Show CURRENT PUBLICATIONS Tho American Journal of Sociology for March has a very thorough exposition and review of Tho Political Theory of Calhoun Cal-houn by C B Merriam from which I Is startling to ace how far we have dc jnrlcd from a doctrine that onco was received re-ceived with equanimity by a large portion of thlo country but which now could not possibly bo accepted anywhere Tho New Movement Charity by Samuel H BI hop discusses recent changes of methods meth-ods In New York and advances the proposition propo-sition that the various charity organization organiza-tion should form themselves Into a charity trust Tho Church as tho Maker of Conscience Con-science by Samuel Znno Batten n0 down and discusses n familiar fact The second paper of Contemporary Sociology Sociol-ogy by l Lester F Ward continues avery a-very strong and able exposition Poor Relief In tho United States by E Mun sterbcrg Is a keen study of methods in vogue in tho United States which arc upward up-ward in that an approach of the prosperous pros-perous and less fortunate classes Is brought about and all means are employed em-ployed to create a condition In which poor role and charity shall be displaced by selfhelp and neighborly cooperation Time i igrl r1o Socknl Aspects oc the Chicago Stock Yards11 Is continued and the Reviews and Notes and Abstracts are discriminating and full A very highclass l l publication of great value and Interest The University Chicago Press Chicago I Everybodys Magazine ffir April has for I specialty a brilliant tribute to and sketch of Booker T Washington by Walter H Pago editor of Tho Worlds Work There IB I an account by Eugene P Lyle Jr of tho Prince of Monaco and Ills extraordi nary work In deep act explorations War faro Under Water Is nn account of thom tho-m stcrlols Gustavo Zcdo and her achlvcments Modern Cliff Dwellers tells of tho haunts tels and nestings of nestngs gannets gan-nets murres auks etc tho third of a series of articles on wild fowl Danny Alfred Olllvants now story advances charmingly and Bclshazzar a Tale of tho Fall of Babylon develops on tho old lines There are good stories and sketches sketch-es In tho number which 13 an excellent ono of a very attractive ntrcto magazine John Wanamakcr publisher Philadelphia Next to tho Ground Chronicles of 0 Countryside By Martha McCullochWil llams Published by McClure Phillips Co Now York This Is a charmingly written book It describes life on a farm In mlddlo Tennessee n great country which offers wide diversity In vegetation and n rich life In the wilds Tho author has entered with enthusiasm sentiment and imagination Into the life next to the ground She describes tho llfo a n boy and girl on a farm gives fascinating observations ob-servations of wind and clouds and storms and a naturalists enthusiasm alone could give tho exact and seasonable descriptions of verdure and fruitage and animals wild and tame found in the beautiful beau-tiful little book The realism Is all here I and tho upt phrases tho delicate touch that spreads naturo In all Its glory before us Tho titles arc Ploughing ttes PlouBhlnB Wasps and Ants Tho Ragged Months Tho Hog Shooting Quail and Partridge The Possum Night Noises Tho Big Snow Clearing Tho hOrse Tho Oaks FoxHunting The Cow I Feathered Folk Insects1 A moat en Joyablo work which reads as If It woro n labor of love t write It The publishers havo It put forth handsomely ScrIbners Magazine for April is a beauty In cover Illustration nnd makeup make-up It has a sturdy article on Tie Gloucester Glou-cester Fishermen by James B Connolly which gives a vivid idea of the hardships of the life thoy lead A Story of Throe States by Alfred Malhows begins with tho story of tho Ponnamlto War it will be concluded In tho May number There is the beginning of n serial by Richard Harding Davis Captain Macklln with Illustrations by Walter Appleton Clark How Easter Cornea In tho City drawn by Everett Shlnn comprises two fullpage pictures reproduced In colors reprduced Somo Noteworthy Scholars Is an admirable paper by Daniel C Gilman exprcnldont of Johns Hopkins The Evolution of 0 Girls Ideal by Clara E Laughlin Is a sentimental yet sorrowlng detail of what dreams were compared with actualities Tho magazine is most attractive and satisfying sat-isfying Charles Scribnera Sons publishers pub-lishers New York |