The Somerset reporter., 1900-09-06
Literary Notes.

| United States In China which Inc Inv
ing Age for September s, reprints from
The Contemporary Review, is thought
ful and sagacious discussion of the
question, free from partisan bias.
The Living Age for September trans
lates from the Nuova Antologia a rather
pessimistic presentation OF diplomatic
Ineptitude and the Chinese War;" by the
distinguished Professor Lombroso.
The September issue of McClure's
Magazine contains among several arti-
eiee, the concluding paper OF Lieut..
Commander James c. Gilmore's "a
Prisoner Among Filipinos." The author
describes 10 detail the means by which
he dissuaded Filipino general from ex-
ecuting the entire party, the way 10
which the illness of a Tagal officer pre-
vented the slaughter OF his prisoners,
how Filipino lieutenant on seeing a
clucifix cisobeyed orders and thereby
enabled them to escape being put to
death, and how the band was at last
rescued by American troops from blood
thirsty armed savages. The narrative
resds like page from Robinson Crusoe.
The illustrations by W. X. Leigh are
spirited and lifeli
Major John II. Parker, L. s. ", who
IL stationed st Tanauan, Batangas
| Province, Luzon, contributes to the Re
v ew of Reviews for September an In
cisive statement of the actual present
Leeds OF the Philippine Islands In re-
,pect to the maintenance OF order, the
establishment of q school system, the in
PRODUCTION OF improved farming imple-
ments, the building OF railroads, and the
reimbursement OF tariff relations. MSjor
Parker emphasizes the Importance OF a
specified declaration by Congress as to
our policy In the islands. The subjects
OF the illustrated character sketches In
the September Review OF Reviews are
King Humber of Italy, and Coils z.
huntington, the American railroad king.
Judge Francis Lowell opens the Sep
TENDER Atlantic with The American
Boss, his rise and sources OF power.
Brooks Adams follows with Russia's In
terest in China. very present question
ably discussed. Mrs. Candee pictures
the wonders of Oklahoma, and Canon
Rawnsley sketches Ober-Ammergau.
Mrs. Foote begins The Prodigal, bril-
liant short serial. A notable group OF
great general interest comprises Paul
More's Ancient Feud, apropos of Toll
stoi; Marguerite Muller's Gerhart
Hauptmann, on the recent German Rem
aissance; Canon Everetts James Marti-
neau; Ogden's The Press and Foreign
News, 10 praise of old methods; Trent's
Old Southern Newspaper, with appatiz-
lug extracts; and Fernad's dissection Of
modern kindergarten Child. Reviews
Of Art Education for Men, Recent Amer
lean Fiction, and Books onJapan; at
trsctive short stories; brilliant poems
oud a lively Contributors Club also ap,
pear.
Jacob Heminway, the First Yale
Student" is the subject of an article of
much interest by Mr.. Burton j. Hendrick
III the September number of the New
England Magazine. 1t Is now almost
! two centuries since the first Yale student
began his studies,-not in New Haven
halls, but in the parsonage In The old
Connecticut town of Kenilworth. The
Yale student OF today will be glad to
turn to the story of his earliest predeces-
sor and reflect upon the contrasting
circumstances OF Jacob Heminway's
time and OF his own. 1t Is quaint
story which Mr.. Hendrick tells. and
made more vivid 6y various illustra-
lions. We could wish that the portrait
of Jacob Heminway were among them,
but 1t Is not, and we think that 1t no.
where exists. Warren F. Kellogg, 5
Park Square, Boston, Massachusetts,.
The September Magazine Number Of
The Outlook contains, beside the
usual editorial news and review de-
partments, many special illustrated
articles. "Chins: Portraits and Pic
lures relating to the Present Crisis" has
about dozen pictures closely connected
with the exciting recent events, in.
GLIDING portraits of Count Won Valdez
see, the German commander Of the allied
forces, and of other men prominent just
at present. "The Vests Golden Har-
vest,"by Charles NJ. Harger, tells, In a
picturesque and interesting way, the
story of the gathering of this years
phenomenal wheat harvest In the West,
while many half-tone pictures, from
photographs taken for that purpose,
| illustrate the story.