Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-06-26

The July SuHter Of H4rpsr's .uag4sise
IL worthy successor 10 the beautiful June
Number. The social gsyefes Of a fashionable
seaside resort are presented in vivid colors Ia
the leading articles on Narrauseu Pier by Prof
Chsrie- Carroll, with number OF striking H.
lustrstion' By Rcluhart. Howard Pyle's de-
Iightiul and interesting gossip concerning Ike
gu he Eastern Shore is concluded Ia this Num-
Der. The pc1ch-urCharis ot Delaware, cypress
shingle-nakiug in H. Dismal swamp. lis sleepy
old capital, and Yachting along It's cOast, aif trd
Mr.. Pyle splendid opportunities tor the u,e of
his penal ~ well as his pen; his pictures are
novel and esectiye. William II. Riding con-
tributes charming article on The Land o
Bdrns"-Aye and ts neighborhood with many
beautiful illustrations. IN remembrance Of the
"hioTiou' Fourth aslarltcd and exceedingly
valuable narrative of The >tormIng Of Stony
Point" July Is, i71y with Illustrations, il con-
tribued by ii. +. Johnston.
THIS Number contain, the first OF series Of
papers covering The fifty years Of American Art
from ISIS to i-1s. 5y :. o. W. BENJAMIN. TLIs
paper is illustrated with remarkably hhe repro
ductons Of paintings by huntington, Wier,
lnman, Elliott Grey, Baker, lie Clear, Mount
Cole, Durand, kensett, @. l.. Brown. and
NIguo'.
james r Field, contributes a humorous
poem. The Ow Critic which Is accompanie
hy $50 characteristic illustrations There Is
another illustrated poem, Of 4 more sentiment
tai character, by =. II. NJ. Byers. entitled The
Nov my; tt.e picture, drawn by Frederick.
and engraved by Wolf, is exQuisiteiy beautiful.
The illustrated short story IN this Numbers
~ Romance Of EastaamptOn. - BY \. \. Have.
Jr. II is a bright and wcll-tod love story
Henry James, Jr., contributes one OF hi- very
best short stories, The Diary Of Man Of
tIiiy.' Edward Everett Hale j. tAg author VI
another short story, Fha Happy Island
convey lGg bit Of soOJ-h4mored and whole
some satire. Mis- Mulocks beautiful love
story, Young Mrs. Jardine,' Is continued
r. l.. hlpple contributes yrrv interesting
paper, "kscoliestIons of Charles sumner, con-
tanning much novel as well As entertaining an
ccdotal matter.
The Editorial departments Of the Number
supply 4 rich fund Of entertaining and nstruc-
i've matter concerning current social and lltel-
AIRY topics.
-IslsrsOH's M-glztse for July, which has
Just come To hand has the opening chapters offs
uen noy-iet hy that brilliant wlter, Mr..
Frances Hodxs1n Burn-tt, author Of That
Las. O'IOwrie." "Thso" "kathleann etc
sic. 1--WE may Judge from these chapters. the
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ayeu in "Peterson's Magazine" IL would be
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charming love-sfOry. There are also original
tales by k4becca Harding Davis, Frank Lee
Benedict, tbs suthor OF Josiah Aliens Wife"
etc. &c. Mr. Ann = stephens also contrib
Bte, some powerful chapters to her thrilling
novel, The Tragedy Of Treyylan.". The steel
engraving, aud Tie co40red fashion plate are
rarely beautiful. There arr also i've new pat
terms, printed in coior~ tor embroldfring tow
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The July Ii'lde A,cake, which, by the way,
Is thick number" having a .ixteeu-page
Natural History Supplement, celebrates the
nationa, holiday with fronti.piece full Of bat
tic-spoke, snd TWO capital patriotic stories,
Bunker Hill Revived" by J. H. Woodbury..
and GENERAL Washington and the Ragamut-
ns," by Annie Z. Preston. The Children's
Hour At the Od South" by Emma f. Brown,
is also fail OF patriotic "reminiscences and il.
illustrated with thirteen fine drawings by Miss
Humphrey. Then there is also humorous
Fourth of July poem, The Fire Cracker and
Torpedo by Clara NJ. Burnham, Illustrated
by Boz" who also illustrates the funny
doube-page poem, "A Bad Fix" Palmer Cox
has humorous picture OF the advsnee-guard
Of summer insects, entitled ''Comfngr He
also has some excellent crayons for his own
poem of The Hens Adventure" Clara Doty
Bates also has An illustrated poem, Choosing
Kitten" "Prying Lizzie,' by d. G. Mac
Donald, is capital story tor inquisitive little
girls. Archery for boys" is also very season.
able.
The two articles oil permanent value how
ever, are No. VII. Of "Our American Artists
seres relative to j. j. Enneking, with portrait
and studio, drawn in pen-and-ink by the artist
himself. and beautiful engraving from Mr.
Enueking's charcoal drawing Of his painting,
Nv inter Twilight at Hyde Park" and No.
XIV. Of the Poets Homes papers, about j.
Boyle o Reilly, the Irish poet and the editor
Of the Plot His history is most romantic, and
bis portrait is very pleasing, Altogether, this
number Of Vide AUdke, taking in the three
serials, The DogberTy Bunch" ''St. Oiave's'
and Don Quixote, Jr.," is one OF the best yet
issued.
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William Kingdom Clifford. Fortnighny, Mrs.
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| 1.-The Romance Of Mrs. Frances Kendrick;r
| and the usual poeticai selections.
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