Evening journal., 1903-01-01
THE LITERARY WORLD

The reviews of the last quarters
progress which constitute -the main
section of the January March number
of the Forum cover, as usual, the lead
ing departments of public activity, es-
pecialy in the United States. The
most prominent place is given to
Henry Litchheld Vests review Of
American Politics., including, Of
course, the Congressional elections,
and this paper is closely followed by
a similar account of Foreign Affairs"
from the pen of A. Maurice Low. OF
no less importance is the description
by Alexander d. Noyes of the quarters
movements in Finance" concluded as
it is by careful estimate of future
probabilities. Applied Science" in its
various Phases. is treated by Henry
Harrison Suplee. The paper on Lit
erature," by Frank Jewett Mather, Jr.,
contains valuable criticisms of recent
books, and that on Painting" by Rus
sell Sturgis, comments on the latest
artistic developments in our own coun-
try. Ossian H. Lang writes on The
Educational Outlook and the editor.
DR.. ]. NJ. Rice, sets forth under the
heading of Educational Research" the
conclusions to be drawn from mis- own
Investigations, previously recorded.
into the causes of success and failure
in the teaching of arithmetic in public
schools. The present issue is COM
pleted by articles on Waterways; an
EconoAic Necessity" by Prof. Lewis
NJ. Haupt, and on ''The Passing of the
American Indian" by Thomas F. Mil
lard.
The Review of Reviews begins a new
volume with one of it's characteristic
numbers-a publication that could
never by any possibility be mistaken
for any other magazine in the world
l2S pages as full Of real news as the
morning paper and yet as solid and
well-considered as the best Of the for
eign quarterlies. Venezuela is very
much at the front at the opening of the
new year, and the Review not only
gives space to valuable editorial dis
cussion of the British and German
claims and the proposed modes Of adj
iustment, but opens its pages to full
presentation of the case Of the powers
against the little South American State.
as set forth by Mr.. A. Maurice Low. a
well-informed Washington journalist.
The man of the month" in inter-
national affairs is our minister to Ven
ezuela, Mr.. Herbert w. Bowen. A
character sketch of this typical diplo-
mat of the American school, written.
it is understood, by an intimate per-
sonal acquaintance, forms a note
worthy feature of the January Re
view
s..ss
The January Magazine Number of
The Outlook contains some six or eight
illustrated articles besides full-page
portraits, poems, a story and the usual
very full editorial treatment of cur
rent history and literature Among
the illustrated articles are: I'm Delhi"
by w. f. Dix. a. talk about the great
Indian city where in January is to be
held the imperial "durbar" or procla-
nation of Edward VII, as Emperor Of
India, expected to be magnificent
spectacle; the Hon John ID. Long con-
tributes the third in his series of ar
ticles on THE New American Navy"
called "The Organization and Educa-
ton of the Navy and the article is IL
lustrated with an original drawing by
Henry Repterdahl and portraits; and
portraits ard sketches of the new
French Ambassador. M. Jusserand. Of
Mr. Strachey. editor and proprietor Of
the London Spectator. who is visiting
this country and of Mr.. Cannon, who