National Republican., 1888-04-08
BOOKS A%U MAGAZINES.

NTt,fs BanHlj for Aprl H., .4 w..
usually interesting numlur. 1t uinu, wl,h
u handsomely illustrated mtirir oi Nr,r",.
lI !, y. BridgiHaI. ihc lrawirss w,rr
made lE Mr. l}lidgman himself, and hivc
Ic'u admirably cncrG ycl hy q number Vt
w"llkupwn artists. Mr. B,idgman Is iirst
an artist Ud then writer, hut he Is cntc,-
timing us Ciilci. Another most rcidAhe
article Is Acting uul Authors" by VI.
C,Gueliu. wlr has Il direct, rossippy st e
itai j. quite pleasing. Besides a number NJ
COED luriraits Of French dramatic auth rs
thciC are givyu some character skct hes Of
Loldun aid Sargh Rcrnhardt reh,arsinr 81
lUscU' al good.
O5H0?fUI April bus u supcrbly illustrated
article on the Montreal Amateur Athlete
Association and one barely less attract We
on ~ Raid Into Mexico" This mAguz nc
has found q wide field and one of eycr.y.,ry-
ira and unexpected interest. II, improve.
I mtnt Of lttG Is very pronounced, and IL Is
uu Guuht great success
Tie Oreri1od MUmhig for hpli has for
its opening article "PiOnccr Illustration in
California with examples from puhlica-
tiOrs uf lSW and 1858. They indicate u
cr,ditable state OF wood engraving in Cali.
i"rnia at period when but little in that
lire was to be expected Mr.. W. K. Hearst.
the young editor and proprietor Of the
san Francisco EcamO,cr. which has made
such rapid strides of late, has an arti-
Gle on Pacific Coast Journalism" in which
he dcvotcs good deal Of attention to what
IL generally dynOminated the sensat ioraism
Of the press.
The April North .imcr'cra Rc,jec has FOR
H. opening article one on the late German
emperor by eN-Ministcr John A KassOn.
lut better ones by far have been written for
tie daily papers. There Is nothing IN Il
worthy Of note; nor Is the one succeeding 1t,
why Am Il MUscm,' Of much value en-
Ccpt as one of MIR. Albert ThOrnlkc Rire's
strokes of scnsatonallsm. There /, DE
lcnse Of pugilism' which Is hardly up to
the dignity of the North .imcricdD. But
tie tariff symposium is excellent. The
articles ale short AMI fun Of good points.
Moreover, they are from persons who know
what they are talking about.
Both the CtntUry ami 81 Niciolds for
April are good. They always are, FOR that
matter But we may look for something of
unusual interest in the May century, In the
first of Mr.. George Remnants illustrated
articles on Siberia. BY way of Introduction
he has given us a number Of contributions
on Russian prison life. lie enjoyed pecu-
liar facilities for procuring the material for
these papers of Siberia, and made the draw
ing. fer the illustrations from actual Obser-
walton.
The Gorham Manufacturing Company. Of
New York. The well known silvcrsm!ths,
have published an elaborate and handsome
work Of over ?60 pages on "Old plate. cccle-
siastical. decorative, and domestic, its
makers and marks II Is the most COM
plctc work of the kind ever attempted IN
this country and is of the greatest value to
persons interested in silver plate whether of
th'> day of the past. There are over eighty
Illustrations Of examples, some of them SUI
pcrb works Of art Mr.. }. II. Buck, the
editor. has shown great rcsoarchand patience
IN making so complete catalogue Of csle-
biatcd specimens from all over the world.