The Portland daily press., 1886-09-13
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

Harper's Magazine for September is a strong
number, richly and attractively illustrated. The
reader will naturally turn first to Mr.. Charles
Dudley Warmers delightful serial, Their Pilgrim
age the scenes of which for this monthly part are
at Long Branch, Ocean Grove Saratoga, and
Lake George. The article on Working-men in
the British Parliament, by Mr. Edward Brown, is
a striking revelation of the force welded in Eng
land by the Trades-unons. Mr.. Lewis F. Aliens
article in this Number on Short Horned Cattle is
exceedingly interesting and beautifully illlstrat
ed. Thomas Wentworth Higginson contributes
an entertaining chapter OF American maritime
history in his article on Old Salem Sea Captains,
which is very effectively Illustrated Theodore
Child contributes a curiousy interesting descrip-
ton of the manufacture of artistic bronze in Par
is, as carried on under the leadership Of Barbedi
enne. This Number contains the sixth part OF
Mr.. Blackmores new and OK citing novel, Spring
haven, Illustrated by Alfred Parsons and Freder-
lex Barnard. Mr.. Aft ed Parsons also contributes
another of his beautiful Illustrations of Words
worth's sonnets, choosing for his subject. Places
of Worship. Harold Frcdcricks short story,
Brother Angelan, has strong dramatic interest,
cholera ho on he Another
cellent short story, The end Of Love,match, Is
contributed by Miss Julia D. Whiting. Dr. Rich.
ard I. Ely finishes in this Number his articles of
Reform Of Railway Abuses. The seventh part Of
Mr.. E. z. Roes interesting and practical papers
on The Home Acre treats of the culture of the
strawberry. Rear admiral Edward Simpson, Y.
s. N, contributes an important paper on the Unit
ed states Docks and ana kenT be
Central Engine of the Solar SYSTEM some very in
teresting suggestions respecting the constitution
of the suns globe.
From the frontispicce which is q reproduction
of Landseer's celebrated portrait Of himself and
n 10 two doUc he f0 HOY
with its ingenious puzzles, St. Nicholas for Sep
TENDER is crowded with bright and interesting
matter for girls and boys and all who love them.
A paper on English Art and Artists, by Clara Frs
kline Clement, opens the number and closes the
series which has been the means of introducing
so many beautiful pictures and entertaining an
ecdotes to the readers of the magazine. Little
Lord Fauntleroy is carried forward in two chap
ters The other serials, too increase in interest
as they near their conclusions. In this INSTALL
ment Of Horace T.. Scudder's serial George Wash
ington once more retircs to private life; and Hen
ny Eckford explains some curious relations be-
tween letters and numbers in Wonders OF the Al
phabet. The Brownies with their usual enter
prise, take up the game of iawn-tennis, and Snsan
Ann Brown describes a clever italian game for
cnterpriSing young Americans. Among the other
contents especially noteworthy are the Work and
Play paper on Venetian Marquctry, by Charles
Godfrey Leland; true account by Edward Eg-
glcston of how one boy saved three lives oh Lake
George; and story by Annie A. Preston, called
A Matter-of-fact Cinderella, which is good enough
to be true, If it isn't.
An important article on The Extension of Uni
yersity Education, from an interview with Prof.
Stuart, appears in the September number OF Cas-
sells Family Magazine. Student Life at Heidel
berg is pleasant supplement to the University
article, and in it Kingsley Spencer ventures the
assertion that the English system of university ed
ucation is superior to the German in almost every
respect Stirring Scenes in Stirring Lives deals
with Christopher Columbus. j. T. g. gives
entertaining account of Some Gaieties and GRAY
cles on The Pleasures of Mountaineering by W.
T. Mainprise, and The Glens of the Ochfls, by J.
that tourists for the Scottish Highland break their
journey at Stirling for day or two. Freak of
Nature is capital short story, and the serials
advance in due time. The poetry is good.
Godey's Lady's Book for September is partic-
ularly handsome number. The fashions in col
ors and black show all the latest novelties for
early autumn. A serial entitled A Wave o. the
Sea, from the pen of the popular and fayorite au-
thor Miss Marian Reeves, is commenced In this
number and promises to be unusually attractive.
