The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-04-07

Huxley's life 10 London tetwesn his
twenty sixth and -tniFttsth year, when he
was having terrific etruaals 20 main-
tain himesn By purely scientific work,
with Its self-rsvsaling passages from his
unpublished ootresPondsaos and i.s ne s
Russian ship "Ermask. the marvellous
new ics- breaker That gives promise Of
being able 10 cut q passage for herself 20
the Poie-these are all, in their several
ways, articles Of the strongess interest
and the highest value.
siThe frontispisce of the current Book
man IL an engraving from 1.-THE Anguish
Of wsnonah." by buoius Hitchcock. In
addition to the Chroniols and Consent
and the other Departments the table Of
contents includes the following; John
Ruskin; The PolitioiHn as Literary Ma
tsrisi, Arthur Bartlett Maurice; Neil
Munro, James Macarthur; Charm,
Harry Thurston Peck; Richard Hovsy 3
a. Talissi''-AiP Poets Poem. Curtis HID
den Pags; The First Books OF Some
English Authors, VII.-John Keats,
Luther s. Livingston; Henry de Reg
Leaders Of American Illustration. III;
The Story -Tellers, Regina Armstrong;
Great Newspapers of Continental EUROPE.
Nv, Austrian and Hungarian News
paperr, Eugene Limedofer; Concerning
i'Sapho," II. L. p; The Club Blndery,
A Bookmsn; Inside and Outside, Chs.t .
PIKE, Jsnn Uri Lloyd; Resurrection,
Harry Thurston Peck; Drama CT the
Month, Norman Hapgo0d; Literary
Paris, Adolphe Cohn.
The leading articles In The Protsctionist
for April are; champion Of Protection.
Jaoot Harris Patton, with portraits and
sxtraots); The Further Need Ct Protec-
ton; Facts and Issue, in the Porto Rican
Case; Report Of the Industrial Commits
sion; The Shipping Subsidy BIZ; For
eign Competiti on; Climate and New
Industries; The Uses of Wheat and Corn.
The National Magazine fer April con-
tains an exceedingly entertaining article
on Cabiret Day at the White House, BY
Joe Mitchell Char elle. Ernest Newton
Bragg has an appreciative sketch OF julia
Mariowe. In an article entitled Andrew
jackson and Multiplication, Maitland l..
Osborne draws a parallel between certain
happenings In JscksoA's time ana the
condition OF affairs t5day. Perhaps the
most valuable and timely feature in this
| number Is q symposium by eight leading
editors on the question: "5han We he
tain the Phiiippinesg" Editorial opinion
IN 6V6fy QuhIt9F Vi tub OuuhtEy
ssntsd in this ertiole, and IL cannot fall
to be OF great interest In view Of the
light 10 sheds on = question Of momsn-
| tous Importance.
The Puerto Rican tariff question ID
editorially discussed In the Review oil
Reviews for April, and In the same
magazine there is an able exposition OF
the relat inns Of the U nited States Consti-
tuition to tbs Territories, by Prof. Harry
Pratt Jucsoni of the University Of Chi
cago. The methods Of inuuTtriai train
ing pursued at Hampton Institute, in
Virginia, are described by Albert shaw
whose text 10 illustrated from seriss VI
| forty photographs recently taken by Misc
Frances Johnston, of Washington. The
Great Steel Makers Of Pittsburg and the
Brick Carnegie Suit Is tbs subject of an
illustrated article by Julius Moritzen.
The article describes the wonderful de-
velopment Of the steel and coke indus
tries OF wbioh Pittsburg IL the centre.
| Prof. j. W. jerks, who has served the
| United Stetas Industrial Commission as
expert adviser In the trust investigation,
sets forth the merits OF publicity as q
rem coy for the evils Of trusts, with spec
| ial reference to the conclusions Of the In
dusIiAl Commission, and to tbs pending
legislation In New York known az the
Cuisines Companies Act." Prof.
Jaiuss Howard Cove writes on tine pro-
| POSED Rhine klhe Canal as a feature OF
| German politics. There are two i'm
| portBnt articles on affairs In the far east
| BY Mr.. r. Van Bergen and Mir. william
Al. Brewster; Louis Mindmullsr describes
some OF the wRstsful mt thods of fire in
surance compsnies. In an arti Gle entitled
| The Constitution OF the Territories.
Prof. Harry Pratt Judson, of the uni
versity Of Chicago, defines the powers of
| Congress in relation to our nav posses
ficns, exposing some of the fallaclea that
have crsrt into tie discussion II tire
| sui ieot, beth within and without the
halls OF Congress-.
The contents of Gunton's Magazine fer
April are: Present Status of Immlgra-
49,. RnaA.InAIor Aln..rnnAA II Hail. KnanAa