Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-28
NO. 15l.

| Goodale. A song by Robert Browning 10
embellished with striking picture BY Rosina
Emmes; the Education of Women ID dis
cassed by George Cary EgRleston, and there
| is an illustrated paper on Conventional Art,
| BY Alexander +. Oakley.
| Lippincott's Magazine offers ssmidsummer
number" full of light and seasonable read
ing. II opens with an illustrated paper, de-
scriptive of Alpine Dairies, by Mr.. S. H. NJ.
Byers, United States Consul At Zurich. Mr..
| Byers gives an account of the Swiss methods
of cheese making. and incidentally touches
upon some of the picturesque features Of
country life among the Alps. Arthur Gran
vile Bradley, son of Dean Stanley's sue
cessor at Westminster, and Virginian BY
/! residence, is the author Of paper ON British
Land Owners and American Competitors, in
which the agricultural resources and relations
of the two countries are intelligeutly dis
cussed. Mr.. Charles B. Todd contributes an
entertaining sketch of New York clubs and
club life. A narrative Of Life in an Insane
ASYLUM by physician, gives some interior
views of asylum administration. Prof. c. j.
Stille describes the position of women in An
cient Greece aud Rome = company officer"
furnishes some simple but graphic Reminis-
cences of the Gettysburg Battle; there are
two chapters of Miss Tincker's serial. and .
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contributes sweet poem, A June Day; and
poems by Sidney Lanier and Stuart Sterne,
with the departments of Monthly Gossip and
Literature of the Day complete the list of
contents.
The historical element is strong in The
Century. A fine, striking portrait Of John
Brown, which constitutes the frontispiece,
directs attention to ex-Congressman Boteler's
Recollections Of John Browns Raid. Another
historical paper of interest is the sketch by
Gen. Charles p. Stone-better known nov
as Stone Pasha of the Egyptian Army-of
Washington on the Eve of the War. Mr.. +.
v. Smalley, in an article upon the work of
the Philadelphia Committee of One Hundred,
gives some suggestions which are applicable
to municipal reform in general, and the same
writer furnishes paper on the Pennsylvania
oil regions, which is generously illustrated.
Other illustrated papers of the number are
Mr.. Cables sketch of the ravages of flood
and plague in New Orleans; a valuable paper
on Old and New Roses, by II. b. Elwanger,
who is a recognized authority on that subject
and a seasonable paper on Black Bass Fish
ing by DIR. James A. Henshall. Mrs.
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, contributes sketch
of the Dutch painter. Franz Halz, which Is
illustrated with copy of his picture, The
Gypsy. The literary features Of the number
are numerous aud good.
President J. II. Seelye opens the North
American Review with paper on Dynamite
as Factor in Civilization,i in which he treats
of the dynamite conspiracies and the discon-
tent which they express transient
phenomena. Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan contributes
an extremely well-written narrative Of The
Last Days of the Rebellion; Mr.. u. X.
Brockway discusses Needed Reforms in
Prison Management; Col. Waring writes Of
Sanitary Drainage with his customary acu-
men and intelligence; Congressman Holman
sounds a note of alarm on The Increase of
Public Expenditures; Rev. o. B. Frothing-
ham takes gloomy view Of Democracy and
Moral Progress; and there is a symposium
on Church Attendance, to which q "Non-
Church Goer," and several clergymen con-
tribute. Other articles are by Elbridge Il.
Gerry on Cruelty to Children. and by Thomas
s. Perry on Science and the Imagination.
The Review is published at No. 80 Lafayette
place, New York.