The record-union., 1899-04-07

and fear of capture on individuals are
introduced with remarkable effect.
There are other articles of interest, no
tably a graphic study of Joseph H.
Choate, our new Embassador to Eng
land, by Theodore Dresser, and paper
by Chauncey nj. Depew upon What
the Twentieth Century Offers to the
Young American Fiction by William
LIE Queux, w. w. Jacobs (the writer OF
humorous sailor stories) and Richard
Marsh complete the number. The
cover design is the most striking that
has yet graced this magazine.
! In the american Monthly Review of
Reviews for April (New York; the ed
/ itor reviews the work of the Fifty fifth
Congress-, examines the present status
of the various plans for interoceanic
ship transit, discusses the latest devel-
opments in the Philippine situation, and
con -ments on the other news topics OF
the day in home and foreign politics,
| including the Cabinet change in Spain
and the altered relations of Germany,
England and the United States. The
cartoon department is largely devoted
to the subject of '"The White Mans
Burden" as represented by the carica-
turists. The Review publishes an in
teresting line of comment on the atti-
tude of the American public toward
Rudyard Kipling, as illustrated during
his recent illness in New York City.
Miss Lucy M. Salmon, Professor of His
tory in Vassar College, who was one Of
the very few foreigners permitted to
witness the recent election. of President
Loubet at Versailles, contributes an in
Iteresting description of the event. The
Review" prefaces her article with
some notes on Loubet's career which
contain good deal of fresh information
for American readers. Edwin Munsell
Bliss defines the aims and the signifi-
canoe of the Cars international peace
conference about to take place at The
Hague. The Review also sketches
"a Group of Native American Musi-
clans and instrumental
Iists-whose work has given them the
highest rank among contemporary art
lists. Dr. William Howe Tolman de-
scribes an interesting. experiment in
landscape gardening for the homes of
factory workers. Miss Agnes c. Laut,
a writer for the Canadian press, gives
a statement of Canada's case before the
Anglc-American Joint High Commits
sion. This gives an opportunity for
American readers to acquaint them
selves with the Canadian point of view
on the various matters in controversy.
The Rev. DR. Henry A. Stimson writes
on "The Evolution of the College Presi-
dent" The article has a timely inter
est, in view of the large number of col
lleges and universities now looking for
"a ii 1o,fa Cic,t-
ant Adjutant General on the staff of
General Otis at Manila, contributes an
interesting article on Material Prob
lens in the Philippine Islands, consid-
ering the business and manufacturing
opportunities presented to the wide
awake American in the islands Win
throp L. Marvin answers the assertion
that Americans are without experience
in the control of Oriental races by citing
American experience in Honolulu, a
town ''as polyglot as Manila We con-
troll the Hawaiians, he says, mot by
force of arms, but by force of charac-
ter
''McClure's Magazine" for April (New
York;, very handsomely and very pro-
fusely illustrated, has these features:
|
Away With a Revolver drawn by L..
Raven-Hill, is the frontispiece; cat
Ninety Miles an Hour Between At
lantic and Pacific" Cleveland Moffett
Sketches in Egypt" with illustrations,
| Charles Dana Gibson; '"The Trail to
the Golden North" L poems, Hamlin
Garland BOLD Words at the Bridge"
| "a story) Sarah Orne Jewett; Lin
coin and the Emancipation Proclama-
tion," with hitherto unpublished rem
iniscences of Lincoln, with portraits
and reproduction of Carpenter s
painting Ida M. Tarbell; THE War
on the Sea and It's Lessons" ID, Cap
| tain Alfred T. Mahan, U. S. N; "A
Woman Who Hesitated,'' Walter Barr;
! THE War Kite Captain B. Baden
Powell; Henry Drummond as His
Friends Knew Him. George Adam
| Smith, D. D., LII. D.; Sheriff of Ell
bert" Ca story, Chauncey Thomas;
THE New Struggle for Life Among
Nations Brooks Adams; "Stalky &
Co.. Rudyard Kipling.
|
"The Forum for April (NevA York;
has these valuable monographs, max
| ing up a very strong and impressive
number: 1.-The Industrial Development
of Russia Professor Ivan Oseroff
of Moscow University; WAS Washing
ton the Author of His Farewell Ad-
dress?" Bushrod c. Washington: The
| Spanish Government VS.. the Nation, .
| H. Butler Clarke, Royal Academy of
| History of Madrid; THE Foundation
| of Science" W. j. MCGEE, Bureau of
American Ethnology; "Pecuniary Aid
| for Poor and Able Students, Charles
F. Thwing, Western Reserve Universe
| ty; ''The Conditions of Good Colonial
| Government E. L. Godkin; "The Mem
ace to England's Commercial Suprem-
acy," j. P Young; Korea and the
Koreans" Homer Beza Hubert. Nor
NAL College of Korea; Powers of the
Interstate Commission" Hon. Charles
A. Prouty Interstate Commissioner;
American Opportunities in China"
Rev. Gilbert Reid. missionary to North
China: 'The Authority of Criticism,
Professor William P. Trent, University
of the South.
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