XV.
            MAGAZINES, REVIEWS AND PERIODICALS.

  THE August number of Scribner's Magazine is that annually
welcome feature of the summer season, "The Fiction Number."
This year it contains an unusual assortment of stories-no less
than seven in all. Among the popular writers who contribute
stories are: Mrs. Burton Harrison, Octave Thanet, T. R. Sulli-
van, H. C. Bunner, and Duncan Campbell Scott. Four of the
stories are illustrated, each by a single artist chosen with refer-
ence to his special fitness to deal with the particular characters
and scenes. A. B. Frost illustrates Octave Thanet's Western
story, "The Besetment of Kurt Lieders;" W. T. Smedley, Mr.
Bunner's "As One Having Authority;" Chester Loomis, Mr.
Scott's Canadian story, " The Triumph of Mary Laviolette;"
and C. Delort, of Paris, Mrs. James T. Field's charming version
of Maurice de Guerin's famous and beautiful prose poem, "The
Centaur."
  In addition to the stories there are several articles in other
fields than that of fiction, but likely to afford no less entertain-
ment. Mr. Walter Besant, the novelist and historian of London,
contributes an article on "A Riverside Parish," in the series on
"The Poor in Great Cities," that tells of the development and
growth of an out-of-the-way and rarely-visited region of London
--the home of the "dockers" and men whose work depends
upon the coming and going of ships. The many illustrations
are by Hugh Thomson, and were made under Mr. Besant's
direction.
  The late Sidney Dillon, whose executive ability, thorough faith
in the enterprise, and substantial support, largely contributed to
the completion of the Union Pacific road, finished, only a few
weeks before his death, the " Historic Moment"  on "Driving
the Last Spike of the Union Pacific," which appears in this num-
ber of the magazine. Mr. Dillon was one of the chief partici-
pants at this impressive ceremony, which united the East and
West by rail.
  Professor N. S. Shaler's article on "Icebergs," giving a history
of the origin and travels of these beautiful and often dangerous
products of the great North, is particularly timely, as this is the
season of the year when ice is frequently met with by the great
transatlantic liners.
  Readers of Mr. H. C. Bunner's stories, who have always found
a special charm in the delicate and sympathetic quality of his
work, will find these elements in full in his story, "As One Hav-


            MAGAZINES, REVIEWS AND PERIODICALS.              201

ing Authority," as well as a distinctly powerful dramatic touch
which he has nowhere surpassed.
   Octave Thanet's " Besetment of Kurt Lieders," is the first of
her six " Stories of a Western Town," each complete in itself,
that will appear in the magazine. The pictures by A. B. Frost
are especially happy.
   In the little sketch, " How I Sent My Aunt to Baltimore--A
True Story," Mr. Charles S. Davison tells of an amusing experi-
ence, showing the splendid capacity of the modern railroad ex-
ecutive to deal with all sorts of emergencies resulting from
thoughtless and inexperienced conduct upon the part of patrons.
  "When the Century Came In," by Mrs. Burton Harrison, re-
produces with charming quaintness the spirit of the old South in
Jeffersonian days.
  The Point of View discusses " A Lack of Faith in Literature,"
"The Deucalion of Tahiti," "The Perfect Person in Fiction,"
and " A Provision for Old Age."
  Mrs Kate Douglas Wiggin, the author of "The Birds' Christ-
mas Carol," and "Patsy," and a well-known lecturer on Kinder-
garten subjects, writes a vigorous and intelligent paper on
"Children's Rights." This is what she says under the head of

                   PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY.
   The parent whose sole answer to criticism or remonstrance is,
"I have a right to do what I like with my own child!" is
the only impossible parent. His moral integument is too thick
to be pierced with any shaft, however keen. To him we can only
say, as Jacques did to Orlando, " God be with you; let's meet
as little as we can."
   But most of us dare not take this ground. We may not phi-
losophize or formulate, we may not live up to our theories, but
we feel in greater or less degree the responsibility of calling a
human being hither, and the necessity of guarding and guiding,
in one way or another, that which owes its being to us.
  We should all agree, if put to the vote, that a child has a right
to be well born.  That was a trenchant speech of Henry Ward
Beecher on the subject of being born again; that if he could
be born right the first time he'd take his chances on the second.
"Hereditary rank," says Washington Irving, " may be a snare
and a delusion, but hereditary virtue is a patent of innate nobility
which far outshines the blazonry of heraldry."
  Over the unborn our power is almost that of God, and our
responsibility, like His toward us; as we acquit ourselves toward
them, so let Him deal with us.
  Why should we be astonished at the warped, cold, unhappy,
suspicious natures we see about us, when we reflect upon the
number of unwished-for, unwelcomed children in the world;
children who at best were never loved until they were seen and


