The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-04-24

THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY FOR MAY, 1879
| Contents: Labor and the Natural Forces. Chas.
Carleton Coffin.
Witchwork. Harriet Prescott Spofford.
| To Leadville. H. H.
| English Civil Service Reform. George Will
| lard Brown.
A Fancy.
Irene the Missionary. VI.-IX.
The Ship from France. c. L. Cleaveland.
The Abolition of Poverty. Alfred B. Mason.
The Faience Violin. w. H. Bishop.
Seven Wonders of the World. c. P. Cranch.
George Little Girl NJ E. VS..
The New Dispensation of Monumental Art.
The Decoration of Trinity Church in Boston, and
of the new Assembly Chamber at Albany
Henry Van Brunt.
Our Florida Plantation. Harriet Beecher
Stowe.
Emile Zoa a Critic. Clara Barnes Martin.
Americanism. VIII. Richard Grant White.
The Contributors Club
Recent Literature.
ECLECTIC MAGAzINE.-The May number of
the Eclectic Is embellished with excellent
steel-engraved portrait of NJ. Grevy, the newly
elected President of the French Republic. This
is accompanied in the Ietter-press with de-
tailed and interesting SIX etch of his career, and
of his character and habits private life. The
leading article of the number also deals with
the same subject and records some highly-sug
gestive "First Impressions of the New Repub-
l1c,' by Frederic Harrison. The other articles
in The number are as follows: "Psychomefric
Facts, by Francis Galton Goodwin and shell
ley" by Leslie stephen "a Cremation in Chi
| na," by Herbert A. Giles; ON the Migration of
Birds" by Dr. August Wei>smann Loves
PROMISE" a Poem "ChapIers SocialiS -"
II, by John stuart Mill "Charles L'nb-FIve
chapters vi. and W.; .why do we Eat our
DInner?"' by Prof ssor Grant Allen sCrurl
Stuart Poole "A Romance OF RayaltysLady
Arabella stuart - THE New Religious Move
ment in France" very striking and sugges-
| tive paper !" "The Two Ltghts,"a a Poem /; Lit
erary Notices; Foreign Literary Notes Notes
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| HARPER S EMAGAZINE FOR MAY, l679.-The
May number of Harpers Magazine is very rich
| ly illustrated, containing over one hundred en-
cravings that may confidently challenge COM
parison. The illustrated subjects offer unusual
| opportunities for picturesque treatment. At
the outset the reader, in "a Peninsular Ca
mani" is transported to that wonderful region
known-though it can scarcely be said to be
known at alias "the Eastern Shore" on the
Chesapeake Bay. Howard Pyle, who writes the
article, also illustrates it with eighteen novel
pictures of character and scenery.
| Colonel Warnings third Tyrol paper takes US
from Botzen TO Waidbruck, and then unveils
the wonders of Grodner Tha-the most curious
and in eresting of the Tyrolese valleys-where
to this day 1.-The old Rhoe i-Roman heather
hold to their old Romance language" and
make wooden toys for the world. The iilustra-
| t1ons of character and of the mountain scenery
are superb Not the least interesting feature of
the pa per is Colonel Waling's account OF his
visit to William Hewitt (who has recently
died) in his summer tent at Dietenheim 4
beautiful portrait of this literary veteran ac-
! companies The description.
! The AIT paper OF the Number is devoted to
"The Study of Art in Boston"-an admirable
| and comprehensive atmeut of The subject by
| George p. Lathrop, with twenty y-eght fine il
| Illustrations, After v hat
methods, the student in the Boston schools
learns of art, tue remainder of the paper is a
principal and subsidiary art schools.
| julius Wilcox contributes inr reresting ar
| Antecedents.''
The principal article in the Number, as re-
Beautiful paper about sratiord- upon-Avon1
now the theatre of a festival CONNIE moration
peare Memorial building. Mr.. Winter happily
| groups the Shaksperian associations of Strat-
| ford; and the twenty-five illustrations of his
| paper-seVeral OF which are from Mr.. Abbeys
! drawings-are as remarkable engraViugS as
trations represents O'Donovan's recent bust OF
| Shakespeare. This paper is in itself q beautiful
| Shakespeare Memorial.
| Edwin p Whippe contributes a mastery
| personal sketch OF Motley, the historian.
| William B!aikie's paper on The Risks of
Athletic Work. is timely and i'm mportant
| The illustrated story of the Number, Lord
| Aliens Daughter" by Mrs. e. w. Latimer, is
Alice Perry Contributes a lighter story, Miss
| Man; - and Miss Mulock S young Mrs Jarline"
| is continued, increasing interest with every
| Number.
Poems are contributed by r. H. Stoddard,
| Will Wallace Harvey, and Fan ME Il. Robinson.
The Editors Easy Chair, besides much that is
| interesting in the way of social and literary
| gossip, has a timely discussion of the present
| outlook of the question OF international copy
| right. The iieriry Record is ample and lncIS-
i've The Scientific Record, with It's full review
of scien life progr S., meets a want not other
| the EdiIor's Drawer contains rich fund of
an ftJrt ltslUetS.