The Portland daily press., 1876-03-20
Magazine Notices.

st. Nicholas opens with an interesting arti-
Gle on Sir Joshua Reynolds painting of the
Strawberry Girl, illustrated by reproduction
of the painting itself, which forms the fronts
piece of the number Among the other con.
tributious, the most prominent, perhaps, are
Charles L Braces article on "The Poor BOYS
Astor House," which gives many amusing and
pathetic scenes from a New York newsboy's
life, and Frank r. Stockton's paper on the
coming Centennial Exhibition, or "America's
Birthday Party" pictures of the principal
buildings
As for stories, "How Grizzly Treed Obpd
Rollins" is a narrative which, with its excel.
lent Illustrators, is boi b exciting and amusiog
"a Lake on Fire. describes an incident Which
could only have happened among the dwelers !;
by the great inland lakes; and the fortunes of
a little street waf are given 10 Lucy G. Morse's
story of ''rhe Ash Girl" The ''Boy EN-,
grants" too continue their adventurous Jour
neS, and reach, this mouth, the ''dlv,de'' Of tn,
continent. Mrs Rebecca Harding Davis fur
nishes capital biographies. sketch of the
painter, Gilbert Stuart, wish picture of the
tab e-studlo, where he painted his portrait OF
Washington; aud the ''Talk with Girls is y
very sensible one by II. H., on the subject OF
'Cheery People,"
The Atlantic Monthly for April opens wide
range of pleasant and lnstructlvs reading, aud
is marked by vigor and variety. The anony-
nous author of "A Carnival of Rome gives
'he second and concluding part of that story !;
Bayard Taylor is represented by a spirited
Pennsylvania Ballad, Jane Reed; aud this is
followed By an esssy from G. P. Lathrop on
Early American Novelisls, and a poem by Ed
gar Fawcett. The next paper, A: Luizen, is a
rich and brilliant picture, by j. X. Hosmer, IF
the battle in which the famous Gustavus Adol-
phus of Sweden fell. in 632. William Hewitt
sends from the Tyro musical poem on "Au-
tumn Days, and Mr. Wilson Flagg contributes
some excellent and homely advice about Rural
Architecture and village scenery in general
Mr.. Lltbrop follows with a ballad called BRIDE
Book Few readers will think of passing by
Mr.. Howells sixth number of Private Theatri.
Gals, which shows more passion and variety of
action than any previous production of this
popular noyelist;ard Miss Phelps's Told in Con
fdence-a delicate piece of versification-will
find its way to the hearts Of many Fanny KEN
ble's Old Woman's "reminiscences flow son. full of
amusing and interesting Renaissance, through b
a ninth chapter; and Oliver Wendell Holmes,
in Memorial Tribute, enwreathes the memory
of DR.. Howe with some tboaghtful stapzas
With all this, The Atlantic does not neglect
the purely useful; for Colonel Waring adds to
its contents paper of universal value on new
Belgian system of pneumatic drainage The
body of the number is completed by curious
and picturesque article on Boston life at the
time of the Revolutionary seige, from Fl. E.
Scudder. The editorial section contains tweu
ty pages of criticism on new books, mnsic aud
on pictures by Ernest Longfelow and Henry
Bacon.
The history aud characteristics of Yale COL
lege are sketched by Prof. Beers quite fully in
the leading article of Scribner for April; aad
! the Illustrations. over thirty in number, cover
good deal of ground, Amoug the pictures
are Planting the Ivy, portraits of Governor
Yale, Presidents Woolsey and Porter, and DR..
Bacon, The College Fence, plan of the College
Grounds, Going to Prayers in the Olden Time,
Coming from Prayers, Hannibal, A Students
Room, Presentation Day, and Prot. Weir's
Studio. The various buildings, new and old,
are also given. A curious question is asked in
another illustrated paper, namely: Is there
Subterranean Outlet to the Upper Lake Re
| gion? The fourth paper of Clarence Cooks
series on furniture, relates to msntel pieces,
corner cupboards hanging shelves, etc, and
is illustrated, as usual. In Poe, Irving and
Hawthorne, comparative estimate OF these
authors by George P. Lathrop, some hitherto
unpublished details appear with regard to the
ancestry and life of Hawthorne. The History
of Critic is the remarkable career of the late
Jules Janin, by Gamma, the Paris Correspon.
dent Of the New Orleans Picayune. Two brief
papers in this number are of special intere 81,
namely, revised translation of the Dies IIae,
by General Dix; aud hitherto unpublished let-
ter by Minister Everett to John Quincy Adams
proposing in effect, that Spain sho1ld mort
gage Cuba TO the Uuited States, and thus settle
a vexeG question for at le ist hundred years
Of Gabriel Conroy there are five chapters, Ger
tanly Lot lacking in incident oc interest; and
Edward Everett Hale's Philip Nolan's Friends
continues. Revolutionary Letters; Spring, by
john Burroushs, The Astor Family in New
York, and poems by John G. SAKE and others,
complete the list OF prose contributions.