202                     CHURCH REVIEW.

known, and often grudged their being from the moment they
began to be. I wonder if sometimes a starved, crippled, agon-
ized human body and soul does not cry out: "Why, O man, O
woman, why, being what I am, have you suffered me to be!"
  The September Scribner contains the unusual number of seven
elaborately illustrated articles.
  It is well known that the late Samuel J. Tilden bequeathed his
great fortune to Trustees, with the intention of founding in
New York a great library--confiding all details to the discretion
of the three trustees whom he selected, Messrs. John Bigelow,
Andrew H. Green, and George W. Smith. The Court of
Appeals held that the discretion was too general and the will
void; thereby partially preventing the carrying out of one of the
greatest and most beneficent plans for a public institution ever
formed in this country by a private citizen. During the long
process of the lawsuit over the will, the lips of the Trustees
were naturally sealed as to what were the details of the project;
but now that the decision has been reached they are freed from
any such restriction--more especially as, by a fortunate arrange-
ment with one of the successful heirs, they are still left in posses-
sion of a sum large in itself and sufficient to carry out an impor-
tant portion of the design. Ex-Minister John Bigelow, one of the
Trustees, has therefore now decided to publish in this number of
the magazine, under the title, "The Tilden Trust Library; What
Shall It Be?" the facts concerning Mr. Tilden's wishes as to the
details of the plan, and also a most important proposal for still
carrying out a large part of it by the erection of a great library
building in the very center of New York. The scheme, with its
elaborate illustrations, is one of the most interesting ever laid
before the public.
  "The Last of the Buffalo," Mr. George Bird Grinnell's article
in this number of the magazine, is full of a true sportsman's
feeling, and recalls with picturesque vividness the days when
the buffalo was found on the great plains in unnumbered
thousands. The illustrations, by Ernest E. Thompson and Otto
H. Bacher, are particularly fine.
  Miss Isabel F. Hapgood writes of the Nevsky Prospekt in
the sixth article on "The Great Streets of the World," and
gives a very clear impression of its characteristic aspects, and
the historical and personal associations of Russia's chief city.
  Mr. W. C. Brownell, whose book, " French Traits," was re-
ceived with so much favor, contributes the first of three articles
on French Art, all to be illustrated. This one is on Classical
Painting, and is a careful analysis of the qualities, national and
social, that have made French art so distinctive, together with
a comparative estimate of the work of the artists of the classical
period.
  There has always been a special and romantic historical inter-
est in the Pueblo Indians, both on account of the various


