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BOOK NOTICES.

Grass Country. BY Emma NJ Connolly
Boston, d. Lothrop Company. IL mo-, 81 So
This is a strong and characteristic ''border
novel" 1t is questionable whether Judge
| Tourgees famous book touched so deity,
| and yet SO practically, the real phases OF the
reconstruction period and the interminable
antagonlsms of race and section. The self
.utficlent Boston man, a capital fellow at
heart, but tinged with the traditions and
environments o.s lis puritan ancestry
! and conditions, coming into his strange
heritage in Kentucky at the close
of the civil war, seeks to change by in
slant manipulation all the equally strong
and deep-rooted traditions and environ
nents OF Blue Grass society. His ruthless
conscience will allow of no compromise,
and the people whom he seeks to prosslyte
alike misunderstood his motives and spurn
his proffered assistance. Presumed errors
are materialized and partial evils are mag
nlted. To ell angle matters, and yet, finally,
| to dlsentangle comes an affair of the heart
This especial idyl of the Blue Grass coun-
try is every way charming Miss Connellys
work in this, her first novel, will make
readers anxious to hear from her again.
MAGAZINES.
| Scrtbner'S Magazine for June marks the
beginning of the very important series on
the building and management of rail
ways, for which preparations have long
been making. 1t is also an unusually strong
number in its literary features-Henry
James, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Robert
Louis Stevenson and Augustine Birfell
being among the contributors. THE Build
ing of a Railway" is the leading article,
written by Thomas Curtis Clarke The
brights side of Hospital Life" in a
great city as it appears to a patient, is de-
scribed by A B. Ward. Augustine Birrell
| whom all lovers of good critical literature
| know as the author of ''Obter Dicta'1
writes delightful essay on Cardinal New
man"-not as theologian. but calling at
tention to his writings from purely liter
airy point of view There is a striking full
page portrait of the Cardinal, and similar
one from recent photograph. Robert
Louis Stevenson supplements his essay on
Gentlemen" in the May number with a
paper on "Some Gentlemen in Fiction il
Illustrating all sides of the question from
Hamlet" Tom Jones, ""Joseph Andrews"
Amelia" and the works of Dickens and
Thackeray. George II. Jessop is the author
of very dramatic story, entitled 'Lalor
Abboo Singh" constructed with the skill
which the writer has acquired as a play
wright. Charles Scribners Sons, New
York
The initial article in Harper's for June is
Mr. R. R. Bowker's second paper on Lon
don as Literary Center" with the novel
lists as his especial subjects. "Sketches of
Capri" by Miss Mary E. Vandyne. gives
many charming glimpses of life and scenery
in that beautiful island There is much
fiction offered for summer reading, thirty
three pages being given up to complete
story by Henry James. This is called
| 1.-TWO Countries" and has several fine
illustrations by Reinhart, which add to the
oha IF tha far ba Hav anf of thsa
Episcopal church service in New York,
leading to the introduction of boy singers,
is sketched by H. E. Krehb under the title
Supplied Choirs in New York" elm
pressions in Burnoose and Saddle" is sketch
of life in the northern Desert of Sahara by
Edward P. Sanguinetti, who lived there
among the Bedouins for while. In his
second paper on Chicago (the fourth Of the
Great West series., Mr.. Charles Dudley
Warner slashes the newspapers as gently as
slashing can be done The departments are
of marked excellence. Harper Brothers,
New York.
The June Mogdsine of American History
is remarkable for the variety and excellence
of its contents. 1t completes the nineteenth
volume of this publication. Its frontis-
piece is Robertson's exquisite miniature
portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds The open
ing article, 1.-The Conquest Of the Mayas,"
is the third in Alice D. lie Plongeon's graphic
historical sketches of Yucatsn. Following
this is an able treatise on Popular Gov
ernment in Virginia, I606-l776," by the ac-
lycomplished author, Luther Henry Porter.
Then come four papers that all classes Of
readers will enjoy, personal Recollections
of William H. Seward" by Hon. Charles
K. Tuckerman; incidents in the Life Of
John Hancock" as related by his wife,
from the diary of Gen. William II. Sumner ;
"An Englishman's Pocket Note Book in
1928" telling what the writer saw in New
Orleans. American Magazine TAB Broad
way, New York.
The Forum for June contains, among
others, the following articles on timely sub
jects: what Negro Supremacy Means"
by Senator Wade Hampton, of South
| Carolina. who writes a review of the re-
construction government of his State
''Revolutionizng the Revenue System"
by the Hon. William d. Kelley; Govern
ment Regulation of Railways" by Senator
J.F. Wilson, of West Virginia; THE NeKt
American University" by Andrew ID.
White, formerly President of Cornell Uni
versity; "What Shall the Public Schools
Teach?' by Bishop Gilmour, of Cleveland;
"A Universal Language by Prof. F. A.
March, Of Lafayette College; Remedies
for Railway Troubles" by Prof. Arthur T.
Hadley, of Yale University. The Forum,
253 Fifth avenue, New York
The June number of the Eclectic offers
many features of interest which should en-
gage the attention Of all thinking readers.
The opening paper by Prince Kropotkin,
the nihilist and socialist, under the title of
1.-THE Breakdown OF the Industrial System"
examines into the industrial evils of the day
aud INDUCES in glowing anticipation of
the benefits Of socialism to the poor man.
There is an exceedingly interesting paper
on the Central African Question:" which
explains many points obscure TO the ordi-
nary reader. z. 4. FELTON,, % Bond street,
New York.
The April Monteagleon, besides an inter
|. estinc table of contents, has fine portrait
Of Mr.. r. B. Rsppard, of Savannah Mont
oarrtsan Nashville Tenn