Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-05-16
The Nay Magazine.

promise OF more before the demand
ceases There is no doubt but that
the Century has, at last, succeeded in
placing itself at the head of the worlds
illustrated popular magazines, not only
in excellence OF illustration and literary
matter, but in the length of its sub
scription lists as we'll A magazine
with over a million readers, it has be-
come q power in shaping the literary
and artistic taste of Americans, and its
influence is felt and recognized through
out the Englsh-speaking world. Nor
is it saying too much to affirm that
American magazine advancement
during the last fifty years has remodeled
and caused great improvement in the
appearance and enterprise Of European,
and especially Of English periodical
literature. A happy mean between the
dry and heavy matter of the English
Quarterles and the too light nature of
popular literature has been attained by
American magazines, and especially by
the Century, which has done much to
bring about this revolution in current
literature.
The present number of the Century
opens with portrait OF General George
Il. Mcclellan, which accompanies the
war paper on Manassas to Seven Pines,
written by Joseph l.. Johnston, the
confederate general The war paper is
proceeded by the Incidents of the
Battle of Manassas, containing map OF
the Bull Run battle field, etc, written
by John ID. lmboden. The main
paper, on Manassas to Seven Pines,
constitutes reply to Jefferson Davis
and includes descriptions of the two
battles fought at Bull Run and Seven
Pines, respectively The Second Day
at Seven Pines is contributed by Gus
tavus W. Smith Recollections Of n
Private, by Warren Lee Goss and The
Peninsular Campaign of May and
June, 1902, by General George b.
Mcclellan. The whole is concluded
with Memoranda Notes on the Civil
War, and each paper is graphically
illustrated and explained with sketches,
portraits, maps of the different battle
fields, sections of country, etc.
The New Orleans Exposition is his
torlcally and descrptvely written up by
Eugene V. Smalley, with numerous
illustrations by Messrs. +. w. Kemble
and c. J. Meeker
Typical Dogs is series Of short
articles wherein the chief points and
canine traits of the Mastifi, the St
Bernard, the bulldog, the bull-terrier,
the greyhound and the Chesapeake
duck-dog are summed up by different
writers with critical care. Each paper
is accompanied with wood-cut of a
typical dog.
This number contains two articles
worthy OF extended notice, but our
space forbids suffice it to say that
they are deserving of careful perusal
and will amply repay second reading
The papers referred to are Whittier,
by the poet, Edmund c. Stedman and
Immortality and Modern Thought, by
+. +. Munger. Mr. Stedman treats
the life, times and work of Whittier in
his usual comprehensive, critical and
comparative style, throwing much light
upon the surroundings OF the Quaker
bard and giving numerous extracts
illustrative of Whi,tier's Imagination
and fancy. Mr.. Munger critically ex.
amines into the theories of the doctrine
of Immortality and speaks of the
apparent futility that has attracted all
efforts to prove the Immortality of man
springs largely from the fact that a
sense of immortality as ian achieve
ment in morals, and not an inference
drawn by logical processes from the
nature OF things" and adds, 1t is not
demonstration to, or by, the reason,
but a conviction gained through the
spirit in the process OF human lite" 1t
is pleasing TO see we have writer's who
are at last willing to give these alb
struse subjects popular treatment, SO
that the masses can understand the
arguments pro and con, and partially
grasp, at least, the mental foundation
upon which is builded this hope of i'm
mortality in man.
One of the most interesting papers
in the number is entitled Greeley at
Cape Sabine, by Ensign Charles II,
Harlow Of the u. S. Navy. The
article is illustrated with maps, and
gives facsimile of the first page OF a
four-page hek,ograph newspaper printed
at Fort Conger. The paper treats in
detail of the Greeley relief expedition
and includes the following sub-heads
The first tidings OF Greeley; The
Rescue; On the Thetis; Cape Clay
Serving out Provisions The Graves ;
Why Greeley did not cross Smith
Sound; and The Return Home
The poetry for May falls below the
Century standard, with the exception
of The Parting of llman and Haadin,
by John Vance Cheney, which is
graphically and powerfully portrayed in
manner worthy OF Swinbum's pen.
Harper's magazine for May is hardly
up to its usual standard 1t may be,
however, that it does not stand com
parison with the Century as il used to,
or 1t may be that individual taste has
hardened into prejudice which causes
us to deem it not what i, once was, the
leading American magazine.
Spring Blossoms is the frontispiece,
engraved by King from drawing by
Howard Pyle. The work is delicately
executed and the picture represents m
misunderstanding young lady standing
with her head and shoulders EMPOWERED
within cloud of spring blossoms, her
self the sweetest flower OF them all.
Among illustrated articles there is Q
quaint and interesting paper entitled
Espahola and its Environs, by Birge
Harrison. Espahola is one OF those
queer southwestern cities situated on
the river Rio Grande, about thirty miles
from Santa Fe and sixty miles south oil