Evening journal., 1897-08-06
RECENT LITERATURE

''The Diamond Jubilee" by r.. H. e.
Starr rs the leading illustrated article
in the August National. Mr. Starr on
commission ffcm the National was In
London for the event, and with pen
and camera has written quite the best
Of the magazine articles on this great
subject. Among the other well known
contributions TO this number are THE
French Republic Not a Failure" by
Henry Hayn4e, and an illustrated arti-
Gle ON the topic OF theosophy by John
r. Bennett. Dr. Edward Everett Hale
continues his "reminiscences on certain
aspects OF our American life in the cur
rent issue. The fiction Of this number
Is made up cf several short and read
able stories.
The Forum for August fully main
tains the high standard of that maga-
zine. both as regards tho general excel
lenee of lis articles and the care evil
denced in their selection. Senator Hoar,
whose contributions are always inter-
esting and forceful, gives his views
upon the conditions of "Statesmanship
in England and the United States" On
The Proposed Annexation Of Hawaii, /"
trenchant article. General Oliver o.
Howard makes "A Plea for the Army
in a singularly logical and temperate
article. Professor Washburn Hopkins
OF Yale, was in India during the Winter
Of 1S06-9f and thus had the oppoln-
nifty of personally following the course
of the plague; consequently his obser-
walton ON THE Political Aspects of the
De-, 4
weight. Dr. Lyman Abbott has am able
paper on The Growth of Religious
Tolerance in the United States" One Of
the most Interesting articles in the
number is that on THE Future of the
Red Man." by Simon Pokagon. Mr.
Pokagon is the last chief of the Pod.a-
wattamie PolVagOn band, and 1t was his
father, Leopold Pokagon, who, i'm 1888,
conveyed Chicago to the United States
for about cents an acre. President
Tlhwing, OF Wesern Reserve Univer-
sity, contributes a paper on "EmersOn's Is
The American Scholar Sixty Years
After" in which he argues that sixty
years have brought no change in the
duties OF the scholar-hhe duties of self
trust, trust in humanity, and trust In
American humanity" DIR. Friedrich
| Paulsen in his second article on "T'he
Evolution of the Educational Ideal
Greats of the present and future aspects
Of his subject.
Ev'ry Month Magazine for August has
a fascinating array of pictures, includ-
| ing pretty women, famous people, litter
I airy gossip and good photographs. The
departments of Women in Particular
and World in General" cover the
J ground of celebrities for the month
thoroughly, and several special article:
add to the interest There are also foul
pieces of music-''In the Sweet Summer
Time, by Paul Dresser; MA Vida
(rcmance), byTheodore +. Morse; Flea.
nora" (song), by John T. KernS Jr., and
waltz arrangement of the popular
song I'm the Baggage Coach Ahead.
| New York, Howley, Haviland & co.
Jules Bois discusses "Satanism: An
cient and Modern" in the August mum
Der of THE Humanitarian" The noteC
! Frenchman gives his views on witch
craft to Marie A. Belloc, who relate
them interestingly. In the same mum
ber Rev James Adderly questions th'
right of extravaganza and there arr
several other articles contributed b!
original thinking men and women tina
are we'll worth reading.
i ~ CT n.