Emily Lennox contributes a bright little story
called Jacot. The Coronet of Thorns, by ]. V.
Pritchard, is completed. Several good poems
adorn the number among which is A September
Sunrise, by George BirdSeyc. The Marriage of
Cpur de Lion by Mary Green Young, When Last
l Saw You, by Minnie Macarthur and others.
The illustrations in the September number of
the Magazine of Art would make beautiful little
album by themselves. The number opens with
suggestive paper on Art in Australia, by r. A.
Stevenson, which is practically an essay on all
colonial art. W. j. Henderson writes of Some
New York Theatres, giving descriptions. Cur
rent Art describes a large number of recent pic
lures and the methods of many prominent artists.
Quentin Metsy isE the hero of the present article
on the Romance of Art, by Annie =. Evans:
Francis Watts descriptive article on The Rapid
Spey gives anu M ba q yas
while Claude Phillips describes The Picture Gal
lery at Dorchester House, which he thinks de-
serves to be known much better than 1t is.
LISTS last illness was announced after the Sep
TENDER Century had gone to press; tits due to
accident, therefore, rather than to pnrpose that
the two full-page portraits of the musician, and
the intimate account by his American pupil, Al
bert Morris Bagby. of A Summer with List in
Weimar, should appear in the Century so soon
after his death. Alfred e. Moore describes in
humorous vein his sensations and mishaps in mid
air. under the title, Amateur Ballooning. His
companion John G. Doughty, recounts The Bal
loon Experiences of Timid Photographer. Two
Illustrated articles of artistic and scientific interest
are the late Minister to Persia S. G. W. Benja
MINIS paper called, A Glance at the Arts OF Per-
STA, and Mrs. Emily Num- Whitman's account of
The Geological Station at Naples. The charm of
an essay and the instructive observations of
student of familiar nature are mingled in John
Burroughs's Notes from the Prairie. In the
eighth part of The Minister'S Charge, Mr.. How
ellis partly satisfies the great curiosity OF his read
ers to see the way Lemuel Bakers love affairs
are going Frank r. Stockton develops new
situation and additional drollness out Of The
Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine;
short story called A Pistol ShOtD In the War
Series fertile subject lending itself to rich Illus
tration is introduced bysGen.s Alfred Pleasantons
the Memoranda on the Civil War, Gen. r. E.
Colston offer new letter showing that Lee had
OWNED Hookers plans; Gen; Thomas nj. Ander-
son explains anecdotay why The Reserve at An
tietam was not hurled against Lees exhausted
lines; Capt Joel B. Erhardt quotes from war
time letter by Gen. William f. Smith as revealing
Gen. Grants reasons for relieving the latter Mr..
Whittier replies to a statement of Col. Henry Kyd
Douglas with respect to his poem on Barbara
Frietchie.
The Atlantic for September has just enough of
the various kinds of literature to make it attrac
tive to every one. One of the first things the
reader will turn to is story by Rebecca Harding
Davis, entitled Mademoisele Joan, pretty
sketch Of Canadian life Mr.. Bradford Torrey, the
author of Birds in the Bush has paper on the
Confessions of a Birds'-Nest Hunter, written in
his usual genial manner. Besides these articles
these is clever study The Saloon in Politics,
which shows what factor the saloon is in our
political questions, written by George Frederic
Parsons. Mr. Frank Gaylord Cook contributes
paper on The Laws Partially to Married Women.
Those more literary in their tastes will be at
tracted by Philip Gilbert Hamerton,s, second pa,
per, in his series French and English; and still
more will they be interested in Thomas Went
worth Higgnson's estimate of the late E. P. Whip
pie, and in the able reviews of Schuylers Ameri-
can Diplomacy and the second volume OF Grants
Memoirs. For the student of history Mr.. Fiske,s
article, the The Paper Money Craze OF 1856 VIII
reader there are the iastailments of Bishops
Golden Justice, of Miss Murfree's In the Clouds,
and, last but not least of Henry James's powerful
story, The Princess CaSamassima.