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THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF Pho.
BIOGRAPHY, for April just received, is
devoted almost entirely to an exhaust
i've discussion of the "Spelling Reformn
breeze that is now blowing the dust and
cObWebs from the brains of philosophers,
both in our country and in England.
Its "AnsWers to Correspondence con-
tains much of use and interest to writers
of shorthand. New York, Burns & Cos
80 Park Row.
LIPPINCOTT'S is before us-elegantly
illustrated and Teplete with interesting
reading variety, forming one of the
most attractive mOuthlies now pub
lished. The present number opens with
q descriptive trip (illustrated) "Up the
Parana and in Paraguay" which gives
q striking historical outline Of life and
character in BouenOs Ayres and other
localities in South America. Besid
this, LipDincOtfs contains this month
t"Ehree Feathers" Camp Fire Lyrics.n
''OverwOrked Women, "-"Spring Joy,,U
"HOw Lady Louisa Moor Amused Her
self" Waipurgis Night" /" Frederic
Lamsitre, 1.-THE Song-N inc" )" "North-
ward to High Asis, f" Behind the Fans"
"a Modern Art Workshop in Umbria,"
"a Story of American Chivalry,n - "Wil-
Gossip," " Literature Of the Day.n For |
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THERE is fun enough in the May
number Of 81. Nicholas to keep the |
children laughing till the next number |
comes out-if children are as Jolly as we
take them to be. First of all is Rose
TerTy's poem of "Poll Tadpole," which |
has a very seasonable flavor at this time
Of the metamOTphosis Of everything in
general and of tadpoles in particular.
Almost any one would laugh at the pic.
ture of "P0ll,n taken as he was lying at
ease in his puddle, not dreaming that he
would soon become q discontinued |
baby-frog" Then there is a capital
picture by Church, full of this artists
humor. A more graphic expression Of
the comic effect Of q newcomers en.
trance has rarely been penciled. The
stranger is scanned as closely by his
fellow-prisOners as a new boy at q board
ing-schOOl. In the poem Poor Puck"
the humOr even goes over into fairy
land, and our admiration of "Puck's' au-
dacity in transgression is equaled. by our
respect for Queen Mab's tactics and her
clever way of furnishing the trespasser.
The three illustrations Of Rebecca
Harding Davis, Elsie Gorham and the
author OF "Rutledge" will claim the es-
pecial attention of every one.
THE GALAXY fer May quite upholds
the name and credit it has for being one
among the sblest and most interesting
of American magazines. Reclus con-
tinues his biography Of the music-mad
king OF Bavaria, the friend of Wagner,
the author of the Emusic of the Fu-
ture;" and We have another chapter on
the old masters, from the pen Of
Gray, who has already laid us under
obligations for other equally interesting
sketches. "Angelica Kaufman" by
Nary A. E. Wager, will be read with
pleasure and profit, for the world has
yet an abiding interest in the history Of
the great s~tis5. Literary and Lin
guistic Notes and Queries" by Richard
Grant White" are full up OF that au-
thors own method Of treatment
Of linguistic questions, and we
need hardly say is profitable to
students OF our language. The
rest of the articles are: Leah: A Wo-
man Of Fashion" Chapters Xxx, xxi, and
xxi. By Mrs. Annie Edwards. "The
"Excelsor." By F. w. BourCillOn.
and xii. By Justid Mccarthy. "Un-
bidden." BY R. c. ga Norseman's
Pilgrimage Chapters XIV to end. By
HjaImsr Hjor,h Boyesen. "Some
Pressed Fiowers." BY John James
Piatt "Miss Give and l." By. L C.
W. "Which?" By Mory B. Dodge.
"Drift Wood" By Philip QuiliEet.
"Art and the Centenary" Scientific
Miscellany" Current Literature"
"Nebule." To be had at MansfOrd's, cor
ner Monroe and Second streets.
SCRIBNER's for May is "too good to
talk about" 1t must be read to be ap.
preciated. The opening article is a
gOssipy sketch OF the Baltimore Bona
parties, with illustrations Of Mrs. Patter-
son, her husband and his sons. The
"NeW Operahouse at Parisn is the
second article, very beautifully Illus
trsted. Though its architecture is ls-
grantiy "FreI ch," using the term with
its most unpleasant meaning-it is a
marvellous building, and in all its ar
rangement and details worthy of care
ful study. Tire present description is
rapid and uncTitical, and gives good
idea OF the general style, and OF the
most curious and striking features Of
this "Temple of Song" "Droogmakerij"
is the sll-DutCh-tO-me title OF Colonel
Warnings carefully prepared account OF
the drainage of Harlem Lake, "by
much the largest operation Of its kind
ever undertaken by man." DR.. VIM.
Hayes Ward, of the Independent, sums
up, in an illustrated paper, some Of the
curious discoveries that have recently
been made in ancient Assyrian litera-
ture. 'Some Recent Women Poets" is
the title oi brief but thoughtful critical
paper. Some of these very women poets
have new poems in the same number of
the Monthly, by the way. "Yung Wing
and His Work" tells about the Chinese
educational mission, and its de.
voted originator. In the way OF
fiction we have two chapters of DR.. Hol-
lands ''Story Of SevenOaks" lin which