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Focuses on the career and life of artist John Marin from Paris, France. Appearance of Marin; Exposition of the carefree attitude of Marin towards discussions on art; Comparison of the characteristics of Marin with that of other artists; Account of the initial days in the career of John Marin when he had the artistic ideas in him but had no authority to actualize them; Insight to the relationship of Marin with mariner Alfred Steiglitz who gave Marin the freedom required to actualize his thoughts.

The article presents information about Bao Dai, a semi-autonomous member of the French Union. Bao Dai was born in 1916 as prince Vinh Thuy, the first son of Khai Dinh, Emperor of Annam. The court of Annam had been implicated in the unsuccessful uprising of 1916, and Albert Sarraut, France's High Commissioner in Indo-China, thought that a pro-French emperor could be molded by having Thuy educated in France. During the most formative years of his life, from the age of six to sixteen, the young prince received the education of a purely decorative French aristocrat.

The article reports on socio-political developments around the world. The honor which has fallen upon the name of scholar of Peru, Antonio Raimondi, exalting him as much as he has distinguished the country in whose service the labors of his life were given, is an example of the just reward of self-sacrificing devotion to a high ideal, notable because the merits of his services were recognized before their fruit had fully matured in the sight of the world and because he had done his work with heroic courage in the face of innumerable difficulties and perils, with no prospect of fortune and uncertain of success and fame. The second volume of Barras's Memoirs is full of details respecting what may be called the domestic life of- the government of the Directory, its gossip makes one think at times of the conversations and stories of the servants in some great house. The police of the Directory were as active in Italy as in France.

Offers observations on the characteristics and the day-to-day life of several persons whom the author came to know about. Attitude of a person when his colleagues call him Joe; Views of a lady regarding Italians; Information about the work of a night watchman; Views regarding a person who going back to his job in France, after a vacation, and he is wearing white shoes.