New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-21
TIE MAGAZINES.

There is hardly any better entertainment iA ~"
magazines OF the month than the hrac" o. articles
in Tic ltlantc on the fraudulent " Ladies Deposit
tho exposure Of which BY Tho E0aioa 4dca',sT last
autumn led to Tie collapse Of the swinde, and the
Trial and conviction OF Mrs Howe for cheating 10y
falsc rrctcnccs7 Tic fiji, Of the two articles is hy
Gail Hamilton and is entitled The Gcutlnucu's
Contribution TO the Ladies Depo.it The second,
STYLED Sympathetic Baniiug,' Is ty Mr. Henry \.
Clapp Boston lawy or, well known rs contributor
TO The .lGrcrfser Neither writer was aWar- that
the other had prepared anything for The ilaadc on
this subject and the coincidence of their appearing
together is made the more interesting from the fact
that Miss Dodge bclabor, The idrrtsa in her most
yigoron, STYLE while Nj. Clapp devoes a consider
able part of lis paper 10 81 assault upon Mis-
Dodge IL is pretty quarrel ~ il stands. and we
shall not interfere 10 spoil IT, Among the other CON
tents of the magazine are Nj. Whitticrs touching
pocin In Memory" iof James T. Fields q second
ic.ichtful chapter from the Norwegian journal Of
a.. q paper by Elizabeth Robins Oh the pranss
and legends which illustrate the popular foHin,Ss
Tor Mischief in tie Middle AGES 80; " The Creek
PLAY at Harvard 10y Professor G. T. Norton -;
"What is Mythology 2" 10y John Fishc; the cell
,lusion Of Miss Phclps's "Fricnds a Duct and
story 10y Sarah o. Jowctt
Tho International Ecriew Is digmlcd and r.b,t1n-
tial according to its custom. The Army Question
in Europe The Rate Of Interest" a survey Of the
progress o. this country during Eight Decades Of
a Century. as disclosed by the Census returns"
The Reform in Pronounciug Latin and certain
phenomena of "COlprization,' are among the
serious topics treated il The current number. Nr.
Thomas G. Cary gives a sketch Of tho history Of
"The First san Francisco Vigilance Committee;
and MI William Myall, in an article The
English ;olutioni,ts, summarizes in popular style
the views OF Darwin, Spencer Huxley ami TyndaIl
respectively.
Mr.. w C. Brownclls tlird paper on The
Younger Painters Of America" in the July number
OF SrriLa0. is especially rich i'll It's Illustrations
taken from works by John :. Sargent George ".
Maynard. Louis c. Tiffany. Douglas Nolk Miss
Bartol. Miss Knowlton and Miss Cas>att. Mr..
Browncl has another paper in the same magazine,
q discussion Of the work OF the Associated Artists
IN the Decoration of the Seventh Regiment
hrmory"; and this. too is brilliantly illustrated.
Other pictorial articles are: The Sea iorsc,' 10y
Henry w. Elliott a Day in the Mash" dcscrip-
tive of region Philadelphia; Railway,
Church-yard and Cemetery Lawn Planting" by
Samuel Parsons jr; and ." Tho Lcvccs OF the MissS-
sippi" by William l.. Murfree. Mr. Cable
finishes Madame Delphine," and Mr. HOwclls
makes an end of a Fearful Responsibility" Of
which the reader will be 10 say that hc wishes
Ii were longer. There touches of Mr. I0wclls's
best manner in tits little story. In dclicacy and
felicity Of motive il reminds one of Tie Lady Of
the Aroostook." though neither the characters nor
the situations resemble those of the novel and in
The quality Of humOr il is stronger than any of the
authors late productions The style, OF course is
exquisite.