LITKUA-ITKK. SPANISH A.MI.KK AN. 



LOUISIANA. 



StatsfSrfattningens historiska r-\,,-Uing fran 

 ftldsta Ti.l till vara l>aga Philosophy and 



Keligion"beloi.. :.tiko,-h n 



S.A. Fries'a-Fredr.k l-Yhr. i 

 samhet -h Betydebe torn Teolog"; and C. Koh- 



.1S'. W^IJrri M Wr-l-.." "ii... v..ii*L.itt rm 



dm'* Keligion og Krrka. M "Om svenskan mu 

 Skriftsprak* is by 0. Ceder-chiold. Fredrik 

 WultT offer* sagoest ire ideas "<>m Y.ir-biidmiiLT : 

 rytmi-ka I'ndersrtkningar." .1. Morien-.-n OOMtdttl 

 :':indntniat i Frankrike." In Pres- 



till SUtshvillfmn-en i; 



in ro,)tinues an excellent work. .1. Vising 



presents ft monograph on Dante." an.l S. Adler- 



stmnv an-. nhufvud one on " Fredrika 



Brvmer." Finally, in the division - Belles-l. ; 



arv <-litss< .::ipen "in Kiir- 



H. humrath's Kvinnans K"nslif"; 



-I'* " Marie iiA (tvllfiie hasten ' " : and M ( 'at ha- 



." l.y U'ilhelinina. It appears that 



there ha* been inii< h complaining in regard to the 



-hcht attention given by the state to literature, es 



*h the condition of alTairs 



in the two other S-andinavian countries, where 

 - quite generously gi\ 



Grouping Finnish pulHeations together, we have 

 Axel O. Heikel's "Trachten und Mu>t-rd.T Mord- 

 \iii-n: hrsg. von der S..ci.'-te finno-ougrienni* " (in 

 Finnish and Herman); ".Fap..- - udi. r och 



Skiz/er." liy K. X;ilia'-u- : L. l-'avorin'* " Karlckens 

 fria Religion* 1 ; and K. A^pelin's " Klia< Hrunner" 

 all issued at HeNincfors. Prof. S-iling. of the 

 Polytechnic Institute in Helsingfors. pul.iished in- 

 terestini: stati^tios concerning the hiirln-r -ducation 

 and public position of women in Finland (*ee the 

 - Nation," March 11, 1897, p. 182); the " Han UMK h 

 i'innlftndischen Frain-nverein-*" gives further 

 information on this subject ; and lianmess Alexan- 

 ilra (iri|ienUrir. Vol. I of whose work on "The 

 tion of Women in Kurofw and America" ap- 

 peared a few years ago, has written a pamphl 

 "KlizaU-th Tadv Stanton <K-li K \inno--aksurbeti-t." 



I III I! Ml III. xP\Ms|| - \>II Kl( AN. 

 While it is impossible to give full lists here of 

 important publications, it will be attempted to 

 mention from time to time some of the most n<>te- 

 worthv literary efforts of our Southern brethren. 

 The "List of Books. Pamphlets, and Maps re< 

 at the Library of th- Department of State," issued 

 serially by the United States, always records nu- 

 merous Spanish-American publications, mostly 

 government reports and pamphlets. 



A record of some books of the past two or three 

 yean is given herewith. 



< u ha. The unhappy state of affairs is not cal- 

 culated to foster the gentler arts, but more peace- 

 ful times may bring forth new poets in a country 

 which numbered among its writ. -rs (iabriel do la 

 Conoepcion Valde/. .hum Cleinentc Xenea, Jose* 

 Maria Hervdia, Antonio Ma/-hiller y Morales, and, 

 more recently. (Jertrudis Home/ 'Avellaneda de 

 Sabater (-Poesias liricas" and " P.-n-u'rina") and 

 Jos Marti (kille.1 in l^'.r,,. F. J. Balma- 

 blfl -: Coleccion d 



ciones cientificas y literarias." 



Mexico. -Ant <*lrigfa de Poetas mexicanos,** 

 published by the Academia Mexicana: N. Le^ns 

 -Catalogo bibliografico y critico de Autores 

 critorw refen-ntes 4 Vegetales de Mejico v sus'apli- 

 caciooea, desde la Conquista hasta el tre>. 



]''! . 



