Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-24
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

Grants Memorial' is discussed in the September number of the North American Review by Launt Thompson, Karl Ger hardt, o. L. Warner and Wilson Mcdonald, sculptors; H. Beard, painter; Calvert Vaux and Henry Van Brunt, architects; and Clarence Cook, art critic. This symposium is sure to attract wide attention at this time, when the desire is so general to erect mon-
 ument to Grant that shall be worthy of the man, the nation and American art. The same number of the Review contains con-
 sideration of the question, ''Shall our Ma tional Banking System be abolishedg' by George R. Boutwell,, F. J. Scott, &. Dana Horton and Edward H. G. Clark. ''Ouida" contributes an essay on ''The Tendencies of English Fiction," and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps writes on 'sThe Great Psyehical Op- portunity." But the most readable article in the number is ex-Sergeant- -at-Arms French's "Reminiscences of Famous Americans" /" which is a series of delightful anecdotes about the famous war Senators.
 In the Popular Science Monthly for Sep tember Dr. w. T. Barnard opens an elabo- rate discussion of s'The Relations of Railway Managers and Employees" Dr. W. G. Thompson considers E'The Present Aspect of Medical Education" /" and gives much infor- maC1OQ ana many VhludDl0 suggestions upOu the subject. The "Insect Fertilization of Flowers is an interesting and beautifully il- lustrated article by the German botanist Behrens. Prof. B. D. Cope treats of the 'Origin of Man and the Other Vertebrates." :" Dr. Mary Putnam-Jacobi concludes her essay. "An Experiment in Primary Education," in the present number. 'tThe Fauna of the and the Exiles;" "How Spelling Damages the Mind," by F. A. Ferna1d, are readable articles, while that by Prof. Langley on Sunlight and the Earth's Atmosphere is brilliant and striking. Dr. Ray Lankester makes report on the Recent Progress in Bi- tive Ghost and his Relations" and Mascart contributes a most interesting article on "The Physiology of Colors." A sketch and portrait are given of the celebrated African explorer, Dr. Gustav Nachtigal.
 Lippincott's for September is light and
 amusing. con This Side' is brought to a
 conclusion ''The Truth About Dogs," by
 F. N. Zabriskie, is a good humored protest
 against the exaggerated fondness for ''pets." :" ssThe Story of an Italian Workman's Life" by Marie T. Thompson; "A Chapter of Mys- terry" by Charles Morris; 'Roses of Tester day and To-Day" by Alice King Hamilton; 'Muster Day in New England" by F. G.. Mather, an amusing story of by gone manners; stThe Story of Story" by Horace E. Scud- der; ssA Hoosier Idyl," by Louise Coffin Jonos, and ''Rena's Warming" by W. W. Crane, make the number very readable one indeed.
 The paper on Labrador, which opens the September Harper's, is a charming sketch of travel, and the pictures are particularly rich and good. The two serials, ''East Angels, ' by Miss Woolson, and 'Indian Summer . by Mr. Howel1s, make satisfactory progress There are two very clever short stories, one Mr. Julian Hawthorne's s'When Half-gods Go, the Gods Arrive'' and the other by Charles Dudley Warmers recent journey through the Southern States is to be found in his Impressions of the South" His ex- periences were mainly in the State of Louis
 jana. He has good many agree able things to say of the people, and their constant habit of looking forward
 instead of backward; but he has also few sharp things to say which are not unwhole- some The feature of the number is the in set of fourteen pages containing General Horace Porter's "Reminiscences of General Grant, by an Officer of His Staff" There is an excellent portrait, which precedes the paper, engraved from a photograph by Kruell. General Porter's "reminiscences are of the most intimate and interesting sort
 The September Harper's is exceptionally good throughout.
 Henry James begins new story, "The Princess Cassamassino," in the September Atlantic Mrs. Oliphant's serial is contin ued, and MT. Warner and Dr. Holmes give interesting installments of ''On Horseback" and ssThe New Portfolio" MT. Howells has critical and biographical notice of the Ital- ian poet Lsopardi and Mr. Scudder contrib utes paper on Childhood in English Lit erature and Art' There is thoughtful article-'sAncient and Modern Greek"-on the 'Greek question: in college, by William Cranston Lawton, ,and under the title of "A
 Diplomatic Episode' Rev. J. s. Barrows
 narrates the attempted seizure of the island
 of Alto Velo by the United States govern
 ment ''Mondamin," a prose paper, by
 Edith M. Thomas; ''Nining for a Mastodon, D
 story, and careful consideration of the
 ''Poetic Element in the Medieval Drama, V
 three good poems and reviews of several
 important books, together with the usual de-
 partments, complete the number.