Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-18
IN THE MAGAZINES
TN the September number Of The North

TN the September number of The North
American Review the editor an
II nounces that the experiment OF pub
fishing twice a month is to be discon-
tinued and that hereafter the Review Will
appear monthly. 1t will be enlarged and
improved in form, but the price will be
reduced to $4 a year and 80 cents num-
Der. With its new cover, of artistic and
appropriately dignifed design, the Review
is a. strikingly handsome magazine. In
the first of series of articles on The
Cheat Minds of America, which the Re-
view is to furnish its treaders, tribute
is paid to Goodwin Smith, striking port
raft of whom is published as a frontis-
piece In the twenty-second chapter OIL
Mark Twain's autobiography, as In the
preceding chapters, wit, humor and phiio-
sophical reflection are delightfully."- blend
ed President Woodrow Wilson of Prince
ton writes on 1.-The Author and Signers
of the Declaration of Independence Inc
late Senator j. T. Morgan extols "The
Powers of the States Of the Union" In
a charming study OIL Uoris-Karl duys-
mans, James Huneker represents the lie
| and work Of that well known writer as
'"rhe Pessimist's Progress" Ida Hustled
Harper describes the present status OF the
movement for Woman Suffrage Through
| out the World" Prof. Charles A. Briggs
finds in the papacy 1.-THE Great Obstacle
/ to the Reunion of Christenoom." Erving
Winslow earnestly advocates the with
drawal of the United States from the
l Philippines, and the naturalization OF the
archipelago by agreement with the other
great powers. Louise Collier WILCOX con-
tributes a paper on 1.-THE Poetic Drama.
Albert Dean Currier strongly deprecates
Government by Executive Rulings
| Frank d. Peavy sets forth certain impli-
cations of the recent imposition of The
| Standard Oil Fine" Allen Grey Hoyt
throws light upon the position o. the Sc
curities Market" and Emanuel Lasker
predicts that chess, of which he is the
worlds champion, will be the game of
the future. In the literary department,
Howells Through the Eye OF the
Needle" is reviewed by Royal Cortissoz;
Haeckers Last Words on Evolution" by
Christian Gauss; and New Memories OF
Beaconsfeld," by Julius Chambers. The
department of world politics contains
communications from Paris and Washing
| ton. Among the topics dealt with in the
editors diary are: 1.-THE Greed of Wo-
mem: ''Touch Not, Taste Not, Handle
Not' 1.-THE Folly of Worry and Its
Cure; "Of Love, Fiction and Learned
| Ladies'"
| Current Literature remarked Upton
| Sinclair as he looked over the Septem-
Der issue, '1s the most indispensable mag
azine In the United States" The issue In
question, like its predecessors. brings the
reader into touch with the most vital
world currents. There is nothing scrappy
about 1t and nothing dull. Every article
is we'll digested and brilliantly illuminates
the questions dealt with. Among the
most notable features of the September
number are a study of the molders or
our ideals-the modern college presidents,
with new and striking portraits of
Charles w. Eliot of Harvard; Arthur
Twining Hadley of Yale; Nicholas Muir
ray Butler of Columbia; Benjamin Ide
wheeler Of the University of California;;
Harry Pratt Judson of the University OF
Chicago; woodrow Wilson OF Princeton;
David Starr Jordan of Leland Stanford,
and Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell
Then there are fascinating accounts of
"The Training of Taft" THE Illumina-
ton of Standard OIL" 1.-THE Clash of
Courts in North Carolina" 1.-THE Effects
of the Haywood Trial" A study of Men
elk, the conquering lion of the tribe
of Judah and the only living descend
ant of Solomon and the Queen OF She
ba. combines in an equal measure the ele-
ment of romance and wit. Our Great
est American Sculptor" ''The Unhuman
Egotism of Goethe 1.-THE Dual Per-
sonality of Edgar Allan Poe,' Marie
BashlSirtseff--a Girl Narcissus," and rs
Thomas Hardy Overestimated?" are dis
cussed under Literature and Art
The Popular Science Monthly for Sep
TENDER opens with an article by Prof.
Charles S. Minot of the Harvard Medical
school on the rate of growth. which is
one of series of articles on the problems
of age. growth and death. The article
includes numerous diagrams and il,ustra-
tions of the rate of growth before and
after birth In animals and man. paper
by Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell and Prof. +.
B. r. Hellems of the University OF Col
orado gives an account of an early paper
by Friedel on the cochineal insect which
at one time was supposed 70 be a part
of the ladybird. Fred DeLand of Pitts
burg continues his account of the devel-
opment of the telephone service, describ-
ing telephone conditions between 1880 and
1883. Mrs Nellie Commins Whitaker. in
an article entitled 1.-THE Health of Ameri-
can Girls" discusses conditions which are
causing general alarm. Prof. Frederic e.
Bolton of the University of Iowa consid-
ers some ethical aspects of mental econo-
nv. Charles Bradford Hudson of Detroit
gives some instances OF the aggressions
and injustices of foreign nations In China.
Frederic Drew Bond discusses the extent
10 which the theory Of evolution is recog-
nized In the works Of Poe. G. r. Agassiz
gives an account of observations naade
on the planet Mars at the Lowell observ-
atory with a discussion OF the causes OF
the CANALS Shorter articles are concerned
NTH Hermann Won Helmholtz the Lir-