The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-10-22
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long and highly interesting biography,
which he modestly entities A Memorial Out
line. of Professor Jeffries Wyman, whose re-
cent death has been deeply felt, not alone in
Harvard University, where he occupied a
chair, but all through Massachusetts. DR..
Holmes associates him, in similitude Of char
acter and pursuit, and use of knowledge, to
Michael Faraday and Edward Forbes, the
British scientists. W. D. Howells contrib
utes, besides some chapters of A Foregone
Conclusion, a close review of Mr. Parkman's
History. There is a curious chapter of au-
photography tHow came to study Spiritual
Philosophy by Robert Dale Owen. From
c. W. Stoddard there is a paper entitled Be
hind the Scenes, which concludes with this
well merited eulogium: ''I believe there are
few, if any, professions that will bear the
critical examination the theatrical profession
is subjected to. with better grace; and
know that the best of us are subject to some
sort of weakness. And in this connection
let me add that there is a suggestive little
text that has something to say of the possible
beam in ones own eye, and that it will do us
all good to consider, when we feel the old
prejudices beginning to discolor our vision.'
From the pen of Mr.. John Fiske, there is an
agreeable and instructive as well as scholarly
contrast of Athenian and American Life.
In the department of Art will be found an
unusually good chapter of criticism; the SUBJ
ject is collection of pictures belonging to the
Due de Montpensier, now on exhibition in
the Boston Athen @um.
Scribner's Monthly for November. Pict-
ures from Florida is the title of the Great
South paper in Scribners for November.
The illustrations are numerous and striking
and the information with regard to the rails
ing of fruit aad the health-giving qualities of
the climate is interesting and timely. A
curious little illustrated paper in the same
number tells about the celebrated Roman
Catholic Miracle of Lourdes. There is a por-
trait and sketch Of and poem by, j. T.
Trowbridge, author of The Vagabonds and
the Jack Hazard stories; a scene from DR..
Hollands Mistress of the Manse, with Illus
tration; more of Jules Verne's Mysterious
Island; and Ia pleasing announcement to
many readers) the beginning of SAKE Holm's
My Tourmaline, a story which will run
through three or four numbers. A brief
biographical and critical sketch of Richard
Wagner, the famous composer, is written by
Mr.. Hueffer, the well-known London critic,
author of the book entitled The Music of the
Future. There are short stories by Bovesen
(The Story of an Outcast) and Stocton (Rud-
der Grange), and this number gives second
paper of Recollections of Charles Sumner. by
his private secretary, Mr.. johnson.
DR.. Holland, in Topics of the Time, dis
cusses Tyndalps late address, and The Re-
lations of Clergymen to Woman. The Old
Cabinet describes A Trip to the City; and
the other departments have contents much as
usual.
The November number begins a new vol
ume, and the publishers make some inter-
esting announcements for the new year, in
cluding serial by DR.. Holland, called The
Story of Seven-oaks, and a series of illus
trated articles, entitled A Farmers Vacation
Abroad.
Ottt UftU 4NC lOL 4NOfOIuUCl ID dil GuGGrldlu-
ing number. One of its best articles is
The Protestant Episcopal church: its gen.
eral convention, and the church congress.
There ara two poems in the number both
good. Anthony Trollope has several chap
ters of his novel, The Way We Live Now,
occupying nearly thirty pages; the Rev. st.
John Tyrwhitt gives US the eleventh install
ment of Our Sketching Club; Paradise by
Isabella Grant Meredith, is vividly written
story of the times before the war, the scene
of which is laid at the South. The most en-
| joyable paper of the number is that entitled
Another Dish of Lamb, by j. E. Babson,
which gives the reader several before unpub-
lished letters aud bits of memoranda gleanei
from the papers of Charles Lamb.
st. Nicholas for November offers greater
variety than usual. Among the stories there
is the opening of Tchumpin, stirring Rus
sian tale, by G. A. Stephens; Trotty story,
by Elizabeth S. Phelps: A Half-Dozen
Young Rascals, story of Bunker Hill; The
Hidden Treasure. a tale of pirate life iu Flori-
da, by S. W. G. Benjamin; New York
Thanksgiving Story, Coon Story. aud an
interesting Ghost Story. Then there are
practical articles, such as The Transit of We
nus; How the Cars Stopped; Yusuf, an Eas-
tern Sketch; Venus of Milo; Legends and
Superstitions, by N. S. Dodge; A Billy-Go
Schoolmaster; The Aard- V ark, with illus
trations Of this curious animal, and an arti-
Gle on the construction of East India Toys.
There are poems by DIR. J. G. Holland, Anna
G. Bracket, Mary E. Bradley, and Mary
Mapes Dodge. 81. 81. tells about the Ants
Monday Dinner; Alice Williams has sketch,
full of delicate fancy, called The Marriage of
the Gold Pen and the Inkstand; and there
are some capital boys letters from Dick
Hardin at the Sea-shore. The Illustrations
this month deserve special commentator.
W. L. Sheppard has spirited frontispiece,
and several smaller pictures. Sol Eytinge,
| jr., contributes two capital pictures, and
| Granville Perkins has a beautiful view of a
Florida Bayou. Then there are comic pict-
ures by Frank Beard and Master Frederick
Chapman; pictures of animals by James G.
| Beard, Concklin, and Hochstein; fanciful
drawing by Mary A. Lathbury, Jessie Curtis,
and E. M. S. Scannell; pictures of Japanese
subjects by A. c. Warren; and an excellent
picture of the Venus of Milo engraved from
photograph taken expressly for this illustra-
ton, besides many other miscellaneous pic
| lures.
We have all sorts of curious stories, from
| Jack-in-the- Pulpit, and the Letter-Box and
| Riddle-box crammed full of interesting and
puzzling matter. Then Mr.. Bartlett has
turned Mrs. Dodge's popular Miss Malony on
the Chinese Question, into an acting cha
rade, and there are three full pages for the
every Little Ones. What mole could any
body want?
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