The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-03-18
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! MagaZlner Notices.


The leading feature of Appleton's Journal
for April is the first part of astory of old Greek
life, by Professor Georg Ebers, whose romances
. of ancient Egypt have attracted so much at
, tenton recently. The title of this story is A
Question a Greek {, Idyl. The scene is laid in
Syracuse, ON the Iseashore, ,Iand is confined
wholly to pictures of domestic life. This is
followed BY an article on Mysteries and Mira
Gle Plays by Mrs. Hooper, founded on the re-
cent French work on this theme by Julleville
The article contains much fresh matter on an
old subject. There is long review with
many striking extracts, of Olphant's Land Of
Gilead; the account of the ''dervish miracles,"'
which is given in full in the journal, being
fairly startling Mr.. Robert &. Roosevelt has
an eminently amusing paper on the profound
question:, Why does the Crab go Sideways?
We have the second of Helena Faucit Martins
papers on Some of Shakespeare's Female
Characters, Portiai being now treated curl
Gus essay on ancient Greek Dinners; a review,
with abundant anecdotal selections, of Palm.
er's recent biography Of Caliph Haroun Alras-
chid; q itch group of selections, from Euskin's
just published Arrows of the Chace, under the
title of Ruskiniana; and aeapital essay from
& f.ss
the Country Parson, called Concerning the
Cheerfulness of the Old. There is stirring
novelette,. given complete, entitled A Culture
Ghost: or, Winthrop's Adventure The ed-
tor, in his department, ventures to question
the claims of Carlyle to be considered great
thinker; and having last month, attempted to
domolish the notion of Woman's intuitons, he
this number disputes the common idea that
tact is a special feminine quality. atl.H al
The numbers of The Living Age for the
weeks ending March 18th and 10Th respective
ly, contain the following interesting articles
La Rochefoucauld, Nineteenth Century; Trol-
lope's Life OF Cicero, and George Eliot, Black
wood; George Eliot. Cornhill; Candorg versus
Courtesy, Golden Hours; Grafiti or WALL
Scribblings, Chambers Journal; Carlyle, Lon
don Times; The Woods in Winter, Saturday
Review; American Literature and Boston Lit
erature, St. Janies's Gazette; Hawk-catching
in Holland, Graphic; The Talmud and the
Bible, Jewish Chronicles; with instalments of
The Freres, Don John, and Visited on the
Children. 'i' -'t A'ii.'t7@ .l 93
The Figaro announces new way of making
an acquaintance. A snob about to enter res
taurant meets lady and salutes her with ut
most courtesy "Excuse me-" she says, 81 be-
lieve l have not the pleasure" "a thousand
pardons, lady, says the suob, 'I mistook you
for another charming lady, the Countess Fe-
dora of Falconberg," and she's SO fattered that
she Immediately enters into conversation. !.
The restaurants have had such run Of Gus
tom that some of the walters are a little mat
ters and after smelling them he said: Waiter,
are these oysters fresh?2 1--WE are not running
an intelligence office" 81 would like to know
if they are fresh" -"Well, then eat them
then you Will know for yourself You
don't expect me to eat them for YOU. do
you? Do look like | was here to try old oys
ters on?"-Galveston News