Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-27
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

The Atlantic Monthly for February en-
braces in its contents new chapters of Sarah
| Orne Jewett's story, "a Marsh Island;' an
| interesting article, s'Winter Birds About Bos-
ton," by Bradford Torrey; Madame Mohl-
| Her Salon and Her Friends the second pa
| per by Kathleen O'Meara. most attractive
paper on art, under the heading of 1.-The
Quest for the Grail of Ancient Art" is con-
| tributed by William Shields Liscomb; ga
Sheaf of Sonnets," of crude description, are
included, from the pen of Helen Gray Cone
| and poem entitled esprit to Spirit con-
| tanning pretty thought, by Edith NJ. Thorn
| as. The continuation Of Oliver Wendell
Holmes E'New Portfolio'' contains very in
| teresting mention of the old Holmes house in
Cambridge and gives promise that the biog
raphy will prove most attractive. The cur
rent number is full of interest to the general
| reader.
st. Nicholas for February opens with the
| first chapters of IL new serial by E. P. Roe.
Gail Hamilton's English Kinks in Nut
shell'' gives in easy flowing verse compre-
hensive view of all the English sovereigns,
with the principal events and distinguished
personages of their reigns. Portraits of near
ly every person mentioned, with many other
| illustrations, accompany the descriptive text.
Nora Perry is the first to contribute to the
Garden of Girls" series. The story
is entitled 'Tyrant Tacy" There is al
SO a bright Miracle play" as it was
called by its author, the late William NJ.
Baker. Palmer Cox tells the story of the
Brownies Return to their native land and
the ingenious manner in which they accom-
plished it; ''Ralph's Winter Carnival" tells
of boys visit to the winter carnival at Mon
treal; and w. T. Peters and Margaret John
son are contributors of bright valentine YER
T., I, ,5,I, H.,
visit Robinson Crusoe,-''His One Fault
causes Mr.. Trowbridge's hero to fall into
more trouble,-AIr. Stockton takes his ''Per-
sonally Conducted'' par, y to the queer burial
ground of Genoa, Edmund Alton imparts
some more of what he absorbed Among the
Lawmakers" and we learn about Murillo
in Mrs. Clements ''Stories of Art and
Artists"
Harper's Magazine, which gave some years
ago an interesting paper on Mr.. Gladstone
and his house at Hawarden, gives in the Feb
uary issue similar article on the leader of
the English Conservatives, the Marquis of
Salisbury, Hatfield House, his residence.
The paper has fine portrait of Salisbury,
as well many pictures of the house. and it
is from the pen of Mr. Henry w. Lucy, of
the London Daily News, and the s'Toby,
M. P" of Punch, who was the writer of the
Gladstone article. Mr.. F. S. Church has
Guo pOSG VI IlOlOT, Will d uoSlSH
of 'sThe Mermaid and the Sea-wolf,"
said to be a particularly charac-
teristic and delicate fancy. 'Have we the
right to hiss?' is one of the social problems
discussed by Mr.. Curtis in the Easy Chair in
Harper's for February. Among the other
attractions of the February Harper's are the
second portion of Miss Woolson's new story,
''East Angels" in which are given some
fresh and charming pictures of Florida life;
the second part, also, of the anonymous nov
el, cat the Red Glove" with Mr.. Reinhart's
illustrations; and short stories by Edward
Everett Hale and Mrs. Lizzie w. Champney.
Lippincott's Magazine for February con-
tains the second number of F. G. Baylor's
pleasing story, ''On This Side," fresh chap
ters of Mary Agnes Tinckner's novel, "Au-
rora," and many contributions, including
tLois,' story by Hester Stuart; The KEEP
resentation of the People in Parliament" by
David Bennett King cleverly- written arti
Gle entitled "Cats and Poets, signed by the
initials of L. j. S.. several poems and short
stories. One of the most interesting and at
tractive selections in the current number is
.tThe Palimpsest of Paris" by Anne Hamp-
ton Brewster. The description given of the
famed city is graphic in much, and contains
facts of interest respecting the past and pres
ent of the great French capital