            MAGAZINES, REVIEWS AND PERIODICALS.            203

theories that have been advanced as to their origin, and their
unique and very interesting architecture and ways of living. Mr.
Charles F. Lummis, who has lived a number of years at the
Pueblo of Isleta, writes with sympathy and enthusiasm of these
Indians in an article on "The Indian who is not Poor."
  In close relation with other articles on practical forms of
philanthropy, which have appeared in the magazine, is Mrs.
Frederic R. Jones's paper on "The Education of the Blind."
She traces the history of the various methods that have been
devised for helping the blind to understand and know of the
outside world, and with the aid of novel illustrations shows the
wonderful progress that has been made in this direction.
  The "Historic Moment" this month is "The Attainment of
the Highest North," by Sergeant, now Lieutenant, D. L. Brain-
ard, of the Greely Expedition, who with Lieutenant Lockwood
and the Eskimo Thorlip reached the most northern point ever
touched by man.
   The Homiletic Review  for July comes to us in a brand-new
cover, of lighter tinted paper, and new designs.  The number
contains some noteworthy articles from the pens of eminent
writers on both sides of the Atlantic.  The Review Section
opens with a timely and able paper by Professor Godet, of Neu-
chatel, on "The Ministry's Duty to the Church at the Present
Day." Dr. James M. Ludlow draws some interesting deductions
from the use of the Septuagint by our Lord and His Apostles
as well as from the character of the quotations from the Old
Testament in the New.  Dr. Arthur T. Pierson follows with an
article in which he traces the influences of modern evangelistic
movements on the organic life of the Church. The names of
the late Professor Latimer, of Hampden Sydney; Henry Varley,
Bishop Westcott, Dr. McLaren, Canon Fleming, and others,
assure the interest of the Sermonic Section. A thoughtful paper
on "The Ethics of Politics," from the pen of Professor Thomp-
son, of the University of Pennsylvania, is of peculiar interest at
the present juncture. Chaplain Bateman, of the United States
Army, contributes a very readable discussion of the work of the
army chaplain. The subject of Lynching is treated in the Edi-
torial Section, as an issue demanding the consideration of the
pulpit, in view of the recent outbreaks of the spirit of lawlessness
in different portions of the land.
  The Homiletic Review  for September opens with a striking
paper by Professor R. G. Moulton, of Cambridge, England, on
"The Study of the English Bible as a Classic," a theme which
the writer's well-known ability qualifies him to discuss in a most
interesting way. Dr. W. W. McLane follows his article in the
March number on "An Historical Study of Hell," with a sec-
ond, equally suggestive, showing what have been the beliefs of
Egypt, Persia, India, Greece and Arabia, with reference to future


204                    CHURCH REVIEW.

punishment. Dr. Edward Judson, of New York, follows with
a presentation of the "Immorality of Mysticism." Professor
Hunt, of Princeton, has another of his admirable papers, in which
he brings out the mutual relations between "Preaching and
Teaching." The Sermonic Section contains among its other at-
tractions, Baccalaureate Sermons by Professor Marvin R. Vin-
cent, and Presidents Charles F. Thwing and George E. Reed,
which merit careful reading. The names of Professors E. J.
Wolf and William Arnold Stevens guarantee the attractiveness
of the Exegetical Section. The well-known President of the
now famous Christian Endeavor Society, F. E. Clark, D.D., of
Boston, describes the efficiency of that organization as a " Pas-
tor's Aid Society," and J. T. Gracey, D.D., of Rochester, gives
some useful hints on how to interest Sunday-schools in Mission
work. Mr. Frank L. Herriott concludes his article on " The
Pulpit and Social Problems," and Dr. Samuel W. Dike discusses
"Some Sociological Points" in the Sociological Section.  The
number well sustains the reputation of the Review as the leading
magazine for hard-working pastors.
   The Missionary Review of the World for July contains the
following especially interesting articles: "Apostolic Mission, or
The Gospel for Every Creature," by Rev. Joseph Angus, D.D.,
of Regent Park Baptist College, London, with editorial introduc-
tion by Dr. A. T. Pierson; "Decentralization of Missions," by
Rev. A. J. Gordon, D.D.; " The New Hebrides Mission," by Rev.
Robert Steel, D.D., Sidney, N. S. W.; "William Carey--III.: The
Translator of the Bible and the Benefactor of Asia," by George
Smyth, LL.D., F.R.G.S., Edinburgh, Scotland; "Discerning the
Signs of the Times," by Dr. A. T. Pierson; " Twentieth Anni-
versary of the McAll Mission in France," as reported by Anna
W. Pierson; " Answered Prayer," by A. Bunker, D.D., Toungo,
Burmah; "The Work in the Diamond Mines," by Mrs. H. B.
Allen, Meriden, Conn.; "A Protest Against Needless Exposure
in Mission Work," by W. R. Lee, M.D. The other departments
beside " Literature of Missions," have the usually wide range of
topics. The Chinese Exclusion Bill comes in for a considerable
attention.
  The number for August is of itself a fund of valuable informa-
tion. "The Greatest Work in the World, a Plea for Missionary
Enterprise," by Joseph Booth; "The Reflex Influence of Giving
to Missions," by Rev. Paul V. Bomar, is a well-written, convinc-
ing paper.
  The September number opens with an article by the editor-in-
chief, Dr. A. T. Pierson, "The Centenary Celebration of Baptist
Missions," and is followed by a number of interesting articles,
among these: "The Year 1891 in Japan," by Rev. George Wil-
liam Knox, D.D.; "A Story of the Marvels of Missions," Rev.
Joseph Hardy Neesima, LL.D., Rev. J. D. Davis, D.D.; "Foreign


