The Portland daily press., 1886-03-01
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

article of "Reminiscences by Alvey \. Adee, of the
| State Department Washington In the opening
paper, Italy from Tricycle., Mr.. and MRS Joseph
| Pencil begin q novel pen and pictorial account
| of O trip from Florence to Rome. 1Wehty-sefeh
sketches in this first part realize the pest ann OF
travel illustration; and In the text the sghts ana
| Incidents of the journey are entertaihlngly ue-
| scribed. Ex-Minister Benjamin writes Oh Mouh-
taineering in Persia as experienced during sum-
| mer trip in the EburZ mountains 'tor healbh ana
| trout" Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, contributes
a second paper on City Dwellings in her series on
| Recent Architecture in America, and the accom-
panving engrayings for the most part show Interior
v,awe of some of the notable houses In Boston,
| New York and Washington Mr.. Howells gives
| second part of his new novel, The Minister'S
Charge The fifth part of Mrs. Mary Haock
Foote's story of mining life Is dramatic approach
| TO the trial scene which is begun, and with which
| John Bodewins testimony viii end, in the April
| number. Mr. Stockton's amusing novelette,,
| Borrowed Month concludes with a transfer of the
| scene from Switzerland to Albany and with the
complications produced there by the mental mag
ic of the hero in Switzerland Mrs. Margaretta
Wetherell Herman contributes the short story of
the number, which is called John Toner'S Expert
ment. Mr. Kemble illustrates the story with
full-page sketch of Ariana and the Signor at the
piano. This months war article is by General
Don Carlos Buell., who, in Shiloh Reviewed, as
sails General Grants paper of year ago. and al
so takes issue with General Sherman; In Memo
randa on the Civil War additions to the interest
ing Confederate Controversies In regard to Shiloh
are made by Colonel s. H. LOckett and Alex. IL.
Chisolm. Major w. H. Powell makes claim for
The Fourth Regular Infantry at Gaines Mill;
and General Longstreet corrects the statement
| in his February paper, as to the arrival OF his
corps on the field of the second Bull Run A clear
| and interesting statement of The Strength and
| Weakness of Socialism, considered from the
| standpoint of the social agitators, and also from
| that of conservative rnfOTmerS is made by DIR,
| Washington GLADDEN.. Topics OF the Time discuss
the social and political Outlook for our Cities and
| the question of Cheap Books Under International
| Copyright. In Open Letters DR.. Howard Crosby
and Dr. A: A. Hedge, contribute to the discus
| cuSston of Christian Union, or rather Church
| Union. s. w Powell writes on Timber Famine
and Forest School, and the Rev. H. L. Singleton
| comments on the proposed lfe-seratorship OF Ex-
| Presidents. The poems of the number are con,
| tributed by L. Frank Tooker, Anthony MOrehead
| Charles Warren Stoddard Mrs. Fanny Foster
| Clark, w. Bliss Carmen; and in Brick-a-Brac by
| Miss Duvva Morgan Smith, Frank d. Sherman,
Margaret Vandegrift, and Virginia B. Harrison.
| Harper's Magazine for March opens with a
graphic description of Krupp's gun-making estab-
| lishment at Essen, by Moncure d. Conway, amply
illustrated. 1t takes its place naturally in the Sc
| ries begun by McClellan's article on The Militia
| and the Army continued in Sir Edward Reeds on
The British Navy, and to be still further extended
| in future contributions Miss Woolson's novel,
| East Angels, approaches its conclusion. A por-
| lTd1b OF IUC dutuOT, pIlut6u separately Oil pldto
paper, is one of the features of this number Ed
mund Klrke contributes an interesting illustrated
| article on the cityo Cleveland c. H. Farnham
continues his Canadian articles with paper on
Cape Breton Folk, Illustrated by A. B. Frost-one
| of the engravings, The Open-Air Sacrament, hay-
| ing the place of honor as the frontispiece. With
| the Afghan Boundary Commission is the title Of
/ an interesting Central Asian sketch by William
Simpson, with Illustrations by the author. She
Stops to Conquer is continued, including the first
| half of Act ". David Ker, as the result of his
recent visit to Africa. contributes valuable des-
scription OF the resources and opportunities OF me
| Nile, the Niger and the Congo. A good map ac-
companies the paper. A series of papers of inter
est to the owners of small holdings of land, under
the title of The Home Acre, by E. p Roe, is be-
| gun IN this number Brander Matthews contrib
| utes a short story entitled Brief-as Woman's
Love. Mr.. Hugh Dalziel has paper on Dogs
| and their Management. Mr.. Curtis in the Edi-
| tors Easy Chair discusses American Opera and
| other subjects OF social interest. Mr. Howells'S
| Study for this month is devoted to poetry. An
excellent Drawer is introduced by Mr.. Warner,
| with some comments on The New England Far
| mer.
