The Portland daily press., 1899-01-10

series Of papers on The Principles Of Tax.
. Ion, whoss publication was inte rrupted
By ths illness and desth Of the author,
are 70 be concluded In the Monthly. The
one which appears In this number Is on
This Law Of the Diffusion OF Taxes. Our
Flori.a Alligator, by l. W. Blake, de-
scribes and pictures this curious denixen
OF the tropical river. a second piper on
The Jews, from the pen OF Prof. william
u Ripley, carries step further his valua
ble study of The Races of Europe, which
ID soon to appear In book form.
In McClure's Magazine for January MIR.
Ray Stannard Baker describes an imagi-
nary voyage ly himself and Mr.. W. -.
Stevens, the artist, in tho Lake boat. The
boat drops down to the bottom Of the sea.
and there trsverses the ground precisely
ike an automobile road. wagon; and from
IL divers step cut through a door on the
tho sea lotion, as they might step out OF
q house into garden, and 20 spsding
and hoeing among wrecks. In the same
number, Miss Tsrbell gives an account of
Lincoln's first inauguf alton as President,
drawn largely from unpublished reminis
cences of people who witnessed IL; and
from similar "reminiscences she constructs
n most interesting portrait OF Lincoln as
be appeared la his first meetings with his
cabinet and through the first days Of his
residence in the While House. Captain
Mahan describes and compares the naval
and military conditions OF ourselves and
Spain at tho outbreak of the recent war;
Stephen Bonsal gives some more hne
stories from his own experience, IN the
fight for Santiago; and Mr. Hamlin Gar
land tells n fine true Indian story in the
verItable words of Rising Wolf The Ghost
la Annfhar n kir lainlinniS sfDriQS
of sehooi-boy lie and several other stories
make the number very interesting also on
the side of fiction.
The American Monthly Review Of Re-
views teRins its new volume with
strong issue and a largely increased circu-
lat.on. The two important and timely
subjects of American diplomacy and terri
torial expansion figure prominently in
the January number. The editor reviews
tho historic year 1888 from the inter-
national view w-point and discusses pend.
ing national problems MIR. Henry Mac
farland, the Washington correspondent,
contributes n study, based on intimate
knowledge, of the diplomacy OF the war,
aud Prof. Herry Pratt .Judson, of the
University of Chicago, writes an exhaus-
tive paper on Our Federal Constitution
and the Government of tropical Terri
tories Mir. ". 4. steal gives an inter
psting estimate of the young Russian
Car; Miss Laura Carroll Dennis describes
the career and work of the rising Ameri-
can sculptor George Grey Barnard, and
a sketch of the late General Garcia, the
Cutan Iatriot, is contributed by MIR.
George Reno. Margherita Airline Hamni
gives "A sCccinct account of the Red Cross
movement and the work OF that ofganiZa-
tion In the late war.
The complete novel in the January
issue OF Lippinootts is The Mystery OF
Mr.. Cain. BY Miss Lafayette McLaws
daughter Of the Confederate general OF
that name The scene is In Georgia, and
the plot is so uncommon that to reveal 1t
would be unfair to the reader. The Other
Mr. smith is society story-but of the
unconventional kindly Ellen Douglas
Delnnd. John Rutlsnd's Christmas, by
Heary A. Parker, is n tale of practical
philanthropy, personally administered. In
Black featner's Throw, Joseph A.
Altsheler deals again with the times
when Indians tortured their white prison
ers and burned them at the stake. The
history of an ill-fated en- press Poor Car
lotta wife OF Maximilian of Mexico Is
told by Lucy G. Lille. Charles Cotes.
worth Pinckney revlves lhe 6reat DeDate
of 1888, In which Calhoun bore promi-
neut part and was opposed by Webster.
In the Century for Jan uary Miss Cecilia
Beaux, has made a striking head of Ad
miral Sampson, from life, which appears
as the frontispieUe. This is apropos of the
second instalment Of Lieut.. Hobson's
Merrimac papers, in which the sinking of
the collier, as directed by the Admiral, is
vividly descr bed by the man that did it.
Capt SiRsbee OF the Maine continues his
personal account of the episode that preci-
pitated the conflict with Spain. The
Carlyles in Scotland Is an intimately per
sonal paper ; and equally rea liable In an
other way Is Miss Florence Hotchkiss's
Carlyle's Dramatic Portrayal of Character
tho prize essay In the Century's College
Competition. Mr. r. Marion Crawford,
in Via Crucis, continues his fascinating
romance of the Middle Ages; and MIR.
Paul L. Ford's Mapy-Sided franklin Is
devotsd this month to the great mans
schooling and self-improvement.