           MAGAZINES, REVIEWS AND PERIODICALS.           205

Missions One Hundred Years Ago," by Rev. Edward Storrow;
"Our Indebtedness to Christ for Temporal Blessings,"--Part I,
by Rev. T. Laurie; "Creed Formation in Japan"; " Extracts and
Translations from Foreign Periodicals," by Rev. C. C. Starbuck;
"The Crisis in Uganda," "Great Openings in Eastern Lands."
Under the head of " General Missionary Intelligence," is a sum-
mary of the work in all lands.
  Published by the Funk & Wagnalls Company, 18 and 20 Astor
Place, New York. $2 per year; 25 cents for single numbers. In
clubs of ten, $1.5o.
  THE following is the table of contents of the July number of
The Chautauquan: "Overland by the Southern Pacific," by
Fannie C. W. Barbour; "A Study of Cowper," by John Vance
Cheney; "Hay Fever as an Idiosyncrasy," by J. M. Cooper,
M.D.;  "The National Game," by John H. Mandigo; "In the
Snake River Valley," Part II, by John R. Spears; "Sunday Read-
ings," selected by Bishop Vincent; "Historic Quebec," by Edith
Sessions Tupper; " Edward Burne Jones: A Romanticist in
Painting," by C. M. Fairbanks; "The Story of Kakuya Hime,"
by Mrs. Flora Best Harris; "Summer Vacations and Physical
Culture," by J. M. Buckley, LL.D.; " The Beginnings and Endings
of Centuries," by Count Charles de Mouy;  " Some American
Chemists," by Marcus Benjamin, Ph.D.; "The Great Exposition
at Chicago," by Noble Canby;  " Why American Children are
Nervous," by Mrs. L. E. Chittenden; " Marriage in Nanking,"
by Harriet Linn Beebe; "The Pets of Some Literary People," by
Miss E. S. Braine; "The Red-Winged Spreo of South Africa,"
by Mary L. Bowker; "The Early Home of Abraham Lincoln,"
by Mrs. A. J. B. Badger; "The Woman Lecturer," by Margaret
N. Wishard;  "Colored People's Wit and Wisdom," by Martha
Young; "A Chapter of Accidents," by Ruth Morse; "Woman's
World in London," by Elizabeth Robins Pennell. The poetry
of the number is by Henrietta Christian Wright, Louise Hough-
ton, and Emily Huntington Miller. The editorials treat of "Get-
ting Ready for the Next C L. S. C. Year," "A Novelty in Na-
tional Politics," and "Two Great Religious Bodies in the West."
   The Chautauquan  for  August  contains  the  following:
When we make a study of public institutions where boys and
girls are educated, and where men and women meet to advance
moral reforms and teach religion, we find they are not well bal-
anced. It was not so fifty years ago. Men taught in the public
schools and in the Sunday-schools, as they did in the pulpits
and in the higher institutions of learning.  When we think of
the educated voters needed to govern the country, and to say
what laws shall be enacted and what ones repealed; when we
think of the future Church and the influence it is to exert over
mankind, we turn to the common-school system, the pride and
glory of this American republic, as our hope. Its practical


