The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-09-19
Magazine Notices.

Harper's Magazine for October presents an
unusual variety of contributions, every one of
which must challenge the attention of large
class of readers. Abbeys Autumn-the front
ispiece illustrations an exquisite drawing,
engraved by Closson. Mrs Lilies second pa
per on Surrey is full of the charms of English
rural life and is beautifully illustrated by Al
fred Parsons and E. A. Abbey. Mr. Rideing's
Medical Education in New York is novel and
entertaining paper, illustrated by portraits OF
ten of the most eminent New York physicians
connected with medical colleges, and sketches
representing interesting features of the medi-
cal students educational experience. Certain
New York Houses, by M. E. W. Sherwood, is
richly illustrated by Frank Lathrop and G. A.
Vanderhoof, and shows the best recent work in
internal decoration. w. 81. Bishop contrib
utrs the arsr OF an interesting series of papers
Southern California, beautifully illustrated
Colonel Higginson's third paper of his series
on American History treats of the Spanish
DISCOVERIES Of America in the authors most
attractive style, with excellent illustrations.
The mysteries of Symme's Hole, and the pecu-
liar characteristics of Symmes himself, form
the subject of curiously interesting article
contributed by E. f. Madden Mary Robinson
contributes an interesting biographical sketch
of the late Dante Gabriel Rossetti, illustrated
by fine portrait and picture of Rossetti's
studio. William Sharp, an intimate friend of
the poet has, in another part of the magazine
poem on Rossetti's graves under the title of
Birchington Revisited. One of the most inter-
esting contributions to this number is the eulo
gy of his wife written by Chief Justice Mar
shall, in 1882, and never before published
Will Carleton's poem, Flash The Fireman's
Story, is well illustrated by A. B. Frost. Err
nest Ingersoll contributes paper on the Wah-
lames Valley of Oregon-illustrated by map.
Under the title of The Railway Invasion Of
Mexico the Hon. John Bigelow presents an in
telligent and comprehensive survey of our
Southern neighbours domain-its physical, So
cial, and political teatures-with reference to
the probable results of American investments
in that country. William Blacks novel;
Shandon Bells, is continued Margaret Floyd
contributes curious and interesting story of
New York society, entitled Passages from the
Journal of Social Wreck. A characteristic
story of New England life, Odd Miss Todd, is
oS-s%@S~eOA
briefer story, The History of Yankee Jim, by
Samuel Adams Drake, is full of pathos. The
Editorial Departments abound with timely and
interesting matter in their respective fields.
The Drawer contains humorous contributions
from Ten Eyck White, A. E. Sweet, Harrison
Robertson, ]. M. Bailey, and Paul Hayne.
The numbers of the Living Age for the
weeks ending the 9th and 18th of September
contain articles on Caroline Fox, John Ster-
ling; and John Stuart Mill, Westminster;
Charles Darwin, and Evolution, Church Quar-
terly; Literature and Science, by Matthew Ar
mold, Nineteenth Century; Some impressions
of the United States, by Edward A. Freeman,
Fortnightly; "Reminiscences of March, Black
wood; The Brethren of Deventer, Cornhill:
Asl,i0rioan Society and its Critics, Selfshness,
and THE Rnrnnns of the Pronhetn Spectator
Korean Ethnoiogy, Nature; The Power of Ac-
cumulation in Small Sums, the Foreign Trade
of China, Economist; Paper and Pineapple
Fibre, Chambers Journal; Mountaineering in
the Alps, Land and Water; Hindo Marriage
Customs, Leeds Mercury Owls, Time; Infu-
ence of Forests upon Streams, Kaffrarian
Waterman; with instalments Of mo New
Thing" and robin" and poetry.