Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-22
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

Lippincotts Magazine for September con- tains Illustrated sketches of several attractive resorts in the Old and New World. Haworth castle, the seat of the English Towards, by Rose G. Kingsley; Sylt, primitive watering place in North Germany, corresponding in some ways to old Nantucket, which is the subject of another sketch; and rural New England under the titIe..''An Afternoon in West Jaalam." Natural history is attract ively represented in Dr. Oswald's ''zoolog- ical Curiosities, i" in The Haunts of the Gray hng' and in "A Dish of Vegetables Sher- wood Bonner makes very promising begin ming of a new serial story called The Val cours, /" and Mrs. Champney and others con tribute short stories and poems. -- j
 Scri5ne,'s for September opens with a sketch from the civil war, describing the ex- periences of "A Boy in Gray" by Allen C.. Redwood Articles of interest to the student of nature are contributed by Ernest Inger- soil on Stars of the Sea-" and by John Muir on s'The Coniferous Forests of the Sierra Nevada" J. Brander Matthews discusses ''Victor Hugo as a Dramatist.' Richard Whiteing gracefully introduces the Russian artist, Basil Wereschagin who is becoming W1U6ly huOWA buIOuSAOub GuAOPC. AAOOAb Stickney continues his consideration of t'The Peoples Problem" Constance F. Gordon Cumming traces the various appearances of the wheel in religious ceremonies. Charles H. Farnham tells ''How to Build an Ice Yacht, land his instructions are accom- panied by detailed plans. The author of ''An Earnest Trifer" sustains her reputation for pleasant writing in a seaside sketch ent1 tied ''The Daughter of Henry Sage Kitten house." The number has it's usual quota of choice poetry and romance, and the editorial departments are we'll filled with interesting matter.
 Appgeton's Journal for September presents an inviting array of excellent reading matter. It opens with the first part of Cherbuliez' fascinating story Saints Sinners" Dr. 'Candidating" in the southwest in bygone days, and there is clever paper by Alexander H. Japp on the hu- nor of Charles Lamb, in which gentle Ella is vigorously defended from the savage attack made upon him in Carlyle's "reminiscences. Other articles on the Eighty Years Ago." Mans Place in Ma ture,' I'M Littre and the Dictionary of the French Language" Strange Players, :" ssBonaparte," 'sClement Marot, netc.
 The September Atzanttc contains three new chapters of Mir. Howells' new serial story 'sDr. Breen's Practice" A noteworthy article is that by MT. B. l.. Godkin, '"The Attempt on the Presidents Life" John Fiske continues his instructive and engaging series of mytho1ogical articles with one en- titled ''Koshchei the Deathless, or the Diffusion of Fairy Tales" The sec ond part of Mary Hallock Foote's story, f'In Exile, confirms the pleasant impression which the first part made, and proves her to have as great skill in writing as in art. H. H. continues her unusually interesting series of Norway articles with an essay on 'The Katrina Saga" All housekeepers will be in terested in the charming. if possibly Utopian, sketch of Housekeeping Hereafter. n%by James v. Sears. J. Brander Matthews dis cusses the s'Dramas of the Elder Dumas. " Rev. William Chauncy Langdon contributes paper on the s'Future of Harvard Divinity School" Dr. Holmes contributes the Phi Beta Kappa poem which he recently read at Harvard; and Miss Edith M. Thomas, one of the most promising of the new contribu tors to the 4tlantic, has attractive poem entitled Harvest Noon." The remainder of the magazine contains notices of some of the more important new books, an unusually in- teresting and varied Contributors Club, and running discussion of the books of the month.