Evening journal., 1897-07-03
RECENT LITERATURE.

The July number OF The Forum con-
tains an exceptionally interesting set
of articles The list OF subjects includes
Just those topics, general and local,
which everyone is discussing-from the
Graeco- Turkish war TO Mayor Strongs
experiment in nOn-partisan municipal
government in New York. Perhaps
the article which will attract most at
tention is that entitled why Spain Has
Failed in Cuba" The writer, Thomas
G. Alvord, Jr spent four months in
the island, travelling all over ii, and de-
voting much timeto observing the forces
in the field. Mr.. Alvord gives very good
reasons for his belief that General
Weyler is in no hurry to end the war.
The great international questions Of
the hour, and American questions of a
political or economic character are dis
cussed in the editorial department of
the American Monthly Review of Re
views for July The project of Hawaiian /
annexation. claims precedence in the re-
view OF current topics, entitled THE |
Progress OF the World" The editor also |
comments on the present status OF the
Cuban question, on the situation in |
Spanish politics, and on our trade re-
lations with the South American repub- |
lies. This department deals, too with |
the problems resulting from the Turco- |
Grecian war and other grave compli- |
cations in the Orient. In domestic mat
ters, the proposed currency commission
and the labor conditions OF the country
receive special attention.
The Cosmopolitan for July has the
report OF Julian Hawthorne the special
commissioner sent by The Cosmopolitan
to India to investigate the horrors OF
the plague and famine. tits ofan extra
ordinary character, and will open the
eyes OF the world to conditions which
were scarcely suspected. The same
number contains what is probably the
greatest poem Of this quarter of the
nineteenth century This new render
ing of Oman Khayyam's Rubaiyat,
which departs entirely from F'itzger-
AIDS, occupies four pages. Amelle
Rives reappears as a story-teller for the
first time since her marriage with
Prince Troubetzkoy One of the clever
est stories yet from the pen of Robert
W. Chambers is given. The remarkable
story OF the War OF the Martlans. by
Wells, which is attracting the attention
both Of the scientific and non-scientific
good story-loving-public. is continued,
and there Is a fourth story by aBecket,
elaborately illustrated by the humor of
Peter Newell The educational discus
sion-this time by Professor Peck, of
Columbiar-the story OF The Everyday
Life OF Sister of Charity" deliberately
illustrated; The Genesis of a Comic
Opera" given by Reginald de Koven;
President Gilman, of the Johns Hop
lSins University, on '"The Bankruptcy
OF Science" and an interesting story by
the Greek who conceived and brought
into existence 1.-The Streets of Cairo at
the Worlds Fair'--these are some Of
the contents OF this ten-cent magazine.
Exactly four hundred years ago
June "a. 1497) John Cabot discovered
the main land OF the American conti-
nent and started the tide OF Anglo
Saxon immigration which was to dcmi-
nate North America. Lord Dufferin,
who is chairman Of the committee
which has in charge the Bristol Eng
land, celebration and proposed memor-
lal has written for Scribner's an arti-
clc eyponnding the significance Of Ca
bots discoveries, and their relation TO
the development OF free institutions in
Canada and the United States. The au-
thor's experience as governor general
of Canada makes him particularly we'll
qualified to write on this subject. Origi-
nal documents, maps, and letters are
reproduced to illustrate the article.
McCure's Magazine for July opens
with an interesting account OF the ac-
tual daily life I'm a little Republic
where the citizens and governors are
young boys and girls from che poorest
and most crowded districts OF the city
Of New York. Private industry and
public functions are pursued precisely
as by older people in larger republics
and neglect or abuse of either encoun.
ters the same pains and penalties as in
life at large. The paper is fully illus.
trated from special photographs TIL,
late Professor DrummOnd is the sub
ject of a paper by Rev. ID. NJ. Ross, who
lived in close intimacy with him from
his boyhood to the hour of his death
Among other features OF this number 81
fine series of life portraits of Andrew
jackson, several OF them never befor,
published, along with some reminis
cences ofJacksOp by his grand-daughte
Rachel jackson Lawrence.
with it's July number Godey's Sfaga
zine enters upon its sixty-eighth yea
of continuous publication. and cele
brates the event by the issue of an an
niversary number, the title cove
of which is reproduction o
the first cover used by tn
magazine. This cover is
quaint reminder of the years that ar
long passed, and will interest man.
people. Il suggests a striking contras
when compared with the magazine GOV
ers of this time, ana is worth keepinl
as a curiosity. The general contents O
this Issue taken as a whole make wha
IT'S editors believe to be the best mum
ber OF Godey's ever published Almos
Severy kind of topic appears. the Illus
trations are peculiarly fine and varie
and the poems are strong, striking an
original in conception.
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