The Portland daily press., 1878-08-17
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST IL.
Magazine NnticaS.

The atlantic Monthly for September opens
with a long poem, The Vision OF Echard, by
John G. Whittier, who breaches, or rather
sings, the faith he so much loves very persua-
sively; very interesting iDstallment of Mr..
Henry James's new serial, The Europeans,
gives fresh proof of his skill in depicting char
acter and of the rare felicity of his style.
American Finances from 1899 to 1885, by John
Watts Kearney, is singularly clear account of
the financial condition of this country after the
Revolution and of the methods adopted to pay
the national debt: in Some French Novels Mr..
T. 8. Perry reviews recent stories of Daudet,
Henry Greville, Haller, lola and recently
discovered novel by Balzac; Horace E. Scudder
begins story, A House of Entertainment, in
which Shakers and Shakeresses figure, and
their views and worship are described; William
f. Apthorp discusses Additional ACCOMPANY
ments to Bach's and Handers Scores, paper
of special attraction to musical readers; Axel
Gustafson contributes q short but uncom monty
interesting paper on Count Shouvaloff. who is
now so large figure in Russian politics and
bids fair to be yet larger; DR.. Holmes is repre-
sented by one of the tenderest and most touch
ing poems he has ever written, The Silent
Melody; Arthur G. Sedgwick, apropos of Lave
leye's Primitive Property, writes of Primitive
Communism, an article that deserves to be
widely read now; Richard Grant White dis
courses once. more of America nsms in speech;
and General Francis j. Lippitt contributes
paper which will probably attract more interest
and excite more discussion than any other ia
the number. 1t is a carefully studied review
of P0nR's VIRGINIA. GampaiOn and pnrsar'a
Part in it," giving an account of each days
movements and operations, and making the
whole very clear. The Contributors Club is
varied, bright and pitby, as usual
Horper's Magazine for September, with the
two serial stories by Black and Hardy
three brilliant short stories by Mrs E. W.
Latimer, Rebecca Harding Davis, AID Rose
Terry Cooke; dramatic sketch by 7. b. Al
drlch, with three illustrations by Abbey;
humorous sketch by Charles d. Desh-
Ter, entitled Adm: A Glimpse of Modern Dixie,
illustrated by Pyle; an illustrated poem, The
foreclosure of the Mortgage, by Mrs. E. T.
Corbett; other poems by Ruth Dana and Har-
riet Prescott Spofford several illustrated arti
clea, covering variety of subjects; timely arti-
Giles Of great and immediate interest to all read
OAoS ouu snO AfO oouiiauiy cuoeniucu
departments is q beautiful and entertaining
number. The opening artiLle, by Clara f.
Morse, entitled Sheen, the Beautiful, is an in
teresting description, with fine illustrations of
Richmond Hill, Twickenham, with Pope's
villa), and other English scenes of poetic and
historical interest DR.. Tomes's paper on Re
formed Wiesbaden is picturesque revelation
to American readers of this famous German
spa, formerly the capital resort of gamblers
The article is embellished with twenty ,ne ex-
cellent illustrations of character and scenery.
w. P. Garrison contributes critical but pop
ular paper on Thomas Bewick-the father of
English wood-engraving-with an effective por-
trait and twelve illustrations or reproductions of
Bewick's engravings. In Mr.. Rideing' paper,
A Spring Jaunt in Staten Island, the most pic
turesque features of that island are portrayed.
Mary P. Thatcher contributes an article on our
women teachers, entitled The School-mistrsss,
and Miss Charlotte Adams treats a subject
which is now one of great interest, involving
the most dramatic episode in the history of the
island of Cyprus-namely, the intensely inter-
esting career Of Catharine Cornaro, the Queen
of that island from A. D. 1473 to 1889