The Portland daily press., 1885-10-26
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PHILADELPHIA Press
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

Inc Magazine OF Art for November Is an unll-
sually attractive number. The frontispiece is a
| portrait of the beautiful Lady Hamilton, as The
Spinstress, reproduced in color from Romney's
famous painting Other portraits of Lady Hamil-
ton are given in another part OF the magazine to-
gether with spirited description of the career of
that brilliant, though unhappy beauty. Millicent
Garrett-Fawcctt has the opening paper ON Burn
ham Beeches, recently acquired park in the Lon
don suburbs. The Illustrations from the pen
Gil of A. w. Henley. The Myth Of Perseus and
Endromeda is set forth by Jane E. Harrison and
Illustrated from classic models. Phlibert De-
lorme is the Seventh profile cut from the French
Renaissance by A. Mary F. Robinson. The page
devoted to poem and picture is Below the Sea,
described by the pen of May Kendall and the pen
Gil Of w. H. Oyerend. A very interesting and
amusing account of an incident in the life of j. W.
NJ. Turner is told by J. PenderelBrodhurst in a
chapter on the Romance of Art The American
pictures in the Paris Salon are described by r. A.
NJ. Stevenson, and illustrated from the artists
own work. There is an admirable page reproduc-
ton from j. S. Sargent's portrait of the Misses
Vickers accompanying this paper An illustrat-
ed paper on the Medallists of the Renaissance, is
founded on Aloiss Heisss recent volume.
Harper's Magazine for November concludes the
seventy-frst volume. The frontispiece is a master
ly engraving by Bernstrom of The Otter Hunt, one
of Sir Edwin Landseer's most characteristic paint
ings. The number opens with very interesting
article by Lucy G. Lille, eutitled An Iudian Jour
ney. The illustrations are from drawings by Mr..
and Mrs. r. Swain Clifford. The most striking pa
per in henumber is DR.. Wheatley's article on
The New York Stock Exchange. While the arti-
Gle is not denunciatory sermon against the evils
of speculation, it clearly shows that much more
than one-haf of the brokerage business consists
of fictitious sales. Next in Importance is Mr.
Wells article on The Defence of our Sea-ports
which is also fully illustrated. Mr.. Edward How
lands paper on The Familistere at Guise, France,
is timely and important social study, based upon
M. Godin's recent experiment of associating his
workmen with himself In such a way that they are
not only wage earners but participants in the
profits of the industry carried on by him at Guise
o. j. Victor's article on Guatemala, illustrat-
ed by z. Frenzeny, is timely and interesting. An
Art Study is a brief but instructive paper, based
on Murillos original (painted) design for his cell
ebrated picture, st. Elizabeth of Hungary. Apro.
pos of the frontispiece there is an interesting
sketch of An Otter Hunt in the Hebrides, con-
tributed by Robert d. Somers. The Hon. John
Bgelow contributes Some Recollections of Lord
Houghton. Act II. of She Stops to Conquer is
concluded in this number, with six Illustrations
by E. A. Abbey. Miss Woolson's East Angels and
Mr. Howellss Indian Summer continued
There are two excellent short stories-a humor-
GUS SKETCH entitled The Singular Case of Mr.
Samuel Spoolin, by T. Anstey, author of Vice Ver-
sa illustrated by Reinhart, and The Captain of
the Heather Bell, by the late Helen Hunt Jack
son. The poems of the number are remarkably
good Summers Decay, by Nora Perry is accom-
panied by beautiful fullpage engraving from a
drawing by G. Y. Turner. Tonight is contributed
by Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton, and Alcyone-
series of three sonnets-by Mrs. Francis L.
Mace.
Among the many interesting articles in the At
lantic Monthly for November, Some Testimony in
the Case, Rebecca Harding Davis's contribution
to the literature of 'the negro problem" will es-
pecially appeal to the reader The impressment
of sailors is entertainingly written about by Ed
ward Stanwood under the title of An Old-Time
Grievance. Two thoughtful and scholarly articles,
one on The Idea of God, by John Fiske, the 9th
er on Principles of Criticism, by E. r. Sill, form
the more solid papers of the number Thackeray
as an Art Critic contains some account of the
great novelst's early notes on pictures; and Mrs.
Miller has pretty bird sketch, called A Tricksy
Spirit AS for the serials by Henry James, Mrs.
Oliphant and Dr.. Holmes, they maintain their in
terest and one at least Of the stories has start
ling development An old Algonquin legend is
the metif of How Glooskap brought the Summer,
by Francis L. Mace; and there is more good po-
etry by Andrew Helbroeke and Paul Hermes.