The Portland daily press., 1886-03-31
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

Harper's Magazine for April is as novel and
fresh as the spring time Three new and impor
tant serial stories are begun One of these, Their
Pilgrimage, is a story of American life and charac-
tor as seen at our summer resorts, written by
Charles Dudley Warner, and brilliantly Illustrated
by Charles S. Reinhart Springhaven is the title
of a new novel by r. D. Blackmore. 1t is ilustrat-
ed by Frederick Barnard and Alfred Parsons. One
of Mr. Parsons drawings, The Fair Vale OF Spring
haven is the frontispiece to the number There
is also the beginning of new novel by Mrs.
Craik, the author of John Halifax. Gentleman.
Miss Woolson's novel, East Angels, Is continued,
and will be concluded in the May number. Act
~. of She Stoops to Conquer is concluded, with
eight Illustrations by f. A Abbey +; Satterth-
and Aristocratic Pigeons, beautifully Illustrated
by William Hamilton Gibson. Going down to the
Sea in Ships, by Phil Robinson is an interesting
retrospect of navigation, effectively illustrated by
brief article entitled Neapoltan Sketches, ac-
companied by some very picturesque Illustrations.
There is strong, short story by the late Helen
Hunt jackson, entitled Little Bells Supplement.
E. P. Roe continues his instructive SERIES The
Home Acre. Mr.. Frank Wilkeson contributes
valuable and suggestive article concerning Cattle.
raising on the Plains; and there is a contribu-
ton from the postmaster of one OF our large cities,
giving his experience of the operation of Civil Ser
vice Reform.
The Atlantic Monthly for April opens with pa
per on Gouyerneur Morris by Henry Cabot Lodge.
A short story by Sarah Orne Jewett, entitled, The
Dulham Ladies. is pheasant feature of the mum
Der, and with Mr.. James's and Miss Murfree's Sc
rails furnishes its fiction. Two important papers,
one on Responsible Government under the Con-
sti tuition, by Woodrow Wilson, author of Con-
gressonal Government the other Reformation of
Charity, by D. o. Kellogg, will be of interest to
thoughtful readers. Julian Hawthorne contributes
DaDer the Problems of the Scarlet Letter and
this, with an article on Children Past and Present
by Agnes Replier, and Shylock vs.. Antonio A
Phelps, comprises the chief contents of the num-
ber There is poem by Mr.. Whittier, called Rev
citation, and some other verses by Andrew He'd
brook and A. M. Libby; also criticisms of recent
historical works under the title of Historical
Methods, and OF some new French books of illus
trations
The frontispiece of the Magazine Of Art for
April is an admirable reproduction in brown of
head by Franz Won Defrcgger. Miss Helen Zim-
mern writes biographical and critical sketch of
this interesting painter which is illustrated with
reproductions from his best work The opening
paper of the number describes an old English man
sion and gives views of its exterior and interior
chapter on fireplaces gives some excellent hints
to the builders of fne houses The poem and pic
ture combination this month is by Cosmo Monk
house and Mr. 7. Blake Wirgman. Mr. Monk
houses verses are entitled With a drawing by
Boucher. The Youth of Holbein furnishes the
chapter in the Romance of Art. An illustrated
article, by William Davies, takes us along the
Tiber from Bagnorea to the Source and shows us
the many attractions of this attractive river. A
paper on the Annunciaton in Art gives us not
only the history of the subject, but several repro
auctions from the more famous masters who have
treated this subject. The most interesting paper
in the number is on American Embroideries, by
S. r. Koehler. Mr.. Koehler gives very careful
account of the rise and growth Of this art indus
try in the United States. To prove what he says
Mr.. Koehler gives engraved reproductions of
Miss ROsina Emmett's Zuna Girl, and Miss Dora
Wheeler's Winged Moon and Mnnehaha.
paper on Art in PhRnicia follows this, and then
we are given a readable account of Boydell's
Shakespeare. The full page Illustrations besides
the frontispiece are In the TyrOlese Highlands,
after Defregger; Forward, spirited De Neu-
vile, and reproduction of one of Murillos most
famous paintings.
The Culver for April besides containing the
continuation of the serial stories. The Heir of
Sanford Towers and Oliver Langton's Ward, has
articles entitled Famous Pictures and the Les
sons they Teach-II. Correggio's Ecce Homo, by
Rev. r. Mcguire, d. D.; Some Mistakes About
Prayer, second paper, by Rev. George Everard
NJ A.; As Others See U.s. by Rev. Prof. W. G.
Blake, ID. D.; John Singeton's Responsibilities,
by Edward Garrett, author of A Rich Woman,
etc.