The Portland daily press., 1885-03-28
The Magazines.

In the April number of the Century Admiral Da
yid d. Porter contributes to the War Series strik
ing paper on The Opening of the Lower Mississippi
Accompanying the article are portraits Of Admiral
FArragut, Admiral Porter, Capt. Theodorus Bailey
Gen. Butler, who was in commend of the land for
ces, Gen. Lowell, the Confederate commander. and
other leading participants in the conflict. Besides
the portraits there ara more than twenty-five maps
plans and pictures of incidents most of the latter
being after designs by Admiral Porter George w.
Cable in brief article gives spirited description.
from personal observation, of New Orleans before
the Capture. Theodore Roosevelt contributes a
paper on Phases of State Legislation. reply to
Mr.. Cables recent paper The Freedman's Case
10 Equity is contributed by Henry w Grady of the
Atlanta Constitution, who writes under the sugges
tive title In Plain Black and White. Florentine
Mosaic, Mr.. Howels's second illustrated paper on
Floronce is the opening article in the magazine
reproduction of Mr.. Pennells etching Of the Ponte
Veccnio being the frontispiece. Eugene v. Smalev
describes his journey From Puget Sound to the Up-
per Columbia, accompanying which are views of
Mount Tacoma and of the Tyler glacier which is be.
ginning tt be an object of interest to travellers DR.
Edward Egglestons Coonists at Home is one of the
most pular Of his series on life in the Colonies
The fiction of the number includes he sixth mart os
The Rise of Silas Lapham, by Mr. Hoyells: the
third part Of Tbe Bostonians, by Henry James; and
humorous short story by Col. Richard M. John
ston, entitled The Mediations of Mr. Archie Kiet
trell, accompanied by character sketches by E. W.
Kembe. The poetry of the number is contributed
Mrs. Helen Jackson (H. II D Mrs. Louise Chandler
Moulton, Annie r. Aldrieh and H. Crandall; in
Brc-a-Brac by Frank d. Sherman, Miss Alice
Trumbull Learned, Margaret Vandegrifu and 9th
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st. Nfcholas Apri1
illustration. by W. st. John Harper of The Gilded
Boy, true story of Floreatine pageant in 1892.
In the Historic Girls Series e. S. Brooks tells the
story of the girlhood of Zsnobia of Palmyra Com
ing to more modern days, there is a sketch of Bach
which forms the first of series of brief biographies
by Agatha Iunis, OF the great musicians From Bach
to Wagner. Lieut.. Schwatka tells in Children of
the Cold of some of the popular games of Eskimo;
while Charles Barnard, in The Boss' Club relates
how some little New York savages that have been
caught and tanned. amuse themselves in a fine club
house. Another Ready for Business paper discusses
the chances for young in the field of practical
chemistry; and E. p Roe, in an interesting INSTALL
ment of Driven Back to Eden contributes some
sound and timely advice to young tillers of the SOIL
Among the Lawmakers contains an amusing chap
ter on the pranss of the Senate pages, and j. T.
Trowbridge's serial His One Fault goes brightly on.
Vi inO Ol lHS IOW are:
beautiful double page picture called Easter Morn
ing the story of mining camp pussy entitled The
Conscientious Cat; poem by Celia Thaxter; one
by Margaret Johnston. illustrated by Jessie McDer-
mott and another called Who's Afraid in the Dark
with full page picture by r. B. Birch.
Harper's Magazine for pril is brilliant number
with sixty-eight illustrations and unusual varie
tg OF interesting reading matter The frontispece
is characteristic portrait OF Abraham Lincoln,
frem photograph taken before he became Presi
dent. Mr.. Wendell Phillips Garrison, who is the
owner of this photograph, contributes poem en-
titled The Vision of Abraham Lincoln, April IA
1855. The most important of the illustrated arti-
cles personal sketch of the Prince of Wales by
William Howard Russell, illustrated from drawings
by R. Cation Woodville. A. O. Corbould Sidney P.
Hall and Others The long promised series of Bal
tic sketches by f. d. Millet is begun, under the
title OF Wild Goose Chase illustrated by r. Swain
Clifford. The other illustrated articles Col
lection of Chinese Porcelains, by r.. Riordan illus
trated from objects in the collection of Mr. Charles
A. Dana; Along the Rio Grande, by Sylvester Bax-
ter; Some Richmond Portraits by L. L. Dldier;
and Fly Fishing, by H. P. Wells. Miss woolson's
new novel, East Ang els increases in interest with
each instament, and the Anonymous story, At ike
Red Glove illustrated by G. S. Reinhart is bright
and entertaining. James Lane Allen contributes
humorous story entitled Too Much Momentum, and
there is very curious and interesting short tale
by Annie Trumbell Slosson entitled How Faith
Came and Went.
MIR. Albert Moor has the place of honor In the
Magazine of Art for April, his "Study ia Drapery,',
printed in color forms the frontispiece, while re-
productions rom his best known pictures grace
other pages of the magazine. Mr.. Moore's art is
dispassionately discussed by Mr.. Cosmo Monkhouse.
The opening paper is on The Older London Churches
by W. j. Lofte, which is followed by curious ac-
count of Fashions in Waists by Richard Heath.
Some Venetian Knockers are described by d. +.
Brown. and the Artist in Corsica continues his
graphic journey. The second paper in the series on
Prohles from the French Renaissance is on Maitre
Roux. Harry v. Bs nett contributes bright Note
on Gainsborough, while the editor of the magazine
discusses at length the French acuiptor Clodion and
his work. A very sensible paper by James Runei-