The Portland daily press., 1900-07-10

Perhaps the most attractive topic in
Ainslee's for July is The Chinese Reyolu-
tionary Junta, an unsigned article. 1t
deals with the great Reform party in
China and the work of its juntas, which
are spread broadcast over the United
States. The personality of John Philip
Sousa is seized and admirably shown in
an article by Henry Il. Gardner. Two
contributions of unique interest are On
Two Oceans, in which Carlos Gilman
Calkins compares the Pacific with the
Atlantic; and How Religions Affect
Commerce, by Cyrus G. Adams The
Transformation of New York, by Earl W.
Mayo, gives birdseye view of the Em-
pire City of the future. The Work of the
Weather Bureau, by Theodore Waters
though seemingly a tr1te subject, contains
much curious and valuable information.
There is much of interest in Star of Hope
by Hutch1ns HapgOOd, which is a careful
account of the convict newspaper printed
at Sing Sing.
Richard Harding Davis's The Relief of
Ladysmith in the July Scribners' is
probably the most brilliant piece of war
correspondence since his famous story Of
the fight at Las Guasimas. He gives a
vivid impression Of the ways of living,
the priyations, suffering, and the con-
stant danger in the besieged city, and Of
the fine spirit of endurance that enabled
its defenders to hold out until the last.
He shows, too, how difficult it was for
the advancing column under General
Butler to make its way through the sur
rounding hills that afforded the Beers an
almost impregnable natural defence and
describes the stirring scenes attending
the entrance into the c ity of the relief
column. The illustrations are from pho
tOgraphs In the city and of the country
about. The first of the papers on The
Slaye-trade in America by John h.
Spears, appears in this number. These
will supply the first complete narrative
dealing with the subject in all It's aspects.
Beginning with the conditions of life
among the ignorant and superstitiOus
blacks of the west coast of Africa, Mr.
Spears tells Of the inception and gradual
development of the business of dealing
in the lives of human beings, with its
attendant brutality and general moral
degradation. The entire narrative is
based upon a careful study Of actual con-
temporary records, both English and
American. A remarkable series of illus
O@NeA a e~SNOAA~
= panies the text.
The July number of McClure's Maya
zine contains several notable features;
among. them, story by Rudyard Kipling,
articles on W. J. Bryan, on Railways
in China, and on our diplomatic relations
with Great Britain. The Outsider, by
Rudyard Kipling, is the tale of young
British subaltern detailed to the COM
mand of a remote military station, where
he makes himself ridiculous by his AFRO
gance and stupidity. Mr.. William Allen
Whites political portrait" of William
Jennings Bryan will attract particular at
tention Without defending Mr.. Bryan's
cause, the article presents most attrac
tive picture of his personality. He also
suggests what would happen if Bryan
should be elected president. Railway
Development in China, by Mr. VIM.
Barclay Parsons, chief engineer of the
American-Ch Development Company,
is of especial interest at this time because
Of the light thrown on the rivalry of the
European powers and on the political as
opposed to the purely commercial aspects
of China S railway development.
Excellent character sketches of both the
Republican and Democratic nominees
! viii be found in the American Mo athly
Review of Reviews for July. Dr. Charles
B. Spahr writes of Mr.. Bryan and the
, principles that he representa- while a
friend of President Mckinley tells of his
personal traits and the record made by
his administration. The Republican
Convention at Philadelphia is discussed
in frank and interesting way in The
Progress of the World. The harmony that
marked the proceedings is especially
pointed out, and it is said that 1.-The oc-
casion, from beginning to end, was alto
gether a model Of it's l1ind.'' The politi-
cal candidates and issues are caricatured
in the usual amusing style in the cartoon
department.. The Provision for Children
2 in Public Libraries is fully described by
$ Miss Katherine Louise Smith. The pro.
gress already made in this direction will
) doubtless be surprise to most people.
, The article is accompanied by many
pictures showing the rooms set apart for
the use of children in various cities
throughout the country.
The July issue of the New England
Magazine is a genuine summer number
with true out-of-door flavor through
out it's pages. The magazine opens with
t a finely illustrated article on Notable
Trees About Boston by Miss Abbie Far.
well Brown. An account of a camping
out party in the southern part of the
Catskill Mountains is given by Mrs
Frances Beecher Perkins Her story is
true one of a ministers family who,
for seven years with the exception of a
; few weeks in the winter lived here in the
heart of the forest, first occupying tents
and later rough but comfortable cot.
, tage. Suggestive also of summer pie as
: ures is the article by Mr.. Arthur L.
Colder describing The Rangeley Lake,
now such a popular resort for sports
men. The Illustrations alone, pictiIrinq
beautiful spots here and there on the
lakes, are most enticing; while in his
, text Mr.. Colder touches interestingly or
the history of the region, dealing also