Review oj Kevit ws, i;io/1S. 



LEADING ARTICLES. 



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Emerson that " there is always some- 

 thing singing" in the very mud and scum 

 of things." He deplores the vicious 

 taste of the public, but is at his best in 

 his fierce attack on the materialism of 

 the age. He pays unstinted tributes to 

 the poets who have " seen the light." 



There is a fine breeze blowing through 

 Mr. Saben's sermon, which should stimu- 

 late youth to realisation that democracy 

 is a confession of brotherhood. It means 

 that individuals will use their private 

 and unique gifts for the welfare of the 

 whole. 



THE TREASURY. 



The September issue of this excellent 

 magazine completes the twenty-first vol- 

 ume. It contains a number of topical 

 papers, one on "Hops and Hop-pickers," 

 by the Rev. F. \Y. Cobb, being illus- 

 trated by man}' homely pictures of life 

 in the hop-garden. A portrait of Lady- 

 Henry Somerset makes a good frontis- 

 piece to the magazine, and, in conjunc- 

 tion with an article, entitled ' The 

 Touchstone of St. Francis," by Bertram 

 Bousheld, is quite an interesting feature. 



In an article on " Finnish Peasant 

 Life in the Pictures of Albert Edelfelt," 

 M. F. Howard says : " It is a country 

 with a strong individuality, this ' land 

 of a thousand lakes,' and of the forests 

 of fir and larch and birch that border 

 its quiet waterways or foaming rapids." 



THE MILLGATE MONTHLY. 



Tins excellent magazine is published 

 at threepence. In its variety of articles 

 and illustrations it compares favourably 

 with many higher-priced magazines. 

 The editor contributes some vigorous 

 notes, entitled " From a Millgate Win- 

 dow," where he deals with the Rt. Hon. 

 John Burns, MP. He takes " Honest 

 John" to task for his alleged decline 

 from the path of stern, unbending de- 

 mocracy, but pens his criticism more in 

 sadness than in anger. 



An article by J. H. Crabtree, on 

 " Edwin Waugh — in Youth and Old 

 Age," will be read with interest. An- 

 other fascinating and well-illustrated 

 paper is that on " The Romance of the 

 hthouse," by Harold J. Shepstone, 

 who gives man)' little-known facts 

 about these towers of guidance and de- 



fence to those who go down to the sea 

 in ships. 



UNITED EMPIRE. 

 This magazine, which is the Journal 

 of the Royal Colonial Institute, con- 

 tinues its series of articles on " Master- 

 Builders of the Empire," the August 

 number dealing with " Selkirk : the 

 Pioneer of Western Immigration." This 

 is written by P. Evans Lewin, who says 

 that " Selkirk may justly be considered 

 as the pioneer of immigration into the 

 great western territories of Canada." S. 

 Hodder, of Buenos Ayres, writes an in- 

 forming paper on " Cereal-growing in 

 Argentina." " Canberra, Australia's New 

 Capital," and " The London of 

 Canada," are two useful papers. Several 

 illustrations adorn the magazine. 



THE PALL MALL MAGAZINE. 



Arthur Conan Doyle has a capital 

 sketch in the September number. It is 

 amusingly illustrated by Thomas Der- 

 rick. G. K. Chesterton has a paper on 



' The Wisdom of Father Brown," and 

 Hilaire Belloc continues his critical 

 observations on " The News : the Pre- 

 sent Age in the Eyes of the Future." 

 E. C. Grew outlines the mechanism of 



' The Factory of Dreams." The writer 

 holds that " the dreaming mind is not 

 the sport of chance impressions, and its 

 pictures are not mere jumbles of memo- 

 ries without any connection between 

 them. 



THE JAPANESE MAGAZINE. 



Count Okuma writes on the vexed 

 question of immigration. Dealing with 

 the " yellow peril bogey," he says : 



" All we can say is that we are a 

 peaceful people, desiring to offend none, 

 and that the one thing we detest most is 

 race prejudice. Japan holds only the 

 most honourable ideals, and her main 

 purpose is to live and act worthy of 

 them." 



He points out that Japanese have 

 done much for the countries where they 

 have gone, and deplores the attitude of 

 California. Happily in South America 



there is not that spirit oi race prejudice. 



" Already our immigration companies 



in In pan are making preparations for 



ling large contingents into Brazil, 



