AMONG THE MAGAZINES.

Press, Volume XLIV, Issue 6878, 10 October 1887, Page 5

AMONG THE MAGAZINES.

A Prince—Prince Kroptokln—loads the way in this month's Nineteenth Omtury. And the Prince, strange to s&ypls a radical rfthe deepest dye. He styles his paper- ' The Coming Anarchy." He mtHiuewhafc ie writes. Howanta the time to eoine when ■ there will be on-arch— no Government. And he believes Che time is coming, la the evolution of society man has parsed from «o Government to sowie Goviefmnent, ', then to much overmuch Govcntmeafc; 1 .By- , and-by the circle will be complete, and ! man will shako himself free, and the* , there will be no Government! ageia, in- , stead of the oiiginal chaos, though order, I -quality,' and fraternity vrlll everj^her# prevail; for, says the Prince;— j I "Representative Government baa aocoHi» plUhed ite historical mission; It hasmreu. jU mortal blow to Court-rule; and bylta . debates it has awakened public interest 'in public question*. But to see ,ia a the (Government of the future Socialist;society, jis to commit aVroaa error. Each &onemical phase of life implies , its ~bwe political phase; and It is impossible t»touch the very bases of the-' present economicßlHfe—private propertya*witbpnk a corresponding change in the very Bases of the political organisation. Life airtaily ahows in which direction tho change will be made. Not by increasing tho powers ef mc state, but in resorting to free orjr&hisation and free federation in all Ihose i oranchoa which are now conßi&ered as attributions of the State. ,, —(P. 15d) , If our readers think we had boon uu&lbk fun-W the writer's "argutuemV fse ; dfcove;. extract, we think, Will undeceive, luTd i» given as a true and "fair specimen ftifi« entire article.' ' ' " TheErigliahand the AmericajiPreaf,'' is a title which stands over a readable article in which the differences are capitally hi* off. There are differences of type, differences of arrangement, and dilTerouceV ef style. The latter is explained by that while in England the pree-i belongs t« the leader-writers, in America 14 belongs practically to the smart reporter. Grovity is smiled out by jocularity. The AJ&eipcamreporter plays many parts. Hβ cises one of the divine Sarah's (Bara& Bernhardt'e) performances. rl , " It was a great performance, containing, as it did, several climaxes, each grlater than the preceding one, and all elabosSFed with unerring art; it was like the AUjmtto storm wave, torn into ahivoriug and capped irregularities on the surface,,bufc under all a mighty and perfect pyramCtl , *—• (p. 230.) .■': ■ ■'?■ The Americans, contrary to Wftaijw* might do not,; it seeme, wholly comic p»pors. They. prefer y te ffnd their fun alongside of, more solid food, perhaps to assist ite Royalty is often a butt for the hninoqirjtei,. ■ but generally without any serious of good taste. The most loyaJj lot c%ple, could scarcely take offence at Jfeijf©l" lowing from the Chicago Tribune >-> < - "Queen Victoria attended a circaiathe other day for the flret time tax- thLdy years; yet she easily recognised thpjffics of the down as old acqualntaEM»" —p. 232. ' ;■ ■■..-"•;..; ....!/ .., "On the whole," says the writes , , Afnofc Reid, "the differences between She Journals of the two sections of the BagUsfsspeatdng race may be justly traced to the natural difference between the older And the newer civilisation. Each may wltb advantage copy from the other " :-^ "The future of both will depend largely on whether It Iβ the good or tho bad pqmt* that are copied, and whether the lation is a levelling- down or a i2v<?lliiig up." ■ ' •■* In a previous number of the Nint&eenth Century Mr Lecky brought a eerloui* charge against Mr Gladstone. This charge was nothing less than one of lax poliUcali morality and a base bid for power. In the new number now beloro na Mr Glpd. stone disposes of both charges. He shows that Conservatives and Liberals al,ik» were bound by their election pledges to secure if possible the repeal of the obnoxious Income tax. Both parties stood in regard to this point upon the eajao footing. Mr Gladstone had dlatltiijefcly said he trusted the tax would be repealed either "by themselves " or '* by others." He then in these words expounds and refutes the political doctrine attacked by Mr Lecky:— "The elections of 1841 and 1847 were fought upon direct issues of pecuniary gain and loss by the repeal, the maintenance, and the restoration of the corn tax. And when, in 1852 the Tory Ministry resorted to a dissolution,. the nation Was informed from authority that the Government would bring forward measures of which one part would redress ithe grievances of the cultivators of the spil, and other parts would relieve every dikss in the country by improved principles of taxation. tirst to last, money, money, money was ; the burden of the only song which at that time commanded the ears of the agriculturist. Nor did any one contend that pro* i mises of pecuniary relief were in principle illegitimate and corrupt. They were full of danger. They should be watched with vigilance, and tested as to their feasibility and utility with great severity. These cautions, which Mr Lecky seems to think it a peculiarity of his own to have, inculcated, are amongst the merest com-mon-places of politics. The doctrine of Mr Lecky would seem to preclude even the mention of gains by economy, as well as gains by repeal of taxes. But my contention is that the promise of January, 1874, was prompted on the one hand by the most cogent motives of honor and. public policy for making it, and attended on the other with every incident o£ time and circumstance which could neutralise the dangers specially Inherent In this class of subjects; especially with the very best of ail securities, the absolute and exorable necessity of immediate redempr tion" (p. 283). In the January number of the Nineteenth Century Mr Gladstone enumerated maay bleaqinira which lmvpnccrnod tntKn Mm>»

