The Portland daily press., 1884-05-09
Magazine Notices.

The frontispiece OF the May number of the
Century is portrait of famous warrior.
"Chief Joseph, the Nez- Perez" whose charac-
ter and yalor are picturesquely described bv
Lieut.. @. K. s. Wood. Henry James's new
three-rart story is begun in this number The
title character, "Lady Barbarna,s is the
charming daughter of an English marquis,
and the hero, Jackson Lemon, is a young
American million aire who makes pretense Of
practicipg medicine. The short story of the
number is "Rose Nader" an illustrated ro
nance OF artist life. Mr.. Cable contributes the
seventh part of "Dr. Sevier,' and Robert
Grants story of can Average NAM APP
proaches it's conclusion. OF special value
among the popular illustrated papers is Julian
Hawthorne's description of THE Salem of
Hawthorne" which contains much new and
valuable biographical analysis. The con-
tinuation of Mr.. BeDjamin's narrative of
the cruise of the Alice May deals
with the west of Newfoundland The
Bay of Islands, in Calm and Storm !,
A careful series OF papers by Mrs. SCHUYLER
van Rensselaer, on Recent Architecture in
America" which has long been in preparation
opens IN the May number with consideration
OF the merits of many new public buildings.
Dr. Charles Waldstein contributes an impor-
tant archeologic al paper on the "Metopes of
the PartheDon." The poetry ia contributed
by Austin Dobson. Rose Hawthorne Latbrop.
Christina G. Rossetti, Edmund Gosse. Andrew
Lang, Lucretia P. Hale, Richard Watson ali.
der, John Vance Cheney, Robert Underwood
johnson, Frank Dempster Sherman and 9TH
ers.
The Manhattan Magazine for May contains
the initial chapters Of new serial which OPENS
well under the title of "Traian," and provides
a subject for the frontispece. "The secrets of
the Spring. sprightly poem by Nora Perry,
is followed by some stanzas, "Spring in Hcl-
las by Waldo Messaros. "Whose Sonnets?''
by Appleton Morgan, discusses Shakespeare's
title to portion of the writings claimed for
him. The first paper of "The Gunnison Coun-
try" by Ernest Ingersoll, is profusely iIlus-
trated description Of the heart Of Colorado An
outline sketch by Joel Benton gives "The
Latest News about Keats" "Children in Fic-
ton" by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer,, de-
picls the infrequency of childish figures in
English ana American novels and their con-
trasting frequency in French works of fiction.
The Seven Conversations of Dear Jones and
Baby VansRensellaer," by Brander Matthews
and IL. Q. Bunner, is witty and original ro-
nance In seven chapters. "Rimini and the
Malateslas," by Alfred Ashton, is descriptive
ly and historically interesting. 'Uiric Bwin-
gle," by Charles 81. Hail. is an illustrated
sketch of the leading Swiss reformer whose
name it bears
The English Illustrated Magazine for Nav
opens at long and readable article en- "Lace
Making at Nottingham" by Bernard III.
Becker. The working class is net only repre-
sented in this, but in paper on "The Indus
tries of the English Lake District" by e. Ros-
coe, and the frontispiece, "Hauling in the
Lines" engraved by e. Schladitz from draw
ing by Q. Napier Henry. The poem, "a Wo-
mans Keepsake" by E. w. Gosse, is charm
ingly illustrated by Alfred Passions, and the
author of John Halifax, Gentleman" con-
tinues the serial of 'An Unsentimenta Jour
ney through Cornwall"