Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-22
THE A.46AZI.NE.S,

The Midsummer Holiday (August) number of
Scrbner's Monthly opens with portrait of vii.
liam Cullen Bryant There is also paper in the
number on Bryants life and home, with twenty
illustrations. There are also in this article four
illustrated out of door articles. as follows: IA
Seaport on the Pacific by Mary Hallock Foote /;
go South Africa Tor Diamond, !""Sharp Eyes," a
field paper by John Burroughs, with bird illustra
tons by Mrs. Fanny Eliot G ifford; and "Glimpses
ofNew England Farm Life" by Rowland f. Rob
inson; ".Falconberg," Mr.. Boyesens new novel
Of Norwegian and American life in the North
west, begins in this number. OF the other stories
"Longstaff's Marriage, by Henry Isnes, Jr =,
deals with Anglo-Amercsn life at Nice and Rome
and "Our Tavern" by Frank II. Stockton, relates
q summer escspade on this side of the Atlantic.
The tenth instsllment of EggIeston's Roxy" has
drawing by Mr.. Shirla y, as usual. OF the four
long poems In the number, two appear without
cuts; ION Scarborough September, l779," BY
Bret Harte, and Meridian" Mr.. Stedmau's Yale
poem, here printed in full for the first time and
two with cuts Mr.. J. +. Trow bridges cold Rob-
in" having three drawings BY Will H. Low. and
DIR. Hollands ballad, The Puritan's Guest" hsv-
ing three by Mrs. Hal.ock Foote. There are also
shorter poems BY c. p. Crsnch, Henry Eckford
Andrew B. Saxton, and Mrs. F.. NJ. Booth The
departments, in most cases, are full and the SUBJ
jects are seasonable.
Backwoods Magazine for July has the follow.
ing contents: John Caldigaie-Part "; Apples
A Comedy; Transitions from Hene, by Theo-
dore Martin; Gordon Baldwin, Part 1 Gaelic Lore
and Modern Slang; Our Kentsh Parish; The
MUSES.; The South African Question; The Con-
gress.
The most striking paper in the Eclectic Maya
zine for August is Eternal Hopes A Reply to
Many Critics, by the Rev. F. w. Farrsr In il
Canon Farrar replies to the numerous writers who
have criticised his recent volume of sermons in
the Contemporary Review. Another noteworthy
paper is one by his Highness Midhat Pa,ha on
"The Past, Present and Future of Turkey" and
so is the second paper of the series entitled "Im.
pressions of America" by Rev. X. W. Dale,
entitled Politics. The scientific are one on The
Origin of Flowers leading off the number, while
another, entitled "a Fiery World" explains the
probable physical condition of Mercury, the near
est to the sun of all the planets. "M.ryon and
Meryon's Paris" is by Frederick Nedmore, and
1.-The Great Tropical Falacy," by j. Arbuthnot
Wilson, is not inferior in interest or literary merit
There is suggestive article by Matthew Arnold
on "Johnson's Lives of the Poets, and brilliant
review of "Philochristus," book which has made
a profound sensation in England The poetry
and fiction of the number (including four chapters
OF VIM. Blacks Macleod of Dare" and lively
short story entitled "A Romance by Rum Light")
are of high quality; and the four editorial de-
psrtments are well filed. Finally, there is fine
steel engraved portrait OF Professor Helmholtz
the great chemist, with sketch of his life copied
from Nature.