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ducts. The writer considers that the 

 inevitabe outcome of existing conditions 

 will be the development of an American 

 shipbuilding industry which will be able 

 to produce ships as cheaply as iron and 

 steel are now produced in the United 

 States. A descendant of George Wash- 

 ington's brother, writes in answer to the 

 question as to whether or not our first 

 president was the author of his farewell 

 address. The principles of this famous 

 address have been brought so perma- 

 nently to public notice in the discussion of 

 annexation that the article in the Forum 

 is very opportune. The other contribu- 

 tors furnish matter which tends to main- 

 tain the usual high standard of the 

 magazine. 



SCKIBNER'S 



The April Scribner is an Easter number 

 and has a special cover in beautiful color 

 and design, appropriate to the season. 

 Quiller-Couch, a novelist of assured repu- 

 tation, begins a serial under the fanciful 

 title "The Ship of Stars;" Dr. Henry Van 

 Dyke gives us "A Lover of Music," finely 

 illustrated, while the quota of fiction is 

 completed by the story by Jesse Lynch 

 Williams of "The City Editor's Con- 

 science." This character sketch of the 



city editor, with his nerves strained to the 

 breaking point, his fault finding, his irrit- 

 ability and then the period of relaxation, 

 when, the paper safely out, he can again 

 become a human being with a conscience 

 troubled by his unjust criticisms, is so near 

 like people we are intimately acquainted 

 with, that we are sure Mr. Williams drew 

 his character from life. The Roosevelt 

 papers, the reminiscences of Senator Hoar 

 and the letters of Stevenson continue with 

 equal attractiveness, while "A Winter 

 Journey to ihe Klondyke" will appeal to 

 those who long for adventures in the froz- 

 en north But of the entire contents, the 

 best, in the sense of being most helpful, is 

 "The Gospel of Relaxation," by William 

 James, psychologist of Harvard College. 

 It is a plea for the conservation of energy; 

 it advocates the abolishment of worry: in 

 short it bids you relax not only your over 

 worked muscles but also your over bur- 

 dened brain and heart. Read it, all you 

 hurrying, worrying mortals; you restless 

 business man, with the "just-a-minute-to- 

 catch-my-train" look and you nervous 

 American woman who feels that like the 

 man of ancient times, you have the world 

 on your shoulders; read it, and having read 

 practice it. 