classes during the fifty years of her Majesty's happy reign. Amongst theee Mr Gladstone laid stress on Post Office Savings' Banks. Here the people have at their doors the means of husbanding their savings without compromise of their independence, and under the guarantee of the . State to uttermost farthing of the amount. Mrs Brook Lambert has long been a warm advocate for introducing a similar system amongst the school children of London. In. - this movement she had the hearty cooperation of Mr Mundella, the late Minister for English Education. In this number Mrs Lambert writes to show how successful the system in becoming In various parts of the metropolis, and has also extended into.the country. The; Westminster Diocesan Inspector of School* made the Fenny Banks scheme a subject of inquiry with this resulti — It has been found by experience that thePenny Banks produce the most valuable results in all cases where they have been introduced as part of the school tcork. They not only encourage habits of-thrift-• in the children and their parents, a very noticeable effect In raising the amount of school pence, which are paid with greater regularity in all the schools ; that have them. -[P. 213, J : The Royal Commission on the ■ Element tary Education Acts has thought this & > matter important enough to be inquired, into, and some satisfactory proofs of its usefulness have been elicited. Parents frequently gain their first notion of saving , from their children's School Bank. A head master under the London School Board gives the following illustration off the value of " thrift among the children " : —One of hie boys earned fourpence every Saturday by carrying home clothes from the wash. This he put Into the School Bank. His father got out of work during the winter, and the school fees could not be paid. The ddmlnie took the boy on one side and said, " Your fatherhas paid a long time for your l schooling. Why don t you. now that you have some money in the school bank, pay for your own schooling until your father lain work again? You are not of course bound to do so. but it would be a manly thing to do." The boy said nothing at the time, but shortly after he drew his own. money and paid his own fees till his father - got work again. ■ _ PJiantasme of t/ie Living toe "title of a book which was published lasfc year.--and which produced a sensation. A creepy feeling stole over most readers as the de- ' toils of sounds of voices and visions of f departing forma passed before them. The book was the result of a long and patientr

