The Portland daily press., 1885-06-23
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Harper's Magazine for July is capital
summer number. Ampersand, an Adfron-
dack region which Emerson made famous, is
pleasantly illustrated. Midsummer at Mt
Desert is also illustrated, and Marion Craw-
lord contributes paper on the Mohamme-
dams IN India, which gives occasion for some
splendid pictures of Moslem architecture
The City OF Buffalo appears attractive in
nineteen Illustrations. General Butler tells
the story of his yacht America, with the aid
OF Illustrations. The number is particularly
strong in good stories. There is a good hui
morous story by Granyille-Murray, called
His Highness's Love Affairs. Robert Bur
uette has humorous narrative entitled
Aunt PowelPs Win, Mr.. Howells begins in
most charming manner, in Florence, his
new novel, Indian Summer, and the East
Angels of Miss Woolson goes ON with its
usual felicity. The departments are unusu-
ally entertaining
Cassell's Magazine for July A large girl
playing lawn-tennis is the subject of the
frontiSpiece of the July number of Casselfs
Family Magazine. The serial story, A Dia-
mond In the Rough, opens the feast and in
PRODUCES us to several exciting situations A
new serial, My Namesake Marjorie, is begun
In this number and gives every promise of
sustaining the reputation OF this magazine
for good serial stories. Then we have sub
1ects OF scientific information discussed for
our Improvement: What the Sun is Made Of
with careful Illustrations, by c. Ray Woods.
The second of Karl Blinds papers on Dr.
Schlieman's Discoveries at Tiryns, and Flem-
lsh Laces, with exceptionally fine engrayings
from specimens of their work. Then we have
a most attractive article, A Fair Canoeist,
describing the first trip made by lady
around Flambro' Head in a canoe. J. Cuth-
bert Hadden has an article on Geo. Freder-
lex Handel and the Family Doctor has a
timely article on hay-fever. A glimpse of
New York and Central Park is given by
Catherine owen, and we have a second pa
per on How to Make Home Beautiful The
Paris correspondents Chit-chat on Dress is
not the least of the valuable papers in the
magazine, while The Gatherer, IS as usual,
lull Of bits OF practical information on the
scientific progress Of the day.
The July Atlantic is strong, bright and
varied, number. Although Miss Jewett's
story Is ended, the other serials by Dr.
Holmes and Mrs. Oliphant are at most in
teresting point, and Miss Murfree has never
shown herself to better advantage than in
the present brilliant installment of The Proph-
ct Of the Great Smoky Mountains" Charles
Dudley Warner begins series of papers of
horseback travel in the South, NJ II. Leon
ara has an interesting paper on Southwest
ern Kansas seen with Eastern Eyes, and
Sylvester Baxter describes A Mexican Vaca-
ton Week. There Is the usual short story
The Singular Case of Jerusha Barker. Some
of the other articles are Childhood in Media
val Art, by Horace e. Scudder, Garibaldi's
Ideas, by w. L. Alden, A Bit Of Bird-Life,
by Olive Thorne Miller, curious compari-
son between passages in Robinson Crusoe
and the autobiography of an old Massaehu-
sets divine, by E. E. Hale and an amusing
resume of recent book, by a Chinaman,
about China. Besides other pieces of poetry
there Is long poem by Whittier in his best
manner, on st. Elizabeth and Elizabeth Fry,
ana Nora Perry has some pretty verses