Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-04-18

her thousands of readers, suggestive Of a phan.
,asmagoria OF disgust, she would telegate her
muse to the garre, and attend TO household
duties in the future. The poetry Of the nun.
Der is redeemed, however, by right dainty
ballade by Louise Chandler Moulton, entitled
In Winter, which no, only has the true ring Of
ye ancient baliade but will carry many hearts
backward to the time when youth and nature
held high carnival in the romantic realm Of
love. Besides the continued serial stories the
magazine contains readable sketch, entitled
The Mediiations Of Mr.. Archie Kittrell, oy X.
NJ Johnston, and paper by Edward Eggle.
ston on The Colonsts at Home, which is full
Of interes, for English as well as American
readers.
The frontispiece of ilarpers Magazine for
April is an excellent engraved portrait Of
Abraham Lincoln taken from photograph
belonging to w. z. Garrison. A very fair
sonnet by Mr.. Garrison accompanies the por.
trait and ia based upon dream related by
the myrtered president cat a cabine, meeting
held the morning of the assassination" The
dream was, that he saw ship sailing very
rapidly. The sonnet makes i, poetically a ship
of Fate. Among the illustrated papers Of the
Along the Rio Grande, by Sylvester Baxter
and Some Richmond Portraits, by Eugene l..
Didier while European readers will enjoy A
Wild Goose Chase, by f. ID. Millet and the
Prince If Watac S,pI,,nub,,, h,, w II
Russell. The latter article contains good por
traits of the Prince and Princess and some ex-
celent landscape engravings. Fly.hshing,
illustrated with diagrams, by w. H.Wells, and
one of Wordsworth's Sonnets which was writ.
ten upon a blank leaf in his Complete Angler
will please and instruct the enemies Of God,
hnny tribe.
The North American Review generally turns
out the mos, consoling Of all magazines for
persons Of literary turn of mind, and the
April number is especially interesting in dis.
cursive thought, general reform movements,
and in Persian Poetry. A study in Prison
Management by Charles Dudley Warner, ,enters
into the detail Of prison life. The question Of
"the relations of mental activity and pro.
gress to conduct" is explained with tabu-
lated review and analysis Of school popu-
lation, by grades, The Laws Delay, by
Chief Justice I. r. Harris presents in
a forcible manner one of the paradoxes Of civil
lization and raises the question as to whether
the claws delay begins and ends with the
nannla ~ but ;ud;r;,I tho nuas,inp sr,
''whether man is capable Of governing himself
for the people themselves to settle. An arti-
Gle on Free Thought in America by Robert
Buchanan shows somewhat OF prejudice and
ness in discussing a question which major
ity of the American people are pretty well
agreed on. The paper containing the most liter
AIRY merit in the Review is one entitled Char.
acteristics Of Persian Poetry, by Ainsworth
r. Spofford. To lovers Of fine poetry this
paper will prove rich treat owing to The fac,
that until recently oriental literature has been a
closed book to the general reader Of the mod
ern world and even at the present time the
number of translated works of oriental poetry
will fall probably below hundred volumes.
The beauties Of oriental poetry and especially
Of the Persian are well known TO scholars and
have been duly appreciated for years. 1t was
thoughtful in the editor OF the North Ameri
can Review to follow the English example and
give the general public glimpse into the
charmed precincts Of the flower realms Of the
East. We quote a single extract, translated
by Miss Costello in her work entitled the Rose
Garden Of Persia, which will give our readers
an idea Of the rich metaphorical language.
the melodious rhythm, and the languid graces
traceable Throughout, the language Of southern
Asia (:
"Iook forth companions. cas-, afar your eyes,
Where yonder many -colorrd plain extends;
All in my breast wha, sweet sensations rise
Behold how each soft charm Of nature blends
"Ihe tender silken grass invites the tread
With musky odor breaihes the tanning air
Pure waters glide along their penumed bed,
As though the gave them her
"Ths lily talk bend, with her fragran, flower,
The luster Of the rose slads every bower.
The pleasant walks with graceful pace along
Soft doves and mounfal nighingaes nigh,
Charming the silence with mingled song,
And murman from the cypress bough, reply.
There is gay groups. beneath the trees, beside
Tho>e that through the vale, In music glide.
Lovely AS fairies. beautiful a. day.
Are maids who wander on in sposti,e play
''She decks the plain with beauty as she goes.
Before her shrink ashamed the jasmine and the rose
"And there are Turkish maids that them
With forms like cypress boushs, that ssphsrs
Locks dark as husband sss each veil diseloses
Eyes filled with sleep and cheeks all full of fosss !"
The Agricultural Crisis in England. by VII.
liam +. Bear, discusses the serious condition oi
agricultural depression in England and
Scotland. reviews agricultural politics in Eng.
land and points out wherein the present crisis
in tina, country may become warning to the
people Of the United States.
The question Of Reform in English Spelling
is ably discussed by Professor 7. W. Hunt.
while Mr.. 7. v. Poverty writes Of the Army
OF the Disoontentcd in the fields Of the worlds
labor.
OF the remaining American magazines the
Popular Science Monthly and The Overland
arc 10th deserving Of mention. The Popular
Science Monthly. as usual, Is filled with inter.
esting and Instructive matter. The article 90
Liqaor Legislation, oy ccuham d. Williams.
is full Of suggestive hints, to which the Ia.
~a,ian Priv Council are respectfully referred.
The Press is indebted to Nj. Jonathan
Austin, Commissioners Of Patents, fos copy of
his panphie, on ''Paieas lass of shs Hawaiian
Islands and Rules of practice in The Psisa' o.
fee"