trouble. The Justice, however, for certain reasons decided not to commence proceedings to keep the peace . as - provided for by the criminal code, but instead gave the woman the following unique and interesting instrument : — •" To whom it may concern, — There has been sev eral statements made to me regarding the criminal conduct of Persons, some for using threatening, abu sive, and insulting language in the ' presents ' of females along the public roads and so forth, carrying concealed weapons and other acts of a criminal na ture. The names of those persons are known to me, and the evidence is ready. "I, now, in the name of the State of , forewarn such persons to desist, before they get in the meshes of the law and thereby incur heavy expense upon themselves."
REVIEWS. The Arena for May is filled with interesting matter. " Austria of To-day," by Emil Blum, Ph.D., is a valuable contribution to modern history. "Psychical Research," by Rev. Minot J.- Savage, contains a number of remarkable cases. Solomon Schindler and Sam'l Leland Powers engage in an interesting discussion on " The Use of Public Ways by Private Corporations." Prof. James T. Bixby contributes a paper on " Zoroaster and Persian Dualism," and Frances E. Willard asserts that "Woman's Cause is Man's." " The Strength and Weakness of the People's Cause " are set forth by Eva McDonald-Valesh. The other contents are "Alcoholism and its Relation to the Bible," by Henry A. Hart, M.D.; "Spoil of Office," by Hamlin Garland; and " The Broadening Horizon of Civilization," by the Editor.
Reuben Gold Thwaites writes an interesting account of " Village Life in Old England " in the May New England Magazine. It is finely illus trated by Louis A. Holman, who spent the summer of 189 1 in England, and who furnishes the frontis piece of the number, " A Picturesque Bit of Old England," finely engraved by M. Lamont Brown. "On the Track of Columbus, a valuable and in teresting paper by Horatio J. Perry, is one of the features of this number. Herbert M. Sylvester begins a series of articles, " Ye Romance of Casco
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Bay." The initial article is finely illustrated by the author, Charles H. Woodbury, Sears Gallagher, Jo. H. Hatfield, and others. William Eleroy Cur tis, the well-known and brilliant Chief of the Bureau of American Republics, contributes a clever and comprehensive article on the " Progress of the South American Republics." It corrects a num ber of popular errors about these great countries. A number of shorter articles serve to make up a most readable number.
An important literary feature of Harper's Magazine for May is an article by Anne Thackeray Ritchie on " Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Brown ing," relating many interesting personal reminis cences of the two eminent poets. Portraits are given of Mr. and Mrs. Browning and of their friend Mr. Milsand, also a view of the tomb of Mrs. Browning in Florence. Lieutenant-Colonel Exner, an officer in the German service, contributes a timely article on " The German Army of To-day," which is effectively illustrated. Julian Ralph, continuing his valuable series of papers on the great Northwest, gives a strikingly interesting de scription of " The Dakotas," their peculiarities of situation, soil, and climate, their inhabitants and resources, and their outlook for the future. The fourth of the deservedly popular series of Danube papers, " From the Black Forest to the Black Sea," is written by F. D. Millet, and beautifully illustrated by Alfred Parsons and Mr. Millet. The other-contents are unusually interesting.
The complete novel in Lippincott's Magazine for May, " The Golden Fleece," is by Julian Hawthorne. It is a curious medley of the modern and the antique, of the weird and the practical, of civilized manners, wild adventures, Aztec hidden treasures, and legends or superstitions of long ago. In the Journalist Series, W. J. C. Meighan re counts the exploits and trials of the Travelling Correspondent. In the Athletic Series, the worldrenowned bicycler, Thomas Stevens, glorifies his favorite pursuit. " The Good Gray Poet," Walt Whitman, is celebrated in a timely essay by Wil liam S. Walsh, and in sundry random recollections by William H. Garrison. Mr. Floyd B. Wilson has a paper on Personal Economics in our Col leges," and Mr. Moulton one on J. M. Barrie, the Scottish novelist, who has lately sprung into sudden
