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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



Irish Question," by the man best quali- 

 fied to speak, J. E. Redmond, M. P. ; Ed- 

 ward Emory Hill's essay on "Teaching in 

 High Schools as a Life Occupation for 

 Man;" Professor Hall's arraignment of 

 "College Philosophy;" and the Hon. John 

 Charlton's paper on "American and Can- 

 adian Trade Relations." Hon. Charles 

 Denby has a vigorous answer to those who 

 urge the granting of independence to the 

 Filipinos. "Do we owe independence to 

 the Filipinos?" he asks, and then pro- 

 ceeds to show from despatches and from 

 the history of the Philippine campaign 

 that no reasonable ground exists for sup- 

 posing that Aguinaldo ever looked on the 

 United States as an ally, and that there- 

 fore in conquering the islands from Spain 

 Americans are in nowise pledged to obtain 

 the consent of the Filipinos before assert- 

 ing sovereignity over them. He reinforc- 

 es the argument by historical parallels, 

 and has made an exceedingly effective ar- 

 gument for expansion. 



M'CLURE'S MAGAZINE. 

 The June number of McClure's is par- 

 ticularly strong and varied in its contents, 

 tents, both as regards fiction and special 

 articles. President Kruger of the South 

 African republic is portrayed in an acute 

 character-study by F. Edmund Garrett, 

 who has had the advantage of personal 

 contact with the remarkable Boer leader, 

 and is thoroughly familiar with his past 

 career and with the political history of the 

 Boers. Excellent portraits of Kruger and 

 his wife are included. J. Lincoln Steff- 



ens, of the New York Commercial Adver- 

 tiser, relates some striking "incidents of 

 conflict" between Governor Roosevelt and 

 the. party leaders, and considers whether 

 his first term as governor has turned out 

 to be a successful experiment. In addi- 

 tion to this there are several good short 

 stories and a thrilling naval story of the 

 Japanese-Chinese war by Adachi Kin- 

 nosuke, a Japanese writer. 



THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL. 

 Rudyard Kipling, Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, 

 Ian Maclaren, Cyrus Townsend Brady, 

 Julia Magruder and Mrs. Burton Kings- 

 and are among the contributors to the 

 June Ladies' Home Journal. Some of its 

 notable features are: "The Passion Play 

 This Year," "The Richest Woman in 

 America" (Hetty Green), "How Some 

 Familiar Things Came to Be," and "The 

 Masterpiece of Mary, Queen of Scots," 

 picturing an apron worked by that unfor- 

 tunate sovereign while in prison awaiting 

 the executioner. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell's 

 article, ''When the College is Hurtful to a 

 Girl," is sure of a wide reading; so are Ian 

 Maclaren's views on "The Minister and 

 His Vacation " Mr. Kipling's "Just So" 

 story humorously accounts for the kanga- 

 roo's long hind legs, and is the best of his 

 series. The fiction features of the June 

 Journal are the opening chapters of Julia 

 Magruder's new serial, "The Voice in the 

 Choir," and "The Autobiography of a 

 Girl." By The Curtis Publishing Com- 

 pany, Philadelphia. One dollar a year; 

 ten cents a copy. 