Uve-t-gatio. by the Psychical at emwan hundred caaee of • Ue ß s-p_____» ghost stories. Tl»e_e case*-re*** 1 * 1 Vaamme beea atfted with _y_tematic care, 4U-i t_.__.Te reached an evidential *rt«^*rd., ■II ii.H ii IJ to Jo »r __tj_e*> l___e» there t» one •_-*©_-* n* w m *■•'*_*_. «-*r__e-t*T_i_- «*__*_-_ rd.* Tboogb letters «e«_M to have been written in most <* the tnaaa yet these letters arc —ii ii __ilnrr J Here are two eases . -I was a -tndc-t to »"fi" ahi__h-n- It was either my ■ ara * l^.r^r __^__E_«__-th-re,and my-**_«_ r *_3_£ left in the b»««»"«-»*1"£ I had been working hue __T_is books. I dreamed *£_ _-__£_- &rgyj~ t__X__ted hia-*elt. suffenng an injury _r___* M*ra«i to mc in my dream In the morning I "SU_S -bat-ted by the re«lle«ion that __Sff __™T-a_f in je»t, I *™** th f S_Se_T-_v mother, telling mc that m> WJb_rJo_3_ wis d__«rrr-«'dy ill. In ™nseZ__Sa ot a wonnd which be had leeeired SSfcltoff on tb« *P*kw while trying to -s*___n_-ae-_l-srjr railings He lingered lirSaM tine, -nd then died of tbe acci-4c_nE—-<P. -74. > Wlwrearetbetwoktters rhich crossed? yerttoeatly asks Mr lanes. These letters wranM be absolutely decisive couM they be jwdwal with postnuurks upon them. -9» No. 1« the Rev. W. J. B. writes, tSaaatthe Uth ot April, I**s3, in Limerick, ■_«*___! the most vivid dream he ever saw. -tit-tree minntew past five to tbe morning ; mMahnm, Mr Dombrain, then in Dublin, _-*M___red t« him as passing to the lignt. «__■«, and with a smile of farewelL The . ______ day Mr B. spent in sadness, but] ■ iAb to sty sister, asking for partictrlars, - - __*_i!wt_fce<_* to know the exact time the 4e__fa had taken Disc*. The following^ _e3H_»fi I received a letter from my w _rer " "**__fpigr_._- at threenun-tea past five he ■* - - t_UT«j«_--t-y passed sway."* Ajpin, Mr Inn** auks, " Where are the * ttCtsaWt Tbe question apparently has __Sf-»beea pat; bat tbe sister, strangely «j>pe_ie«_ to Instead for her recollections, tt£», 'I have beard you allude to the __*«___ from time to time.' " — (P. I"*" 1 -) fn_atU thus seen to be true of two case-. " tfee reviewer says is absolutely true of «_ftt- rest. Corroboration of tbe alleged

■{ijkTTHirn by contemporary documents Is wanting altogether. This is. a serious <_||_rge, and we are eager to get the Septtubiher number to see what reply will be msAe by tbe Joint authors of tbe book •4n_n Gorney, W. H. Myers, and Pod-

J—_f__—* la the March number of the Nineteenth tjkme was an amusing article by Dr. "A"*3W*« Je-sop. oa the "Trials of a Cetu-try Paraon." Having been a country . «nn_3 hr*****'-**'*' for oenrty forty years, the 4fM|« eomid epeak with feeling and from He bad aa eye too for the J___3__ro_Ls and, moreover, tbe art of putti__r bis idea* into terse aad telling lan- _•_*__•» We most now itubstantiate the adeem* ______nee before passing on to notice A .trrMiiirt article oo tbe same subject in the i__g_st Ditmbers. Tbe good folks in Ar__-lT.X_r_-_fc. are prowd of having been *___r-rJrrd more than once. **T«u tfr*a*t think, Miss, as Td .bad five m&m*. bow, did you f Ah I but 1 have «HHt--_e-*stwavs, I buried five of 'cm ia Hhe ch-rchyar-, that I did, and tree on.

-__r* 'ean,watim-tite r On another occasion the jt-flnti himself playfully suggested— "'Qoc'tyou mix your husbands now and then, _lra Pace, when you talk about ___•§_ ?* ** s well, to tell you the truth, sir. I rea-ly do. But ar third husband, he teas m nasi I don't*mix him up. He got kiifcd, fighting You bee-red tell o' that, I _o_j_e no doubt. The others warn*. _K_U_L-g to Urn. He'd ha' .mixed them up -fuifck tnoagh if they'd interfered wi" nira. t_t_rk &h 1 he'd *a made nothing of em."— -iS&eh,p. :___.) In the new number Dr. Jeasop paints for -_t the ideal village in and around which the. ideal country parson pursues the even t«__pr_£h_-way. This ideal village is a 1-appy valley, where a simple people are liviag sweetly under tbe paternal care of * gncio-as landowner, benevolent, openhanded, large-hearted, devout, a man of

an* cujtrojsi hj_ wife a true l_kay "Bountiful; bis daughters tb.