Anrevtlne Bmiblle.A work on American 

 languages (1894) by B. Mitre. I A. Berr 

 men de las Leyes naturales de la Knseftanza (1896), 

 and < Oliveira's pamphlet "HI ( ;i 



Porn. Cabello de Carbonera' pamphlet "El 

 Conde Leon Tolstoy n (1894); Federico Elguera's 



" Marionetes w (1894), \ie\\ini: the world as a Inure 

 puppet show, healthy and dean in tone, tree 



cism M> easily oaaffht by the > 



from the 1'ivnch : .ralia 



:eml de la America del Sur." by Car 



::i|'lete in 



iumes. begun 111 Is-.i;. The \ 

 M Soci u been piibli-h- 



Ulo\v III It- seventh Volume) 



taut material from the literary ivmai: 

 the distinguished scienli-t Antonio Kaii; 

 whose great work on Peru remain.- unfinished. 

 Chili. The National Library. Santia- 

 sues an "Annuario de 1: nilcna," a 



printed in Chili and .1 the 



library. The volume for 1S!'J re. 



r6 pnbliliin Vol. X I : 



.1. T. Medina's " C,,le.-ei'.n d.- Document 

 pura la Historia de Chile. I.MS isjs/- (,,, 

 Ainoni: the n. ., 



by A. L8M ; T. Gnerara'i - In. 



del Castellano": .1. T. Medina'- " La Imprei/ 

 Manila d.- ;eiies hasta 1 ^iii .luan 



,dio hist..!. 



Cisco lie Au'uirre en Tucun.. 1 A. 



Lop. municip.-i iliago 



v de -ii Tierra" (1896). 



I nitc.l state- of Colombia. Rafa< I M 

 chan's temperate -Cuba: Justif)caci6nde su(. 

 de Independeneia" (Bogota, 1 s 



rrilglliiy. B. Fernandex y Medina's "Ant 

 nrui;u..\.i "': " Historia de la" Confederation n 

 tina " (1896,5 volumes), by A.Saldia iada's 



fia hi-t<rico-dc-criptiva de antigiias \ 

 derna- Superst iriones del Itjo de la Plata" (1896). 



Brazil. Ce/.ar Xama's " Hi-t<.ria dos tres 

 grainh-s Capiiaex da An! iguidade : Alexundre. An- 

 nibal e c.-ar" (1894) ana^Tracos biograph. 

 noliiicos dos tresgrandcs Orad-T.- de Antiguiilade: 

 Pericleft, Demosthenes e Cicero" (isill 1 ,). Th 



a lJe\isia Bra/ileira," and an academy of letters 

 has been established. 



LOUISIANA, a Southern State, admitted t 

 Tnion April 30, IHl'J: ai -'' -niar.- mil,-s. 



The population.accordinir to each decennial 

 sin.-,, admission, was 152.U'j:j in IV,M: 'J1.V7:!! in 

 1830; :!.VJ. ill in L840; 517,726 in li 003 in 



.'.'l."> in 1870; 93!.!M<; in INSO : and 1 

 587 in 1890. Capital. Baton I(. 



(.ovcrnment." The following were the state 

 officers during the year: Governor. Murphy .J. 

 Foster: Lieutenant-Governor, IJobert II. Sii>di-r: 

 tary of State. John T. Michel; Treasurer, 

 ander V. Fournet : Auditor, \V. \V. II 

 Attorney-General, M. .!. Cunningham; Superin- 

 tendent "of Kducation, .I.-eph N'. Calhoiui; Adju- 

 tant General. Allen .lumel: C'ommissioner of 

 culture and Immigration, .Jordan (i. Lee; Chief 



.Ill-tire of the Supreme Court. FralieN T. Nicholls; 



Associate Justices, s. D. .M.-Knerv. -uccee.le.l by 



on C. Blanchard. Lynn B. NVatkins, .1 

 A. BreaOX, and Henry C. 'Miller- all D- 



I inane, -s. The assessment rolls, as made up in 



iber. l s !?. -h..\v a decrease in \'2 pa: 

 while the remaining 47 show inrrca-e. Th- 

 for 1897 is $259.798.213.75, against $251.1)1 1 .:!!<; in 

 1896. This increase i- mad.- up almost entirely in 

 the country pari-li.--. The increase from the pari-h 

 of Orleans is $256,418. while the country p.-r 

 show an increase over la-t year of $7,680,479.75. 



The decrease . t the country pari-! .. 



duo to the recent drought and overflow. ami the de- 

 crease in the first di-trict of New Orleans can be 

 attributed to the bank failures. 



As an evidence of the irrowi -My of the, 



State it is noted that while ten year- a-" it, was 

 difficult for the State to secure a fiscal agent among 



