The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-05
LITERARY NOTES.

or George III. OF England. Like THE
Tale of Two Cities, it is a blending
of fiction and history which imparts
considerable instruction, along with a
good big share Of entertainment
George III. himself is one Of the prin-
cipal characters of the story: in fact,
he is the pivot around which ii all re-
wolves. George mad a romance or two
before he ascended the throne His
earliest sweetheart was Hannah Light
foot, a young Quakeress of remarkable
beauty. His attentions were so marked
as to become a theme of London Cos
sip. and it was reported at the time
that he had married the girl This re-
port the biogra piers of George Ill
have never been able ta verify. Mr.
Besant makes Hannah tell an about
the love affair. and according to the
way she puts ii in the novel. George
didn't marry her, although he was Just
on the point of doing SO when the old
king died and George had to ascend the
throne. OF course, that stopped the
wedding, and the pretty little Quaker
ess had nothing else to do but to pine
away her life. The story is well told
and thoroughly entertaining. The
reader who doesn't know much about
the life of George Ill. is liable To ar
rive at "a conception of his character
that is not accurate. In Nancy Light
foots eyes he was little short of
god. In the more critical judgment of
historians he was commonplace and
duh to the verge of imbeclity. He was
a stickler for the divine right of kings
and all that; and in this and other
respects was a sort of prototype OF the
present emperor of GERMANY who
however. at his craziest periods, is ten
times more intelligent than George
ever was. The reader Of "A Fountain
Sealed" should follow il up by read
ing Thar vs. sketch af
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The third of series of articles on
gold mining, which are being published
in Modern Machinery. of Chicago, is
devoted to The Metallurgy of Gold"
description of the work of the nine
teenth century alchsmists: New Life
IN an old Problem is an account OF
the notable revival Of interest. both in
Europe and America, in the idea Of a
rotary engine. Another paper by A.
A. Mulliken of the AcetyIine Gas com
pany, describes the nature and use of
the new illuminant and the part it
promises to play in lighting the world
In an article on The Dynamo" by
John A. Grier, whose account of the
evolution of the steamship in the No
Nember issue has been widely copied
the author presents a popular EXPOSE
ton of the actuating principles of this
wonderful piece of modern mechanism.
Practical engineers win he especially
interested in the article on Economics
III the Generation ana Use of Steam"
byA. H. Wakeman Of Hartford Ct,
an author who enjoys a wide reputation
as writer on engine room practice. o.
a. Stranahan of the Westinghouse
Church Kerr company. in paper on
The Gas Engine" describes the prin-
clples involved in the operation of var
ious types and their adaptability To
special work, together with some pre-
dictions ON the future of the gas en-
CINE. The publishers Of Modern Ma
chinery offer to send a sample copy
free upon application to their Chicago
office.
In the Forum for December the lead
ing article Is by Mr. James Bryce. per-
haps best known to American readers
through his work, The American Com
The subject of his pa
per is The Policy of Annexation for
and he approaches the
question as "one who can honestly say
that his only motive for writing is his
interest in the welfare of the great
country which he has so often visited"
His aim is 10 show how the question
presents itself to the minds of those
English friends of America who love
her almost as they love their own ISL |
and. Mr.. Bryce considers that il /
would be impossible for us To annex !
Cuba or Hawaii without maintaining a
very powerful navy, from which bur
den We have hitherto escaped. To en- 4
ter upon policy of annexation would 4
be for the United States "a descent I
from what may be called the pedestal /
OF wise and pacific detachment on |
which she stands" j. IL. Eokels. comp
troller of the currency, in his paper on
The Wolcott Commission and lis Re
suits, hopes that the failure OF the
ought to settle once and for
all the idea of the feasibility Of inter
national bimetallism. Senator Morrill,
a third (and for the present
his lasD selection of Notable Letters
from My Political Friends" which
some amusing and historically
epistles. Captain J. g Ay-
res OF the ordnance department United
States army, pleads for a development
Of the National Guard in the direction
II the establishment of an artillery ser
vice for sea coast defense. r. r Loud
chairman Of the congressional post
office committee, in "A Step Toward
Economy in the Postal Service" sug-
sests plan whereby the department
might save S13000.000 year Charles
A. Prouty of the interstate commerce
discusses the question of |
Railway Pooling-from the Peoples
Point of View Magistrate H & Kud-
ich of New York sets forth in an able
PAPER The Abuse of the Police Power"
Judge Agnew denounces the Hawaiian
reaty on the ground of its unconstitu-
ionality: l.. l.. Price of Oriel college.
oxford. treats Of The Present condi-
ion OF Economic Science" and Pro-
essor Eucken Of Jena, one Of the Lead
ng philosophers of Germany. writes of
i in in hE
Universities his paper having special
'eference to the recent controversy at
Brown university. An exceptionally /
article on THE Dramas Of
ierhart Hauptmann" by Gustav
<obbe. and two literary papers by
'harles G.. D. Roberts and Professor
Theodore W. Hunt OF Princeton on /
The Poetry Of Nature. and The
Iission of Literature" respectively. /
make nn q XeIN attractive nllmhel