Omaha daily bee., 1881-06-25

Bunce, Mr.. Maynard, Mr.. Tiffany
Mr.. Volk, Miss Oakley, Mrs. Whit.
man, Miss Bartol, Miss Knowlton
and Miss Cassatt. The other dis
cusses the much talked Of 'Decora.
ton in the Seventh Regiment Ar
mory," and is accompanied by numer-
ous and detailed drawings by Mr..
Brennan of the principal designs in the
Veterans room and the library the
work of an association of artists which
is likely to have decided infuenceup-
on interior decoration in this country.
Politics is represented by first paper
on 'The Peoples Problem" by Al.
bert Stickney, Esq, author of "a
True Republic" The writer consid
ers it the Boss system and the machine
from a historic point of view, and with
vigor and originality. He does not
prophesy smooth things, but shows up
American politics in very interest
ing and alarming way. In succeeding
papers he will give some suggestions
looking towards aremedy for the pl j.
ent state of affairs. In fiction there
are the concluding parts of Mr.. Cables
Madame Delphine" and Mr. How
ellis Fearful Responsibility" and a
second installment of humorous folk
bre of Georgia, under the title of ga
Rainy Day with Uncle Rcmus"- the
fables being entitled, "Mr, RABBIT Sc
cures Mansion-"Mr Lion hunts
for Mr.. Mann and finds him "The
story of the Pigs"-"Mr. Benjamin
Ramm and his wonderful Fiddle
"Mr. Rabbits Riddle. ""Dr. Dollinger
and the old Catholic movement in
Germany" is treated candidly by Prof.
George p. Fisher, of Yale college, and
the fine portrait of Dollinger, by Len
bach, is engraved by Fred. Juengling,
the size of the Scribner page. An IL
lustrated paper of special interest is
"The Sea Horse" (walrus) by Henry
w. Elliott, who was the first to dis
criminate the Atlantic from the Paci-
fic species, and who writes from init
mate personal knowledge Of his sub
ject. Of particular interest to Phila-
delphia is Mr.. Maurice +, Egan's
account of "a Day in the MASH
such being the local name for the
swampy resorts of rail and reed birds
on the lower part of the peninsula,
between the Delaware and Schuylkill
rivers. The field is one entirely new
to the magazines, and the picturesque
and sporting aspects of it are fully
treated by the writerandartist. can Old
Virginian," by John Esten Cooke, is
a study of the courtly typo of F. F.
w., which, he says, is rapidly passing
into history. Railway, Church
yard and Cemetery Lawn Painting"
is brief and suggestive illustrated
paper by Samuel Parsons, Jr. Per-
haps the most popular paper in the
number is Mr.. Murfree's illustrated
and descriptive account of "The Lev
ees of the Mississippi-a a topic which
is just now of special moment to the
central and southern sections of the
country. The writer, however, does
not deal with the economic OF scien-
tific sides of the subject, but with the
"big water of 1884," the practical
of the levees, fighting
crevasse, etc.
In the departments, which have the
usual amount and variety, mention
may be made of a discussion of coop
Grafton, by a reviewer who thinks
America an unfavorable field for it,
sketch of old New York Bohemianism,
and accounts of an improved system
of ventilation, gas fuel, combined
plow and harrow, etc. Some "Sonnets
from the Afghans" appear in "Bric-
a-Brac."