j-dk-ooa dispensers o_ liberal charity; his koune the centre and borne of all that is refining, cheering and elevating. There, of ooor*-, tbe happy parson always finds a cordial -welcome, and all those social ad- . - -vmatagea which make life pleasant and __xw_* for himself and for his family. Parson and squire work together in perfect k-arn-ony. The rectory and the hall ar_ "bat diSerent parts of a weJ-adjusted piece of machinery, which moves on with n« friction and never comes to a dead stop. Bat how different Is tbe real state of .Irtagsr- ______ says the-writer, my friend Barney's parish ;— '" An oblong surface, through which a fcig-t road runs straight aa a ruler—wide -ditches dividing tbe fields, with never a l-Btfge and never a tree —nine square miles sd ______ with a population of SCO human • *Be_ogs, her* and there co-ilocted into an . Bjriyhan-let, each with a central aJehon.se, ami A few feeble poplars looking as if they were ashamed of themselves. There Ls ant a farmer in the p-u-ish who occupies 4U*. acres of land. There is not agentle- ____.'_, bouse within a radius of -eleven -miles from the rectory door. Tbe nearest auMrket town is six miles olf, the _Wt_r_Kt railway station five. Every Tfiffritfwg friend Barney goes to his -K-boei A -ong mile off. Every afternoon he has some one to *" look after," to visit in _j____es« or in sorrow, to watch, or advfce, _sr comfort. One year with another, he __w to walk at least 1500 miles in the way -efdaty. In all that tract of country over wbkb be is sometimes cruelly assumed to be no snore than a spiritual overseer, __Bot_g ail these 900 people, there is not a -single man (except the Gcboolmaster), w*OßM_i,or child, who ever talks to him sixXk. aaythiag outside the parish and its _fO_tc_Tns.-Hip.__B). But while showing that the country parsons hare, as a rule, by no means a rosy - ttae af it, Parson Jessop has a word -est warm sympathy for the small farmers "tl Aready. He finds in them much to - lespreet, to admire, and even to love. They _a» fctavirtg a hard time of It just now, but bat they have not to learn the lessons of " thrift aad frugality; these virtues have

long been acquired and practised. They _jca_ri_*e_r burdens silently, and they tell ysu "It's no use grumbling; that only -a__k-*s things worse, 'cause It makes you -(___&**

Daring tbe Victorian half century the three most notable scientific discoveries have been those indicated by the terms. Orgsrue Evolution, Conservation of Etaergy, and the Germ Theory. If Engl__h__ea can claim the credit of discovering tbe two former, they must yield the -KM_or of having established the third to a

Fre____-_a_B—t© M. Pasteur. Some of our readers wtfl remember th_t thirty years ago tit* supporters of spontaneous genera-tto-t maintained that the smallest particle of __r was sufficient to generate the lowest forms of. life. Pasteur, on the other hand.

-contended that it was not the air, out err- «%_*• tiring germs suspended in the air, •*r»tehprod_*eed these lowest form**. Instead of wasting words in mere theorising tie item FY__t______a*J>a(_it to investigating tbe subject, and *by,__ be<___ift__,y planned aerie- of e_r-p--i_____» proved to demonstra-. -km that there is no such thing as -*p*_o___teoaa generation. Everyw here and always life can only come from life. Our **a distinguished scientist—John Tyndall -r-weat ever pretty well the same ground, aad enme •f-amistakeabiy to tbe same conrfnsiao. Br. Percy Frank land, tn an article em **Tbe Creatar-s We Breathe.- »«-.- -nartscs tbe results already establiihed.

it is interesting to note that in the •aeienee c-oJumn of CosatSa Family MaoaTtne far August thai __mc subject is treated, and the following facts are-ad-

"The parity of mid-Atlanticair has been deanxnamtrmUA by Pi*of_saor F. S. Dennis, •_ r York, by means of capsules which exposed taHenthe promenade deck, where thcie "•■"as _re« eirc___tkMj cf the _i_n<>sph«*r.. in tea days a few pct-at** of It f«w-t»o» were developed. When e*x-o_**e,» u» erne of the ■ta-e-room**, over 500 pom- of the inrec- _*_*"■_»«*_ developed wit. hir» rightren hoars. JBct when _ r*p-.__e w_js exposed over the

bow of the ship, it was found to be entirely uEttooched." (P. 574.] Tta praotk-J lr«aring of all this on the j value of pure air in our schools and in oar ■ i home* wiU be evident to the most car-less, L.^g|^«(_«fi>_t_w««* BEr *- "