The Republican journal., 1902-06-12
day science is evolving for the benefit
of the tiller of the soil.-Rene Bache
in St. Louis Globe Democrat.
LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES.

has recited on '.declamation day the
ringing sentences of ''Spartacus to the
Gladiator and 'Regulus to the Cartha-
glnians." will find much to interest HIM
in Isabel T. Rays interesting account
of the author. Reverend Elijah Kellogg,
in the New England MagaZlue for June.
This clergyman, one OF New England $
most honored preachers, was noted
character in his day, and the affection
with which he was regarded by all who
knew him is clearly reflected III this
article
"a Public School Garden" by Henry
Lincoln Clapp. i'll the New England
Magazine for June describes the kitchen
garden Oh the grounds of the George
Putnam Grammar School in Boston,
which is the only one i'll New England
directly connected with public school.
The usefulness of the garden,s and the
pleasure it gives to the children, brought
thus i'll their most impressionable years
into close contact with "Mother Ma
ture, are fully set forth in the article;
and the unprofessonal reader will gain
from it new insight into the progress
slvenesS of modern school methods.
The evacuation of Cuba gives pecu-
liar tlmellnesS to an important article
on Public Education in Cuba by Mat
thew f. Hanna. nited states Commits
sloner of Cuban schools. which appears
III the Atlantic Monthly for June. Mr.
! Hanna gives an interesting and etfpc-
tive account OF the reform which his
department has effected in the eGuca-
tlonal system of the island, and points
out some OF the problems by which the
| Cubans themselves will be confronted
III the future. and what the coming ad-
mlnlstratlon VIII find necessary to do in
order to continue the present system
and maintain the schools on the plane
OF efficiency that the United states has
established
Table Talk, Philadelphia, for June,
keeps up to its usual high standard of
practical value and helpfulness to the
housewife. In addition to its profusion
of culinary matter and illustrations. it
sandwiches in Sc me good literary arti-
cles. The Romance of American Wo-
men, is ably written and full of his
toric interest. All women OF intelli-
gence interested i'll reading the ro-
manceS of some noted women will Ell
JOY this article Another article of
amusing interesJ is entitled, startling
Experiences at q Dutch Dinner The
dinner took place in Holland and the
story of it was written for Table Talk
by an American woman who was the
guest of honor. Table Talk is the eX-
ponent of gooG living, and the June
number has wealth of delicious re-
clpes and illustrations of tempting
dishes. 1t gives full instructions how
to prepare the meals for each dav of
the month. Recent issues of Table
Talk Will be sent free to our readers on
request, or the June number for 10
cents.
In the June number OF Outing one
may see the out door life of the season
III striking Illustrations. cleaned with
much hard work by skilled photogra-
pliers. y series of rare photographs
show record-hoiding athletes in the act
of winning contests. Polo just now OF
paramount interest. is described bv
two Well-knoWn authorities and Illus
trated with photographs Of great play
ers. Intercollegiate rowing is treated
III mastertul article by Ralph u.
Paine. The nature lover finds a series
OF most charming wild flower photo
graphs, illustrating an article on this
branch OF photography. No more
charming article on angling has appear
ed III years than. Trout and Philos-
ophy on Il Vermont Stream illustrat-
ed by full page drawings. Among other
good features are a history of the Eng
Iish Derby, an account of the early
days of base ball by an oldtime player,
and ''Watchers of the Campfire. ," an
animal story of the Canadian woods.
by Charles G.. u. Roberts, In tie
"Sportsmans View Point" by Caspar
Whitney. the reader may get view Of
amateur sport, the country over. as it
appears to the greatest American sport
, ing critic.
The leading article in the June Forum
the last issue of that magazine before
its transformation into quartery-is
! contributed by Prof. Felix Adler, who
writes on ''The Philippine War: Two
Ethical questions. These questions
are, whether it is treason to condemn
war Waged by our country while the
war is still III progress, and whether
civilized nations are justified in adopt
/ ing unclviliZed methods of warfare. O,
2. Austin effectively uses the CONNER
clal statistics OF recent years to dem
onstrate Our Growing Dependence up
on the Tropics, and shows the bearing
of this fact upon the possibilities of
our acquisitions in the East. An i'm
portant political problem in connection
with these acquisitions is considered,
in the light of European experience, in
Prof, Paul S. Reinsch's paper on rep
resentation and Colonial Government"
Prof. S. J. Mclean deals with Rail
way Rate Regulation in Canada" a
subject which the Canadian Govern
ment last year appointed him to inves-
tigate. Some strange anomalies in
"The Municipal Situation i'll Ohio are
described by Prof. S. p. Ortiz The
Real Hobo: what he is and where he
lives is the title of an article in which
Charles Ely Adams portrays the actual
characteristics of class concerning
which the public has usually been CON
tent to derive its information from the
carlcaturists. The debit and credit sides
OF "Our Legacy to the Cuban Repub-
lic'' are contrasted by Albert G.. Robin
SON. 'Japan's Mission in the Far East"
is expounded by 7. Iyenaga as the func-
ton of a mediator between the Western
/ Powers and China. w. J. Shearer pro-
! tests against Faulty Grading in our
Public Schools and F. Burk shows the
possibility of harmonious relations be-