The Republican journal., 1900-05-03
LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES.

Evening l tSt. IjUl ny HIS tlSlU w llle
Archipelago. Mr.. Beveridge was the
guest and comiade of Generals Lawton
and King. and he tells some stirring
stories of the mdaunted courage of the
tried Indian fighter and the nonchalant
GOODNESS of the army novelist. IF our
soldiers are thinking bayonets, says
he our officers are thinking sabres.
The American Army Officer in Action
will appear in The Saturday Evening
Post of May ).
International Law and the Peace Con
ference is the title OF an article by
James Eickery. in -Appetons' Popular
Monthly for May, which gives the best
general view of the recent Peace Con-
ference at The Hague which we have
seen. The author points out the grad
llal growth of the introduction of hui
name methods into warfare from the
time of Grotius that the recent con-
ference was a logical outcome of this
evolution, and not at all due primarily
tc amy individual or government, and
then shows that. despite the ridicule
which has been expended on its work.
the new rules and regulations are a
distinct advance over precious methods.
and are bound to lead to further I'M
proNemtntS.
\ director of the Standard Oil Com
pany recently published in The hide
pendent al article declaring trusts to be
good for the Worklngman. 70 the May
Century. Andrew carnegie of the Car
negle Company, wnlca rivals the Stan-
dard Gil for first place among the
worlds great corporations. will con-
tribute an essay taking the same
ground. In this article. which bears the
title Popular Illusions about Trusts
the great steel manufacturer argues
that the evils of trusts are generally
Self-corrective; that no trust can live
long unless it secures a virtual mOnOpo-
ly of the commodity it deals in: 1.-THE
only people who have reason to fear
trusts are those who trust them IL
the same magazine The Real Danger
of Trust" their menace to the indie
pendence of the individual and the
;state-will be pointed out in vigorous
editorial
The April number of The Smart Set.
the new literary organ of New York
society. is quite as unique and SEN
sational in its contents as the first
number. which attracted such wide
spread attention d month ago. 1t can
not be denied that The Smart Set justi-
tes It daring subtitle. a Magazine of
EleverneSS.' Its pages cOrruscate with
the work of the smartest and most ia
NOUS writers of the day. and in charac-
ter and appearance the magazine is as
distinct as possible from its contempor-
aries Among the contributors to the
April number are the Countess of War
wick Mrs Burton Harrison. Mrs.
Van Rensselaer, Cruger. Miss Caroline
bueY. Edgar Saltus. Clement Scott. Ella
Wheeler Wilcox. Albert Bigelow Paine.
Charles Stokes Wayne and Max Penn
"elt9i ne il0 ,I'i, ~ the number 5
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ne coming total etnpSe OF the sun.
due IA The njted states on the morn
me OF the 2Alh IT May next. will very
probably materially advance our scien-
tlle knowledge OF TINS strange phenom-
eh"l!; OWNS ehletly to the ready ac-
ceSslplltY OF tie sections where its to-
}allll occurs. much interest is already
BENG SHOWN ny tie %elltlal puhllc re-
sahllll9 the best means tor amateur OBJ
st Nalons and Facts connected with
trupNt HISTORY Al article directly IN
lhlS llht-21Yln@ general account of
re history Of trclipses; what has been
uiSc"IeEed ny 'ntif ald. ana what yet
,tllallls 10 tluciulatt: ROW they may
best ne observed 10y one not equipped
win telescope; the features OF special
interest to be watched for, and the vari-
"''S llmes and places Where the totallty
may oe Stell-lS pubhShtd III Appletons
f"pulaf Science Monthly Tor May y
number OF maps and diagrams add very
much To the tltarness and interest Of
me 3rtc!e, winch IS written by Prot.
+. II: Bl%elo" of the nited states
Gather Bureau
I-nvard of fifty uritars and .r+;.+.
contribute to the May Ladies' Home
journal, consequently variety is com
hhed with excellence throughout it,
pages. hu0Nard hlrhng drollN tells of
he Beglnnlng OF the Arnadlilos
Mary i. Mullttt writes of The Real
lnrt'ms OF Barrie. Clifford Howard of
me Flower that set Nation Mad.
Mabel Percy Haskell. OF ~ Famous
Boston Belle, and the Rev. CYRUS
townsend Brady continues his expert
ellceS as "A Missionary IN the Great
" est. Ian Maclaren article answers
the query rs the Minister an ldler:"
dnd Edward Box writes OF early mar
rage and OF domestic science i'll the
schools. Two paGtS of nctUrpS