The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09

attacked severely by laws of abolition and
restraint and regulation. The federal supreme
court has declared even reasonable restraint
Of commerce to be contrary to public policy.
Combinations and pools have been dissolved
by federal and state authorities. But the trust
movement survives. Socialism would abolish
trusts and abolish a good many things along
with them, which 1t is not desirable to abol-
ish. The nation is not prepared to adopt col
lecriyization as remedy. Mr.. Yarros thinks
the question of supply of capital to the busi-
ness community by the banks has teen unduly
neglected, so far as it bears on the possibili-
ties of competition sand he takes the ground
that branch banking and asset currency would
prove to be antitrust agents OF considerable
influence, as they would tend, by wider diffu-
sion of loanable funds and lower interest ana
discount rates. to encourage limited enter
priGes. Chicago: The University OF Chicago,
University Press division. r.
Records of the Past, No. Z, contains an
illustrated paper of deep interest by Professor
G. F. Wright, On THE Oldest Civilization OF
Greece" in which are detailed some of the
discoveries of Schliemann and others, which
carry our knowledge Of Greek civilization far
back Of former hypothesis, as shown by the
excavations at Troy, Mycenae and Tiryns.
Schliemann found at Troy the remains of nine
distinct cities under each other, the sixth
| from the bottom being now adjudged to have
| been the Troy of Homer. At Mycenae have
| been found architecture and sculpture ante
| dating the Greek classical period by several
centuries. Gold ornaments and vessels were
| found in abundance and the veritable treasury
| of Atreus has been unearthed. According to
| archaeologists, the kingdom of Mycenae dates
from 400 B. C. to 1000 B. C. There is an
illustrated paper by II. l. Smith on the ar
| chaeology Of Lytton, B. c., where the re-
! mains Of a prehistoric people are abundant,
| showing that there has been no change OF
| or
region up to the present time. An organized
effort has been endowed by N. K. Jessup OF
| New York to solve the problem, definitely,
Of the origin of our aborigines. Washington,
D. c.: 215 Third street Sc.
is always a delight to students OF modern
literature, but there are specially pleasing
| features in Sofia de Fornaro's Italian Mas
tiers of To-day" Professor Richardson's cri-
tique on Poe; Leo Weiner's "a Sketch of Rus
sian Literature and Mr.. Chesterton' 8
american Humor and Bret Harte.' The two
articles first mentioned are finely illustrated.
Gabrielle dAnnunzio's portrait is the frontis-
piece of the number, and among the other
portraits Is that Of Edmondo de Amicis, the
!. most popular italian writer, hut given, as
Fornaro says, to tiresome sentlmentalty
which captivates literary dilettanti and wo-
men. The illustrations of the Poe article
} make an art feature Of wonderful power.
The Cosmopolitan, is a bright and pleasing
summer number Mrs. Westfeld talks OF
: London Society," injecting into her causerie
many portraits of the Drettiest women In
England, titled women, some OF whom, oean-
tiful as houris dreams, running shops In Lon
don street. We have the story of modern
! circus, it's organization and activities, by MT
I Allen, VINO includes picture gallery OF the
I life of circus people. People who ike tc
$ read about the playttme of millionalres ano
what they play at, will find some interesting
reading in Mr.. Robinson's illustrated article
t The milIionaires do not seem to nave many
d idle moments. In the Captains OF Industry
q series this number includes William Rocke'
d Teller, Yerkes H. NJ. Flagler, W. c. whitney
e and A. J. Cassatt, with portraits.
Hamilton Mabie contributes to the 6ooH
i Buyer very attractive paper on +. Hopkln
: son Smith and his work. Everybody ike!
e F. Hop Smith. He is quite as wonderful a:
S a story-teller as Mabie says he is, and Ma
II bie's praise is worth something. What
e vital quality of description he has! How
II readily he catches and conveys the eluslV'
= shadow on the road the glowing touch o
Is color in the distance, the spendor which
n hides in the towers Of cathedrals, ana Tn
'r beauty which lies for a moment In som
Ell meeting of light and shadow in the stree
below! The vitality Of the man-which ex
le plains his versatility, the variety OF his IN
le terests and occupations-gives every phas
is it's positive value, every sentence Its plctoria
is | force and completeness .-'..'- -