Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-24
REGENT PUBLICATIONS.

The North American Revieao for December is filed with valuable and timely matter 1 First, there is a symposium on "The Health I of Americ; Women," regarded from three distinct points of view. Governor Buren B. Sherman, of Iowa, writes of the "Constitu- tional Prohibition of the liquor traffic in that State General Grant, in an article entitled "An Undeserved Stigma, " states the facts of \ General Fitz John Porter's case, and argues ! that the sentence of the court martial that 1 cashiered him was based on misconception ! of the essential circumstances Richard A. Proctor writes of 1.-The Influence of Food on Civilization" Prof. Fisher, of Yale College, l in defining the causes of ''The Decline of Clerical Authority holds that this decline is by no means to be regretted, and that the spiritual influence of the church is today greater than of old. Finally there is sym posium upon the conditions of 'Success on l the Stage, " the contributors being John Nc Cul(ough, Joseph Jefferson Madame Modjes- ' ka Lawrence Barrett, Maggie Mitchell and \ William Warren.
 | Liopi7ac0tt's Mggasine for December opens | with finely illustrated article on Block Isl ! and, '"rhe Island of Nanisees," by Charles Burr Todd. ''The Earlier and Later Work of ! MT. Howells" is the subject of very read
 
 delssohn is ably outlined by Edwin D. Mead. ! "A Day in Coyoteville," by Laura Wells \ Morse, gives an amusing sketch of western life and manners. Among the short articles ! in the ''Monthly Gossip'' is one by Amelia ! E. Barr describing the childhood and early ! home of Adelaide Nelson and giving many facts, equally new and interesting, respecting the career of that gifted and ill fated artiste. ''Fairy Gold" which has delighted the read l CTS of the magazine during the past six | months, is brought to close in this number and is to be followed by a longer serial, '"The Jewel in the Lotos," by Mary Agnes Thicker, ! the author of ''Signor Monaldini's Niece" ! The Atla7atic for December has a notable attraction in the shape of the first install I ment of the romance in outline left by Ma ! thaniel Hawthorne. The tenth paper of { Studies in the South" is very interesting. ! s'An Afternoon in Holland,'' by Sarah Orne Jewett is an attractive bit of description in her delightful vein. Mir. O. B. Frothing ] hams paper on ''Art and Wealth" argues \ that art is not child of opulence, but that poverty is often it's parent and nurse. 'Ham- \ let in Paris, by MT. Theodore Child, is an interesting paper. MT. Child reminds us that Shakespeare is almost completely ig | nored in Paris, and that Hamlet has not been presented there since 1867. The installments of the serials, "Two on 8 Tower," by Mir. Thomas Hardy, and 'sThe House of a Mer- chant Prince," by Mir. w. H. Bishop 'Per- sian Dualism," by Elizabeth Robbins, and "Our Dark Age in Music," by MT. John s. | Dwight, offer fine variety.
 Hdape7's for December is notable for the abundance and beauty of the illustrations MT. W. H. Bishop writes of Southern Cali fornia. Cleveland Rockwell describes Co., lumbia rive0 Colonel Thomas W. Knox gives an account of Havre. The Rev. P. D. Hay tells of Colonial Carolina, and John Fiske has 8 paper on New England in the Colonial Period. Joseph Hatton describes l William Blacks home in an illustrated paper | which gives portrait of the novelist. There l are three short stories, one of them by Miss Mclean of Lewisbury, written in dialect. | The two serials are continued by Constance Woolson and William Black and are highly entertaining and satisfactory. Professor Morton writes of Storing Electricity.
 The Century for December displays much l variety and freshness of illustrations and lit erary features. E. V. Smalley contributes 8 paper on ''The Supreme Court of the United States" My Adventures in zuni'' is Frank H. Cushing's first paper on the remarkable 1 tribe of Pueblo Indians with whom he has been living as an adopted chief for two years I or more. William Elliot Grifas explains "The Corean Origin of Japanese Art" ''The Taxidermal Art" is the subject of several beautiful engravings of mounted birds and animals. portrait of the late Dr. John Brown, the author of the inimitabIe story | 'Rab and his Friends,' which includes a portrait of the mastif Rab, and picture of the authors study, and some amusing gro- tesques by Dr. Brown, illustrate charming ' poH) Exsas 1,xY A,,lu Something between story and satiric es- | say is Henry James, jr.'s, 'Point of View" :" l which has, as a study of American manners, even more interest than ''Daisy Miller" Professor Lounsbury, of Yale, returns to A''The Problem of Spelling Reform,' and fmakes forcible argument in favor of it, and John Burroughs talks delightfully."- of the ''Hard Fare'' of the birds and small animals when winter is unusually severe. Mary | Hallock Foote's serial, ''The Led-Horse Claim: ' advances to strong and novel situ- atlon ln mining experience, part of the ac- tion of the story passing underground Mrs. Burnett's ''Through One Administration" ap- breaches the focal point of interest and in I the second part of ''The Christian League of Connecticut the Rev. Dr. Gladden. weaves practical hints for Christian cooperation into his effective New England story. Professor Henry A. Beers contributes fine poem.
 Reading that promotes true thought on the question of Temperance Is necessity, and the new novel of Blue Ribbons, wholly interest ing as a tale and embodyine the causes which in daily life initiate against temperate living will prove & welcome guest and occupy an honored place in the home library. The contrasting character of sturdy George Bean, the man of truth, and the miserly visaged distiller, Deacon Melancthon Rayne, in themselves worth the price of the book. A New Haven lady has received the subscrip. ton agency of our city and will endeavor to give all call
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