The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-01-21
Magazine Notices.

The atlantic Monthly for February presents
an unbroken front of eminent writers. Ralph
Waldo Emerson, who contributes to no other
periodical in the world, publishes here STIR
ring and beautiful poem called Boston, which
is very apt to the nav year and its national
associations. Charles Francis Adams, Jr.,
considers the comparative safety of railroads,
under the head of The Railroad Death-Rat-,
and Mr.. John Fiske, author of Outlines of
Cosmic Philosophy, treats of The Unseen
World in paper of great clearness and deep
interest. For lighter reading. there is hu-
morous account from Miss Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps of her sojourn in the South, and pow
erful and unique tale by G. A. DeKay, new
writer of much promise. Miss Harriet w,
Preston discusses Jacques Jasmin's poem.
Franconette, and gives some charming transla-
tions from it. That chief of burlssque writers,
Mark Twain, adds to the fund of entertain
ment a laughable article entitled A Literary
Nightmare. Besides these diverse elements,
the number contains two other striking poems,
Phidias to Pericles, by the sculptor, W. W.
Story, and Under Moon and Stars, by j. T.
Trowbridge. Mr.. Story's poem is vigorous
reply to the recent accusations of fraud against
American artists in Italy. Mrs. Fanny Kemble
gives the seventh chapter of her autobiography,
and there is very attractive installment of
Mr.. Howell's Private Theatricals. The editors
in Recent Literature, discuss the Writings of
81. James, Jr., and Joaquin Miller, with
Morris's Eneids and other recent and notable
books; while under the head of Art there is
careful article on Industrial Art Education.
Education closes the number with some infor-
nation about Science Lectures for Teachers.
VIDE A,odke for February is very noticeable
number of this rapidly growing magazine for
the children and young folks. The engravings
are unusually fine. The magazine opens with
an excellent picture by Miss @. A. Northam,
illustrating charming Valentine story by Mrs.
Mary E. Bradley, GLOW They Made it Up."
OF the two serials, "The Cooking Club" by
Ella Farman, the editor, is full of deeper wis.,
dom than commonly goes to the making of q
juvenile story, while Young Rick, by Miss
Eastman. is delightful.
Fanny Roper Feudge furnishes an enter
tanning paper, Among the Parsees. But the
two distinguishing features of Wide Atoake
| this month are the long letter in the Poets
Homes series, relative to Mrs. A. ID. I. Whit
ney, and the initial paper of the Behaving
series. The latter Is prepared by the author OF
The Ugly Girl Papers. The remaining con-
tents are varied, story, poem and paper, with
several admirably sustained departments Dr.
Troujee's musical page contains hint of value
| to every person who teaches music to children.
The January number of the United States
! Official Postal Guide, just published BY ii. o.
| Houghton & Co., Boston. contains the regular
| information which makes the periodical so
| valuable hand. book to all who have occasion
| to make much use Of the post Office. Its al
| phabetical list of all the post offices in the
United States is corrected to date, and the list
| of money-order offices is increased by the addi-
| ton of all the Canadian money-order offices.
| The department of foreign mails contains the
latest and most authentic information respect
| ing this puzzling and variable part of post
i office business, and the rulings Of the post
| Office department for the last quarter answer
| great number of questions incidentally. The
work has now been going on for year and has
| steadily improved.