The Republican journal., 1900-02-08
Literary News and Notes.

"The Ghost of DIR. Harris,'' a hitherto
thorne, will be reprinted in The Living
Century.
A series of South African "reminiscences
by Sir John Robinson, formerly governor
OF Natal, is begun in The Living Age for
Jan. 9th. Natal from a woman's point of
view will be presented in paper called
''Na:al Memories by Lady Broome, in
Living Age for Feb. 10.
W. j. Stillman contributes to the Feb
ruary Atlantic graphic and entertaining
account of his school and college days.
including the then inevitable district
schoo! teaching, -flled with anecdotes
and realistic descriptions of the men and
manners of the time. His sketch Of the
strong and singular personalities of DIR.
Mott, the eminent President of Union Col
lege, is especially life like and valuable.
The main cohesive force of the Mormon
church is polygamy, says Rollin Lynde
HART in the February Atlantic. Here is
once more the philosophy of Benjamin
Franklin's ''We must all hang together, or
we shall all hang separately" With an
appalling uulloIHlly ~ Is polySdntSlS
who rise to ecclesiastical eminence
Such can be trusted. Such will stay put.
This Mormon church binds its adherents
with the strongest bonds known under
heaven. 1t is at once a religion, an en-
pire, a fraternity, at rust, and partner
ship in crime,
Honorable Thomas 3. Reed, in writing
of the modern trust, does not seem to re-
gard it either as an ''octopus' OF a buga-
boo. "My notion,' says he, sis that
while providence and the higher laws
which really govern the universe are, in
mems talk, much inferior to the Revised
Statutes before they are enacted, they are
always found to be quite superior to them
after they are enacted. In fact, Nature
abhors monopoly as much as it does
vacuum " Mr. Reeds paper on Monopo-
lies in The Saturday Evening Post of
February 10th, is suggestive discussion
of the methods of vast corporations. 1t
discusses in a striking and original manner
one of the most pressing questions of the
day.
Professor Charles II. Levermore's wise
and scholarly estimate of "Thomas
Hutchinson, Tory Governor of Massachu-
setts,' contributed to the New England
Magazine for February, shows the gov
ernor to have been a man whose sterling
worth can be better appreciated since
time has softened many of our prejudices
1.-THE unqualified anathema which once
developed the Loyalsts in execration as
traitors, renegades and dastards,' says
Professor Levermore, sis now changing to
a respectful consideration of the reasons
for their position. Perhaps the events in
our history between the years 1861 and
1865 have cast new light upon the terms
'loyalist' and rebel. " Several portraits
of the governor still exist, and are repro
duced in connection with the article, and
the illustrations also include views of the
governors old home, still standing in
Milton. Warren F. Kellogg, 5 Park
Square, Boston. Mass.
The Forum for February contains many
articles of great merit nearly all written
by we'll known authorities. Lieut. Gen.
Den Beer Poortugael, of the Holland
Privy Council, contributes the leading
article on ''The Relation of England to
the Transvaal;' an able paper is furnished
on ''The Peoples Party by Senator Mar
ion Butler, Chairman of the Peoples
Party National Executive Committee
President Charles w. Dabney, of the Uni
versity of Tennessee, writes a timely ar
ticle on Washington University" Two
papers on the OldAge Pension Problem
in England are contributed by two emil
nent men, the first by Michael Davitt, NJ.
T., on "A Plea for Old Age Pen sons,''
and the second by Rt. Hon. w. ii. Lecky,
the brilliant English historian, on "Why
| Oppose Old Age Pensions" David
Wilcox throws new light ON The Fulfil
ity of the Anti Trust Issue,' and William
X. Thayer writes an unusually convincing
paper on Longevity and Degeneration"