Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-20
IN CURRENT MAGAZINES

reverts to its original form and be
comes once more a monthly magazine
The number opens with an editoria
foreword, explaining the nature ane
extent of the proposed change:
Matthew Arnold, in a memorable
sentence, defined criticism as dlsln'
terested endeavor to learn and propa'
gate the best that has been though'
and said in the world. II has Always
been the purpose OF the torut1 70 ~ III
fill this function of criticism by gain
ering and propagating the best OF cur
rent thought in the more important
fields of mental endeavor. To the enc
that this purpose may be accomplished
more completely, 1t has seemed pest
that with the present issue the Forum
should revert from the the quarterly
method of publication, which 1t has
followed for the last six years, to the
monthly method, which it followed dur
ing the first sixteen years of its ex-
istence-from March, 1886, to July, 1902
The main advantage of quarterly
publication is that 1t permits a re-
sumptive view of current events made
at a sufficient distance to make pos
sible the induction of general princi-
pies of progress. This advantage,
which is particularly patent in such
departments as that of finance, Will not,
however, be lost by the monthly Forum
Certain departments will continue to
be covered resumptively once quar-
ter; whereas such other departments
as may gain an obvious advantage
through immediacy of comment will
be conducted once a month.
New departments will be added and
the range of the magazine will be in
many ways extended. The price of
annual subscription, however, will not,
at the present time, be raised. 1t will
remain, as heretofore, two dollars. On
the other hand, the price of single num-
bers will be reduced from 80 cents to
25 cents per copy. Therefore the price
of the Forum, both by the year and
by the number, will henceforth be less
than that of any other American mag
azine of similar status.
The contents of the July number in
cludes the usual surveys of American
politics and foreign affairs, by Henry
Litchfield West and A Maurice Low,
respectively, the former discussing the
personality of the two presidential can
didates and their relative chances of
success; the latter devoting the greater
part of his article to an analysis of
the character of the new English pre-
mier Mr.. Asquith, and the problems
which confront him. Under the head
of finance, Alexander d. Noyes con-
tributes his customary quarterly sur
vey of the worlds moneyed interests,
and more especially the various
grounds, real and apparent, for hoping
for a return Of industrial prosperity,
The July number of the North Ameri-
can Review opens with an article by
the Ri. Hon. James Bryce, British am
bassador to the United States, on THE
Letters of Queen Victoria" Baron
Kogoro Takahira, Japanese ambassador
to the United States, lauds the late
Durham White Stevens" the Ameri-
can who for years was special adviser
to the Japanese government. William
Roscoe Thayer suggests that Great
Britain and the United States should
unite in an international celebration
of 1.-THE Centennial of Lincoln and
Darwin" which fall on the same day,
February 10, 1909. Prof. Francis M.
Burdick contrasts the "Swiftness and
Certainty of Justice in England" with
its slowness and uncertainty in the
United States. William H. Rideing, in
a very attractive article, analyses the
characters of Some Women of Pr
nero's' Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart dis
cusses 1.-THE Outcome of the Southern
Race Question" Edward S. Martin
suggests the disadvantage of "Too
Much Success" H. Addington Bruce
recalls What Quebec Has Meant to
the United States" Elizebeth Wash
burn Wright points to England's adj
ministration of the Federated Malay
states as an Illustration of zone Way
of Governing Malays." T. B. Edging
ton advocates 1.-THE Repeal of the Fiji
teenth Amendment" Sidney Brooks,
in the fifth installment of his series on
1.-THE New Ireland" deals with the pur-
poses and achievements of the Sim
Fein party. w. H. Allen urges the
Need of Departments of School Hy-
giene." Lawrence Gilman, in an article
entitled 1.-THE Alleged Passing of Wag-
ner," controverts the theory that the
vogue of Wagner is doomed. The edi-
tor pays a tribute of respect and adj
miration to the late Grover Cleveland.
The July Atlantic opens with a time
~ discussion of the wasteful and IL
logical method the government en-
ploys in dealing with the question of
public lands. Seth K. Humphrey asks
and answers the pertinent question,
What Is the Matter with Our Land
Laws?'
Professor A. S. Isaacs of the New
York university writes a telling paper
on THE Jew and the Currents of His
Age" He vigorously combats the COM
mon impression that the Jew is intel
lectually out of sympathy with modern
thought.
Hollis Godfrey contributes another
of his popular scientific studies under
the title 1.-The Air of the City" He
points out the dangers from smoke
and dust and other easily preventab BILE
hazards of city life.
Great interest has been aroused in
yachting circles owing to the San
Pedro Honolulu race Boat building
has received a new impetus and anna
teur sailors are reading all the deep
sea literature available. These follow
ers of the sport will find in the July
number of Yachting a store of good
things about sail and power boats.
Howard Whitney Slauson has the first
part of an interesting article on
Freaks and Fancies of Motor Boat
Engines" Matt McCarty's Through
the Northern Canal is excellent. "A
thrilling story of the wreck of the
famous schooner Endymion holds in
ferest to the end. Frederic Lockwood
Baxter writes most pleasingly of "A
Thousand Miles on the Great Lakes. .
1t is about the cruise of the yawl
Nahma. In one place the jiggermaster
was anchored while the crew fished.
Anglers who read will be tantalized by
the following: Harmony bay lies east
of Batchawanda, separated from 1t by
the long stretch of Batchawanda
island. This body of water is six or
eight miles wide and extends much
farther to the south, where it is en-
closed by several islands. 1t may be
entered from that direction, but is not
well charted. At Corbay point, just
west of Batchawanda, is the only light
house for over 100 miles north of the
st. Mary river. Several streams of
good size empty into these bays, all of
which contain trout. There is fine fish
ing in Harmony bay also"
The July issue of Current Literature
bears out the reputation for brilliancy