The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-08-21
New Magazines.

Ing ooptciHutr HulnDer OF darperS Mag
azine has for frontispiece, an engraving by
r. Hoskin, from design by Dore for the il
lustration of Poe's "Raven." This picture
gives us the great imaginative artists concep-
ton of "The nights Plutonian shoren 1t ID
sufficiently weird and dread Frank d. Mil
let, the artist-correspondent contributes the
first of two papers illustrated from his own
drawings about Dalecarlia, district of
Sweden distinguished for quaint simplicity.
Another article descriptive of scenery and
people has the Catskills for subject. Mrs.
Lucie Lille supplies the text and Harry
Fem the illustrations. The Rev. John B.
Thompson tells of the origin of the Rip Van
Wrinkle legend, that is, he tells what he
knows about it; probably there was SINH
lar story in times of which we know nothing
now. P. D. BAY tells the story of General
Marion, the revolutionary hero, sometimes
called the Swamp Fox. A fresh installment
of the serial story "a Castle in Spain,'' the
first part OF two-part story entitled ePris-
oners'' by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, and
short story by Rebecca Harding Davis are the
contributions of fiction. The one solid essay
of the number is contributed by Ex-Mayor
Grace of New York city, and it discusses
the subject OF municipal government in
New York, something about which he is
qualified to write instructively The essay
is chiefly devoted to exposing the mischief
of attempting to govern cities by special acts
of the State Legislature. He believes in
general law for municipal corporations and
that the interference with local control and
responsibility should cease there. We have
already reprinted Miss Nora Perry's poem
Why" and there are two or three more of
fair quality. The number is readable but
not brilliant one.
The September number of the Atlantic
Monthly puts its serial story, ga Roman
Singer" by the new writer F. Marion Craw-
ford, in the forefront of its table of contents
This is well because they who are reading
serial and have become interested in it, de-
sire to find the continuation easily This is
followed by another of Henry James's
sketches, or studies, of scenes "En Pro-
vince" He is one of the very best writers in
this field, and it is delightful to follow him
in his rambles. DR.. o. w. Holmes, wor-
shipper at the venerable Kings Chapel in
Boston, makes that church the theme of
graceful poem in which he pays tender tri-
butte to the nobleness of the young men who
went out from the congregation of that sane
tuary to die in their country's cause. Among
the precious things lost amidst our present
gain, he mentions.
The charm of courtly breeding, seen no more.
And rererence. dearest ornament of all.
And there is fine appreciation of the diff
ference between doing great deeds and prais-
ing the doors of them in the final line re-
ferring to the soldiers whose names are on
| the tablet on the church wall.
They shaped our future; we but carve their names.
Georges Walton Green shows what mis-
chlef-maker the caucus may become in the
hands of sklllful manipulators in his account
of some workings of "The nominating ma
chine'' in New York. Some one, we know
not who, has contributed lately to certain
English and American magazines, articles
| upon the treatment of birds by the poets.
Harriet 9. W. Stanton has taken this pre-
Stunning writer to task, and in pungent,
clever way has shown that he, or she, is not
well acquainted with the poets and is still
more ignorant of the birds. There are two
| chapters Of Mr.. Lathrop's story Newport"
ii. Ii. describes Edinburgh in very pleas
ant way, as she does any place she likes.
"Along an Inland Beach" by Edith M.
Thomas relates to Lake Erie. There is a
poem by DIR. T. W. Parsons. Several re-
views of recent books, and "The Contribu-
tors club help to make a number which
maintains the standard of Boston's Monthly.
| We have received what is designated as
preliminary number" of proposed new
magazine called '"The Interwordian Maya
zine'' to be published by the Interwordian
Publishing Co., of Toronto, Ontario, Cana
da. The purpose of this magazine, if we
correctly apprehend the somewhat mystical
language in which it is set forth, is to eluci-
date the spiritual meanings of The word of
| God according to what is termed the CORES
| pondential law of Interpretation. The arti-
cles are brief, and all are strictly concerned
with the religious motive of the magazine.
The new number of the "Magazine of
Art,'' published by Cassell & Company, has
very interesting table of contents. The
artist of whose career and work sketch is
given is Val Prinsep, A. r. A.. A portrait
of the artist and reproductions by wood en-
cravings of four of his pictures are shown.
There is also an account of Dorchester
House, one of the noble mansions of Eng
and, with six engravings of its interior dec
Grafton. There are four engravings of late
gothic glass in England and seven of the seen
cry of Craven and the Dales, AN extremely pic