The herald., 1898-04-10
A NEW ChILD'S PAPER

have been greatly interested of late in
watching journalistic enterprise of an
unusual character. 1t is a little weekly
newspaper called the Great Round Table,
and it has doubtless come to the attention
of many Boston readers of the periodicals.
1t was started in New York about year
ago by Mr.. William Beverley Harrison. a
young and ambitious publisher, who be-
lieved that he had discovered an untried
and an important work In providing for
children condensed and simply written
account of the important news of the week
Slowly and surely the paper has been
building up a circulation, and it is now
read, not only throusn1ut America, but in
many foreign countries where English is
spoken, not only by children, but by their
elders. who find it impossible to keep up
with the mass of information provided by
our daily newspapers. Several schools
have lately adopted it as a supplementary
text book, and it has lately been paid the
compliment of imitation. The enterprise
Is so useful and timely that its success is
likely to be permauent.-J. D. Barry in Lit
erary World.
TWO WOMEN.-A New York Times let
ter from London tells of two women and
their latest ouslaugh;s upon the world as
1t is now permitted to run. The first is
Mrs Mona Card, who in a recent book
has cursed marriage in her most vigorous
style. The writer says of her: Were it
not known that Mrs. Card is in earnest
her new book would readily be supposed to
be burlesque of certain other books writ
ten by advanced women. She derounces
man as a feroc!ous monster who spends
his whole existence in devouring women.
and she scolds bitterly at nature for her
gross injustice in placing the burden OF
child-bearing entirely upon women. That
this is done in perfect good faith there is
not the slightest reason to doubt. OF
course medical men skilled in the diagnosis
of nervous diseases understand perfectly
the genesis of Mrs. Cards book but TO the
general public it will be regarded only A.
the last asd eilliest of the books OF its
class.
"If the women who write this sort Of
rubbish could only comprehend the posi-
tion i'm which they put themselves by their
unconscious seif-revelattons, there would
be a sudden end of such physiological doc
uments as the Beth Book' and Mrs
Cards latest attack on marriage. They
are simply the outward NANTES ations IF
an obscure ueurosis which should be treat
ed with drugs and not with pen and ink.
Fortunately the public is growing tired Of
the advanced woman, and it is probable
that Mrs. Cards combination service
will have few SUCCESSORS"
The other assaiant of modern society is
"Ouida," who is sharply lecturng British
DANES upon their sins, and especially in
the matter of their cruelty to animals bv
the wearing aigrette feathers If is sai1
that her newest book is very bitter gen.
orally.
OF "Ouida," Mr.. Alden writes as follows.
1.-The other lady who has ushered in Lent
with strong language is "Ouida" She ha
written to the danes of the Primrose
league, upbraiding them for wearina,
aigrette feathers and for cruelty to ami
mails in general. "Ouida'' is much mora
interesting when she writes in defense of
animals than when she writes novels
though at no time does her imapinati tion
glow as brilliantly as it does when She
writes of politics. The grains of truth
that are to be found in her attack on tho
Primrose Danes may possibly do soma
good, but the extreme violence of her
language and her evident desire 10 deal -
side blow at the Conservative marty. h,,
singing out the Primrose Danes for at
tack must weaken her defense of animals
Cruelty to birds is indefensible. but tbero
are other forms of cruelty which "O,ida -,
might attack with benefit to the world
1or example, there is the common vice of