The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-24
Magazines for July.


full of pleasant summer reading Mr.. How
ellis contributes the opening chapters of his
new story, ga Foregone Conclusion" and
Will Wallace Harvey follows with the first
part of story entitled, "Katy's Fortune
Charles Warren Stoddart contributes sketch
of "a Prodigal in Buskins," and p. Deming
a fragment entitled "Willic." Under the til
tie can Earnest Sowing of Wild OATS" Mr..
Owen treats us to another chapter of remi-
niscences, wherein he describes Fanny
Wright and the Free Inquirer. e.,
The poetry of this number is s'For tie
King" by Bret Harte; "The Ship of the
Desert" by Joaquin Miller; and poems by
Howard Glyndon, Edgar Fawcett, J. j. ,Pi-
att, and the Howells. Other contributors
and contributions are as follows: Journalism
and the Journalist" by F. B. Sanborn .sTwo
European Schools of Design-South Kensing-
ton aud Antwerp" by w. J. Stillman;
''Scotch Banking" by William Wood, and
ga Rebels Recollections," by George Cary
Eggleston. aa9
HARPER's. The contents of the July
number of Harper's New Monthly Maga-
zine are as follows: "Left Ashore" by Har-
riet Prescott Spoford, three illustration
ssThe Mountains" (IX.), by Porte Clayon,
thirteen illustrations; "Our Nearest Neigh
Dor, Mexico" by Bishop Gilbert Haven, sew
enteen illustrations; 'sMy Sain,' by Richard
Realf; ''Marblehead," by John w. Chad
wick, nineteen illustrations; "The Living
Link" by Prof. James De Mile, two illus
trations; "Persephone," by Commander
William Gibson, United States Navy, one
illustration; ''The Net Result" the work
of the United States Fish Commission,
by William Wyckoff, twenty-eight illustia-
tions; "a Glimpse OF 'Seventy-Six,'" by
Charles d. Desher, thirteen illustrations;
''My Mother and l." by Dnah Mulock Craik,
two Illustrations; sOne of Maby," John and
II by Ella Rodman Church; "Falsehood in
the Daily Press" by James Parton; "Ay
Wife's Editorial" In addition to this, are
the Editorial Departments, all of which are
exceedingly good There are more than a
hundred illustrations in this number, and al
together it is very evident that pains have
been taken to make most interesting maga.
zine for the leisure hours of the month. Mrs.
pofford's 'Left Ashore" is gem and is full
of pathos and feeling. Bishop Haven's Sec
ond paper on 'sMexico," contains precisely
what one wants to know. Mr.. Wyckoff con-
trbu tes, under the title of "The Net Result"
a:pop.7lar account of the work of the United
States Fish Commission, illustrated by twen-
ty-eight ensravings-beautiful and accurate
representations of the most curious specimens
of submarine life. In "a Glimpse of Seven
ty-Six'' Charles d. Deshler reproduces for us
vivid picture o the domestic life of the Rev
olutionary period.
ST. NICHOLAS FOR JULY, IS unusually
brilliant There is story by Bret Harte,
about wonderful little grizzly bear, in
which the varied and curious fortunes of The
animal, "Baby Sylvester by name, are told
with all the anthor's accustomed quaintness
and humor. ''Baby" must have been a
charming bear. ''Your c;,ressing hand" says
the author, sank away in lis fur with dreamy
languor. To look at him long was an intoxi-
cation of the senses; to pat him was wild
| delirium; to embrace him, utter demoraliza-
| ton of the intellectual faculties" The story
| is finely illustrated by Sheppard and James
| c. Beard, one of the engravings being capi-
| tai picture of the author disturbed in his
] sleep by the infant grizzly. William Cullen
4 Bryant contributes a beautiful little poem
from the Spanish, and there is very wei
told story of the war of 1912, called ''Rebecca
the Drummer" by Charles Barnard, whicl
will stir up the patriotism in girls as well a
boys. Then we have ap article on "Firt
Crackers and the Fourth of july" by VIM
C. Rldeing, in which the mysterious inscrir
tions on packs Of crackers are explain ed, an
the whole subject of fire works is dis cusset
This article is we'll illustrated, and the las
ticture, by Thomas Moran, shows PACK
f re-crackers flashing and banging away
II ,ey will on the glorious Fourth. There
., ,e of the favorite ''Peterkin" sketches
=, ,creria P. Hale, and l. G. Werner Ihas
~. ,rmipe poem. 'sFour Years Old'' illlkHfra
"a NV eight of Miss Ledyards delightful pi
t,r es- There are also poems by Celia Tha'
80. Elizabeth Akers Allen, and Others. Pre-
Rat ry contributes useful acticle on II