WITH OUR EXCHANGES. 



REVIEW OF REVIEWS. 



Tn addition to the customary review of 

 the leading articles and periodicals of the 

 month, the Review of Reviews for Novem- 

 ber contains a lengthy article by Carl 

 Snyder, entitled "From the Lakes to the 

 Sea", in which, under various heads and 

 subdivisions, he gives "an account of the 

 devices and inventions that have now ren- 

 dered feasible a great ship canal.'' "The 

 Situation in Spain," is discussed by 

 Stephen Bonsai. A character sketch of 

 the late Henry George, by Arthur McEwen, 

 gives a good idea of the personal character- 

 istics of that famous reformer, who is de- 

 scribed by one near to him as "the justest, 

 the most considerate, the sweetest, and 

 most lovable of men" certainly an envi- 

 able description. The Greater New York 

 campaign is given in caricatures from 

 leading papers. Deserved credit is given 

 to two women, Mrs. Kinnicutt, of New 

 York, and Mrs. A. E. Paul, of Chicago, 

 for being the pioneers in the street-clean- 

 ing movements in these two cities. The 

 former inaugurated the movement in New 

 York, while in Chicago Mrs. Paul has 

 been most active in getting the streets and 

 alleys of the north side in a more cleanly 

 state. She passed the civil service exam- 

 ination as an applicant for the position of 

 ward inspector of street cleaning and is 

 now on duty with her force of men. 

 Among the late books reviewed is "Alfred, 

 Lord Tennyson: A Memoir" by his son, 

 II al la n i, Lord Tennyson. In the numer- 

 ous extracts given one can gain an idea of 

 what an interesting volume this will be to 

 the admirers of the poet, giving as it does 

 a clear insight into his character and do- 

 ing away with many erroneous impressions 

 many had of his personality. 



THE CENTURY. 



In the November issue James Whitcomb 



Riley gives the first part of his serial poem. 

 "Rubaiyat of Doc Sifers" and the serial 

 story, "Good Americans." by Mrs. Burton 

 Harrison is also begun in that number. 

 William H. Ballou contributes an interest- 

 ing article on "Strange Creatures of the 

 Past," with a number of illustrations by 

 Charles R. Knight. Under the title of 

 "An Imperial Dream." Sara Y. Stevenson 

 gives reminiscences of Mexico during the 

 French intervention, giving us pen-pictures 

 of the personages of history. One of the 

 most interesting articles in the entire mag- 

 azine is the one by Hon. A. W. Terrell, 

 late United States Minister at Constanti- 

 nople, giving as it does an interview with 

 the Sultan of Turkey, in which we get the 

 Turk's side of the Armenian question. 

 Mr. Terrell received a cordial reception 

 from the Sultan, Abdul Hamid, who is 

 described as "most courtly and refined in 

 entertaining his guests." The Sultan re- 

 quested that the interview be made public 

 to the people of the United States, and in 

 pursuance of this request Mr. Terrell wrote 

 the article that appears in the Century. 

 Regarding the Armenian troubles the Sul- 

 tan affirms that it was not on account of 

 their Christian religion that the trouble with 

 Armenia arose, but that, on the contrary, 

 their religion had always been respected 

 and they had held many positions of trust 

 in the Ottoman Empire until it was found 

 they were plotting to destroy it. when the 

 trouble between the two nations arose. 

 He stated that Christian nations, in their 

 sympathy for the Armenians, forget that 

 in 1827 during the Greek revolution 27,000 

 defenseless Turkish men, women and 

 children were brutally murdered in one 

 city after its surrender. Edward Girey, 

 one of the foremost Scandinavian com- 

 posers contributed an article on Mozart, 



