Morning journal and courier., 1882-05-24
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

Lippincotts Magazine for June opens viii
 an article on Toledo by s. P. Scott. Dr.
 Felix L. Oswal1 has an entertaining paper on
 Craps" William H. Rideing gives an ac
 count of English Lawyers and Law Courts,''
 and Lucy H. Hooper summarizes the recol- lections of the French comedian Samson.
 ssArt and Art Life in New York" is a sketch
 giving information in regard to art societies,
 studios, exhibitions and receptions. "On
 the Wheel" by Kol Kron, treats of travelling
 by bicycle. The conclusion of Stephen
 Guthrie" is extremely well managed. NAn
 Absent Minded Hero," by Celia P. Wooley,
 is well written story, as pleasant as it Is in
 teresting. ''The Romance of Cofhn," by
 Jane G. Austin. embodies family tradition
 of Old Nantucket, and "A Strange Nights
 Lodging, " by Hart Ayrault, deals with incl
 dents which are vividly told. There are sew
 eral poems by Philip Bourke Marston and
 others. A new serial, entitled Fairy Gold,
 will commence in the July number and run
 through the res. of the year.
 The notable features of the June AtLazatic
 are fine steel engraved portrait of Long
 fellow, three sonnets under the title of ''Our
 Dead Singer" by Oliver Wendell Holmes,
 and critical article on his character and genius by o. B. Frothiugham. All three are
 worthy of their subject and of the occasion.
 The portrait is an excellent one, the poetry
 of Dr. Holmes is characteristically felicitous
 and graceful, and Mir. Frothingham's essay IS keenly discriminating through all it's eulogy. The fourth article is contributed in the ex- cellent series of t'Studies in the South" It takes review of southern industries, Of which the writer gives a decidedly encoura- ging account. The politics of eastern Eu- oyaTN, NovNnT futile on ''The New Eastern Question, and John Fiske examines the discoveries and eu- logizes the genius of the late Charles Darwin. Other interesting articles are on 'The Poets Birds," by Philip Robinson, on the novels of Alphonse Daudet by Henry James, and on the Progress of Communism" by Edward Atkinson. The serials. s"rwo on a Tower" and ''Doctor Zay," are continued, and the poetry includes some verses on Decoration Day." by Long fellow. Harpe1's MGgdzine for June is fine num-
 ber The paper on Longfellow, by George William Curtis, is a graceful, tender tribute, ] and the accompanying portrait is an excellent l likeness. For descriptive illustrated articles we have: "Quaint Old Yarmouth" by Will liam H. Rideing; 'Torpedoes and Torpedo Boats, by Allan D. Brown "In the Pines, " by Mary Treat ''The Father of the Pueblos" -an account of the Zuni Indians-by Syl. vester Baxter "Ths Social Athens of Ameri- ca"-meaning the city of Baltlmore-by Eu- l gene L. Didier, and ''rhe Gates of Paradise" "a sketch of the famous Ghibert gates-by James Jackson Jarvis. Of the short stories King William and his Armies"-a genuine sketch of Georgia Iife-by R. M. Johnson, Is the best William Blacks serial, ''Shandon Bells,' is fulfilling all it's early promise.
 The contents of the June number of the l PopuIar Science Monthly are: Speculative | Science, ' by J. B. Stallo; "rhe Eyelike Or | gans of Fishes" by Dr. E. Krause; '"The | Appointment of College Officers" by F. w.. 1 Clarke; Sir Charles Bell and Physiological I Experimentation, by Dr. W. B. Carpenter i; "The Zunis,'' by F. H. Cushing 'Astronom- ical Panics,," by Daniel Kirkwood ''The Stereoscope," by W. l.. Stevens; 'Chemis-
 try in High Schools" by Elisa A. Bowen !;
 "A New Theory of the Sun,r by c; w. Sic l mems; ''The Future of Mind, by Peter 1 Bryce 'About the Molds !" ''The Introduc- ! ton of Domestic Animals ;" "Hydrodynam- \ ics and Electricity ;'' 'The Cause of Tuber- cular Disease (Tyndalrs letter. ;" Sketch of I Charles Darwin,' etc.
 The Century for June has for frontis- piece fine portrait of Cardinal Newman.
 The illustrated articles include: Around
 Cape Horn," by Bill Bobstay; "opera in
 New York;" by Richard Grant Whits-the
 concluding paper; "The Bee Pastures of | California" :" part one, by John Muir "Wood | Engraving and the Century Prizes, by Mrs. 1 Schu Sler Van Rensselaer, and Marble Min | ing in Carrara," by Robert ". Welch. 9th | CT articles in the number are: Henry | Wadsworth Longfellow," by Helen Gray | Cone; Tn Chinese Theatre" by George l H. Fitch ''In the Haunts of Bream and | Bass" by Maurice Thompson 1.-The Dan-
 gers of an Ofice-Holding Aristocraey." by | E. L. Godkin, and ''The Colonization of
 Palestine," by J. Augustus Johnson. The
 stories of Miss Woolson, Mrs. Burnett and
 Mir Howells are continued, and there are
 other interesting short stories and poems.