aIie.l,a |, ,t~xy hxrM
P. Putnam's Sons.
George w. Gable. author of 1.-The Gram
dissimes," "Old Creole Days" DIR. Sc
vier." etc, has recently made arrange
ments whereby he is to become the ed
itor of Current Literature. Mr.. Gable
has been living in Northampton, Mass.
for several years, and has been absorbed
in the starting and spread of the home
culture" clubs, which have become so
widely known of late.
A. F. Jaccaci who has been for several
years art manager of Scribner's Maya
zine, has become the art editor of Nc
Clure's; and it is the purpose of the ed
itors to make McClure'S Magazine in
every way artistically attractive and
notable.
Carroll D. Wright, United States COM
missioner of labor thoughtfully discusses
| the problem of Prison Labor" in the
North American Review for March. Mr..
Wright looks upon the ethical aspect
of this question as the most important, it
| being the one in which the prisoner him
self is concerned. No state. he asserts,
| has any right to expect to make profit.
or to permit contractors to do so, out Of
the labor of prisoners when this profit is
| at the expense of their reformation.
THE March Magazine number of The
Outlook contains about ninety pages of
reading matter exclusive of advertising,
etc), about fifty pictures, articles on
| the new administration, ex-President
| Cleveland, the new library of congress
| with four fine full-page pictures by f.
HoplSinson SMITH, the history of civil
| service reform, Tammany and reform
| methods of charity strong story by
| Grace King, review of the worlds his
TORY for the week, editorials, book re-
| views religious news and much else.
The present agitation concerning trusts
| gives additional interest to a contribution
| by v. H. Lockwood, in the North Ameri-
| can Review for March, entitled How to
| Reform Business Corporations" Two
| carefully prepared methods are advocat-
| ed by Mr.. Lockwood to prevent the mis-
| management of corporations and to Sc
| cure the rights of small shareholders.
| while the entire ground of the duties and
1
| cinctly gone over
Mr. F. N. Doubleday, for many years
| business manager of Scribner'S Magazine
| and manager of Charles Scribner's Sons
subscription book department, has Joined
| forces with Mr.. s. s. Mcclure, and will
| organize a company to be known as the
| Doubleday & Mcclure company for the
| purpose of publishing books, beginning
| active work in the autumn Of 1897. Mr..
| Doubleday has also been elected vice
| president of the S. s. Mcclure company,
| and with Mr.. Jaccaci forms an important
4 addition to the group of young men who
| are making McClure's Magazine the
| most successful popular periodical of a
high class and low cost in the world.
| 1t is with much pleasure that we clip
| the following notice from the American
! Kitchen Magazine for March, as it was
| our good fortune to meet and form
| most pleasant acquaintance with Miss De
| Graffenried during her recent short stay
i in our city: Miss De Graffenried, who as
! the agent of the United States Depart
| ment of Labor has made investiga tions
| into the work of women In all of the prin-
| cipal European manufacturing centers as
| we'll as in our own country, will write for
| the Atlantic Monthly about the results of
| her special studies. Even twenty-five
/ years ago women played comparatively
| small part in industry. Since then the
most notab BILE and significant social fact
has been the incredibly rapid increase
| in their number as wage-earners The
| social significance of this change is one
| of the most remarkable phenomena of
our time. It Is this important change
4. ~ =