The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-28
the literary and political leaders OF
the far Waet.

the far Weht.
THE May number Of the Overland
Monthly will con ain an unusual mum
Der of high-class stories and eketchee.
One is an impressive aud fantastic
story, "In Fav'lla," by q new writer,
There is also "BisCacSe Bill, a story
Of the Andes, by Sybil M. Bogue, u
iavor,te contributor to the first series
ot the Overland; story Of the Fruit
Vale Camp Met t'ngs," by Mary Graf
ton; aud several other Pdc tic coss'
stories, making one of the most rsada-
be numbers ever Issued.
TIE Hon. David A. Wells has a sec.
oud article OF his Economic Study OF
Mexico in the Popular Science Month
IN for May, which is characterized,
like TIE previous one, by n fullness OF
new information the result Ct care
full and intelig,n mt study Of Mexican
aflai on tide that Las before been
but sl ghily investigGted-and the clear
prese OF il,
THE dogs are now hsviog their day
in 81. Nicholas, aud this month 3 batch
of "Dog Stories" contains anecdotes
by L. =. RE, John r. Coryell and
Charlotte NJ. Vale. Then the" Brown
les" try rollerskatlng; Mrs Burne I
tells how Little Lord Fsuptleroy"
went to church; Horace +. Scudder
tells how "Gso g Washington" went
to the 6rst Continental Congre's, and
Henry Ecktord tells more Wonders
of the Alphabet" There are the ususl
departments, and many ether bright
articles and pictures,
In the May number OF the Magazine
of American History mere il a well
written artiCla OF BpeCial Importance
TO all historical students, the March
Of the Sraniards across lllinnis," by
Edward q. Mason Of the Chicago
Historical Society. In the Civil War
stuuies Gen. William Farrar Smith
concludes his critical papers on "5hi-
lob" pointing out clearly where the
blame and the glO,y of that defeat
aud victory rested; Gen. Alfred f..
Lee writes chsrmingly OF "The Battle
Of Cross Keys"
The POPULAR SCIENCE NJ 0NTHLY Tor
Nay contains very able opening ar
ticle by MIR. Arthur T, Hadley Of Yale
G llepe on Toe Difficulties Ct Rail-
road Regulation" He points out
what things ore required Of railroad
system, and then shows demoDstrably
that those desirable ends are so in con-
fict with each other that they can
only be partially secured, and at the
expense of ono another. lie deals
with railroad management as q scien-
tific problem, and his paper is both
very instructive and highly important.
Hawthorne PHuosopRY" is the
article which will frat catch the at en-
ton OF many readers Of the May
Century, partly because his personality
is one OF lasting interest, and also for
the reason that his son, who writes
the paper, has sn intimate philosoph.
ical way of appreciating the elders
genius. In tho frontispiece portrait,
after q daguerrootype, We have the
novelist as he appeared, with clean
sbaven face, in 1913, while he was
surveyor in the Salem Custom. ii )use.
With the article appears, also, a por-
trait from a photograph taken about
1852.
THE ILLUSTRATED GRAPHIC News
will begin May with a brighter and
livelier issue than ever Among the
attractive and interesting features oil
this May Let number will be new
spring hesd,ng for its spring 0veTcoat
(colored cover with q handsome
frontispiece. The title page will he
devoted to the ENTRY OF the Apache
Indians iuto Fort Marion, Fla" as
prisoners OF the United States; dou-
ble-page supplement-"Openingo Of the
Circus Season" and a. series OF Illus.
trations showing the work OF the Ter
rible Cyclone ia Minnesota" which
laid waste two entire towns.
In the May number OF the Century
special stress is placed on the proiusely
ilustrat al arsiclee, which in their
order are an attractive chapter on
American Country Dwellings," by
Mrs Schuyler van Reu sselRer; "Ihe
Flour-MilIs OF Minneapolis" by Eu-
gene V. Smalley; "A CALIFORNIAN
Gift TO Science" meaning the Lick
Observatory, by Taliesin Evans; and
"The Breeding Of Fancy Pigeons" by
i. s. Starr, which Ia quite remarkable,
both for the beauty OF tho engravings
and the special knowledge OF the
writer. With the illustrated papels
should also be mentioned the chapters
on the war, which include General
McClellan's last magazine article, with
a fac-simile, it 10 supposed, OF the very
last paragraph written by him for
publication.
ROSE KISGsLKY opens tie May
number Of 81. Nicholas with an account
of the springtime Of a poet--"When
Shakespeare Was Boy" in which she
has gathered from external sources
and from the internal evidence Of his
writings all tho facts and lancies that
bear upon his boyhood, and has woven
them into a delightful sketch, beauli-
fully ilust ated by Aired Parsons,
and by Leon Noian's oniispiece.
Spring poetry, too, finds its place ia
the magazine, as coed spring poetry
should end there could be scarcely
anything freshor aud daintier than
Helen Gray Cones "Splirg Beau
ties" William L. AshmGlPs Easter
CARO-" and thu MAY so1g," by Lsura
f.. Richards, with Laura Q. HilPd
illustrations. Talks about flowers are
certainly timely, aud doubly interest
ing when they deal with ivebture, nj
we'll and mch eHOiirs as tho curiOue