206                     CHURCH REVIEW.

working is a question of great magnitude, and should be one of
absorbing interest to all. How are the reformers and enterpris-
ing citizens of the land to reply when asked: What is to be
done for the boys, how shall they be kept in the public schools
till they are educated; how shall they be induced loyally to at-
tend the Sunday-school, and then graduate into the church and
devote themselves to its work?
  It will be a sad comment on American character, if boys and
men cannot be held to these great lines of intellectual and moral
improvement. It appears to some wide-awake observers, as
they look over the field of American life, that there is something
radically wrong which ought to be made right, and it ought to
be done very soon; but it will require great men and great
women to handle the problem and give direction to the move-
ment to set things right.
  The July Century is sufficiently summary in its contents, the
opening paper being a readable and authentic account of the
great French landscape-painter, Daubigny, with illustrations
from his own work, portraits of himself, and pictures of his favor-
ite haunts.
  There is a good deal of fiction in the number, including the
last chapters of Dr. Weir Mitchell's " Characteristics," and also
of the striking "Naulahka," by Messrs. Kipling and Balestier.
The second instalment of "The Chatelaine of La Trinite" is
given, and the third instalment of Mrs. Mary Hallock Foote's
story of "The Chosen Valley," which is being read with peculiar
interest in the West. There are also short stories by Maurice
Thompson, Charles Belmont Davis (a brother of Richard Hard-
ing Davis), and George Wharton Edwards.
  Mr. Van Brunt's article on "The Architecture at the World's
Columbian Exposition" contains the most carefully prepared
pictures yet made of the buildings at Chicago. This instalment
is particularly rich in reproductions of the sculpture of the Ex-
position, which is evidently, in its way, to be as distinguished as
the architecture.
  Professor Charles Waldstein, Director of the American
School of Archaeology of Athens, writes of "The Finding of the
Tomb of Aristotle" during the course of the excavations made
by the school in Eretria. Not only is the paper of great archaeo-
logical value, but it is unusually readable. Professor Waldstein
describes with great charm and insight the life of this out-of-the-
way part of Europe.
  Frederic Villiers, the war-correspondent, also writes of remote
regions of the world, and describes a visit to King Johannes of
Abyssinia, which he took in company with a mission sent into
Abyssinia by the English and Egyptian governments. Mr. Vil-
liers illustrates his own article, which is bright and interesting.
  In his third paper on the life of "Christopher Columbus,"


            MAGAZINES, REVIEWS AND PERIODICALS.             207

Emilio Castelar describes the trials and disappointments which
Columbus underwent in "Winning the Favor of Ferdinand and
Isabella." The article is illustrated with portraits of the king
and queen and with views of the Convent of La Rabida, where
Columbus found refuge in the time of greatest discouragement,
and where he received the news of a change in the disposition of
the rulers toward his great project.
   An article of special value to farmers and of suggestive inter-
est to everybody is the paper entitled, "What the Government
is Doing for the Farmer," by A. W. Harris, of the Department
of Agriculture. He points to the necessity of changing the old
method of land-skimming for scientific ways of land-culture, and
gives the outlines and effects of legislation on the subjects of
oleomargarine, the signal-service, sorghum sugar, inspection of
live stock and meats, the tariff and reciprocity.
  The poet Stedman, in his series of studies of "The Nature
and Elements of Poetry," devotes the present instalment to the
fruitful subject of "Beauty" in art.
  A brief paper, by a new writer, on " The Great American
Safety-Valve" will be read with approval by the American
readers of The Century, illustrating as it does, a peculiar na-
tional characteristic.
  In the editorial department the following topics are treated:
"Responsibility for Political Corruption," "A New Movement
in  Municipal  Reform,"  and  "Another  Word  on  'Cheap
Money.'"
  Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge has, in "Open Letters," "A Word
More on the Distribution of Ability."
  In "Lighter Vein" a new writer, Alice Turner, has a brief
prose piece, illustrated by Kemble, called " Aunt Lucretia's
Libretto."
  Among the poets of the number are Miss Carman, Miss
Guiney, Frank Dempster Sherman, Edgar Fawcett, Professor C.
G. D. Roberts, Edith M. Thomas, Elizabeth Akers, and others.
  The August Century has a handsome new white and green
cover marked "Midsummer Holiday Number." It is notable
not only for its midsummer characteristics, but as celebrating
the centenary of the poet Shelley by a frontispiece portrait and
a striking essay by the poet George E. Woodberry, who is one
of the chief Shelley scholars of America. Mr. Woodberry gives
a very high estimate of Shelley's work in the line of modern
civilization, and says that "those to whom social justice is a
watchword, and the development of the individual everywhere
in liberty, intelligence and virtue is a cherished hope, must be
thankful that Shelley lived."  In "Open Letters" Mr. John Ma-
lone gives the interesting result of a patient "Search for Shelley's
American Ancestor."
  The number is gay with pictures and with stories, both serial
and short.  The first article is a fresh account of Japan's sacred


