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 Review of Miscellaneous Articles Political Evangelist." By O. K. Davis. Hampton's, v. 22, p. 381 (Mar.). A description of personal traits and of noteworthy incidents in his public career. Biography (Lehmann). "Frederick W. Lehmann." See "Personalities," Hampton's, v. 22, p. 403 (Mar.). Biography (Lincoln). "Lincoln as a Labor Leader." By Lyman Abbott. Outlook, v. 91, p. 499 (Feb. 27). Biography (Lincoln's Cabinet). "The Diary of Gideon Welles, II." Atlantic Monthly, v. 103, p. 361 (Mar.). This instalment describes without reserve the debates of Lincoln's cabinet over the Emancipation Proclamation and the intrigues of Cabinet members:— "Stanton is no favorite of mine. He has energy and application, is industrious and driving, but devises nothing, shuns responsi bility, and I doubt his sincerity always. He wants no general to overtop him, is jealous of others in any position who have influence and popular regard, but he has cunning and skill, dissembles his feeling, and to a certain extent is brusque, over-valiant in words. Blair says he is a double-dealer." Biography (McKinley). "Some Recollec tions of President McKinley and the Cuban Intervention." By Dr. Henry S. Pritchett. 189 North American Review 397 (Mar.). Biography (Miscellaneous). "Reminiscences of Some of the Dead of the Bench and Bar of Richmond." By Judge George L. Christian. 14 Virginia Law Register 817 (Mar.). Biography (Miscellaneous). "The Bench and Bar of West Virginia; Sketch of the Life of Judge Thomas Clairborne Green." By A. W. MacDonald. Bar (Morgantown, West Va.,) v. 16, p. 8 (Mar.). Biography (Piatt). "Senator Piatt's Remin iscences of Famous Political Events." Cos mopolitan, v. 46, p. 512 (Apr.). Throwing light on his alliance with Conkling, his fight for the gold standard plank in the St. Louis convention in 1896, and his nomination of Theodore Roosevelt for the Vice-Presidency. Biography (Roosevelt) . A Review of Presi dent Roosevelt's Administration. I, The Administration's Human and Social Condi tions, by Francis E. Leupp, Commissioner of

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Indian affairs; II, International Relations, by James Brown Scott, Solicitor for the Depart ment of State; III, Economic and Industrial Influences, by James R. Garfield, Secretary of the Interior; IV, Its Influence on Patriot ism and Public Service, by Lyman Abbott. Outlook, v. 91, p. 298 (Feb. 6), p. 350 (Feb. 13), p. 389 (Feb. 20), and p. 430 (Feb. 27). These valuable articles review intelligently the more important phases of President Roosevelt's administration and sum up the more noteworthy results which it has accom plished. Biography (Roosevelt). "President Roose velt." By Harry Thurston Peck. Bookman, v. 29, p. 25 (Mar.). Lightly reviewing Mr. Roosevelt's adminis tration, his personal traits, his achievements. Biography (Roosevelt). "T. R." By Edwin Lefevre. American Magazine, v. 57, p. 484 (Mar.). An imaginary conversation about Roose velt, in which a railroad magnate, a great nerve specialist, and a famous novelist give their ideas of the man. Biography (Roosevelt). "The Epoch of Roosevelt." By Judson C. Welliver. Ameri can Review of Reviews, v. 39, p. 339 (Mar.). The things that Mr. Roosevelt has accom plished during his administration, and the many things that he has begun and left for others to carry forward who come after him, are here summarized. Biography (Taft). "An Impression of Mr. Taft." By Mrs. Campbell Dauncey. Cornhill, v. 26, p. 351 (Mar.). "When I had seen and had heard him I understood what I had been told, that his influence over men was largely personal, the sheer attraction of such a character for the mass of mankind, for Mr. Taft is a born leader of men, even of that very difficult nation to whom their own wise Emerson said, long ago, 'Humanity loves a lord.'" Biography (Taft). "Taft." By George Fitch. American Magazine, v. 57, p. 519 (Mar.). The serious effort of a humorist to supply details concerning the history, character, habits, dimensions, disposition, beliefs and relatives of the President. Biography (Taft.) "Taft as Administrator." By James A. LeRoy. Century, v. 77, p. 691 (Mar.).