The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-07
THE MAGAZINES.

Engineering Presidential Campaign Is
q timely and readable leader In Ainslee
for June. Il was written by l.. A. Cool
idge, the well known Washington eoHeg.
pondens, and treats not Of Nomination
oratory and the fireworks Of conventions,
but Of the infinitely more fascinating
that makes the wheels Of con-
ventIons move and Of the men In the
Various parties who engineer the cam
paign. The Chinese Minister, WI Ting
Fang, contributes an article, In which ne
states his conviction that there ts vast
field for American trade In China lie
makes n plea for the study Of Chinese IN
American universities, and would ike
US to help his coutrymen to learn Eng
lish by making our spelling phonetic.
In Cassell's Little Folks for June an
amusing story Of monkey and q tortoise
Is included. II Is called The Topsy-
Turvy Tortoise.
The June number Of McClure's is par
ticuiarly strong and varied in Its con-
tents, both ms regards fiction and special
articles. President Kruger OF the South
African republic is portrayed In an acute
character study by II. Edmund Garrett;
who has had the advantage Of personal
contact with the remarkable Boer leader,
and Is thoroughly familiar with his past
career, and with the political history OF
/ he Beers. Excellent portraits OF Kruger
and his wife ore included. ~. Lincoln
steffens, of the New York Commercial
Advertiser, relates some striking lnci-
Roosevelt and the party leaders, and con-
siders whether his FIRST term as governor
has turned out 10 be successful expert
ment. A fully illustrated article ON the
Cape Nome Gold Fields, by William j.
hampton, describes life in Nome City,
which Is 1.-THE largest and exactest infor-
nation available concerning the posi-
bilities Of this new gold region, one that
Is much richer than even the Kiondike.
One OF the most striking features OF the
number Is a thrilling naval story OF the
Japanese Chinese war by Adachi kinno-
suke.
In Gunton's Magazine for June William
Eleroy Curtis, formerly Of the State De-
partment, author Of the very excellent
work on The United States and Foreign
Powers, contributes the opening article,
ON What Can the Pan-American Congress
Accomplish The editor furnishes three
strong articles, one on Party Politics for
1900, one ON The Ice Trust Outrage, and
one on A Labor-Union College, besides
the usual Editorial Crucible. Miss Char
lotte Coffyn Wilkinson, Chairman OF the
National League of Women Workers,
writes interestingly on Working Women 5
Clubs, especially dwelling on their social
and economic Efforts. DIR. Edwin Maxey,
of Aurora College, discusses the latest
aspects of The Egyptian Question, and
Mr. Moulton Emery begins series OF
four very interesting articles on the race
composition of the American people, en-
titled, Are We Gothic or Mixed Racer
The Simple Explanation" in Every
bodyis Magazine for June is entitled Elec-
tricity and Some Other Puzzles. The
Descent of the Horse is a well-illustrated
article that traces In bright and reada-
BILE way the evolution of the animal from
the earliest progenitor land who, it
seems was about the size Of a fox. From
Cotton to Cloth is the fourth article in
the American Industries series. 1t de-
scribes the spinning and weaving OF cot
ton fabrics. The min taken as type is
one of the new ones in the south, and the
author takes advantage OF the TACT TO
give some important and interesting facts
on the Southern Industrial situation.
The Actor on the Road is most anus
ing description of the trials and triumphs
of a road company. Il Is written by u
manager Of such companies who prefers
to keep his name secret, alleging as
reason that he has this first chance TO
tell some of the profession with safety
what he thinks Of them.
The American Monthly Review OF Re
views for June is a well-illustrated num-
Der. The important news topics of the
month are editorially treated In The
Progress of the World, The opening de-
partn ent. A character sketch OF James
J. HILL a Builder of the Northwest, Is
contributed by Mrs. Mary Hartman
Severance, who outlines the remarkable
career Of the president Of the Great
Northern Railroad. Dr. Albert Shaw,
the editor, writes from full knowledge
on Paris and the Exposition OF 1900. Mr.
Jacob A. Riis, author of How the Other
Half Lives, forecasts the work OF the
NewYork Tenement-House Commission
recently appointed by Governor Roosevelt.
Mr. Cleveland Moffett writes on Auto
mobiles for the Average Man. Mr..
Charles A. Conant describes the opera
ton Of the refunding law passed by Con-
gress last March. There are also llustrat-
ed articles ON summer camps for boys, the
Passion Play at Oberammergau, and new
fiction for summer reading.
The opening pages Of the New England
Magazines for June are devoted TO n crit
ical estimate of William Ordway Part
rlQgt, lnc SULPHUR W WhAAoiAA NAe'esANNS
Langdon. 1t is finely illustrated. Mr..
Henry Robinson Palmer's valuable pa
per on The Libraries OF Rhode Island
describes at considerable length the Red
wood Library at Newport, the Brown
University Library, the Athen@um and
the new Public Library In Providence,
dealing also with many other important
public and private libraries established
throughout the state. Rev. Samuel j.
Barrows takes the reader back TO the
mother country in his description Of a
visit to The English Dorchester. The
fiction In this number deserves special
mention. In A Tale Of the South Shore,
by Paschal II. Coggins, the oft-repeated
story of a New England woman whose
morbid conscientiousness keeps her from
love and happiness until years Of hard
experience break down her reserve, IL
treated with originality and power. A
Household Crusader, by Florence Tinsley
Coz, also has a distinct New England
flavor, and tells of a woman thrown by. q
hard fate upon the charity Of her neigh
bors. who finally fits naturally into q
motherless home needing Just the helI
and love she can give. Das Madchen, By
| Ada Elizabeth Herrick, Is decidedly DIFF
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