Review of Revieicfi. IIHJ-G. 



The Reviews Reviewed. 



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THE STRAND MAGAZINE. 



In tlie Stiaml Magazine the interview seems to have 

 given place ti> the symposium. In the October num- 

 ber tlie opinions of eminent business men have been 

 asked in reply to the question. Is a Tuiversity Train- 

 ing of Use in Business I-* 



Lord Burton does not consider a residence at Ox- 

 ford or CambridRe a good preliminary for a com- 

 mercial career. Mr. Beit agreed with Mr. Rhodes, 

 and wrote that if a young man intended to follow 

 a commercial career and lacked character, the Uni- 

 versity would help him ; whereas if he had naturally 

 a strong character, the University woidd not take 

 any of it away. Character and manners, he addled, 

 succeed far more in business than people think. 

 Most of the other business men whose opinions are 

 quoted are agreed that a University training is a 

 help rather than the reverse. 



In another symposium a number of Duti'h artists 

 state which of their pictures they consider the best. 

 William Maris selects " A Dutch Jleadow " ; W. B. 

 Tholen, a coming man in Dutch art, names " The 

 Harbour of Harderwyk " ; Louis Apol, a famous 

 |iainter of snow and ice, chooses " Winter in Hol- 

 land " ; W. C. Nakken, who seeks his siibjects in 

 foreign countries, prefers " The Wood-Carriers," a 

 Xormandy subject ; and Isaac Israels, the son of Josef 

 Israels, selects '' The Workroom." painted at 

 Paquin's dressmaking establishment in Paris. Seve- 

 ral others are not less interesting, and, it may be 

 added, all the pictures are reproduced. 



There is also an article on the PioiWi-Makors of 

 To-Day, which is illustrated by drawings of each 

 other of the nuMubers of the Fundi Hound Table. 

 Mr. Linley Sambourne is depicted by Mr. Bernard 

 Partridge. Mr. Bernard Partridge and Mr. H. AV. 

 Lucy bv Mr. Linlev Sambourne, and so on. 



THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY. 



Mr. Jonathan Thayer Lincoln opens the September 

 AthitiUc Moiitlihj with the Manufacturer's Point of 

 View of the Labour (Question. 



The cause of most of the difficulties between em- 

 ployer and employed arises, he writes, from the fact 

 that each forgets that the other is a human being. 

 He recogjiises a great power in the spirit of loyalty 

 to the dignity of labour which underlies the trade 

 unions, whether this loyalty be realised or not. He 

 mentions the case of a strike which was .settled ad- 

 vantageously by the plan of making the wages vary 

 with the fluctuations of the market, so that em- 

 ployer and employed shared alike in the advance or 

 depression of market conditions. 



There is an essay on Brag by Mr. Wilbur Larre- 

 more. Brag is defined as egotism spoken or acted to 

 impress others, and its viciousness consists in being 

 bnmd out. That does not imply that all egotism 

 should be suppressed. Outside of utilitarian ends, 

 self-optimism is much to be desired. The day-dreams 

 ot a child fancying himself the central figure in 

 heroic deeds of impossible achievement are healthy, 

 and a similar faculty, in a solxM-ed form, is an im- 

 portant factor in mature intellectual life. 



In an article on the Power of Bible Poetry Mr. J. 

 H. fJardiner notes the persisten<'e of the jjower of 

 njipeal ot the Old Testament, and especially the 

 l)oetical books. There is in addition to the strong 

 balance and rhythm of the Hebrew poetry the fact 

 that it throbs with the earnestness of the men wlio 

 in the stress of the Reformation wrought their trans- 

 lations. We must also remember that the sufferings, 

 the joy, and the faith aie all uttered as the experi- 

 ences of real men. 



THE DUTCH REVIEWS. 



l'iu(j n (lis Tijils claims attention this month by 

 reason of an article by Dr. Fokker on Esperanto. 

 The writer deplores the fact that Dutclimen do not 

 appear to be so much alive as other people to the 

 advantages of an international language. The English 

 and the FT-ench, wliase languages are spoken all over 

 the world, have taken up the idea, but the Dutch, 

 who could ucit make themselves understood except in 

 South Africa and a few colonies, are showing no 

 especial interest. Dr. Fokker attributes the slow 

 progress of Esperanto in the past to the check given 

 to the international language idea by the failure of 

 Volapiik. He might have added that "when Esi)eranto 

 made its appearance Volapiik was having a boom. 

 Esperanto, he say.N, is easier than Volapiik; the latter 

 bail the disadvantage of containing sounds, like the 

 '' ii " and the "6,'' which the English, Italian, 

 Spanish, and Greeks found hard to learn. He then 

 gives an outline of the language, concluding with a 

 cniicisra of the Dutch instruction books. 



In the same review there is an article on the 

 Population question. It is full of references to 

 wiiters in various languages, and is a tlioughtful 

 contribution to the subject. 



Elsevier contains, among others, two contributions 

 of special interest, both well illustrated. The first 

 deals with weaving of kofo fabrics by the natives 

 of Sangir, in the East Indies. Kofo is obtained from 

 the trunk of a tree similar to the banana, and was 

 known as long ago as 1095; it is dried and otherwise 

 treated in a primitive manner, then woven or plaited 

 into garments and ornaments. The second article is 

 about deep breathing and physical development. Pic- 

 tures are given to show the physical condition of 

 schoolboys and others before trying to find a part of 

 the iu)urishment of the body in the inhalation of 

 fresh air. and other pictures show results obtained 

 or obtainable liy this j)ractice. In the case of girls, 

 this plentifid iidialation of fresh air is most necessary 

 for the proper development of the body, in view of 

 the fact that they are to be the mothers of a future 

 generation. 



In On~.(' Eeiiw the most interesting contribution i.s 

 that which concerns the State as an employer in 

 connection with railways. The State, he contends, is 

 not an exemplary master, and the writer gives in- 

 stances of the hours of work and the pay. 



In Dp Qids we have several entertaining contribu- 

 tions. " Kratulos ; or, the Origin of Speech," a dia- 

 logue with a note of reference to the experience of 

 Plato, is good. The essay on the establishment of a 

 Naval Council, or Admiralty Board, shows that the 

 oiganisation of naval affairs in Holland leaves some- 

 tliing to be desired. One Minister of Marine will 

 do things in this way and his successor does them in 

 .some other manner; each Minister linds himself sad- 

 dled with the responsibilities of his predecessor and 

 wants to make a change. There is no real continuity, 

 and the nation loses the advantage of the experi- 

 ence of men who have no party ends to serve. The 

 issue is an excellent number. 



The September Badiiiiiifun is a very holiday num- 

 ber indeed, it,s articles dealing with " The Hunting 

 Outlook," with snort in the Donegal Highlands, witli 

 the W<\^toi'n Highlands in early summer, and similar 

 subj^'ctN. Probably many r<'a<lers will be more par- 

 ticularly interest<Ml in Loril Hamilton of Daliw^ll's 

 paper on " Tlu> Financial Aspect of Racing," the gist 

 of which Ik that it cofitfi racehorse owners, as a body, 

 nearly £5 in expenses to win a sovereign. Ho makes 

 various sugge^itions as to how this anomalous and un- 

 busines<slike state of things could be remedied. 



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