Daily Kennebec journal., 1880-12-23
The Magazines.

Harper's Monthly for January begins the
new year admirably. Its illustrations and
typographical appearance leave nothing to be
asked for in that direction. 1t opens with
the second number. by Moncure ID. Conway
of ''The English Lakes and their Genii,"
Wordsworth leading the way on the first
page. "Old Time Life in a Quaker Town.,
by Howard Pyle, is well illustrated and in
teresting article. 1.-The Old New York Vol
unteer Fire Department. by G. w. Sheldon,
is gem in its spirited and handsome illus
trations, also in the faithfulness and COM
pleteness of the work of the writer. ''Some
Great Violins," by Barnet Phillips is well
illustrated and contains some curious informa-
ton. Other articles are 'Down the Thames
in a Birch-bark Canoe" by James S. Whit
man; 'Anne," a novel. by Constance Feni-
more Woolson; ''James Russell Lowell" !"
with illustrations, by II. +. Underwood; :;
''Does Life Insurance Insurer" "Our Near
est NeighbOrs," "A Loadicean." The poems
of the number are ''The Fame of the City,"
by John Boyle OReillv; "From Exile" by
Julia c. r. Dorr; patient Mercy Jones, y
by James T.. Fields: 'sTwo Sonnets Mer-
cedes; The Prison of Cervantes - by James
Russell Lowell. The Editors Easy Chair
and Drawer are well filed as usual. J. F.
Pierce has this magazine for sale.
Scribner's Monthly for January is num-
Der never excelled we think by any other
number of this almost unrivalled magazine.
The matter and illustrations are all of the
best for popular periodical. s'Peter the
Great as Ruler and Reformer,' is continued
with carefully prepared historical matter and
a wealth of illustrations. "The London
Theatres" is also a lavishlv illustrated arti-
cle rich in information of the clden time.
irfp >f fba
parts of which are also finely illustrated are
1.-THE Expensive Treat of Colonel Moses
Grice." by Richard NJ. johnson; ''In Albania
with the Ghegs,' by Athol Mavhew; Jean
Francois Milet. Peasant and Painter" con-
cluson; ''Tiger Lily" part third; my
Neghbor's Confession" by S. NJ. B. Piatt;
'sRecollections of American Society,"" bv s.
w. Oakley: 'Glimpses of Partisan Art fine-
ly illustrated with original sketches from
distinguished artists; ''Welsh Fairs" also
illustrated; "Thc Bible Society and the New
Revision" by Charles P. Robinson, d. d. :;
s'The Battle of Waterloo Encored." There
is christmas Hymn" by John La Fargo,
and christmas Song" by Marie Mason.
in the number. The peculiar departments
which fill the remaining pages are worthy of
attentive perusal.
Blackwood's Magazine for December
comes freighted with valuable contents for
thoughtful readers. This magazine is al
ways welcome to the best cultured homes in
the land, and to our colleges and semnaries.
The reprint by the Leonard Scott Publishing
Co., New York, enables the American public
to obtain it at cheap rates and in good form.
The contents of the present number are as
follows: ssThe Private Secretary,"-part
H.; "Mr. Kinelake's New Volume" an
elaborate and careful review of this excellent
work upon the Crimean War; ''Dr Worries
School'-conclusion; 1.-The Indian Famine
Reports;" s.From the Sicilian of Vicortai;" !"
'swinter Sports and Pleasures" very COM
plete showing of the amusements, sports and
jollities about which people in northern
climes are employing themselves in this
Christmas weather; ssPaulo Post Futurum
Policy;" "Ireland our Reproach." An In
dcx for the year closes the number and the
volume.