The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-12

time and expenditures waterway likely tc
| be Of service to the navy and commerce of the
United States, to say nothing OF those OF other
nations. - I, for one, fail to appreciate
the patriotism (which insists that 1t 10 the
duty OF the United States irrevocably to iden-
tify themselves with an adventure of dubious
wisdom and futility for no better reason than
that in times past there existed many erro-
neous views upon the subject New York:
12O-l22 Liberty street.
The Sanitarian devotes considerable space
to tuberculosis and the current propositions
to remove the menace. Included is the text Of
President Bells recent address before the
Medical-Legal Society Of New York on 1.-THE
Legal Struggle With tuberculosis" There is
an excellent paper on Compulsory Educa-
ton and HEALTH" and much other valuable
matter on sanitary topics. Brooklyn. N. Y,
337 Clinton street.
A rather minatory paper in the North
American Review is DR.. William Wend
landt's German View Of the American
Peril" He is the general secretary of the
manufacturers association in Berlin and ad
mits that America has sprung surprise on
old industrial Europe, which he thinks has
shown great forbearance in submitting, since
1896, to "a measure like the Dingley tariff
world Of commerce. He foreshadows the clos
ing Of the European markets to the United
States, with the same indifference to the
interests of others as the latter has shown.
He sees in the future a European customs
union supported by English statesmen, which
will resist the 'gross sel1shness" of the
United States and convert the American
peril to Europe into European peril to
America There is a paper by R. l.. Cutting
nf Vnrl on
pany and Antitrust Law" in which he
points out the clash of two principles. liberty
Of contract and prohibition of monopoly in
volved in the solution Of the problem.
There is in The Atlantic very delightful
critiqueS on Jane Austen, her literary work
end her household ard natural environment
and in Elizabeth McCracken's ''The Play ana
the Gallery" will be found plquant discus
sion of the question, why DO the people 60 to
the theater? Mr.. Wizards paper on ''The
New Army of the United States" embodies a
sketch Of our military establishment since
1870 and an analysis of the bills before con-
gress for the reorganization Of the militia
and for the organization of a general staff
to secure greater efficiency and really mod
ern military machine. Mr.. Willard believes
that Secretary Roots proposed reforms are Of
the greatest value. Papers of real historical
value are John w. Fosters Pan american
Diplomacy" and Frank Gaylord Cooks COLI
yer Ellsworth and Federation" There is
notably excellent paper by Agnes Repplier On
Lord Byron's daughter allegro, ana there is
both wit and humor in "Our State Univer-
sity,,'' the author of which does not reveal
his or her name About'a dozen pages are
occupied by Bliss Carman's poem. "The, Pipes
of Pam which contains some very beautiful
passages.
The Book Buyer for April is fine number
with many good illustrative features besides
the text. c. G. D. Roberts contributes pa
per on 1.-THE Animal Story of To-day" which
he commends as an "emancipator from the
world Of shop worn utilities and from this
mean tenement Of self, Of which we do we'll
to grow weary" New York, Charles Scrib-
ners' Sons.