New-York tribune., 1906-11-26

Will be called The American Republic" and Is
described IN a subtitle as "A Magazine Of Pro-
| test" The leading article will be a protest
against "RooseveIt's CowardIy Assassination Of
W. R Hearst Through Root" 1t is at least
satisfactory receive this notification Of Mr.
Hearst's political death.
Lack OF distraction through social attention
afforded Maxim Gorky ample leisure during
his recent visit 10 America to devote himself
to literary composition The result is novel
OF Russian life as 1t is lived to-day among the
revolutionary elements OF the population The
story Is entitled Mother" and will first appear
as a serial in the pages OF "Appleton's Maga-
zine" beginning with the December issue.
Despite the lack Of arrangement and the
heterogeneous character Of Its contents, Mr.
| Henry Ridgeley Evanss book on THE Old and
The New Magic (The Open Court Publishing
! Company, is unusually fascinating volume
| The author appears to have been on terms Of
| personal friendship with most Of the leading
| professional prestidgitators and Conjurers Of
| the present day. and to have made himself
| familiar with the lives and accom- mplishments Of
| the noted magicians of former times through
| patient research among old records. He not
only fills his pages with entertaining anecdotes
| Of famous wonder workers, but explains the
| tricks with which they mystifed their clients
| and audiences He does not hesitate thus
| betray the secrets Of his friends, because he
| claims that "an insight into the tricks of the
| prestidigitateUr will only whet our appetite for
seeing him perform his tricks. The prestidigita-
| teur will be forced TO improve his tricks before
| an Intelligent audience; he will be obliged 10
| invent Methods, but not to abandon his
| art" II may not be necessary TO go so far as
to indorse the authors belief that there is
| religious Significance in the work Of such men
/ as Hermann and Kellar tending to dispeI
! the fogs Of superstition by exhibiting the
public the astonishing but natural miracles of
| legerdemain," TO agree with him that
course in white magic should be made a part OF
/ the school curriculum to admit that the science
has a certain peda gogic value. which has been
! appreciated by DR.. c. Stanley Hall and Profess
sor Joseph Jastrow. Not the least interesting
portions OF the volume are those in which Mr..
Evans relates his own experiences as an amateur
magician.
The December number OF THE Century Mag
azine" contains article by James ]. Hill.
the president of the Great Northern Railway
Company. advocating the establishment OF
model farms in every agricultural county OF
the United States with legal provision for keep
ing them out Of the clutches Of the "spoils sys-
tenn"
Light on the labor question has often been
sought IN studies of the conditions prevailing
IN Australia and New Zealand. A volume
dealing with this subject is Just published
/ by Henry Holt & Co. The author IS Victor S.
Clark. Phi. D, of the Carnegie Institution. who
spent last year IN the antipodes investigating
for the United states government the social and
economic conditions of labor in Great Britains
two great South Sea Island dependencies. The
book IS entitled The Labor Movement IN Aus
tralasia," and is quite untechnical IN character.
An additional chapter is devoted to account
OF the leading government industries and COM
nercial enterprises.
L. p. Dutton Co. issuing Uganda to
Khartoum," by Mr.. Albert B. Lloyd, author OF
In Dwarfand and Cannibal Country; Fairy
Gold" illustrated book Of old English fairy
tales, and two new anthoogies. THE Pilgrim 8
Way" by Mr Quiller-Couch, and The Way
farer," by Mr.. Claude f Benson.