The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-07
MAGAZINES.

The special features of the Review of
Reviews for July are a group of ar
ticles concerning the coal strike-"An-
thrGcite Coal Mines and Mining" by
Rosamond d. Rhone Gllustrated); "a
General View of the Coal Strike" by
Talcott Williams; and THE Anthra-
cite-Carrying Railways" by II. I.
Newcomb, editor of the Railway
World-a character sketch of Wood
row Wilson, the new president of
Princeton, by Robert Bridges, with a
photograph of President Wilson taken
especially for the Review of Reviews
soon after his election, in June; inter-
esting comments by W. 7. Stead on
The South African Peace, the Coro-
nation, and the British Outlook"
West Point and Its Centenary" with
illustrations, by Col. Samuel e. Till
man; Solving the Labor Problem of
the Wheat Belts" by William r. Dra-
per; THE Empress Dowager's System
of Modern Colleges for China" by
Robert E. Lewis; and a particularly
well-informed article on the retiring
French premier, M Waldeck- Rous
seau, and his successor, M. Combes,
by Othon Guerlac. Review of Re-
views Company, IL Aston Place, New
York city.
The North American Review for
July is a number of striking excel
lence. In the opening article, 1.-THE
Storage Battery and the Motor Car"
Thomas A. Edison describes the stor-
age cell just perfected by him, through
which automobiles may be equipped
for running long distances without
renewal of power and many people of
moderate means who cannot afford to
keep a carriage may possess a serv-
iceable pleasure vehicle, the enjoyment
of which will cost but little. Charles
II. Cramp, the noted shipbuilder, dis
cusses the Effect of the Steamship
Merger on American Shipbuilding." In
THE Three Francescas," Edith
Wharton compares and analyses the
dramas, based on the tragic love story
of Francesca da Rimini, written al
most simultaneously by the English
man, Mr.. Phillips, the Italian, dan
nunzio, and the American, Marion
Crawford. Wolf Won Schierbrand
points out the circumstances which
account for the personal Influence of
the Kaiser on German Public Life"
Karl Blind gives the history of THE
Prolonged Turkish Parliament" and
OF the efforts which have been made
by the Young Turkish party to have
it re-conYoked, and T. V. Powderly,
commissioner-genera of immigration,
calls attention to THE Menace of I'M
migration to the Public Health" and
tells something of the measures that
are taken to avert 1t. These are a
few of the articles of the number,
which is an excellent one. North
American Review, Franklin Square,
New York city.
AS usual, the American Boy
Is full and running over with
good things for the American
youth, and this July number is a pa
triotic number. The front page illus
tration is a spirited one. showing an
American boy on horseback. 1.-The In
dependence of Ad Hunter" is the lead
ing story for this month. OF practical
interest to boys are the articles, How
to Make a Balloon" Tricks With
Handkerchief" and the usual depart
ments; '"The Amateur Journalist and
Printer" Familiar Talks With
Boys" as Moneymakers and Money
savers" and such like topics The
Sprague Publishing Company, Detroit,
Mich.
Political quarterly science Tor June
has a very attractive table of con-
tents. One of the best articles is en-
titled Friendship and Politics" by M.
K. Simkhovitch. England and the
American Colonies" by H. L. Osgood
is another article that will be read
with deep interest. The third article
Of e. r. A. Seligman on Economic
Interpretations of History" is fully
equal to the preceding sections, and is
worthy of attention of students of his
tory CHM & Company, 20 Beacon
street, Boston.
The July Criterion is largely devoted
to midsummer fiction and contains an
unusually large number Of complete
short stories, by well-known
delightful writer's. The magazine
is handsomely illustrated, and
with an attractive cover, in colors,
presents a charming appearance. In
addition to the many excellent fiction
features of the July issue, The Criter-
ion contains some excellent special
articles, prominent among them being
Recollections of Abraham Lincoln. by
Gen. James Grant Wilson. the seventh
paper I'm the series. Criterian Pubu-
cation Co, Madison Square, New York /
City.
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