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THE MAGAZINES

The May number of llarpers Magazine is
richly illustrated, containing over 100 en-
cravings. At the outset the reader in "A
Peninsular Canaan" is transported to that
wonderful region known as the ''the Eastern
Shore, on the Chesapeake Bay. Howard Pyle
who writes the article, also illustrates il with
eighteen novel pictures of character and seen
cry. Colonel Warnings third 'ryrol paper takes
us from BotZen to Waidbruck, and then unveils
the wonders of Grodner Thal-the most Gu
rious and interesting of the Tyrolesc valleys
A portrait of VIM. Hewitt accom- anies the
description. The art paper of the number is
devoted to "'The Study of Art in Boston'-an
admirable and comprehensive treatment of
the subject by George L. Lathrop, with TWEEN
ty-eight fine illustrations Julius Wilcox
contributes an interesting article, amply il
Illustrated, on "The Piano and its Antecedents."
The principal article in the number. as re-
CARDS timely interest, is William Winters
beautiful paper about Stratford-upon-Avon-
now the theatre of festival commemoraton
on the occasion of the dedication of the
Shakespear Memorial building. Edwin p
Whipple contributes personal sketch of
Motley, the historian. William Blaikie's pa
per on 1.-The Risks of Athletic Work" is time
ly and important. The illustrated story of
the number, "Lord Aliens Daughter" by
Mrs. f. W. Latimer, is full of thrilling Incl
dent. Alice Perry contributes a lighter story
Miss May" and Miss Mulock's Young
Mrs. Jardne" is continued. Poems are con-
tributed by II. II. Stoddard, Will Wallace
Harvey, and Fannie Il. Robinson. The
Editors Easy Chair besides much that is in
terestng in the way of social and literary Cos
sip. has timely discussion of the present
outlook of the question of international copy
right. The Literary Record is ample and in
cisive. The Scientific Record meets a want
not otherwise ministered to in current litera-
ture and the Editors Drawer contains rich
fund of amusement for every class of readers
For sale by j. +. Pierce.
The May Scribner opens with frontispiece
portrait Of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes by
the artist Eaton and the engraver Cole. A
biographical sketch of DR.. Holmes, by F. II.
Underwood, Esq, is also given in this num-
her The opening paper is by Sofia Bompiani
on the New Museum in Rome" which has
become the center of the enthusiastic interest
of New Italy" An account of the varied
and peculiar phases of New York wharf.-the
is given in "A Day on the Docks" by Charles
ii. Farnham, new writer, with noteworthy
illustrations by Vanderhoof and Muhrman.
A paper of biographical and critical chnrac-
ter on the two distinguished violinists, Will
helmj and Remenyi, is contributed by j. X.
&. Iassard, the well-known musical critic
A paper on "The Pastoral Bees" by John
Burroughs, contains much original observa-
ton. 1t is illustrated by Mrs. Mary Hallock
Foote. The first of the series of papers on
Brazil, by Herbert ii. Smith, already an
nounced by the publishers of Scribner, is Civ
in this number. A practical discussion of
'Villiage Lawn-Planting. by the horticultu-
rist, Samuel Parsons, Jr., shows what can be
done, by judicious treatment, with village
lot 30 xl50 feet. In fiction, the number con-
tans the seventh installment of Mrs. Bur-
nett's novel, "lIaworth's and also ''Story
of the Latin Quarter" by the same author,
dealing with artist life in Paris. Another
sketch by A. A. Hayes, Jr., entitled "a man
without enthusasms." The first part of Miss
Adelne Traftons two-part story, "a narrow
street" is here given, the name having been
changed from "Achsah." Other papers are
Three Days in Sussex" Pilgrimage to
VallombrOsa," by Theordore r. Bacon, and
sketch of Richard Henry Dana, by James
Grant Wilson, icluding Dana's account of the
episode of the acceptance of 'Thanatopsis"
for the North American Review" The
number includes "At Odds with Life" dra-
matte studio poem, by David L. Proudfit;
1.-The four Romans" ballad by Charles de
Kay False and True" recent sonnet by
DR.. Holland (the only one ever written by
and other poems by T. w. Parsons, Mrs.
Piatt, l.. Frank Tooker, X. w. Glider. Marie
Mason, ii. n. Powers and Loved Mfflin.
Topics of the Time" contains many articles
of an interesting and instructive character.
The May number of the Eclectic is cmbel-
lished with a steel-engraved portrait of NJ.
Grevey, the newly elected President of the
French Republic. This is accompanied in the
letter-press with a detailed and interesting
sketch of his career, and of his character and
habits in private life. The leading article
of the number also deals with the same snb-
ject, and records some highly suggestive
First Impressions of the New Republic" by
Frederic Harrison. The other articles in the
number are as follows "Psychometric Facts
by Francis Cation; Goodwin and Shelley"
by Leslie Stephen; "a Cremation in China"
by Herbert A. Giles; "On the Migration of
Birds" by DIR. August Weissman; Loves
Promise, Poem Chapters on Socialism,"
III, by John Stuart Mill; ''Charlcs Lamb
Five new Anecdotes :" "Madamoiselle de
Mersac," chapters vi and VII; "Why do
we Eat our Dinner?' by Professor Grant
Allen; "Cruel Fate "Ancient Egypt" III,
by Reginald Stuart Poole; ga Romance of
Royalty-Lady Arabella Stuart; !" "The New
Religious Movement in France" very
striking and suggestive paper "The Two
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