Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-02-24
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

Harper's for March presents as usual lib
eral assortment of the finely executed illus
trations for which this periodical is SO highly
and so justly appreciated. The several
novels EAST Angels, by Constance Fenimore
Woolson, and cat the Red Glove" anony-
nous, each maintain their interest as they
near their points of development. An
interesting historical article, ''The
House of Orange by Professor T. w.
Hewett, is a valuable contribution. ga
Glimpse of some Washington Homes,'' by
E. W. Lightner; s'Ths Cape Ann Quarries," "
by Ellen Day Hale, and Gin an Old Virginia
Town" by Frederick Daniel, are pleasing
sketches of different phases of American
life, with some charming illustrations. A
sonnet by Wordsworth is the subject of the
frontispiecs illustration. Three crisp, short
stories, several poems and very interesting
paper, entitled 'Jefferson's Financial Diary .
make up, with the editorial departments, an
excellent table of contents.
The Atlantic Monthly for March is a very
spirited number. DR.. Holmes here definite
1y opens his ''New Portfolio" which is ex-
ceedingly engaging. Beside the three serials
by Mrs. Oliphant, Miss Jewett, and Mr.
Craddock, which continue to increase in in
terest, there are several papers which are of
value to thoughtful readers. The chief
of these is a sketch by Clara Barnes
Martin, called "The Mother of Turgeneff -
Two scholarly articles, ''Time in Shake
speare's Comedies" /" by Henry A. Clapp, and
''The Consolidation of the Colonies, !" by
Brooks Adams, an almost painfully real
istic story by Bishop, called 'tThe
Brown-Stone Boy" and delightful
title of ga Plunge Into Summer" by Sylves-
ter Baxter, complete the longer articles of
the number. The continuation of the papers
on Madame Mohl must not be forgotten
There are, besides, four really good poems,
and fanciful little article by Edith M
Thomas is SO poetical in feeling that it natu-
rally takes its place among the poetry.
In Lippincott's for March f'Letters from
Sonora" by John Heard, jr., give picture
of the semi-barbarous condition of the
northern provinces of Mexico. ''The Balla, y
by Marie L. Thompson, is sketch in whi,h
the position of the wet nurse in modern
some of the scenes in 'sRomeo
and Juliet" The New Orleans ex-
position forms the subject of paper by Ed
ward G. Bruce. John P. Peters gives an in
teresting account of "Babylonian Explora-
tions," and T. F. Crane summarizes recent
ly published collection of 'tSicilian Proverbs. %
''The Cosmopolitan, ~ by Helen Gray Gone.
Is gooo naCufed parody OF Henry James, and
''Tina's Holm" and ''The DEVILS Own Luck u
are fresh and pleasantly written stories. The
third installment of Con this Side" is as en-
tertaiAing as the former numbers, and Miss
Tincker's "Aurora" enters on a new phase
whilamoving toward the denouement.
The Popular Science Monthly opens with
paper by Frank Wigglesworth Clarke OF
''Science in Politics. ''The Darwiniar
Theory of Instinct" by George j. Romanes
F. R. s., is presentation of the late Mr.
Darwin's views and the present drift of sci
entifie opinion on this important subject
Franklin Haven North describes the organ
ization and work of the school for little work
| ingmen in the city of New York. sMedical
l Expert Testimony" is keenly criticised by