The Portland daily press., 1879-03-21
Magazine Notices.

Nv ~'ASAOia9 AON <pAiy Upcu5 WIN LAttlO "
ritans, an article from the Den Of Horace E.
Scudder, describing child.life among the early
settlers OF New England. There are two Illus
tratons, by George L. Barnes, one of thems
The Tithing-msn keeping order among the
Little Puritans at Church, forming the fronts.
piece OF the number. Thomas Hughes, the
famous author of Tom Browns School DAYS
at Rugby, contributes lively English boys
story, which is illustrated with capital pictures
by Kate Greenawsy of London. Harriet Pres.
colt Spofford Is represented by the first half of
story entitled, A Boy Astronomer one of the
Illustrations being by G. s. Reinhart The New
York training-school for Little Housemaids,-
popularity know as the Kitchen-Garden, with
the games and songs Of the children, are de-
scribed by Olive Thorne in q long article pro-
fusely illustrated by Jessie Curtis. Celia
Thaxter presents a Easter Song; Lucy Lar
com, an April poem entitled, Shower and
Flower; and Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge, some
comical verses about The Little Big Woman.
and The Big Little Girl. There are two tales
OF adventure one, A Morning Call from q
Panther, dealing with life in Hind ustan the
other, Spelling Bom-shell describing with the
aid of a striking picture, the daring act of q
midshipman during a sea-fght Besides all
this, there are, biographical sketch Of John
Milton, with three portraits of him at different
periods of his life; story of German fairies,
with beautiful picture; and the usual ov, 1.
brimming supply of good things In the edi,o-
rial epartment-Jack-in-the-P Pulpit, Letter.
bJx and Riddle-Box.
The April Scribner has several conspicuous
personal attractions, three Of the illustrated
papers beipg devoted respectively to Henry
Bergh and his Work, John Eriseson, and Ac-
tors and Actresses of New York, all of these
covering, what is for the magazines, almost
uutrodden ground. The paper on Ericsson is
By Col. W. U. Church, of the Army and Navy
Journal, and is, siDgularly enough, the only au-
tneptic sketch of this remarkable engineer. In
interest and importance, this paper is thought
BY the publishers TO be not inferior to the one
on Edison In the November number, which has
baeD so popular both here and in England. 1t
is fully illustrated. The paper on Henry Befeh
aud his Work, is largely anecdotal, and is
written by G. q. Buel, and illustrated by Kelly
and Muhrman. The personal appearances and
history of Mr.. Bergh, bis early interest in hu-
name work, his dangerous and courageous fight
against opposition Of all kinds. the routine of
his work, and his methods of carrying his
points form part of the subject matter, while
the sketches show Henry Bergh on Duty,
Milking Cow in the Street, An Ambulance at
Work, TheBull-dog of the Future, etc. The
paper on Actors and Actresses of New York,
by j. Brander Matthews, contains lketches of
some of the best of the metropolitan players,
with drawings in characters, by Abbey and
RsinhaIt, representing John Brougbam as Sir
Lucius OTrigger, Charles Coghlsn as Charles
Surface, Mrs. Gilbert as Mrs. Candour, and
Harry Beckett, James Lewis, Mrs. Booth, Miss
Jewett, Miss Clsxson, Mr.. Thorne and Mr..
John Gilbert in other parts. Some Of the en-
cravings are better as pictures than as portraits
and the author of the paper makes blundsr In
speaking of Miss Claxtop's great part of
"Henriette, the blind girl" In the
same vein with Actors and Actresses is q
short paper in the Home and Society depart
ment of the number entitled Fl. NJ S. Pinafore
for Amateurs, with directions as to setting of
stage, dressing of characters and cast of parts
for this delightful and popular opera. Three
drawings by Mr.. Reinhart Zone of Mr.. Thomas
Whiffin as Sir Joseph Porter, K. @. B. } are
intended as suggestions toward the production
of the piece by non-professonsls. The writer
concludes with q recommendation that part of
the receipts of any such performance should be
sent to Mr.. Gilbert or Mr.. Sullivan, whose ad-
dresses are given. In Snailery, By Ernest
Ingersoll, is natural history paper on an out
of the-way subject, upon which Mr.. Henry
Marsh has expended some delicate engraving.
w. a. Bell, describes the wonderful scenery of
the perilous passage from Fort Wrangel to
Glenora. The Measure of Man, by William
Page, the artist, Is an account Of his rediscov-
cry of the ancient proportions of the perfect
human figure, with diagrams in explanation of
the theory. The unillustrated material in.
cludes an unsigned paper, entitled A Journey
to a Political Convention (the Cincinnati Con-
ventioD, 1861 which may be read with inter-
est in connection with Presidential forecast.
ings; an essay by Rev. Or. @. c. TiffiDy ON
The Tendency of Modern Thought as seen in
Romauism and Rationalism, the author find
ing in the antipodal systems certain drift to-
ward the same general method of thought;a a
short story by Miss Adeline TrsftoD. called
Fraulein, and another by Krisiofer JaDsop, o
well-known Norwegian author, entitled Half.
witted Guttorm, written especially for the mag
azine, and turned into En- slish by Mr.. Boysen.
Falconberg, by the latter, comes to an end
with this number. Mrs. Burnett's story Of
HawOrth's reaches a sixth installment. The
poetry is contributed by r. Fl. Stoddard, Edna
Dean Proctor, Elaine Goodsle, Andrew B.
Saxton, David S. Foster, Augusta Moore and
Mary E. Bradley. The departments are fuller
than usual. In Topics Of the Time, DIR. Hol
land discusses Some Thin Virtues, Improving
Politics, and The Medical Profession and the
Safe. In a Communication, Rev. Augustus
Blauvelt contributes some curious experience
of his own toward the solution of the question,
Are cur Insane Retreats Inhuman? Home
and Society contains the Pinafore for ANA
| teurs. already mentioned, In Tea-cup Time,
and Duties of Nurse. The reviews in Cul-
ture and Progress are of Cooks Conscience Ia
striking noticel. Drone on Copyright. q CON-
| parson of Blacks Macleod of Dare and Hsr-
dy's Return of the Native, etc., etc. The
Worlds Work has descriptions of Lighted
Bouys, The Psdo-motor, Stone Planiog Ma
chine, Paper for Roofing Domes, Batter pack
age for Export, etc., ETC. Bric-a Brac is con-
sideraby enlarged and has ballade, some ne
| gro and Irish dialect, satire on the decorative
mania, etc., etc.
| WOuid-Be Wives.