The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-03
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APRIL MAGAZINES,
by Henry Jerome Stockard.
/. News and Observer

(For The News and Observer)
Professor III. O. Adams has strong
paper in the Atlantic on a Decade of
Federal Railway Regulation" The du-
ties of the Interstate Commission are
pointed out, and the failures of these Of
ficers to carry ont their duties are I'M
mistakably fixed where they belong
upon the judiciary who have blindly sid
cd with the railroads and against the
Commission.
Professor George I'll. Darwin, of Eng
land, son of the great Evolutlonlst,
Charles Darwin has striking contri-
button on the relations of the earth 70
the moon and the solar system, in when
he forecasts the time when, owing 10
the reciprocal influence between our
planet and its satellite they will revove
in unison, and our days and months VIII
he equal and of the same duration.
"A Nook in the Alleghanies rs III
Bradford Torrey's usual delightful Veih'
and 1.-The Teaching of English" IS a VI
gorous plea for the study OF our own
language in our institutions or learning.
This last paper cannot be read with 100
careful attention alike by those VINO
teach and by those who have sons and
daughters to be taught.
There are some clever short stories.
personal "reminiscences of Bjornson and
Ibsen, etc.
The Century has two articles that
will be read just now with unusual in
terest: they are "a Famous Sea Fight"
and flights Between Ironclads." The
former is by Claude III. Wetmore, and is
an illustrated description of the engage
ment between the CHILEAN and Peruvian
ironclads off the coast of Bolivia in 1879;
the latter. by Assistant Secretary of the
Navy. Theodore Roosevelt. discusses
naval battles with reference TO their
significance and priority.
Gustav Kobbe's thrilling series, "He-
roes of Peace" deals this month with
the heroes of the Life-Saving Service.
Good Americans is concluded. and
another installment of the adventures
of Francois is given. In short fiction
the number has its usual amount. This
is a mere sample of the rich contents of
the current issue of this popular maya
zine.
st. Nicholas has varied table of con-
tents. including many seasonable fea-
lures. .sThe Story Of the Wheel" traces
the evolution of the bicycle from it's rude
beginning in the seventeenth century to
the "chainless' of 1898. Stockton's
Buccaneers of Our Coast is entertain
ing and Trowbridge's 1.-Two Biddicut
Boys" is worthy the pen of this popular
writer OF boys stories. The magazine
is always full of jingles and verses. This
is a very popular magazine among the
young people. and it is deservedly So
The Youths Companion, while not a
monthly magazine but weekly paper,
must be mentioned just here. it is the
best publication parents can put into
the hands of their children. This is said
nnreservedly and after a long acquain-
lance with the paper. Not one line of
questionable matter ever appears in its
columns. Its visits are an inspiration
TO a better citizeiiship.sto a purer pa triot-
ism. and TO a higher life. He is public
benefactor who increases its circulation.
The most valuable feature of Serb
ner's continues to be Wyckoff's ''The
Workers" 1t is IAN experiment in real
lit ny yOuuS SOClOiOSiCdl stlu
is stranger than fiction. BY going forth
in the ranks of the unskilled laborers
this intelligent young graduate has been
able to divulge some facts about the la
Dor problem that are serious, to say the
least. The article should be widely
read. Thomas Nelson Page has con-
tinued story, .'Red Rock and Richard
Harding Davis contributes the first
chapters of 'The Kings Jackal." There
are two or three short stories and several
poems. Among the latter is 1.-THE Toll
ing Of Felix" poem of unusual felicity
ofphrasing, by Henry Van Dyke. The
illustrations in Scribner's are always
fine, and the cover of this number is "a
thing of beauty"
The Chap-Book, of Chicago, is the
most ambitious publication the West
has undertaken. This does not seem to
to be of the ephemeral nature of its fore
runners, either. 1.-THE Podmore Letters"
series of articles criticising men of let
tiers, ETC., seems to be bearing some
fruit already-it has checked some edi-
tors from filling their own magazines
with their own poetical monstrosities.
But ~he Chap-Book is of the wild and
woOlly West and must not mistake "its
rustic cackle for the murmur of the
world
AN UMBRELLA DECISION.