New-York tribune., 1886-05-05
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
SOuF MAY MAGAZINES.


Vorner is full of ,igor and cham as dchght-
IN, artis,cally as Ia attractive in icxt Mr. Du M'u'
riers illustrations OF tnc article on "The Loh"oh 0"
sop have all his accustomed Vaccinations IN tho way U"
character xpresslon Some OF his figures nave the
fault which his warmest admirers must always regret
they are very wooden in places Buthow good
The head and the pose how full OF spirit anu
Of .ugres,ion MI Reinhsirs sketches in illustration
OF Mr. Warmers Pilgrimage" are piquant and ski"'
Some feminine critic. however. with knowieuSe %
farhugaes and furbelows ought to hint to hm una. '
women all dress like school-eirs Ills " "Hp va"
Winkle deserves many kinds OF praise. MI 'ipSo"
aSap Bewitched" is one OF his daintes' eoniip"o" "
the portfolio Of Mother Nature
The Atlantic opens this month with paper ny 'onn
Fslc ON the weakness OF the United States Govern
ment under the Articles OF Confederation. 1heie IS
patEetc and beautiful little sory-a rustic tragcoE"'
Miss Jevett there generous OF tree scr
sls-,he new one being by w II Bishop and there Is q
xorv par er presenting w. Stilmans memories
oftne of years ago. This paper contains
somc interesting notes Turner with this character.
fstc story OF tho artists quickness OF perception
"Creswick had sent to the Academy exhibition sea-
side pcture waste OF sandy shore the SURF coming III
with wind and rain and. amidst the sedge. horse
Something wrong with the horse. but no one Mt tho
could tell. and it was finally decided to ask
Turner to come in and crcise It, Creswck found MIN
jn of the galleries at work on his picture lie hao
only passed through the where the CreswicK hung
and apparently without looking at anything in IL Dut
when Creswck asked him and tell him what was
the matter with his picture. he replied, 'Turn MIN
round which was the solution OF the puzzle; Tor the
painter had never noticed that horse always stands
with his tail TO a rainstorm."
The New Princeton Rerisw presents varied list OF
contents DR.. Titus Munson Coan opens the number
with an article Wordsworths Passion v: kind OF
hcus non icendo title. for the argument is princi-
pally devoted to showing that worisworths passion
ahs Dr
is not chargeae with the fulsomcness which dishgures
80 much modern talk about Wordsworth. He recog-
nzes the poets deficiencies clearly ana gives them uuo
weisht Wordsworth cold and unsympathetic 10
greater extent his disciples will admit Dr. Coah
appreciates his excelences, and in some particulars
even accords him what seems excess OF praise
but the paper whole is singularly well balanced
candid ard just The venerable historian george BAN
croft under title The Seventh Petition protests
against the changes made by the revisers OF the New
Testament in the Lords Prayer, from Deliver us
from evil to Deliver us from the evil QUE lie
charges the revisers with having made distinct
change for the worse here and he disputes the
technical justification Of the alteration. The question
opened full of interest. and doubtless Mr. BancroWs
vigorous remonstrance will be approved by many who
hold him that the change has belittled and con-
fused words full of meaning in the version of l6ll Mr.
Theodore Roosevelt examines The Present Position OF
Civil Service Reform and concludes that the change
Is necessary benecen,. ana will have to be continued
Mr.. F. W. Zabriskie talks about 1.-The Novel or our
Times "a somewha; indefinite way, but with an ap
probation OF some of the former masters OF fiction
which od.fashoned readers Will ENJOY Here is critic
who dares to express the oplnioa that Scott was a
stronger and more artistic writer than the gentle mon OF
the school who give US the realism OF the dissecng
room, altcrnated with gospel of the commonplace
which excludes emotion and spirituality. Two new
features have been added to The Ner Princeton: a
Record OF events TO appear at the end of each vol.
well and carefully compiled. and an analytical III
dex of remarkable funcss and convenience Of arrange
ment.
The gem of The Century is Mr.. Julian Hawthorne's
paper the philosophy which shaped his fathers work
or unique ani noble genius has yet written
sympttheticay and intutvely as has his son his
Interpretation tine novests spirit and aims carries
with conviction OF its truth Here and there, per
haps lie doth explain too much, aud carping critic
might take exception to one or two OF his
statements; but the article is. as whole
an admirable piece of work, framed |
with rare discretion and taste Two fine and unfamiliar
portraits accompany it. Mr.. Clarence Kings "Hemet
Of Msmbrno" Is graceful trhe vivid little picture
bri-htened by sunbeam OF humor and softened by
touch of pathos. The articles include General
McClellan's Autietam, General ID. II. Hills
paper south Mounain. and so ne not particularly
interesting rccollectiOns OF private The opening
paper of the series on american Country Dwellings
vehicle of excellent Illustrations and the
may be said of the article on " Fancy Pigeons"
The Io.tua this month concerns itself in weasur
with questions politics. to OF its political papers
TE TRIBUNE referred in other columns. President
Barnard gives suggestive account Of the fashion in
which educated declaring IN conclusion that the
two years which he spent teacher in the Hartford
Grammar School moro advantageous
him educationay than any other equal period in the
course OF his life. Lieutenant Greelys paper on the
future OF exploration reiteraes tho conclusions
his book and ends with the pertinent sug
gesOn that II America renews ner interest in polar
research there shall be "propei orethough means and
plan that again shall countrymen go forth
on hopeless quest, under circumstances where in
gcnuy mus, supplement sources ana personal quail
ties replace effective organization"