are 300 pen-and-ink sketches from nature, by Carl Eytel, a self-taught artist, who, as Mr. James himself expresses it, knows the Colorado Desert as no other man knows it. A new edition of Hildreth's "Japan as It Was and Is" (originally published in 1855) has been brought out by McClurg. The present edition, which is in two volumes, satisfactorily bound and illustrated, has been edited, with supplementary notes, by Ernest W. Clement. There is an introduction by William Elliot Griffis. An American edition of Colonel Sir Thomas H. Holdich's "Tibet the Mysterious," with many illustrations from photographs and maps, comes to us from Stokes. Much as has been written about this mysterious roof of the world, it is probably still the most fascinating part of the world to the traveler with imagination. The entire subject of "Arctic Exploration" (Dutton) is treated historically, descriptively, Margaret Armour and T. Brooksbank. Portraits of Heine at various ages and of other poets and great men referred to in his writings, both prose and verse, appear as frontispieces to the different volumes. Heine is one of the volksdicter, poets by the grace of God, whom it is quite impossible to render into another tongue than his own. With the prose the translators of the present edition have succeeded fairly well. With the lyric poems they have failed, but have come perhaps as near to succeeding as has ever been done. This is the first complete edition in English, so far as we know, of Heine's works. Mr. Lawrence Gilman, author of "Phases of Modern Music," "The Music of To-morrow," and other volumes already noticed in these pages, has brought out, through John Lane, a guide, with musical illustrations, to Richard Strauss' famous, or infamous.-opera "Salome." portrait of the composer serves as a frontispiece. STRANDED ON NOVA ZEMBLA. (Old print reproduced in Hoare's "Arctic Exploration.") and prophetically by J. Douglas Hoare in an illustrated volume which contains a number of interesting maps and brings the subject down to the inauguration of Mr. Walter Wellman's balloon expedition. A good, swinging account of five years' experience as a missionary and traveler in the northern provinces of the British Uganda Protectorate is given by Albert B. Lloyd, author of "In Dwarf Land and Cannibal Country," under the title "Uganda to Khartoum" (Dutton). The volume is illustrated from photographs taken by the author. LETTERS AND ART. A twelve-volume edition in English of the complete works of Heinrich Heine has been brought out in London by Heinemann and imported by Dutton. The edition is translated from the original German by Charles Godfrey Leland ("Hans Breitmann "), rather, we should say that eight of the volumes are, Mr. Leland's death occurring before he could complete his task. 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No. 4 characteristic there, it would seem fair to assume that not one man in a hundred who is concerned with large affairs at the center of the country's financial interests has ever really read the President's messages or his other discussions of railroads and corporations. Questions relating to transporta- atmosphere as in a condition of frothing Questions Still tion have held their place within mania against railroad companies. It is conForemost. the past month as of more public stantly alleged that he has set out on a course interest than any others. A deep impression which must drive all great corporations to was made by the disclosures of the so-called bankruptcy. From the state of mind present Harriman inquiry conducted by the Inter- in Wall Street, and the kind of comment state Commerce Commission, to which allusion was made in these pages last month. It is quite possible that the aroused sentiment of the country in consequence of facts brought out in this inquiry had something to do with the attitude of State legislatures. Whatever may have been the controlling causes, it is undoubtedly true that legislatures within the past few weeks have shown a disposition to pass restrictive railroad laws such as has not been witnessed for thirty years. In These legislatures are biennial the Legis- in their sittings, and it has been latures. the one great object of the railroad influences to secure their adjournment with pending bills unpassed or greatly modified. This would give breathing space for another two years. Some of the legislatures have already adjourned, having passed important railroad laws; others have adjourned without making such enactments, while others are still in session with railroad topics under discussion. In a later paragraph we shall refer more particularly to what has been going on in these States: Meanwhile, it may be in order to speak of some general phases of the subject. On the part of the railroad man Wall Street and the Administration. to A sort of black pall of prejudice and misapprehension seems have settled down over the lower end of Manhattan Island, while the sun shines very pleasantly over the rest of Appeals to the agers there has been an almost President. hysterical appeal for some kind of reassurance from President Roosevelt. Either intentionally or unintentionally the President's attitude is constantly misstated in the vicinity of Wall Street. He is rep NO MOLLY-CODDLING HERE. (This is the prevailing Wall Street notion of President Roosevelt's attitude toward corporate in |