The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-08

itary law in England" Dr. Marie Ada
Molineux has an amusing paper de-
scriptive OF "Af fresco restaurants"
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for
October contains the first part Of a
mastery review by the Hon. Lyman j.
Gage, secretary of the treasury of
"The finances of our wars" The Mex
lean war, the civil war, and the late
Spanish-American conflict will be
treated in a second paper. Walter
Camp writes a seasonable and sensible
article upon college athletics" Ed
gar Allan Poe's college days" at the
University of Virginia, Charlottesville,
are discussed in a richly illustrated ar
ticle by Jennie Bard Dugdale, apropos
Of the unwilling Of Zolnays famous
bust of Poe, in commemoration of the
fiftieth anniversary of the poets un-
timely death--Oct 7. "Liquifed air,
and its uses" by DIR. George H. John
son. Women as farmers" by w r.
Draper, who asserts that women who
own and run their farms, without any
male assistance, constitute thirty per
cent of the farming population of Kan
sas and Oklahoma" and European
fire-fighters," by Fritz Morris, are some
of the very readable articles Frank
Leslies has we'll been named the
monarch of 10 cent magazines
A notable paper in the Art Inter
change for October deals with the art
of the late Homer d. Martin, and is
illustrated by his best pictures from
private collections and clubs Other
articles deal with Gilbert Hubbard and
his colony of art workers, and with
Turner and his "Slave ship There is
a paper on German book covers" and
there are two color plates and a num-
Der of portraits, designs, artistic trans
parencies, house interiors etc. Pub
lished at No. Z, 18th street, New York.
The Review of Reviews accords to
Dewey day its appropriate recogni-
ton, publishing an illustrated descrip-
ton of the artistic decorations in New
York from the pen of Ernest Knaufft,
the well known writer on art subjects.
An excellent recapitulation of the
Dreyfus case is contributed by w. T.
Stead, and the editor analyses the
South African situation, reviews the
work of the Chicago conference on
trusts comments on the Dreyfus case
and discusses Mr.. Bryan's position on
the silver question and the general po-
litical issues in the state campaigns
now in progress. The Review also con
tains a series of sketches made by
Homer Davenport, the cartoonist, in
Davenport's own resume of his i'm
pressions at the trial Several i'm
portant articles on the commercial and
industrial conditions of the moment are
a feature of the magazine, among them
one on 1.-THE new era of prosperity by
the Hon. T. L. James, formerly post
master general Of the United States.
DR.. E. Benjamin Andrews of Chicago
gives an economists Impressions of the
recent conference in that city on the
subject of trusts" while the presid-
ing officer of that gathering, the Hon
William Writ Howe of New Orleans
states the conclusions to be drawn
from the, deliberations of the confer
ence as to desirable legislation. There
is brief article on the national export
exposition now in progress in Phila-
delphia and another on our diplomatic
relations with Nicaragua, with refer
ence to the prospective canal and other
commercial developments.
The four issues of The Youths Com
panion to be published during October,
will include two double numbers with
decorated covers. One of these will be
the annual announcement number
out October 49, For the week
of October there will be an
entertaining paper by the late James
Payn, on Editors and contributors"
Gen. Charles King, the soldier novelist,
fought years ago in many Indian cam
paigns with the late Gen. Crook. His
recollections of that distinguished In
dian fighter will be published in The
Youths Companion for the week of
Oct. 10, the annual announcement num-
Der. The world knows more of the recent
public trial of Capt Dreyfus than of
the earlier occurrences which led to his.
degradation and exile in 1895 The
Youths Companion for the X of
Oct. IL will contain a resume of the
case-the most celebrated of the CEN
tury-by Walter Leon Sawyer.
Scribner's for October contains the
first part of Mrs. John Drew's autobi-
ographical sketch-the charming sum-
mary of her career which she prepared
a few months before her death for her
children and grandchildren. The from
tispiece represents Grants tomb as seem
from the river, and accompanies an ar
ticle on THE water front of New York.
Jesse Lynch Williams. Mr. Williams
takes a new view of some of the pic
turesque features of New York which
are neglected by the usual sight-seer
and his vivid text is accompanied with
a striking series of drawings by Me-
Carter Guerin, Peixotto, Leigh and
others.
A new development in photography
is described by Dwight L. Elmendorf,
under the title, Telephotography'
letters, written during
those adventurous years when on
the yacht Casco he was regaining
his health among the South Sea ISL
ands; an article on 1.-THE vaudeville the-
atre," by Edwin Milton Royle, the au-
thor of Friends, " Capt. Impudence"
and other plays; number of good
short stories and poems, and CUTLER
Couch's serial, make up distinctly at
,ti mum hcr.