The times., 1899-07-02
LITERARY NOTES.

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among other interesting things, articles or
English Imperialism" by William Gun
ningham; The True American Spirit in
Literature" by Charles Johnston; "A Co
| lonial Diary by Agnes Repplier, and "An
English Writer'S Notes on England by
| Vernon Lee. In a paper on THE Right
Approach to English Literature Mark II.
Liddell analyzes the style of Shakespeare,
| pointing out that 1t is the simplicity of the
| great dramatists language, and the asso-
Citations which cling to the words he uses,
which make his sentences immortal. He
| instances the first line OF Hamlet's soliio-
guy. remarking that had Hamlet remarked,
Shall l exist or not, there's my dilemma,
the effect would be quite different. The
| Tenement; Curing its Blight" is a forceful
article by Jacon A. Riis, and there is an
exquisite nature poem. THE Wood Thrush
| at Eve" by Clinton Scollard.
The leading article of "Scribner's" for
July is paper on John La FARCE by
Russell Sturgis. In The Chronicles of
Aunt Minervy Ann Joel Chandler Harris
deals with the Ku Klux in spirit of
| laughing raillery, and it may be added
| that the story is a good one. The For
| eign Mail Service at New York" is an in
teresting collection of facts by E. G. Chat.
James ]. Archibald writes of Havana
| Since the Occupation" There is a story
by Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson, and an
other by Bliss Perry. The poems in this
number are by Benjamin Paul B.ood
Carolyn Wells, and Julia c. R. Dorr.
| The Forum for July contains several
articles rather unique in character. Henry
W. Lucy, known as toby. NJ. P,'' of
Punch" writes of Lord Rosebery and
the Premiership" Senator PETER dis
courses on THE Trust Problem and Its
Solution" Lombroso discusses the ques-
ton, WAS Columbus Morally Irresponsi-
ble?" and seems to think that he was. W.
| H. Councill, one of the best known of the
negro leaders in the South, writes of
THE Future of the Negro THE Inordi-
nate Demands of the Interstate Commerce
| Commission" are treated by Milton H
| Smith, President of the Louisville and
| Nashville Railroad Company. And there
are other interesting things in the num-
| ber.
AS usual during the summer months,
| ''Harper's Magazine" has taken departure
| into the fields of romance and the July
| issue is emphatically a fiction number"
Perhaps the most striking of the short
| stories is a story of Jewish life, by Zang-
will, under the title Transitional. 1t de-
scribes episodes in the life of a modern
| Jewish family, touched with the unrest
of the time, and is one OF the most realistic
! tales of its kind. Thomas A. Janvier writes
with his usual cleverness of THE Wrath OF
! the Zuyder Zee Frederic Remington con-
tributes a tale of Western life, entitled
'The Honor of the Troop" and other
stories of varying merit are "A Brother
| to ST. James, by Wolcott Leclear Beard,
| and Not On the Passenger List, by Jessie
Van Zile Belden. There is remarkably
interesting article on The Australian
| Horseman" character who corresponds
| to our own cowboy and there are poems by
]. Russell Taylor, Thomas Edward Graf
| ton and Anna C. Bracket.
The leading article of "McClure's" for
! July is THE Automobile in Common Use,
by Ray Stannard Baker. w. A. Fraser,
/ who knows Canada and can write OF 1t in
picturesque fashion, discourses of Soldier
| Police OF the Canadian Northwest, and
s'The Chief Train Despatcher's Story is
told by Capt. ]. E. Brady, U. S. A. The
most notable of the stories is probably
James Sears" by the chronicler OF Boy
| Vile William Allen White. A close sec
ond is 1.-The Lone Charge of William b.
| Perkins by Stephen Crane, and par.
ticularly good racing story is The Luck OF
the Babe" by w. A. Fraser. who seems 10
be equally at home in several different
fields There is biographical sketch OF
| Kipling, by Charles Eliot Norton, which
will delight the literary clubs that have
lately been rummaging wildly through con-
Temporary literature for facts concerning
the Indian authors life.
The Cosmopolitan" for July contains as
its star article Romance and Reality in
a Single Life" which deals with the life
and adventures of General Funston, and
is the work OF Charles S. Gleed. There is
copiously illustrated paper on "Ameri-
cans Who Have Married Titles, by FRAN
ces De Forest, and an attractive sketch,
also illustrated, of Samoan Types of
Beauty" Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Stetson
replies to the attack of Harry Thurston
Peck on the woman of today, which was
published in the June number. There is
an article on "The Organization of
Home, on $3.50 Day." by Charlotte W.
Eastman, and story, 1.-The Hero of the
Regiment" by Herbert d. Ward.
The Pail Mall Magazine" for July con-
tains an unusually attractive frontispiece,
a reproduction of Rembrandt's Man in
Armour" Among the articles of interest
are Modern Architecture in Chicago, by
Peter B. Wight; Wireless Telegraphy
its History and Development by H. C..
Marillier; THE Anglo-American Entente, 4"
by Rear Admiral Beresford, and Polo" ="
by Capt. A. G. Bagot, otherwise known as
"Bagatelle." THE Vacant Country is a
story by H. G. Wells, carrying out the
same idea which he broached in When
the Sleeper Wakes" that population is
eventually to be concentrated in the cities,
and the mutual dependence OF the people
to become more marked.
The July number of the "Bookman" is
a particularly attractive production, CAL
culated to delight the heart of the other
bookmen who are out of the reach of Ii
brares. The frontispiece, depicting a
| company of owls and bats reading spook
literature, is remarkably happy concep-
tion, and there is a profusely illustrated
article on Thomas Hardys Country
which deals with the scenes of Tess" Be
side this. there is an article about Edwin
Markham, author of THE Man With the
Hoe" which will be eagerly read.
Harper & Bros. announce a new and
complete edition of Abbotts biographical
histories. The entire set will be complet-
ed before September l, and the volumes
Will retail at so cents each. The same
| firm also announces two new and mex
| pensive editions of "Prue and l." one of
which will be illustrated by Albert E.
Sterner; also a new edition of Abbott S
Life of Napoleon"
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Stetson is at
present in England. where she has gone
partly for rest and partly to attend the
International Congress of Women, which
is to be held in London the last of this
month. She will return in the autumn.
and after few months of lecturing in this
country she will go to Australia for shor:
time. Messrs. Small, Maynard e Co. are
bringing out second edition of Mrs Stet-
sons Women and Economics.