The Portland daily press., 1886-10-12
MAGAZINE NOTICES.


The frontispiece of the Magazine of Art for
October is Hermes, after the painting by W. B.
Richmond in the last Grosvenor gallery exhibit
ton. Current Art is treated by the editor in
French paper which is fully Illustrated. Stanley
Lane Poole treats of Venetian AZzimina of the
Sixteenth Century and R. Penderel Brodhurst
revives some old Royal Academy Scandals. II. j.
Charleton describes the pretty little fishing vii
lage of Cullercoats while R. Jobbing proves the
truth of these descriptions with his pencil. The
pictures painted for Thomas Macklin are care
fully described and the story of their origin told
by Alfred Beaver The story of La Bella Simon
eta" is told in the series on "The Romance of
Artr Claude Phillips describes the work of the
late Paul Baudry. Art in Ancient Rome is laid
before later-day amateurs by VIM. Holmden in an
illustrated paper There is a page engraving
from the painting The Mountain Pass, by A.
Wiersz-Knowalski this is followed by an account
of the French and Dutch pictures in Edinburg,
and the department at American and foreign art
notes.
Cassers for October contains the closing chap
tiers of the serial Wilful Young Woman, Our
Cooperative Picnic, and How We Arranged 1t is
breezy sketch by Harry Firth, which is followed
by carefully prepared answer to the question.
Why Should Girl Go to College. The Family
Doctor gives some serviceable hints about the
care of the hair, and flies in the face of tradition
by saying that it should not be brushed toe yio-
Losing and Finding are amusingly set forth by a
writer whose name is not given. An illustrated
paper describes the beauties of the Lower
Thames, and we are giyenlthe first OF two papers
by VIM Higgins ID. G. L., f. r. ST. on the Pilot
ography of the Heavens.
The fashion pages of Godey's for October are re-
plete with illustrations for different articles of
costume, while an attractive frontspiece illustra-
lions and colored and black work designs will be
eagerly welcomed by lady readers. Among the
interesting stories of the number are The Wave
o. the Sea, by Marian @. L. Reeves, An Old Mans
Darling. by Elizabeth Phipps Train, Two days in
June, by L. V.,Talbot and The Great Scamper-
ton Fair, by l.. A. Cory.
The October number of st. Nicholas completes
the present volume. Little Lord Faunteroy,
George Washington, The Kelp Gatherers Mans
Revolt, Rose baltimore Alling's clever descrip-
ton of how four bright girls broke away from the
slavery of fashion; and Wonders of the Alpha.
bet. Among the shorter stories and sketches are
a jolly girl and boy yachting story by the Rev.
Charles r. Talbot, one of c. F. Holders wonder
full natural history sketches, an account of some
old-tme arms and armOr, with interesting anec-
Books While vii Charles Barnard tells What BOYS
and girls have done and shown in The Children'S
Exhibition, and shows what other boys and girls
can do. Palmer Cox relates how the Brownies
played base ball. and there are other pictures and
verses by Alfred Brennan, Edith M Ihomas, Il.
B. Birch, Malcolm Douglass, w. A. Rogers BeS-
sic Chandler and many others.
The October Atlantic brings Henry James not
able SERIAL The Princess Casamassima, to an ex-
citing close. 1t is followed by timely paper on
the late King Ludwig. of Bavaria, under the title
of A Mad Monarch, by E. P. Evans; Mr. Edward
F. Hayward discourses of John Wilson, as Lit
erary Athlete, while Elizabeth Robins Pennell
furnishes curious study of The Witches of Ven
ice. Charles Egbert Craddock and William Hen
ry Bishop continue their powerful narratives and
Bradford Torrey and Mary Agnes Thicker con-
tribute respectively pretty outdoor sketch and
Prof N. S Shaler's Race Prejudices and Edward
| Hungerford's The Rice of Arabian Learning, the
| latter being record Of the brief civilization of
| the MohammedanS.
The most striking of the illustrated articles in
| Harper's for October is Miss Amelia B. Edwards's
| Story of Tanis, the latest and most interesting
chapter of Egyptian exploration. Miss Lucy c.
Lille has an interesting paper on Autumn in Eng
land illustrated by two of the ablest English
artists, Alfred Parsons and A. C. Corbould. The
National Home for Disabled Volunteers is treated
| by Maria B. Butler and United States Naval Ar
| tillery by Rear Admiral Edward Simpson. Mr..
Warmers story, Their Pilgrimage is continued as
is also Mr.. Blackmore's Sprnghaven Thomas
Southern sketches, entitled Ole 'Stracted, Illus
trated by A. G. Redwood and very strong short
story, entitled The River Floweth On is contribut-
ed by Helen Gray Cone. There is an unusual
number OF poems in the number. The eighth of
Mr.. E. P. Roe's valuable series, The Home Acre,
gives some useful points ab0ul the kitchen garden
| particularly asparagus, celery and onions