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The Review ot Reviews. 



February 10, 190U. 



One 

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PASTORALISTS' REVIEW. 



of the first things that strikes one on turn- 

 the pages of the Pastorali&ts? It view for 

 January is a scries of very fine illustrations showing 

 the anatomy of the Tick. It is the result of a paper 

 read at the British Association meetings at Cape 

 Town by three distinguished gentlemen. AW. P. con- 

 tributes a well-illustrated article on "Christmas Week 

 on an E. and A. Liner." There are also a liumbei 

 of illustrations showing various phases of faun life 

 in Canada, which outwardly does not seem to differ 

 very greatly from that of Australia. A cumber of 

 good illustrations of stock shown at the Agricultural 

 Show at Buenos Ay res ale given, and the usual local 

 reviews of the pastoral situation all over Australasia. 

 Mr. S. B. Boilings writes <>n 'Wool Substitutes," 

 and answers the question, "How have manufacturers 

 succeeded in producing such saleable fabrics at such 

 reasonable prices when raw wool has continued steadily 

 to advancer'" by stating that cotton is very largely 

 mixed with wool. He says if we come to look at the 

 dress trade, cotton warps are being more used than 

 ever they were, that 50 per cent, ol the ladies' dress 

 goods being woven to-day on Bradford loom- have cot- 

 ton warps as the foundation of the fabric. Hi- de- 

 scription of how rags and shoddy are used in making 

 up materials give one a momentary shudder. Even 



old stockings are pressed into the service. Lnd 1. 



it is stated that "in the manufacture of second-hand 

 wool (think "f the term employed) suited for the 

 making of some of the cloth- now in favour of the 

 public, both at home and abroad, black stockings are 

 almost a necessity." They can be readily sold at 18s. 

 a cwt. Rags which once were white blankets sell 

 to 43s. a cwi. Mr. A. T. Evans in the same 

 makes a plea for a stronger constitution in Bheep, 

 horses and cattle owing to the extreme distances and 

 climatic changes in Australia. 



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THE MONTHLY REVIEW. 



The principal articles in the Monthly Review are 

 separately noticed. Sven Hedin describes a voj 

 across the stormy Black Sea in October last ; Lord 

 Coleridge's Life is reviewed, and there is a paper on 

 relics and the frauds connected therewith. 



THE CHIEF IMPORTANCE OF THE ROYAL TOUR IN INDIA. 

 Mr. F. Loraine Petre, writing on '•Indian Feudatoiv 

 States," the numberless territories not directly under 

 British rule, but to which the British Government is a 

 powerful ally, guaranteeing their autonomy, and never, 

 interfering in their internal concerns, remarks that 

 about 1000 miles of the first 1500 of the Prince of 

 Wales's tour in India are spent among these States. 

 In all they number 689, averaging about 1000 square 

 miles, and about 100,000 people each, but they vary 

 immensely in size and strength, some being microscopic 

 principalities, hardly distinguishable from private es- 

 tates. The visit of the present King in 1875 first im- 

 pressed on these principalities the existence of some- 

 one in London occupying towards them a position 

 similar to that once held by the Delhi Emperors. This 

 year the idea of that personality is being again im- 

 pressed on them: — 



It is this side of the Prince's tour which nerhaps srives it 

 its greatest significance. On this appreciation of the per- 

 sonality of an Emneror is based the proposal, put forward 

 at intervals in India, and again benis- ventilated there at 

 the present juncture, that a member of the Imuerial family 

 should permanently represent its head in India itself. 



THE EXTENDED 1IONROE DOCTRINE. 

 "Investor," writing on "Latin America and the 

 United States," remarks on President Roosevelt's 



great extension of the original Monroe doctrine. At 

 first it was a " Thou shalt not," addressed to all whom 

 it may concern ; it is now modified to assert that the 

 United States must be the sole arbiter between the 

 Latin American Republics, from Mexico to Central 

 America, and Peru to Uruguay, and any outside Euro- 

 pean Power; they alone must judge when interven- 

 tion is desirable, and they alone must intervene. 

 Certain of these Republics, Argentina, Brazil, Chili 

 and Mexico, the most firmly established, would pro- 

 bably resent as unjustifiable interference anything like 

 United States "protection." The writer then sum- 

 marises the position and financial prospects of the 

 various Latin American States in order to show that 

 if the United States really mean to act up to the 

 principles enunciated recently by President Roosevelt, 

 their path must be beset with difficulties; and if the 

 present improvement in the general condition of the 

 Latin American States be not permanent — quite a 

 likely event- their position will become yet more diffi- 

 cult. He then sums up the results of American deal- 

 ings with Santo Domingo. Colombia. Venezuela, etc., 

 and proves his case, which is that, so far, United 

 States " protection," or whatever else the new version 

 of the Monroe doctrine may mean, has been preju- 

 dicial rather than favourable to European bondholders 

 and European interests generally. What has been 



done lias exclusively benefited American citizens; ami 

 he plainly says that bondholders in any Latin Ameri- 

 can State need not look to Uncle Sam for any im- 

 provement in the value of their securities. Moreover, 

 many of i hem oppose the new Monroe doctrine. 



SCRIKNERS MAGAZINE. 



Sciilmer's Magazine begins the new year well. The 

 illustrations are quite up to its usual high standard, 

 excellent ones accompanying the very interesting ac- 

 count of the Wapiti elk of North America, by Ernest 

 Thompson Seton. The Wapiti was not thoroughly 

 described and catalogued till the beginning of last 

 century. At the same time, the noble animal began 

 greatly to diminish, and continued to do so alarmingly 

 till 1895, when, largely owing to the efforts of the 

 League of American Sportsmen, protective legislation 

 was passed in its favour, and now Mr. Thompson Seton 

 flunks there are probably rather more Wapiti than in 

 1900. It is still plentiful in some parts of Manitoba 

 and in Wyoming, and bands of 3000 and 4000 are still 

 seen near Yellowstone Park when the first heavy snow 

 drives them south in winter-time. The Wapiti is the 

 largest of the true deer, and the largest of all deer 

 except the Moose. A curious fact about it is that it 

 sheds its entire antlers every year, their growth being 

 " one of the miracles of Nature." A paper interesting 

 to all lovers of natural history. 



The fiction is by Kate Douglas Wiggin, Frances 

 Hodgson Burnett, and other well-known writers. "The 

 Letters and Diaries of George Bancroft " are con- 

 tinued, this instalment dealing with his time as 

 Minister to Germany. 



The Harbinr/cr nf Light for February is quite up to 

 the mark. The Editor contributes a character sketch 

 of Dr. Richard Hodgson. Some exceedingly interest- 

 ing incidents of the occult are given concerning an 

 Italian lad who, if the account be correct, seems to 

 have solved the problem of the suppression of space. 

 "The Impotence of Death" is the title of an article 

 by Ella WTieeler Wilcox. Dr. Soinnev. of America, 

 writes on "The Truth About Henry Slade." Dr. 

 Kosminsky continues his notes and comments on 

 " The Phenomenon of Dreams," and the remainder of 

 the issue is taken up with pertinent and interesting 

 matter. 



