The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-10

With the January number of the
North American Review begins a new
volume-the 166th. II the present
number Professor Cesare Lombroso
concludes his study, Why Homicide
Has Increased in the United States"
In this article he dwells on the infiu-
ence, on evilly disposed minds, of the
prominence given in the press to the
| doinss and sayings of notorious crimi-
nails. He does not take a gloomy view
of matters, and reaches the conclusion
that the outlook for a decrease in
homicide in this country is favorable
Ex-senator PETER discusses 1.-The Pass
ing of the Peoples Party" II contains
clear and authoritative statement of
the position of the Populists on sew
eral important matters It seems some
what odd that a military man should
discuss so eminently a civilian subject
as THE Speaker and the Committees
yet that is exactly what General a.
w. Greedy does. An exceedingly time
ly article is Americas Opportunity in
Asia. by Charles DENLY, jr., secretary
of the United States legation in China.
The article is on the lingo order, as is
plainly indicated when Mr.. DENLY
says: Whatever policy we may have
inherited as to entanglements with Eu-
ropean powers must be discarded here.
The people of the United States must
to the west, with their boundless po-
tentialities of trade, handed over. an
uncontested prize, to the ambitions of
Europe An important article is NJ G..
Mulhalfs Industrial Advance of Ger
many" Max O'Rell talks pleasantly
about "a Paradise of Good Govern
ment." That paradise is the Isle of
Jersey. The Rt. Hon. Horace Plunkett,
M. P, discusses THE Irish Question
in a New Light" The number through
out IS excellent, not an article but is
worthy of careful reading
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The Forum for January starts off
with an article by Major General Mel
son A. Miles on Our Coast Defenses."
He advocates a system of defenses that !
will make the country reasonably Sc
cure. He holds, and properly. that no |
navy alone would be adequate to the
defense of our seaport cities Senator
Vest writes about THE Future of
Bimetallism- The senator concludes /
that the time has come to end the I
vassalage to foreigners created by
enormous debt. We must cease Dor
rowing, and devote all our energies to
paying what we owe. We are strong
enough to adopt bimetallism, and to
defy the malign soothsayers who wor- /
ship the golden calf" electrical
Advance in the Past Ten Years" by
Elihu Thompson, is an extremely in
teresting article. The advance made /
in electrical science in that time is re-
markable. Jacob Schoenhof writ < on
Exports and Wages" Simon Sterne
tells about THE Reconquest of New
York by Tammany." The Political
Outlook" by Henry Watterson. is a
lar erln or~tio
Mr.. Watterson has been writing the
past year. Professor Brander Mat
thews writes entertainingIy OF 1.-The Re
lation of the Drama to Literature
The number throughout is interesting
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He is master of the question of edu-
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The Gooseherd,' translated for the
Age from the German by Hermann SUI
hermann. is a charming thing. THE
IDEALS of Romance" is an extremely in
eresting article, saturated with liter
lry flavor The article deals with the
deals of romance and not with novel
heroes generally. with All Her Heart"
s continued. Joseph Pencil, than
whom none is better qualified. discus
;es, as Photography Among the Fine
Arts" He reaches the conclusion that {
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