| Show The Forum In the Forum for July the series of autobiographical auto-biographical articles by a number of the I greatest men of letters and of science is continued and the contribution this month I is by Prof John Tyndall who writes of the formative influences of his own life I Another article that is df a somewhat unusual un-usual sort is a study of Hamlet by James E Murdoch The political articles in this number are Obstacles to Civilservice Re form by Mr Walter M Ferriss an article arti-cle oa Gerrymandering Mr Walter C Hamm The Perplexities Thab Canada Would Bring by a Canadian writer Mr A K Carman A Defense of the Veto Power by Mr Edward C Mason who ddieirds the use Of lt11C kingly plciogu tie by the presidents of the United States The Rev Dr Lyman Abbott reviews re-views the Wages system which he thinks rests on an essentially wrong principle Mr Noah Brooks a journalist j of long experience ex-perience forecasts tho newspaper of the future Commander F i M Barber of the United States Navy writes an explanation Of development gunpowder and other I explosives Prof David P Todd of the recent United States expedition to Africa to observe thb total eclipse of the sun summarizes sum-marizes the interesting problems upon which eclipse observations throw light and Colonel Richard J Hinton explains tho politital economical and commercial problems prob-lems that the very rapid development df tho western states presents and expresses thp fnnviftinn that vithin n r > nmnrivntivr lTT 3rief period tho commerce r the Pacific will be greater than has hitherto even been ircamed ot The Forum Publishing com any New York |
