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The March number of the Forum
opens with ii statement, by Walker ID.
Hines, of the objections brought by the
railroad companies against THE Pro-
posals of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission" On another subject of i'm
mediate political interest the case OF
either side is simultaneously presented,
Hon Truxton Beale urging IN favor of
Chinese Exclusion and Hon. Robert
Hutchinson against it. From the conclu-
sion of an article by Hon. Charles Den
by on The Duties of a Minister to
China" it appears that this former repre-
sentative of the United States to Peking
| is TO be numbered with the exclusionists
The account given by r. E. G. Long of
Some Remarkable Russian Engineer
ing Projects" shows that the epithet he
has chosen for use in his title is far from
being an exaggeration. Considerable
criticism will probably be excited in ed
ucational circles by Prof. q. T. Ladd's
ontspoken exposition of 'The True
Functions Of "A Great University and
his discussion of the extent to which
these functions are at present being full
filed in America
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The most incisive and most keenly
analytical sketches Of public men which
have been prepared during the past two
years have been those Of William Allen
White The humorous little episode
between Mr. White and Mr.. Thomas c.
Platt is still fresh in the public memory.
Mr. Whites sketch for March appears
in the Cosmopolitan and is on the late
President Harrison. 1t will be read
with wide interest by both the opponents
and frien Is of that statesman.
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The character sketch in the March
Review Of Reviews is devoted to the in
teresting personality of the president of
Harvard University. Mr. George P
Morris the author of the sketch, tells
how narrowly President Eliot escaped a
career in commerce and finance by &C
cepting an academic position at a time
when treasurership Of n cotton mill
was open to him The article develops
into keen analysis of the remarkable
administrative abilities displayed by the
dean Of our university presidents, and
there is also d discriminating criticism of
Or. Eliot's literary qualities.
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Wild Oats the March novel in Lip
pincotts Magazine, is written by Francis
Willing Wharton, whose stories of ad-
venture and sentiment have made her
welcome 30 magazine readers. This is
her first sustained novel and it adds
much to her reputation for flashes Of
light upon social frivolities The crop
If wild oats has been plentifully sown
by n gay college student, and after u
brief inglorious reign at his Varsity he
returns to a reproachful family, only to
find his sweetheart bent on having a few
Iarks Of her own A willy uncle of the
wild youth is leading the girl into i'm
prudent situations. She is pretty and
young and means no harm, being simply
the product of a guardian grandfather's
plan to allow girls to follow their own
devices After II particularly daring
escapade which results in broken wrist
almost ditto heart she decides she
wants to be good. The brief spright-
ly novel is charmingly original and in
creases in interest to the last page