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The August Atlantic Monthly has two
features which will specially commend IL
to general attention, namely, fine new
steel portrait OF Mr.. Emerson, which Is
remarkably satisfactory, and which Is ac-
companied by an admirable article byW
T. Harris, OF Concord, Mass. and Sup
plemeut containing full account Of the
Birthday Garden Party to Harriet Be"cher
Stowe, with the addresses, poems, and
letters. In addition to this, the number
contains an entertaining travel sketch,
ACROSS Africa" by Charles Dudley
Warner; another installment OF the Won
derfully accurate "studies In the South"
an entertaining short story, "Some Ac-
count OF Thomas Tucker" by Rose Ter
~ Cooke; additional chapters OF the varied
and engaging serial stories, Two on
Tower" by Thomas Hardy, cdr. Zay," by
Miss Phelps, and 1.-THE House of n Mer-
chant Prince" by William Henry Bishop.
DR.. Holmes contributes a characteristic,
delightful poem entitled AT the Summit"
apropos OF Mrs. Stoves birthday. There
are other essays and poems, reviews OF
the most important recent books, and
fine variety In the Contributors Club. Al
together, the number Is one that every
lover OF the atlantic will especially value.
Houghton, Miiilin & Co., Boston.
gust, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher writes
of" Progress In Religious Thought" point
! ing out the many influences, social, educa-
tlonal and scientific, which are transform
ing the whole structure OF dogmatic belief
and teaching. T. V. Powderly, the official
head OF tie Knights Of Labor, the strongest
union Of workingmen in the United States,
contributes temperate article on The
| Organization OF Labor The well-known
British military correspondent, Archibald
Forbes, writes Of "The L. s. Army"
dwelling more particularly on those fea-
lures OF our army management which APP
pear To him TO be most worthy OF imitation
| by the military governments OF Europe.
"woman's Work aud Woman's Wages"
by G. w. Elliott, Is q forcible statement OF
one OF the most urgent problems or our
time. The author sees no advantage 10 be
derived from the employment of woman In
mans work, whether OF brain or OF hand;
such employment, he Insists, only reduces
mans wages, and does not really add TO
the total resources OF the whole class OF
workers. In highly interesting essay on
1.-THE Ethics OF Gambling" o. Is. Froth-
ingham analyses the passion for play with
rare ingenuity. THE Remuneration of
Public Servants" by F. Y. ID. Carpenter
gives matter for serious consideration, both
to the civil service reformers and their OPP
ponents. Finally, there Is paper on CAR
tesian Wells upon the Great Plains" by
DR.. C.. A. White Of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition,
-Hdrpers Magazine for August II a
brilliant Number IL opens with fine
/ G,n k,
Abbey, engraved by Closson. We note es-
peclally two bright Summer articles-both
splendidly illustrated -"Some Western
Resorts" by John A. Butler, and 1.-THE
Cruise OF the 'Nameless,'" by Barnet
Phillips. Col. T. w. Higginson contrib
butes 1.-The First Americans" an enter
talniug and instructive historical paper
the first or a series which Is to give a con.
tlnuous history OF the United States down
TO the close OF President Jackson's Admin.
istration profusely illustrated. There
could be no more attractive Summer. holi.
day reading than Mr.. Lathrop's fourth pa
per OF spanish Vistas," In which he In
PRODUCES his readers To Andalusian de-
lights and the splendors OF the Alhambra
Mr.. Remnants beautiful illustrations en-
hance the charms OF this delightful Span
ish sauntering. "Some Worthless of Old
Norwich" (Sir Thomas Browne, Lord Mel
son, John and Mrs. 0pie, Mrs. Barbauld,
Harriet Martineau, Sir William Beechey,
Elizabeth Frye, and old John Crome) are
treated by Miss Alice II. Hobblns In an in
teresting article. illustrated by views and
portraits. George NJ. Dawson contributes
an entertaining sketch OF the Queen Char
lotte Islands and their native inhabitants,
the Haida Indians, with illustrations. T.
+. Pendergast contributes Ian article on
the Canadian Pacific Railway and the
wonderful region-the New Northwest" -
which 1t Is about to open to civilization.
The article Is illustrated with an excellent
map. A very important article relating TO
the perils Of navigation Ia the North At
lantic--icebergs and fog-is contributed
| by j. .Shackford, Captain orthe Illinois
Thousands Of Magazine readers will give
an eager welcome to one of the oldest con-
tributors to Harper, DIR. A. A. Lipscomb,
and will read with interest his exceedingly
able articles on ''The Uses OF Shakespeare
Off the Stage" The number contains
three strong short stories "A Rebel" by
Julian Hawthorne; "Laquelle?" by Mrs. Il.
b. Gustafson; and "A st. Augustine Epi-
sode," by Miss A. X. McFarlane. Poems
are contributed by Edgar Fawcett and
william Winter. The Editorial Depart
ments maintain their old vigor. Among
the contributors to the Drdicer are X. X. |
Nunkiterick, j. M. Bsily, John Goldman,
G. T. Lanigan and A. +. Sweet.
The August Vide A,odke is notable for |
some beautiful drawings Of girls with flow.
ers the exquisite frontispiece, accompany
ing the exquisite poem Of "How the Lau-
rel went to Church." by Emily A. Brad |
dock, "Pasture Lilies-a sumptuous