The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-24
CURRENT PUBLICATIONS.

The last Golfers Weekly has a fine
double-page picture by Gilbert Gaul.
American types are rallying around the
flag, the farmer, the mechanic, the
merchant and his clerk, northwestern
cowboys, southern planters miners
from the mountains, fishermen from
the seashore, lumbermen from the for
ests-whites and blacks, rich and poor,
and conspicuous among them the vet
eran wearers of the blue and the gray.
1t is a picture that indicates the final
and entire obliteration of sectional
lines. The frontispiece is THE Stand
ard Bearer" a drawing from life, by
F. c. Yohn, of the color sergeant of
one of the cavalry regiments Of the
regular army-one of the brave, power
full, determined men from whom alone
the olor-bearers of the army are Sc
lected. There is d page of pictures q
San Juan, Porto Rico, to which city
Admiral SIMPSONS fleet paid its re-
spects last week, and also a full-page
drawing of the bombardment, Spanish
prisoners of war, maps, and pictures
of Manila and many excellent military
pictures of all kinds. The articles are
always good.
The Atlantic Monthly for May has an
innovation, a very remarkable thing.
cover, and it enhances its appearance
very much. The number opens with an
article entitled THE War With Spain,
and After" The closing paragraph Of
the article says, in part: THE removal
of the scandal of Spain's control of its
last American colony is as just and
merciful at it is pathetic-a necessary
act of surgery for the health of civili-
cation. Our greatest victory will
he t.trt ok
to show once more that even in its
righteous wrath the republic has the
virtue of self-restraint." Another
article dealing with the present war; in
a measure, is Ira n. Hollis The I'm
certain Cactors In Naval Conflicts" 1t
deals chiefly with the modern battle
ship. He concludes that the qualities
of the men aboard the ships must,
after all, be the determining element. A
delightful article is Rollin Lynde
Hartt's THE Montanians." Librarian
A. r. Spofford continues his Washing
ton "Reminiscences" Tom Corwin,
Henry Winter Davis and Matthew
Hale Carpenter being the prominent
characters in the present installment
Much space is given to educational
matters, there being three articles on
the subject: "a New Programme In
Education" by c. Hanford Henderson;
NOIlIldi CCHOOiS anu liit VI
Teachers" by Frederick Burk, and
High School Extension" by D. S. San
ford. The number contains more poetry
than usual.
Houghton. Duflin & Co.. Boston,
Mass. Price, 50 cents.
The Living Age for May 81 starts off
with three oe Pierre Lofts Spanish
sketches: 1.-THE Alcalde of the Sea"
The Sword Dance" and 1.-THE Queen
Passes" They are very entertaining,
and have a special interest at this
time. An article of much interest is F.
]. Mathesen's THE United States and
Cuban Independence.p 1t recounts the
cause of the difficulty with Spain. and
fully appreciates the position of the
United States. H. Bentzon's study of
Sidner Lanier is completed. 1t is an
aypreciative review of his work. Life
ard Death In the Niger Delta" is a
sketch OF things as they are in the
delta, and does not pretend to deal with
any political question. There is no
better medium for keeping in touch
with foreign thought and ideas than