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Lipprcotts Magazine for March opens will
the second paper of EDWARD Kings new series
"with the Russians in Bulgaria. to which recent
events have given special interest Prof james
a. Harrison concluding paper on Sweden foi III.
the second illustrated article, and will be found
entertaining. The author of the "Reminiscenc,
of the First Iron Clad Fight" published in til,
asst number, contributes account If the captur,
of Fort Fisher, which he saw from the mast he al
of the "lronsides," afterwards visiting the scene
If action, and noting many details of a stlkinA
or pathetic character. "The Strange Story OF
Paul Scarrou," by Edwin De Leon, Europe :
New Coral Field" by David Ker, and Small
Farce and Comedy" by Mary Dean, will all re-
paw perussl. without Inscription" by a Gen
man author. gives vivid and touching picture of
Jewish life in Eastern Europe. Jack and Mrs
Brown is concluded, and there are other stories
snd papers Of an amusing kind making goou
variety Of light reading.
| The London Quarterly Review for January has
the following contents The Renaissance in Itsly
and in England; Scientific Lectures-Their u,
aud Abuse; Schiemsnns, Mycenae; March of al
English Generati through Life; Sir Erskne
Mays Democracy in Europe; A French Critic IL
Europe; Railway Accidents; Lord Melbourne
The House of Commons and the Obstructive Par
ty; The Meeting of Parliament. Repubshed b,
the Leonard Scott Publishing Co. Al Barclay St.
New York.
larper's Magazn inc for March opens with an a.
tractive illustrated paper by Martha J. Lamb.
which, under tile of Estate and Society in Wash
ington, gives a great d, al of novel information
about the State Department. Among the ilustta
tons is an excellent portrait of George Bancroft
the historian; slso there is portrait of the olde.
offceholder in Washington. Turning from so
ciely to nature, we have in Mr.. Edward Abbotts
"Grapd Mauan and Qloddy Bay" a stlAinsl
descsip i've paper. Au important series OF iIlu,-
trsted papers on old Flemish masters is begun in
this number-the first paper being about Q ientlp
Mat,ys, the famous BLACKSMITH" painter of Ant
werp. Household AIT is represented by an H.
ing" by Julius Wilcox with seventeen exqui.i,.
eng avlngs. A picturesque feature peculiar |,
our American educational Institutions IS treate
10 c. F. Thwing's paper on Summer Schools
with eleven Illus rations. r. II. Stodd4rI CON
tributes very dramatic poem, "In Alsatia," il
lustra ed by Fredeiick's A paper is contribute
by Philips, based upon a collection of thi,t,
three unpublished letters OF Washington "a
Glimpse at Some of our Charities" is concluded :,
this humber, with review If the associated T.
forts that are being made for the emp own, Mt. ed
uc.ton, and protection of women. Anna G..
Bracket, IN brief paper, entitled "a Triad OF
Soperstltutions, vigorously attacks some veteran
maxims about early rising, Satanic work for idle
hands, and the value Of memory Charlott,
Adams the author Of christmas in Venice" n,
the January number, contli, utes an equally pic
turesque Article on venetian Tapestries" The
Editorial Departments are fun of timely aud val
liable information, including capital Editor.
Drawer
The Westminster Review for January has the
following table of contents; Democracy in
Europe; Charlotte Bronte; The Education OF
Girls-Their Admissibility TO Universities; Less
Ing, His Life aud Writings; The Ind an Famine,
how dealt with in Western India Charles Sum
ner; The Telephone; India and our Colonial
Empire; Notices of Contemporary Literature
Republished by the Leonard Scott Co, Al Barclay
ST., New York.