The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-07-22

A Modern Pandora, illustrated by G. d. Weldon.
Another short story, The Sirdar's Chess Board by
Mrs e. w Latimer, is a thrilling romance locat-
ed IN the Afghan hill-country. Elder Browns
backslide, by III. S, Edwards, is humorous story
OIL unusual yigor The Rev. John E. Edwards,
d., "a Southern writer, contributes an interest
ing brief sketch of the celebrated sPawnee' panic
brief paper on Aix-les-Bans contains much in
teresting information especially valuable to trav-
ellers In search of health.
The Magazine of Art for August has as a from
tispiece poem by Austin Dobson. illustrated by
Caldecott. This number contains second article
on The Older London Churches an engraving OF
Sabriel Maxs picture, On the Appian Way
quaint description of Old Herbals German and
Italian, with representative illustrations, scenery
on The Dart, an historical account of glass paint
ing, an articleon Modern Medallions, Current Art,
in which is given a fine engraving of Andrew
Lang from the painting by w. B. Richmond. A
Cry from the Deep, an engraving from A. Hag-
borg's picture, is spirited composition.
DR.. Holiness Two Anniversary Poems are the
most striking feature of the Atlantic for August.
One is addressed to James Russell Lowell, and
was delivered at the last Harvard Commencement;
the other 10 the Poets who only Listen, and was
read at the recent Phi Beta Kappa Dinner at Cam
bridge. Both are charming. There is some more
unusually excellent poetry by Edith Thomas. An
drew Hedbrook and Kathleen Wright The New
Portfolio has developed startling incident Mrs
ELEPHANTS story is on the eve of its denouement
and Miss Murfree's Prophet of the Great Smoky
Mountain comes to a strangely pathetic ending
Warmers On aHorseback is continued and is
amusing enough. The three more solid articles
OF the number are The Port Royal of Mere An
gel1que, by Maria E. MacKaye, Should College
Educate, by E. r. Sill, and a critical article by
Harriet Waters Preston on Miss Ingelow and Mrs
Walford. Philander Demng has characteristic
tale to tell, Wong Chin Foo relates The Story of
San Tszon, legend of Buddhism, and there is
pleasant little concet about Shakespeare.
CasselPs Family Magazine for August has for its
frontispece the picture of charming young lady
sitting back in her Victoria Miss Alice O'Han-
Ions capital story, A Diamond in the Rough has
reached its thirty-rst chapter, and goes ON inter
estingly to the end. 1t is followed by lively
sketch, "How we Lived upon Wheels, a descrip.
ton of four vans that were rugged up by husband
and wife for holiday trip. The first part of a
descriptive article on The Sporstmen of the World
by Miss G. f. Gordon Cumming, follow The
Family Doctor, who follows, advises training
against troubles to come; Cumberland Statesmen
is the subject of a short essay; the subject of
Gymnastics for Girls is discussed and there is
another paper on London by Night The strong
points of Some Great English Painters are dwelt
upon and illustrated, and those who do not care
for the mysteries of the palette, and to whom the
mysteries of the palate are more interesting will
find some valuable suggestions for the making of
Sauces for Fish, Flesh and Fowl and some excel
lent hints regarding the prevailing fashions in the
Paris letter. Catherine Owen gives an account of
that wonderful Peoples University the Chatauqua
T r..
keeps us posted in all that is new in the way of
useful inventions.