208                    CHURCH REVIEW.

mountain. The ascent was made to ascertain the availability of
the peak as an astronomical station, but the interesting descrip-
tion of the journey, with its beautiful illustrations, makes the
article delightful summer reading.
  John Burroughs, in " Glimpses of Wild Life," gives the readers
of the midsummer number a peep at hawks, foxes, thrushes,
woodchucks, and other intimate friends of his, in his usual
charming manner.
  Professor C. A. Kenaston writes of "The Great Plains of
Canada" with the intimate knowledge that brings those vast
solitudes vividly before the reader. The article is illustrated by
Frederic Remington.
  R. Cleveland Coxe, the artist, writes and illustrates an article
concerning the picturesque features of Gloucester Harbor.
  W. E. Norris, the novelist, gives a descriptive article on the
rising game of golf. Mr. Norris writes as a lover of the game,
and successfully makes real its charms to his readers.
  The August instalment of the Columbus history, by the
Spanish statesman Castelar, deals with the incidents connected
with the first voyage of Columbus, and is of popular interest.
  Mr. Fuller's "Chatelaine of La Trinite," written in the peculiar
manner of "The Chevalier of Pensieri-Vani," is continued, and
another instalment of Mrs. Foote's Western story, "The Chosen
Valley," is given.
  An article on the World's Fair architecture includes pictures
of the Electricity and Mining buildings, with some of the
sculpture.
  Mr. Stedman's essay for the month, on "The Nature and
Elements of Poetry," treats of the relation of truth to poetry,
and is one of the most important and interesting papers of the
series.
  The  "Topics of the Time" department for August  treats
of "Popular Crazes" like the free-silver movement, "What is
Patriotism?" and "Trade Schools."
  "Open Letters" for August contain a suggestive article by
Philip  G. Hubert, Jr., on  "Camping  Out for the Poor;"
"Southern Women as Affected by the War," by Dr. Charles
F. Deems; two suggestions concerning the steering of yachts,
by Isaac Delano and Lewis Herreshoff; a note on " The Battle
of the 'Wyoming' in Japan," etc.
  A great deal of poetry, much of it " appropriate to the season,"
is given in this number, especially a poem by Edmund Clarence
Stedman, elaborately illustrated by Will H. Low. Mr. Stedman's
poem is called "A Sea Change," and is descriptive of the sur-
roundings of his summer seaside home. In the same number
there is a poem by Aldrich, entitled "Sea-Longings."  The other
poems in this number are by R. H. Stoddard, the late Anne
Reeve Aldrich, Celia Thaxter, Theodore C. Williams, John Vance
Cheney, Virginia Frazer Boyle, R. W. Gilder, Frank Dempster


           MAGAZINES, REVIEWS AND PERIODICALS.            209

Sherman, Doane Robinson, Charles Henry Phelps, and Richard
Lew Dawson.
  In the September Century Emilio Castelar tells how Columbus
was wrecked and how he was treated by the Aborigines:
  Gaucanagari was eager to see more of the Spaniard, and sent
numbers of his light-hearted people to welcome them and bring
them gifts of every sort.  Their enthusiasm was unbounded,
their generosity unstinted. The land was gay with festivities, the
sea swarmed with canoes. On nearing the caravels, the Indians
that crowded them stood up, tendering all kinds of offerings with
gestures of devotion, as in idolatrous worship.
  Beholding all this enthusiasm, Columbus dispatched a formal
embassy to Guacanagari, and on hearing their report he deter-
mined, despite the prevailing land-breeze, to weigh anchor and
sail to the dominions of his friends, which were five leagues
distant. He set out at daybreak on December 24. Little pro-
gress was made during all that day. The night came, Christmas
Eve, and Columbus determined to celebrate it, as best befitted his
own health and the comfort of his own crew, by enjoying a sound
sleep. He retired, worn out by three nights of vigil following
three days of herculean labor. Sweet must have been his rest!
His discovery of that new world whose very existence had been
denied, the endless upspringing of Eden-isles, the simple races
bound to nature by such mysterious ties and soon to be brought
into the fold of civilization and Christianity, must have filled his
mind with happy dreams on this first restful Christmas Eve he
had passed in thirty years of titanic contest with all the world,
and at times even with his own self. It was midnight, when the
echoes of childhood and of times long past fill the slumbering
ear. The heavens smiled, and the sea was calm. The sailors
slept soundly, sure of their bearings and sea-room because pre-
ceded by the little fleet of skiffs and canoes sent by Columbus to
the Indian king. A ship's boy held the helm, so assured were
they all of the fairness of the weather and the safety of their
course--when the flag-ship suddenly struck upon a sunken reef.
Columbus instantly divined his peril, and hurried on deck. With
lightning rapidity he gave orders to cut away the mast and throw
the cargo overboard. But the remedy was futile; it was no mere
stranding, it was a wreck.  With the desertion of the Pinta and
the loss of the Santa Maria, only the smallest and frailest of the
three caravels that had set sail from Palos remained. He went on
board the Nina, and sent a fresh embassy to Guacanagari, giving
an account of the disaster, while he stood off and on till day
broke.  When the chief learned the misfortune, he sought in
every way to alleviate it, sparing neither means nor sacrifice.
Disastrous indeed it was to face such superstitious races, who
confided in the prosperity and success of the supernatural, with
the slender remnants of such a wreck, which showed how the sea
      14