| The frontispece of the March st. Nicholas is an
engraving by johnson of Nine. LIE Bruins famous
portrait of herself, Illustrating Mrs Clements Art
and Artists paper on French Painters, including
| Claude Lorraine Davie, Idgres and the Vernets.
| Mrs. Burnetts charming serial, Little Lord Faunt-
leroy, follows. One of the principal features OF
| the number is the first nine of the ST. Nicholas
| Dog Stories. This series is to include stories,
| sketches and anecdotes collected from various
sources during the last five years. Henry Eek
| ford's Wonders of the Alphabet will be a revela-
| ton to many readers of the magazine, who have
| probably never imagined that SO many interest
ing and curious things could be said about those
| elementary b, cs. George Washington, Hor-
ace E. Scudders biographical serial, is as enter
| tanning as fiction. Frank r. Stockton Person
| ally Conducts his stay-at-home travellers to Flor
| ence and Venice. OF the short stories the most
| notable are Quaker Esther's Ride, an exciting
horse,story by Z. Vinton Blake, and The Great
BroWpies Circus leads the poetry IN interest and
| Alfred Brennan exhibits some curiosites Of draw
| ing in his clever Minute Sketches There is a
| short paper by Helen Jackson III H. ; and the
| Agassiz Association contains the annual reports
| of the first hundred chapters of the association
| under the new management.
The witching face of Miss Farren looks at us
from the first page of the Magazine of Art for
March. 1t is full-length portrait in sanguine
reduced from Bartolozzi's engraving of Sir Thorn
as Lawrence's famous portrait From this pic
ture we turn to read an illustrated description Of
The Tiber: Ostia to Bagnorea, by Edgar Barclay
which is followed by brightly-written account OF
The Institute This paper Is Illustrated with two
engravngs from notable pictures, one being a
full-page reproduction of +. d. AIillet's The
Granddaughter. The Poem and Picture this month
is A Black Night, VIM. Alngham furnishing the
poem and w. j. Hennessy the picture In the
series on the Romance Of Art we are told the
story of Canova's love and disappointment by
| Leader Scott Every young woman who paints
| will be interested in An Atelier des Danes by E.
&C. Somerville, in which the art life OF young la
dies in Paris is described. Chests and Cabinets is
the title of the paper on furniture. and Diane de
Poictiers is the profile cut by Miss Robinson, from
Society Of British Artists is criticised, and so is
Art in Australia There is also paper on art in
Persia.
A short story, which is likely to be the subject
of much comment, and several articles of remark
able interest are contained in the Atlantic Month
ly for March. The story In question is called A
Brother to Dragons, and is anonymous. The no.
table articles are paper on Americans, by Jus
tin Winner; consideration of the Present Condf-
ton and Prospects of Architecture. by Henry
Van Brunt; an article, Classic and Romantic, on
the two great schools in literature, by Frederick
Henry Hedge; and memorial papers on DR.. Null
ford and Gen. Grant, by Horace E. Scudder and
T. w. Higginson, respectively. In addition we
have combinations Of Henry James's and Charles
Egbert Craddock's serials, and Of DR.. Holiness
delightful New Portfolio, which holds two ''oc-
| paper in the series he has been contributing this
| time on the United States after the Revolution.
| In addition to these attractions there are some
pleasant poetry and also reviews of the recent
| Life of Gen. Stuart, of some of Tennysons latest
| poems, of Richard Grant Whites ShakeSpearean
1abors, etc. etc. Books of the Month and the
Club make up number as entertaining as it is
valuable.
The March number Of Casselps Family Maya
| line opens with the new serial, A Wilful Young
Woman. Ths.is followed by Description of
| Stelenbosh-The Oxford OF South Africa A pa
per entitled A Soree of the Royal Society, gives
a capital idea Of the august body of scientists.
| Prof. Backie, in his London for Londoners, takes
us out of the streets and introduces us into Lon
don society; while the family doctor has some
| plain talk about digestion, and word about
| meals. paper on the National Hymns of Eu-
rope gives stirring account of the writing of the
/ more famous of these, particularly of the Mar
1 seillase There is an interesting account of Ger
| man wedding and character-sketch of The BoS-
| ton Lawyer. The Paris Letter is full of news
| about the fashions and there is a poem for st.
| Valentines Day, and another called Trust which
/ is appropriate to all seasons. Short stories en-
| lven the number, and the serial Lyndon OF High
| Cffe is gaining piquancy.
| The Culver for March is received from Cassell
| & Co. The number contains an interesting sketch
| Ye Gave Me to Eat, visit to a Glasgow poor
children's dinner table, by the Rev. John I. Fal-
side Other able papers are, Some Mistakes
about Prayer, by Rev. Geo. Everard, M. A; Dis.
| tinguished Service in Suffering by Rev. E. j.
| Hardy, NJ. A., chaplain to the forces; The Three
| First Chapters of Human History, by the Very