WITH OUR EXCHANGES. 



SCRIBXER S. 



For July contains so much that is excel- 

 lent that it is hard to decide what to men- 

 tion. "The Tendency to Health," by 

 Daniel Gregory Mason, is such a helpful, 

 practical, and withall, entertaining article 

 that it should be widely read. '''Seek 

 and ye shall find ' is true of unpleasant as 

 well as of pleasant things," says the writer. 

 "The better way is not to seek. Happy is 

 the man who forms, early in life (or if not 

 early, then late), the habit of taking all 

 the light and warmth and cheer he can 

 get with a fine glow of appreciation, look- 

 ing, meanwhile somewhat sidewise at those 

 opposite experiences he cannot escape. 

 ''Let him squint a little or look the other 

 way. " This is good advice and one finishes 

 the article with a resolve to look on the 

 bright side of things and forget aches and 

 pains as far as possible. The first article 

 in the magazine is "The Slave Trade in 

 America." by John II. Spears, and a num- 

 ber of fine illustrations by W. A. Clark 

 adds to its attractiveness. Fiction is ably 

 represented by two stories "A Vain 

 Shadow" and "The Coliigo Club Theatri- 

 cals.'' while "Trees," by Frank French, 

 and "The Relief of Ladysmith," by Rich- 

 ard Harding Davis, are among the other 

 things whifh seem to in ike this number so 

 attractive. 



M'CLURE'S 



For July contains the first article of a 

 series of studies^of the most conspicuous 

 of our present day political figures, written 

 by Wm. Allen White, of "What's the 

 Matter with Kansa-*?' fame. An editorial 

 note states that the characters to be pre- 

 sented "have been chosen irrespective of 

 the political sympathies of either Mr. 

 White or the editor." Mr. Bryan is the 

 subject of this first sketch, and whether 



he will be pleased by Mr. White's delinea- 

 tion of his character is subject to question. 

 Rudyard Kipling contributes a tale of the 

 Boer War entitled "The Outsider,'' and 

 Bret Harte gives one of his characteristic 

 American stories "A Jack and Jill of 

 the Sierras." "The Star Spangled Ban- 

 ner," by Marion Hill, is an amusing arti- 

 cle showing what queer ideas school chil- 

 dren have of the patriotic songs they 

 sing. 



THE REVIEW OF REVIEWS. 



Campaign year furnishes the cartoonists 

 an opportunity which they are not slow to 

 take advantage of. The Revieic of Rev ieics 

 for July gives a number of the best of the 

 cartoons for the mouth. The pictures of 

 the presidential candidates are given to- 

 gether with short articles regarding them. 

 Hugh El. Lusk. formerly a member of the 

 New Zealand Legislature, writes of "The 

 Australian Constitution, ' showing in what 

 it resembles and in what it differs from 

 ours. Helen R. Albee urges the advan- 

 tage of a philanthropy which shall provide 

 remunerative employment for country 

 dwellers. She says that in founding 

 libraries, art galleries, etc , philanthropic 

 persons have "almost wholly ignored a 

 most promising field of operation. It has 

 overlooked the undeveloped and unused 

 labor of young men and women who. for 

 lack of steady and remunerative employ- 

 ment leave their homes and add to the in- 

 creasing thnmgs that >eek the large cities, 

 thereby rendering the problems ofourpop- 

 ulationand the unemployed more and more 

 complicated.'' Cabinet making, lace mak- 

 ing, and weaving are some of the em- 

 ployments which might be opened 

 to the country people if the right means 

 were taken. Another timely article in 

 this number is "The Provision for Chil- 



