The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01
CURRENT LITERATURE.
September Magazines.

ONE of the most interesting features
of Harper's Magazine for September is
an article on George du Maurier, by
Henry James, giving an intimate view
of the artist and writer. O.her attrac-
tive features "Around London by Bi.
CYCLE" by Elizabeth Robins Pennell;
''The Beginnings of the American
Navy by James Barnes; instalments
of the serial stories by Frank r. Stock
ton and John Fox, Jr., and humorous
romance of the golf links, "The Lost
Ball." by W. G. van L. Sutphen, etc.
To present the best thought in the
whole range of living literature is the
mission Of The Living Age-and how
we'll it has fulfilled this mission for
over half century its record fully tes-
titles. Edited with sound judgment
and keen literary instinct, it sci 1om
fails to gather within it's pages the most
valuable expression and record of the
worlds progress and growth along
every avenue of thought and activity,
and continually grows in value with the
ever steadily increasing stream of peri
.odical literature.
THE September Scribner's has
number OF outing articles suited to the
dog days. William Henry Bishop de-
scribes picturesquely the famous water
ing-place in northern Spain, San Sc
bastian, selected several years ago as
the summer home of the Queen Regent
of Spain and the boy king. The fash
ion and gaiety Of the place led him to
call it "The Spanish Newport" Mar
chetti, the famous artist, visited San
Sebastian about the same time as the
author, and made the brilliant illustra-
lions that have been wood by
French engravers.
THE Atlantic Monthly for September
presents q table of contents which is a
striking combination of important liter
airy, scie ntific, and sociological discus
sion. The opening article is by Theo-
dore Roosevelt upon Municipal Ad-
ministration; the New York Police
Force. He explains the reform and
administration of the New York police
while he was President of the Police
Commission. He sketches briefly the
difficulties under which the Commits
sion labored and the methods they en-
ployed to meet them. This paper alto
gether is helpful chapter in the story
of administrative reform.
COLONEL GEORGE E. WARING, JR.,
commissioner of street cleaning in New
York, contributes to McClure'S Maya
zine, for September an article showing
that, by improvements in organization
and method, a length of .street greater
than the distance from New York to
Chicago is now cleaned daily in New
York without noise, confusion, or even
dust, and at constantly diminishing
cost; and that thereby the expense OF
living and the liability to death have
been greatly reduced, and the whole
tone and character of the life of the
city perceptibly elevated. Pictures OF
the phases of street cleaning, from
drawings and photographs, illustrate
the paper.
THE Preachers Magazine for Sep
TENDER is at hand, with full and
charming table of contents. "God'I
Yet" is sermon of great worth oil
Joseph Parker, d. D. Also, "The
Burden and Heat of the Day." mes
sage for the middle-aged, by W. BOYD
Carpenter, D. D. "Christ Sanctifying
Illulbcll' Wy tuC ltcN' MAIN 0uy l. cdIoc
is sermon of rich and help ful thought.
Appropriate to Labor Day is very
readable discourse by Augustus Legge
d. D., entitled "The Cry of the I'm
employed" The excellent photos Of
Joseph Parker, D. d., and William
Boyd Carpenter, d. D., enrich the
number.
COUNT PIERRE DE CoUBERTIN is
one of the most interesting of the
Frenchmen of the new generation
Although belonging to the old regime
he is in politics Republican. Young
Coubertin has especially devoted him
self to the study of American institu
tions, and among other works has writ
ten one on American Universities. He
was the founder of the recent Olympiar
Century an account OF them. He has
contributed to the September number
of the same magazine paper of per.
sonal "reminiscences OF French "Royal,
lists and Republicans" He tells about
the little court around the Count dc
Chambord, and describes some of the
leading modern Republicans of Paris
The article has two striking illus
trations by Castaigne.
THE Tenth ANIMAL Educational Mum
Der of the Outlook puts side by side
personal sketches of two educators
with unusually fine portraits of the two
men. One of the two is an American
the great scientist, Joseph LIE Conte
who has been the ablest American ad
vocate of the theory of evolution as
being in unison with the doctrine OF
Christianity. The other is the famous
and eccentric English scholar and Ok
ford professor, Benjamin Jowett, ant
the sketch is based on the recent biog
raphy which has attracted such wide
attention. The cover has strongly
drawn reproduction of the statue of the
"Lemnian Athena" now known to BIZ
copy of Phedia's great work, the parts
of which were brought together in {
strange way. Three dollars year. The
Outlook Company, 10 Astor Place, New
York.
THE complete novel in the Septem
Der issue of Lippincott's weeping
Ferry" by Margaret l.. Woods. 1t il
sincere, simple and effective tale Of
English country life, recording the
honorable but passing love of squire'f