210                    CHURCH REVIEW.

overcomes all created things and bows us all to its sovereign
power.  But the sentiment of hospitality was uppermost in that
faithful tribe and in their kindly monarch. All the succor needed
in that sad hour, and all requisite provision for the future, were
given to the sufferers with admirable orderliness.  The salvage
of the wreck was piled on shore and, under the chief's orders,
scrupulously guarded by the natives as though it were their own.
The cargo was rapidly discharged and stored in a place of safety,
without the loss of a pin's point.
   The Canadian Methodist Quarterly, for July, has  the fol-
lowing table of contents:  "Amos, the Herdsmen Prophet of
Tekoah," by Rev. W. B. Parker, D.D.; "A Study of Soteriology,"
by Rev. W. S. Blackstock; " Points of Comparison of Metho-
dist Theology with the Theology of other Churches," by Rev.
T. W. Hall; "The Destiny of the Human Race," by Rev. John
Maclean, M.A. Ph. D.; "Bible Study-Methods of Systematic
Bible Study," by Rev. Chancellor Burwash, S. T. D., LL.D.;
"The Church-at-Work Department." It is an altogether valu-
able number.  Chancellor Burwash "speaks as one having au-
thority" in his admirable article on "Bible Study."
   In the Quarterly Review of the M.  E. Church South, for
July, there are eleven articles, not to speak of the editorials.  I.
Wofford Tucker writes about " Our Theology and Our Science;"
W. M. Baskervill has a trenchant article on "Southern Litera-
ture," to which the editor replies at considerable length, devot-
ing no less than thirty-six and a half pages to the review; "The
Transfiguration: The Supernatural in the Kingdom of God," by
W. M. Leftwich; "Light of the World," by J. E. Godbey;
"Margaret Lavinia Kelley," by Lizzie Davis Fielder; "The
Priestship of Providence," by J. T. Wightman; "A  Hebrew
Parable and the Poetic Style," by W. W. Martin; "John Ellis
Edwards, D.D.," by Paul Whitehead; "A Psychological View
of Sin and Holiness," by J. M. Boland; "What is a Higher
Sphere for Woman?" by Mrs. Gross Alexander. The last arti-
cle in the table of contents is "Government of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South," by Dr. Kelley. The editor also dis-
cusses that with the Doctor.
  The Methodist Review (bi-monthly) for September-October,
has eight papers. The first is, "James William Mendenhall,"
by Professor W. F. Whitlock, D.D., of the Ohio Wesleyan Uni-
versity. The opening paragraph of an admirable tribute to the
precious, memory of an exceptionally worthy man is, "Another
prince in Israel has fallen. The methodical, earnest and enthu-
siastic student has laid aside his researches. The voice of the
scholarly and spiritual preacher has been hushed. The pen of
the skillful writer has dropped from his hand. A nature rich in
its endowments, richer in its acquisitions, ripe in its developed



