The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-04-03
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

Strikes, LockOuts, and Arbtrations, is the title
OF timely and important article in the April Cen
fury by George May Powell. 1t aims to be an un-
biased study of the relations of capital and labor,
and of the methods of settling differences. Three
anecdotal articles in this number form most en-
PERTAINING account of the famous Confederate
cruiser Alabama and her duel with the Kearsarge
2. D. Haywood, who was a seaman on the Abba
ma, describes Life on the Alabama with graphic
humor; Lieutenant Commander John Mcintosh
KEEL, in his paper gives an authoritative account
of the reasons which iRpelled Captain SenmeS 10
try issues with the Kearsarge andot the incidents
of the fight; while Surgeon John M. BroWhe OF
the Kearsarge contributes the Union history of
that stirring event. In Memoranda on the Civil
War, Captain Charles King replies to General
Pope. in yindication of his father, General Rufus
King. Professor John S. Tigert makes a sugges-
ton in regard to Government Aid in the Marking
of Rattle Fields; and Colonel L. B. Northrop the
Confederate CommssaryG General. replies to criti-
cisms by Generals j. L. Johnston, Beauregard
and Imboden. A portrait of Longfellow after an
ambrotype of 1S4S, showing the poet in guise
unfamiliar to the public of later years. is the from
tiSpiece of the number 1t accompanies a paper
by Mrs. Annie Fields, giving Glmpses of Longfel-
low in Social Life. Mr. Cables paper on Creole
Slave Songs is as fully Illustrated and as enter
tanning as his February article on The Dance in
the Place Congo. Mr. and Mrs. Pencil conclude
their descriptive narrative of their novel trip from
Florence to Rome, entitled Italy, from Tricycle..
A profuSely illustrated paper ON Toy Dogs-the
pug, spanielS, and terriers-by James Watson.
completes the Century series on typical dogs The
fiction OF the number comprises the third part of
The Minister'S Charge the conclusion of Mary
Hallock Foote'S dramatic novel; John Bodewin's
ward Eggleston, entitled Sister Tabea. the scene
of which is the Dunkard Convent at Ephrata
Pennsylvania and the time the middle of the
eighteenth century, and the other an amusing
sketch by Arlo Bates called April's Lady. Dr.
Washington GLADDEN. contributes thoughtful es-
say on Christianity and Popular Education The
poems OF the number are contributed by Mrs. Ce-
liza ThaXter, Miss Winifred HowellS, John Vance
Cheney, and in Brio, a-Brac, by Charles Henry
Webb, Mrs Martha Wolcott Hitchcock, Walter
Learned and others
H. c. Bunner opens st. Nicholas for April with
bright and amusing fancful story, entitled Cas-
perl, which is illustrated by 0. HEREFORD, and by
the frontispiece-drawn by Leon Moran. Edward
Everett Hale tells how the Vacation schools in
Boston were started; and Charles Barnard, in a
story called Sophie Conner and the Vacation
SchoolseNplains the inside workings of one of
those popular and paradoxcally named institu-
lions. Henry Sandman contributes eleven draw
ings illustrating both articles. A very interesting
Historic Girl is told about E. S. Brooks Her
name was "Woo of Hwang-ho. Frank r. Stock
ton brings us little nearer home in his Person
ally Conducted paper. And there is another of
the New Bits of Talk for Young Folk, by Helen
Jackson (H. H. Mrs. Burnett's serial, Little
Lord Fauntleroy, keeps at the same high-water
mark it reached in the last installment; Horace
Z. Scudder'S George Washington carries the hero
through the campaign with Braddock. and his
subsequent military experience as cOmmander-in-
chief OF the Virginia forces, his courtShip and
marriage. Henry EckfOrd shows more Wonders
OF the Alphabet, each letter of which appears to
have an Interesting history. Other stories and
sketches includes Bens Sister, a loSt-in-the-
snow by Maria l.. Pool; An Imprisoned Whale, a
natural history sketch by Edmund Collins; and
A Visit to Shakspere'S School, by the Rev. AL
fred Banker. There are poems and verses by
Harlan H. Ballard, Sydney Dayre, and Caro- A.
Lloyd; and pictures by r. b. Birch, Alfred Bren-
nan and James Monks.
The readers Of Cassell's Family Magazine for
April will gladly acknowledge that this is an I'M
commonly attractive number. The serial, A
Willful Young Woman, opens the number A
short paper, VIII it Rain Tomorrow comes APP
propriatey, with similar paper by John Bur-
roughs and one by Prof. Abbott discussing wealth
er wisdom in animals and birds. This is followed
by a description of How Kid Gloves are Made,
and this again by a short story, Rotha Chester's
Honey Moon, which won the prize in Casselrs
Short Story Competition. A practical paper on
gardening for the month is given, followed by one
equally practical from the pen of The Family Doc
tor. Then we have still another practical paper
this time on Cooperative Housekeeping. Life in
an American Boarding House is next described
There is an interesting interesting interview with
Henry NJ. Stanley reported, accompanied by a
new portrait of the explorer, in which he has
much to say of the new state of the Congo. In
the matter of dress we have two letters this week
one from Paris the other from London. Both are
filed with timely hints. A paper On the Decora-
ton of a Bedroom, has also some good advice, and
so has chapter on The Art of Singing an English
Ballad.