Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-10
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

The April number of tho North
American Review deals with number
Of timely topics. Oscar s. Straus, secre-
tary of commerce and labor, discusses
Tho Spirit and Letter of Exclusion"
as illustrated in the laws debarring the
Chinese from entry to this country.
Archbishop Ireland explains and de-
tends 1.-The Dogmatic Authority of the
Papacy." Colonel c. w. Darned. U. s.
A., considers the nature of Modern
Education From a Military Viewpoint"
Clayton Hamilton emphasizes the inn
portanoe of the ECONOMY of Atten-
ton In Theatrical Performances" Gold
win Smith describes and comments
upon The Religious Situation" Andre
Tardieu recounts the achievements of
Fifteen Years of French Diplomacy"
Gaetano d'Amato deprecates the exist
ence of "The Black Hand Myth" In
sisting that there is no such organiza-
ton as the Black Hand Society. Sena-
tor J. d. Foraker reviews 1.-THE Testi-
mony in the Brownsville Investigation"
Sydney Brooks contributes the second
article in his study of THE New Ire
land Under the heading Venezuela
and the American Claims two articles
are published one by r. Floyd Clarke
entitled Castro, the Ungratefu," and
the other by F. ID. McKenney, answer
Ing in the negative the question raised
by our governments insistence upon a
new hearing OF an already adjudicated
case, namely, Has the United States
Repudiated International Arbitration"
Reginald do Koven interprets certain
indications in the musical world of to-
day as portending '"The Decline and
Fall of Wagner" The editor publishes
the Bromley Lecture on Journalism.
Politics and the University which he
recently delivered at Yale. In the lit
A.. .
Found Itself" is reviewed by Adolph
Meyer; w. r. Yeats Poems by Charles
Johnston and Barziuis "Pekin to
Paris" by Julius Chambers. The de-
partment OF WorldPolitics contains
communications from London st.
Petersburg and Washington.-Tran
Square, New York.
The April number of Current Iitera-
tune more than sustains this brilliant
periodicals reputation. Taft's and
Bryans platforms are analysed side by
side, the war on gambling and prohibit
ton is taken up in a lively manner, and
the great automobile race described
with humor and preciseness OF informa-
ton. Senator Allison and the three
picturesque senator's from Oklahoma
are WILDLY portrayed in Persons In
the Foreground" likewise THE Heir
Apparent TO tho British Throne" and
Alfred DealSin. Tho Triumphant Talk
er of the Antipodes." Literature and
Art" presents Reflections on the Pres
ent Literary Status in America" and
tho Growing Palms of American Art
other literary topics are THE Tragic
Irony OF Heine," George Meredith's
Message 10 His Age" "Whitman's Vim
dicatlon OF His Literary Method RE
ligion and Ethics" Is fairly charged
with dynamite. 'CSietzsche-the Anti
Christ" "Woman's Defective Sense of
Honor" "Ths Ethical Value of Duel
ing" Dangers OF the New Therapeutic
Movement" and kindred topics make
this department. of vital Importance,
Sex and Symbollsnl--the Trend of the
Drama Abroad" and THE Musical
Significance OF Pelleas and Mellsande"
are eXhaustively treated In Music and
Drama" Selections from electra
Hugo Won Hofmanntlral's Sensational
tragedy which IS the basis OF a new
opera by Richard Strauss are reprinted
and the play discussed, Science and
Discovery" offers food for reflection
In such articles as Influence OF He
iedity Upon Success IN Life, Does the
Old Atom OF Chemistry Disprove the
New Atom OF Physics" and most start
ling of all, "A New Explanation OF the
Intellectual 1nforiority OF tho Amer-
can People."--il-ia East 2eth ST,
New York