The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-30
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ME, Dy richard Frothinghan,. "Starbcr T. ayv.
renee, feoman, by Mrs. Edwards a1Jvai.ino
for the Verdict" by Mrs. r. u ri -
"Nebula, /" by the Editor,
Mrs Davis's novel is completed in this n,,,,,-
Der, We have already spoken Of it at length
Miss Olive Logan denounces with vigor and
with reason those exhibitions of vice on the
stage which are miscalled the moral drama
and she also relates many interesting aree-
dotcs OF actors. MIR. Walt Whitrnan's paper
ON Democracy is extremely Characteristic ,--at 1
times powerful, eloquent, grand; at others OBJ
scure and flighty-but breathing throughout
the most reverent appreciation of the people
oil their measureless wealth of latent power
anu capacity, their vast, artistic contrasts of
hshts and sbades-and, in America, their en-
tire reliability in emergencies, and a certain
breadth OF historic grandeur, of peace or war,
SURPRISING all the vaunted samples of the per
sonality of book-heroes, in all the records of
the world" For the ensuing year the Galary
promises articles by William Swinton, ON II
timely subject series of papers by Rev Rob
ert Collyer, a new serial novel by Mrs. Ed
wards, aud contributions from other we'll
known writer's
The ATLANTIC MONTHLY contains the end
OF The Guardian Angel" very interesting
account, by John Neal, Of "A Mysterious Per
sonage," who will doubtless DO remembered
by many persons in Portland; "a Tour in the
Dark, by w. l.. Fawcett; a Characteristic pa
per by Parton, full of interest and information,
entitled Among the Workers in Silver"
charming sketch by Aldrieh of "A Young Des-
perado;" and another of Bayard Taylor's ar
ticles on the "Byways OF Europe" in which he
desribes visit to the Island OF Majorca. Mr..
j. Medbury, whose vigorous paper on the New
Jersey Monop0lies, in recent Number of the
North American Review, will be remembered,
writes much to the purpose of "Our Pacific
Railroad" Mr.. Charles j. Sprague treats sci
entifcally of sensation; Messrs. Higginson and
E. Whipple contribute each thoughtful
and scholarly essay, the former ON "Lterature
as an Art" and the latter upon some Minor
Elizabethan Dramatists." A Sonnet by Ba-
ker, graceful little poem by E. G. Stedman,
a story entitled "The Great Snow" and some
pages of reviews and literary notices complete
the number. ~ l.
THE RIVERSIDE, for December, is a royal
number, as full of good things as a Christmas
pudding. We have the conclusion of the "Six
Little Princesses,' and of the fairy tale Of
an Adventure with Wolves; more
about the "Once Upon Time Club" an ac-
count of Christmas in Pomerania BY the
sculptor .Kuntze, and any number of other
pleasant things. The illustrations, as usual
surpass those of any other magazine in the
country, either for children or grown people.
H. Ii Stephens has iull-page drawing repre-
thQ taioa hot L. A..
spin; it is full of humor and ifelike express
sion- There is also very striking full-page
design, by La Fargo, OF "The Wolf Charmer''
1t is suggested by a superstition common in
France-the last vestige of the legend OF the
were-wolt-that certain men have a power,
given them by evil spirits, to charm wolves by
music. ltrepresents an old man coming down
q rocky defile, out OF dark mysterious wood,
playing on bag-pipe, and surrounded by
pack of fierce looking wolves, which do not
touch him but only crowd to listen. The mans
face and figure have the expression of wolf;
and there is wonderful reality about tho
whole dra wing, though it might be rather ter
rifying to a nervous child who accepted, as we
Dnce did, the fearful legend of the werewolf
Our Young Folks maintains its character
Of general excellence. DR. Hayes, "Cast away
in the Cold," "The Good Old Times" and
'Round-the-W Joe, ,"are continued in this
number. There are also contributions by Mrs.
Stowe, Bayard Taylor, Lucy Larcon, Sophie
Max and others, the usual music and puzzles,
will contain part first of "a Holiday Ro-
NANCE" story written expressly for thismag-
azine by Charles Dickens, and illustrated by
Gilbert. A Christmas story by Mrs. Chollet,
with illustrations by barley, will also be one
OF the attractions for January. The publish
ers intend that Our Young Folks shall be un-
rivalled in the Juvenile literature of the world.