New-York tribune., 1884-02-29
is illustrated by several plans, and has a good
index.
MARCH MAGAZINES.

The AtlGade this time is readable but not remark
| able. The freshest and most original writing in the
way of prose is TO be foInd in Mr.. Crawford's
Roman Singer" Mr.. Burners poem. with its deli
! cate, half-meancholy music. is much above the
usual strain of magazine verse; and DR.. Holmes. in
The Girdle of Friendship strikes again the grave
yet pleasant chords to which he has accustomed MS.
1t Is time TO let the matrimonial miseries of the
Carlyles drop into the limbo of things past The
tart article on Mrs. Carlyle in The North american
hectec does not add to the value of that periodical
uali Hamilton possibly placed Mrs. Carlyle upon too
hlgh pinnacle; but that is no reason why another
special pleader should arise on the other side and
uead the poor woman in the dust. 1t is not just it
ls-lf 1t be not ungallant to say sO-too feminine
The cool fashion in which this writer snubs Mr.
froude and sets aside the testimony both Of the
husband and of those who knew both husband and
wife, is somewhat absurd. Mr.. Charles T. Congdon,
in an admirable paper on literary resurectionists,
takes view of the Carlyle difficulties which should
be commended to the consideration of less impartial
critics. Mr.. Congdons plea for the more courteous
treatment of great men in their graves will find an
echo in all wholesome minds
Ihe March Harper is a awell-balanced number sub
stantial II not striking. The beautiful illustrations
OF Natures Serial Story" adorn text fitted in
spirit and construction to hit the popular taste
Colonel Higginsons paper on the early American
PRESIDENTS Is entertaining and and then little
picturesque Party bitterness may be as great now |
as IN the days of Jefferson but it finds expression
IN another fashion than that described by Miss
Sedgwlck and recalled by Colonel Hgginson In
q certain New-England town where the lady lived
in childhood the gentry who presided at one end
were mainly Federalists and the poorer citizens at
the other end were Democrats. "The travelling
agent for the exchange of political knowledge was
certain aged horse past service, and turned out to
srazc IN the village street. He would be peace
ully pacing one way in the morning his sides plas-
ered with Jefersonian squbs. and he would return
It night with these e1aced by Federalist mani
estOes."
The Century is bringing its illustrations to an
lImost ideal perfection Technical graces are not
Llowed to suppress sentiment, and strength is not
orgotten IN dellcacy. Most of the drawings illus
rating the article on the old public buildings in
AMERICA are admirably executed-so well, indeed,
nat one cannot but regret that Mr. Grant White did
OF give more time to his work and make of it the (
chly anecdotal and poetical paper he is so well q
ualhed to write. The period of the descriptive p
rtcle is passing away and brick and mortar and the
III ABOUT an ancient tomb interesting to the y
ouerh reader chiefly in so far they recall OF sup-
EST men and manners. The paper on "The New i
aShlngton" is full of information and therefore -
'ed of its kind-but it is not particularly agree
Die kind Mr. BurrOughs's airy Hunt for the
lghtlngale" is graceful and poetlcal remnis-
nee OF experience in England. The open letter by
author of The Bread Winners is as clever as De
ythlng In his story-in neatness and shrewdness
ID compact finish the best thing in the magazine. n
hoover this great unknown may be- he is without n,
uDt very adroit and accomplished person. CT
finnin ncoH boa
imated stories several descriptive papers-not the Jar
st entertaining of which is A Winter Campaign
the Black Hills" An article on healthy homes -
ull of wise suggestions L
The photographer has a careful account of the F
I'VE MSS. and scholarly little article by Edward 7
ly ON the history of Gray's "Elegy."
The Manhattan presents no especially notable II
Der, but is reasonably attractive throughout locS
neral Loring's article on Egypt contributes LITTLE
Il is new to what has become the great question III
the day IN Europe. HIS account of Gordon's p
ratons in China and the Soudan is not only cold new
unsympathetic but both inadequate and -
ccurate. Like all writers on topics connected
h the changeful East he exercises his imagination
romiscuOus prophecy. ~
l Shdkespedridna Mrs Henry Pott comes to the sch
ue of her revered idol, Lord Bacon against the l
rye that he the model for "Holofernes~ A
aper on the Kesselstadt death-mask of Shake ~
no I'll Al 1-.e.-- &c;
RIO hdiSh"S an lhc hnOWn ldctS Ill relation to- ing
cast and is accompanied by neat illustra- COY
S. The testimony as tC the genuineness of the III
one from the poets face is after all so meagre hom
every successive account of !, oor,os .lon must
:, 70 0oi ''o i"'"eI adelI
otherwise to weaken the faith of the reader Ing.
head
e AntiQuDy has an interesting paper on the fesso
in of the House of Lords and one equally J. "
active the earlier life of Thomas Cromwell. Agen
of Essex. =