The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-01-19
Magazine Notices,

Bret Harte's Gabriel Conroy, In the Febru.
ary number of Scribner's Monthly has an epi-
sode entitled The Bulls of the Blessed Trinity,
a remarkable and characteristic bit of de-
scription which has been published in these
columns from advance sheets. Edward Ever.
EFT Hale's story of Philip Nolan's Friends con-
tains a curious account of conversation by
pantomime between white men and Indians
There are two articles in this number which
may come under the head of discovery. One
OF them is concerning an important bust Of
Milton, very little known either in England or
America; and the other is hitherto unpub-
lished letter from Robert E. Lee to Jefferson
Davis, written after the battle of Gettysburgh.
and resgning the command of the Confederate
forces. Charles Barnard has paper fully de-
scribing the way of working of the Philadel-
phia Building and Loan Association, by mean s
of which, il is stated, one hundred thousand
homes have been built in that city. Clarence
Cook continues his illustrated papers on house
furnishing and decoration; aud Moses Colt
Tyler writes about The University of Michigan,
giving an account of the woman experiment
there. The Revolutionary Letters this month
contain John Adams views of tie currency
question. There is an article on a singular
convict island in the Atlantic Ocean, and q
paper on French Duels.
DIR. Holland writes about The School Ques-
tion, acknowledging change of opinion with
regard to the reading of the Bible in the public
sch ools; and discusses The Philosophy Of Re-
form. The Old Cabinet is devoted to Friend
ship; the Bric-a-Brac republishes lately dis
covered poem by Wordsworth to the Queen, as
we'll as letter by Browning to the editor OF
Wordsworth's Prose, on the subject The Lost
Leader. Home and Society tells about Two
Ways of Teaching at Home, and other matters.
In the Worlds Work number of new pro-
cesses are described.
st. Nicholas for February is out, and with
the usual number of sketches, poems, and pic
lures. Its frontispiece Is very effective
drawing by that admirable artist, Mary A
Hallock, illustrating the opening story of ''The
Black Douglas" contributed by Hezekiah But
terworth. Among the other stories are The
Two Goats, by Susan Coolidge; The Shower
of Gold, dainty fable by r. r. Bowker;
Sally Watson's Ride, q thrilling narrative; All
for Bjou, the record of a very laughable pre-.
dicament; and one of Mr. Trowbridges capital
Bass Cove sketches. The serials, Mr.. Brooks
Western story, and Mr.. Bayard Taylor's nara.
tive of Icelandc life continue as interesting as
ever. As for practical articles, Toboggans and
their Use will electrfy the boys, who will ap-
preciate and soon begin to practice the new
method of coasting described therein; while the
description OF the Chinese New Year, and the
directions for Acting Ballads, and for making
and stocking an Aquarium, together with the
talk about Valentines, will be read with inter-
est by all alike.
The Cotton States in the Spring and Summer
of1s75, published in q pamphlet of 112 pages by
ID. Appleton & Co, is collection of letters writ
ten by Mr.. Charles Nordhoff last year to the