The Portland daily press., 1886-08-06

brief article describes Dolls ana th ht. m ian
ture: the Garden Gossip contains MINIS IoT July
especially; What to Wear gives Farls ana Lon
don gossip for August Inc seri'tIs + d[S ooii I'm
ued, and there are short stories NY 0"'iiein0 wv
en- and Gordon Stables.
The oniver for August has a goodly proportion
of light reading for the warm summer days. The
Heir of Sanford Towers and Edward CARROTS
serial The Stranger Within the Gates are contln-
ued, while Sylvia Moreton's Probation comes TO
an end with peal of wedding bells, and Two Llt-
tie Feet ends if not sorrowfully, at least VIII pa
thos. Among the articles with eeeper purpose
is an admirable paper by Rev. A. r. BucKlahu' ol
Work Among the Highways and Hedges, plead
ing that employment be not refused to those tliat
have erred The Making of a Sunday Scnool
Teacher has excellent hints for all teacheIs'
while the Culver Bible Glass and Scripture Les
sons for School and Home are full of helpful sug-
gestionS For the elders there are articles by
Rev. G. j. Hardy, on Mistakes About Happiness,
The First Three Chapters of Human History py
Rev. HI. Martyr Hart; and brief sermon on Inc
Uusearchable Riches of Christ by Rev. Henry
Aion, while Gordon Calthrop gives the little ones
pretty and wholesome lesson in his talk aDout
Little Ministers.
Godeys Lady's Book for August is an attractive
number Various designs for colored and black
fashions are given. Also an attractive colored
and many black work designs. The literary de-
partment is full and varied The Cornet of Thorns
by j. V. Prichard, nears conclusion. and the
pages given are very exciting. Found-Not
Sought, a good tran slaton from the German OF
B. Laddey is concluded. May by Merritt Keene,
is an attractive story. Jacot, by the popular au,
thor, Emily LennoX, is bright and original, and
the Voice in the river is full of thrilling incident
The August number of Harper's Magazine is in
every way timely reminder of the midsummer
season. This seasonableness, perhaps, impresses
us most in Mr. Warmers delightful story Their
Will thIc taEa to 20
Harbor and Sulphur Springs. F. w. Burbidge,
curator of the Botanical Gardens, Trinity College,
Dublin, contributes exceedingly interesting
paper on orchids, beautifully Illustrated by Alfred
Parsons and William Hamilton Gibson. Mr..
Charles Algernon Dougherty's lively sketches of
Transatlantic Captains are illustrated with thirty
portraits. Edmund Kirke contributes an enter
tanning article on Detroit the City of the Strait
giving thrilling account of its early history and
its rapid growth William Winter contributes an
excellent paper on Joseph Jefferson, the actor.
We have the last of Mr.. Abbey's charming Illus
trations OF She Stops to Conquer in drawing
accompanying one of the numerous ep0gueS to
that play Mr.. Blackmore's novel, Springhayen,
is full of exciting incident and character, striking
~ Illustrated by Frederick Barnard and Alfred
Parsons. In the second of his Social Studies DR..
Richard L. Ely discusses The Economic Evils in
American Railway Methods e. 2. Roe in Part
vi. of The Home Acre, gives some valuable infor-
nation respecting the cultivation of the currant.
Mrs, Lille contributes entertaining short story
entitled De Baabadoesa's Little Hour; and MI:
John HabbertonS brief paper, The Penalties OF
Authorship is delightfully."- humorous sketch.
st. Nicholas for August goes out of doors to seek
congenial topics for its readers The frontispece,
by Mary Hallock Foote, gives us bright glimpse
of child life at the seaside, while the opening ar
ticle, A Rocky Mountain Hermit, by Alfred Terry
Bacon, is a delightful account of Robinson Cru
soc SUI miner spent among the birds, the beasts
and the mountains of Wyoming. Ripley Hitch
cock, who wrote last month about Fly-ishing for
Trout, contributes in a Royal Fish description
of the methods and the joys of salmon fishing.
On the Wiley Brook Trestle is an exciting vaea-
ton story of the White Mountains by Willis Boyd
Allen. A new and original outdoor game, called
Regatta is described by Frank Bellew. The Work
and Play department. is of an amphibious charae-
ter and contains A Rope Yarn spun by an Old
Sailor, c. W.. Miller: Of the serials, Little Lord
which the plot against the hero is still further de-
velOped Rose baltimore Alling carries Mans Re-
volt forward in two clever chapters; The Kelp
Gatherers find strange things cast up by the sea-
Horace e. Scudder takes George Washington
through the year s17S3 when he became once
wonders Of the Alphabet tells about some curl
GUS ancient and modern letter systems.
The Magazine of Art for August has for from
tispiece an illustration of Rosettis Ecce Amelia
Domini An admirable paper by W. J. Nettleship
on Animals in Decoration treats the subject in a
clear, entertaining and popular way. Julia Cart
wright in The Romance of Art, describes the
splendid marriage of Lorenzo the Magnificent.
A fine picture is given of the vase from the Berlin
Museum which illustrates the Homeric Hymn to
Dionysus, and is one of the finest examples of
Greek decorative art. Plagiarisms of the Old
Masters, by Claude Phillips, is doubly interesting
byits full Illustrations of the same theme as
treated by different masters Raphaels plagiar-
isms are the subject of the present paper. The
Pictorial Arts OF Japan, by Cosmo Monkhouse,
tempts the reader with its curious illustrations OF
Japanese drawing. Charles de Kay writes OF A
Group of Colorists. There is a spirited letter
from Paul Leroi on the subject of the Academy's
rejection of nj. Rodin, descriptive article on The
Rapid Spey, by Francis Watt, bit OF delicate and
tender verse by Thomas Gordon Hake on The
Golden Wedding of bride who had died before
her silver wedding.
The August Atlantic is an extremely good one
Miss Sarah Orne Jewett contributes clever story
called The Two Browns, and Octave Thanet has a
very amusing sketch about Six Visions of st.
Augustine, in which we see the town from six diff
ferent points Of view. The three most notable
articles of the number are an entertaining paper.
on Domestic Economy in the Confederacy, by Da-
yid Dodge; paper on The Indian question in
Arizona, by Robert X. Evans; and an essay on
The Benefits of Superstition, by Agnes Reppller.
Andrew Hedbrooke has an essay on Individual
Continuity and there are criticisms on Recent
Literature and other volumes. Miss Edith nj.
Helen Hunt jackson, and there are some other
verses which are up to the usual high standard Oh
Atlantic poetry. The three serials by Henry
James, Bishop, and Charles Egbert Craddock
are as interesting as ever.