The Portland daily press., 1888-02-07
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

y delis htful essay by James Russell Lowell on
Walter Savage Lander. is one of the many fea-
lures of the February Century 1t is accompa-
Died by frontispiece portrait of Lander, reveal
ing his interesting personality, and his opinions
on art. politics. etc. Mr. Remnants series, which
Is important enough to be torn by the Russian
censor from copies OF The Century sent to that
country, receives notable addition in the study
OF russian Political Prison, terribly pathetic
description written from personal investigation
and inquiry. Theodore Roosevelt writes, also in
a popular vein, Of Ranch Life in the Far West,
with intimate knowledge of this subject which is
largely the cowboy. Pictorial Art on the Stage is
a subject upon which Mr.. aud Mrs edwin Blash.
fle d risw i,,uch cnitlls light, the theme being
treated from an arti Tic point Of view. with pie
lures bi Mr. Hlasifieh aud much enter tanning
i1fuunaii'nw thai living ia Paris. iiild Illus
tra'ei iapfr OF eene ii Interest is by the late J.
~ O,hnihc. and WAS written dtlt If full expert
g &C. lie Key. i.r. j NJ. Enckley. editor 81 Tie
Christi n advocate. adds tu his papers on tile
Mmd-Iide and sin'ilGr phtDomena a Curious
study OF s;rJ cr', Diyinafiol. ard Coin. Id aces
Dr Eleklr! may fairy be considered A lave
dent treat I'liiiir service ly his exposition II
curitDl lr.us.S aud Authorizations IN t..is field
IN European Craze for Decorations is a timely
ancir ny Ernest Wan Hcssf-Wartegg, whose
SC tniifc attainment and travels have won him
many decofati rs. The poetry of the humber
besides line ~ Lowell and Ialtlar il, the article
ahuve re erred TO, Includes: A Song OF the Mock
ingbird, by Maurice h0mpsn; AT lie Literary
10 nll e. by flames whilcomb Riley illustrated
by k'inbt) ;pverns by Calloite Il. Bates Richard
+. lllriuh. ad Oielii Key Bell. and sonnet to
l:mila lag rus by Richard w. Glider Tie fc-
ton IS 10y EDWARD EgeIeston. (Tle Graysois). by
Ge"r4e w. & bic tAu Largo. the conclusion Of
The Dmsanics, by Il. II. Stockton. aud a short
story, the Governors Prerogative, by Octave
Ihanet. Miss Egglest0ns illustration of Mr.
Britton and Big Bob shows that in her we have a
substantial addition to the list of illustrative
artists.
The February Wide Awake has notable Rosa
Bonheur paper by Henry Bacon, persona,
friend of the artist. Among the many illustrations
is portrait by Mr. Bacon of Rosa Bonheur in
studio dress-the much-talked-of male attire.
The second paper of the White House series, The
Children of John Adams, appears in this number
1t has eighteen reproductions of famous Adams
portraits, miniatures, letters, RESIDENCES and
diaries, among them some fac-simile pages from
journals kept by John Quincy Adams when little
boy, which shows that the future President was
an adept in illustrations and book-covers. The
last literary work of Paul Ii. Hayne was the reys-
ior Of the proof OF the long ballad which appears
in the February Wide Awake, entitled The Story
Of an Ambuscade; Border Ballad. Accompany
ing the poem Is an article by Mrs Margaret J.
Preston, The Childhood of Paul III. Hayne.
The Culver for February lives up to its promises
for the New Year. 1t opens with a stirring story
in three parts, called Strange Coincidence, and
this is followed by an interesting paper on Bible
Trades, and the lessons they teach are set FORTH
Pertaining is the trade discussed in this paper
Christian Police is the subject of the next article
and the attention of the reader is called to the
fact that the policeman's lot is not religious one
as far as opportunities for attending church Co.
mighty change would be wrought among our
criminal classesi" exclaims this writer. Follow
ing the serial Not all in Vain, comes Hymn for
the New Year, by Lady Laura Hampton. The
Presence Of God in Holy Places is the report OF a
sermon preached by the Lord Bishop of Gibraltar.
The frontispiece of the Magazine of Art for Feb
ruary is an etching by James Dobie OF j. w.
Warehouses; painting. Marianne, queen OF Herod
the Great, which is considered by most critics to
be this Royal Academician's best work. The lit
erary piece dc resistance of this number is the
opening paper on The Black Arts, by John Rus
kin. Mr. Ruskin is followed by younger critic
on art subjects, Frederick wedmore, who gives
the substance Of lecture on Modern Life in Mod
ern Art, delivered at the Johns Hopkins Uniyer-
sity. This is followed by an interesting paper on
The Portraits of Napoleon the First, which is il
lustaated with facsimiles Of the portraits des-
cribed. An account OF the Gdipus Tyrannus, as
given at Cambridge, England, at Athens, follows:
Then we have short sketch of M. Pasteur, ac-
trait bust BY Paul Dubois Gerald Terburg. the
Dutch painter, is the subject of biographical
sketch illustrated with reproductions Of his
works.
In the February st. Nicholas Mary Hallock
Foote has drawn the Frontispiece-two young
housekeepers in consultation over Family Affairs.
touching Russian Christmas story by Amelia
L. Barr, entitled Michael and Fcodosia, begins
the number and is appropriately illustrated by
E. ii. Blashfeld. Mrs. Burnett completes Sara
Crewe by a delightful "happy ending" Mr..
Charles Henry Webb contributes stirring ac-
count of the Diamondbacks in Paradise. telling
of the rattlesnakes encountered during a winter
in Florida. In The Story OF an Old Bridge will be
found historical sketch Of London Bridge and
the great events with which 1t has been connect
ed illustrated with drawings by Peters and Bren-
Bay of Fundy are explained In an amusing story,
Legend of Acadia, by G. f. Holder; and Lieut..
Schwatka In How Great Sioux Chief was Named
gives the origin of the name Of Spotted TAIL"
and, incidentally, of other similar appellatons.