           MAGAZINES, REVIEWS AND PERIODICALS.               211

powers, definite and commanding in its purposes, intense in its
thought, feeling and aspirations, has ceased its earthly activities,
and passed into higher and more potent relations. The hero
has fallen in the midst of the battle. A day of singular promise
and brightness has ended at its meridian." A splendid portrait
of Mr. Mendenhall forms the frontispiece.
  "Balaam's Prophecies--their Form and Import," by Professor
W. W. Martin, M.A.; "The Chinaman in America," by Rev. A.
I. Hanson. Mr. Hanson views the Chinaman in America, (I)
Socially, as sui generis--a class by himself. "He is an alien
and a foreigner, not only by birth and blood, but also in respect
to tastes, ideas, modes of life and traditional customs." (2) Politi-
cally, the Chinaman in America is a "nonentity."  (3) Relig-
iously, the Chinaman in America "is, as a rule, a heathen of
most unmistakable character, as were his fathers before him."
   Rev. James H. Potts, D.D., has a paper on " Our Fragmen-
tary Constitution."
  "Wanted, an Ethical Political Economy," by Rev. C. H.
Zimmerman.
   "The Character of Columbus," by Rev. D. Wise, D.D.; "Pre-
science of Future Contingencies Impossible," by Professor L. D.
McCabe, D.D.
   The last article, entitled "The Poet Jesus," is by Rev. Dr. C.
S. Nutter.
   The Treasury of Religious Thought, for July, August and Sep-
tember, maintains its place in the religious and thoughtful world.
In the July number Professor R. Watts, D.D., discusses at some
length "The Aim, the Theological and Critical Principles of the
International Theological Library," and concludes it in the
August issue. President W. M. Blackburn points out the "Source
of Morals," "A Rabbi's Views of the Higher Critics," by Presi-
dent Isaac M. Wise, form two very interesting papers, of the many
contained in the September number.
  Our Animal Friends, an exceptionally bright monthly publica-
tion, is the organ of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, has something in its columns of interest to young and
old; it ought to be in every household. Two features about it-
its cheapness and its value as an instructor.  Send to No. 10
East 22d Street, New York, for a copy, and see its worth.
   There is every indication that Godey's Magazine for October,
ready September 15, will mark an era in periodical literature.
This will no longer be known  as Godey's Lady's Book, but
Godey's, America's First Magazine, established 1830.  In the first
place, the magnificent work of art, " Godey's Idea of the 'World's
Fair,' "which is to be presented to every purchaser of this num-
ber, is said to be so beautiful and artistic in design and coloring
that every one will want it. It is a faithful reproduction of one
of W. Granville Smith's latest and greatest pictures, produced


212                    CHURCH REVIEW.

expressly for Godey's.  The publishers guarantee that the Maga-
zine itself will be filled with surprises and beauties from cover to
cover. First in the contents comes John Habberton's complete
novel, "Honey and Gall," a companion to "Helen's Babies,"
fully illustrated by Albert B. Wenzell. This is an idea first con-
ceived by Godey's, and now produced with brilliant success.
Godey's fashions will be a most conspicuous and beautiful feature
of the publication, there being, in addition to carefully edited
descriptions and fashion articles, four exquisite plates, produced
in ten colors, and representing four of the leaders of New York
society, attired in the latest Paris costumes. Mrs. Henry Ward
Beecher's "Home" department will be read by the women of
America with delight, and all the Magazine's old admirers will
read with interest Albert H. Hardy's carefully written article on
"Godey's, Past and Present." Among the choice verses is the
latest poem, written by the late Josephine Pollard. John Habber-
ton reviews all the books, and the whole forms such a rich liter-
ary feast, that to examine a number of the new Godey's will
mean to irresistibly desire it.

   The Annual Report of the Postmaster-General of the United States,
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, is an exceedingly com-
prehensive statement, well illustrated with maps and engravings,
carefully executed. Mr. Wanamaker begins the report with these
words: " In this, my second statement of a full year's work of
the Post-Office Department under your administration, I shall
endeavor to show that the postal service is better in some respects
than it was, but that it is capable of almost immeasurable im-
provement. It will be necessary to record the successes or
failures of proposed legislation in Congress, though I have had
the honor of carrying into effect some very important legislation
passed at the last Congress. This has been an administrative
year. For what has not been done I am willing to take the
blame."

   The Christian Educator for July is the General Conference
number, and contains the Quadrennial Report of the Board of
Directors, also illustrations of most of the institutions in the
Southern States, which are under the direction of the Freedmen's
Aid and Southern Education Society. "It is our Quarter-Centen-
nial Jubilee Bulletin," says the editor. The Society, in 1866,
began with an empty treasury, and a debt of $1,500 borrowed
money as a start. Up to April 1, 1892, the Society had expended
$3,070,260.91.