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MAGAZINE NOTICES.

MAGAZINE NOTICES.
The April number Of Lippineotts Magazine
opens with the long expected novel by Amelie
Rives, who has sprung so suddenly into fame
through her poems and short stories. The title
Of the story is The Quick or The Dead. After
reading this remarkable novel one turns with
renewed interest to the biographical sketch, Some
Days with Amelie Riyes, which is contributed by
an intimate friend under the pen-name Of ]. ID.
Hurrell. 1he fourth instalment Of Judge Tour
gees serial, With Gauge and Swallow, tells re-
narkable story of sleep-walking under the sub
title Of The Letter and Spirit. This series OF
short stories. bound together by connecting
legal and lay readers. joel Benton puts in a plea
for The Endowment OF Genius, and Thomas
Leaning discusses Western Investments for East
ern Capital in plain, practical, business way.
w. Duke, Jr.
The Magazine of Art for April has as its frontIs-
piece photogravure after painting by Luke
Fildes, called The Venetlans, which shows that
this talented painter Is as much at home with the
various types of thevenetian character as he Is
with those OF England. The opening paper on
the Language of Line, by Walter Crane, takes
Outline as its special subject, and is one that no
student Of drawing can afford 10 pass by without
a careful reading. The National Art and The
National Gallery, by James ID. Linton, Is another
suggestive paper. The second article on the
Forest OF F0ntainbleau gives he winter aspect OF
that splendid bit Of nature and Is cleyerly Illus:
trated. In this number Is the first OF series OF
papers on Art Patrons.
Two articles In the Culver for April will attract
special attention. One is on the Rev. William
Morley Punshon. LII. d., who Is so well known In
this country BY his printed sermons, and the 9th
er Is on tne rise OF special missions IN the CnuLcn
the Rev. w. Hay NJ. II. Aiken
The Numbers of LittelPs Living Age for March
"a and 81 contain The Culture Of the Horrible.
Mr.. Haggard's Stories, Church Quarterly; The
Death OF Abdul Azlz and Of Turkish Reform, and
The swarming Of Men, Nineteenth Century;
Beauty, Composition, Expression. Characterize
ton, Fortnightly; Nationality, and GarbaldPs
Memoirs, Contemporary; Horace Walpole and
Madame du Deffand, Temple Bar: Poor General
WOlfel Gentleman's; Some Clerical Reminls-
eences. Cornhill; Fires in Cotton, Economist;
Ostrich Farming In South Africa Saturday Re-
view; Musicians as Musical Critics, st. James's
Our Neignbors. the Moors; Times Of Morocco
with instruments Of The Waiting supper and
Monsieur lie Cure, and poetry.
Harper's Magazine for April opens with an artl-
Gle on Algiers written by +. A. Bridgman, the
artist. The poetry OF the number includes two
reprints: Wordsworth's The Shepherd, looking
Eastward, softly said, and the old Edgsh song,
Sweet Nelly, my Hearts Delight. The former Is
Illustrated by Alfred Parsons, in drawing used
as the frontispiece; the latter blossoms into two
fullpage sketches in Z. A. Abbey's best style.
Other poems are by Andrew Lang, Elizabeth
stoddard, Richard 4. Burton, and Dora Read
Goodale. There are two complete stories in
Harper's Magazine for April: Ananias, dialect
sketch, by Joel Chandler Harris, and Chita: a
Memory of Last Island, by Lafcadio Hearn-a
powerful novelette, of thirtyfour pages In length.
William Black also continues In Far LOchabar.
the interest OF which constantly grows. NJ Co
quelin discusses Actors and Authors; Japanese
Ivory Carving Is treated by William Elliot Grlnis;
The City of Columbus is fully described by Desh-
will be found an account OF the kind OF amuse-
meat which the Inhabitants Of poor districts In
impression 81 Minnesota and WISCONSIN In his
second artic on the Great West. Captain
King. U. $. A.. describes, under the title Of The
States Government 10 give the infantry and cav
airy officers of the army the benefits of advanced
engineers and artlIlery.in institutions az WilIers
Point and Old Point Comfort
Art and Literature for the People, Is a suggest
i've article In the April number OF CasselFs Fam
lily Magazine. Another article, equally suggest
i've. Is by that valued contributor, the Family
Doctor, and Is entitled Is the School Healthy.
The second chapter of a matter-of-fact romance,
How we Girls Earned our Living is given, and
will, 1t goes without saying. interest many read
Phyllis Browne. It Is called Hours In my Laun-
dry, and readily invites the attention OF the house
Keeper. O0dEdclckS III Eettg - huohatCu
paper which proves what Its title implies, that
there is decided character tucked away under the
shoe leather q many feet curious ~, MiIs treats
always interesting.
In The woman's World for April ouida writes
feelingiy Appropos of Dinner. Following are
articles on Lace Making In Ireland; Swiss Cob
Inns Culture vs.. Cookery; First Nights at the
Paris Theatre. Winchester Is described as A
Ker Is continued; Lady Lindsay contributes
short story; there is some poetry, and then come
the Literary and Other Notes, by the editor, MIR.
Oscar Wilde.
The April number OF the American Magazine is
rich I'm topics of the season. The peculiar cere-
monies with which the Morayians Of Salem, N. O.
celebrate Easter are described by Edward
oldham Ernest K. Thompson presents in must.
cal annexation the song Of the meadow.lark OF
Manitoba and claims for that vocalist the highest
TSr q Msses: p %nab ~ CHASE Pan
sizes by Nellie M. GarabTant, and The Resurrec-
ton, by Margaret II. Lawless. In this number Is
Tucker Arthur II. NOll discusses the Emperor
Maximilian's career in Mexico. Frances Lee
Bartlett contributes story entitled only birth-
day Party.
Seribners for April presents to its readers an
excellent, selected variety Of interesting reading
Mr.. Ropes concludes his very clear account OF
the battle of Waterloo with description OF the
final catastrophe TO Nap0leon's army. Mr.. James
Baldwin presents the first OF series OF two
papers entitled the Center OF the Republic, In
which he discusses the problems arising out OF
the rapid filling up Of the country with population.
The Greek Vase, by William p. p. LongfellOw Is
an illustrated study of Greek Art as it Is mani
tested in the vases that have been left to the pres
ent time. Mr. Henry NJ. Field has delightfully."-
written and well illustrated description OF a so
-iourn In Gibraltar, which clothes that wonderful
place with new interest, Where Shall we spend
our Summer and The Typewriter are articles OF
practical value, the one by Lieutenant freely,
great practical interest, the one being upon SUD
lect that interests every one who mas time Tor
summer vacation. the other describing the inyen-
sable In American life. In fiction the serial story
First Harvests Is continued, and there TWO new
stories Happy Accident. Swiss love story, BY
sophie RadfOrd de Meissner, and The Town OF
ct Umbfa, by Robert Louis Stevenson, is strk-
ing essay on the relations OF mankind to the mis-
cries OF his position on the earth. For poetry
there are two sOnnets. To-day and Tonight by
Thomas; The Shadow Chaspr, by Henrietta
Christian Wright.
The April number OF Wide Awake Is an un-
commonly full and good one. The papers In the
several special topic series are very interesting
and the one on Famous Pets is illustrated from
paintisgs Of dogs by Landseer and Rosa Bonheur'
The serial stories by sidney Luska and M. f.
w. Sherwood have interesting instruments. Su-
san Archer Weiss gives in Ballads of London
Bridge a brief historical sketch OF the famous
bridge, and introduces some quaint Old songs.
entitled Little Peppercorn, founded on u Smyrna
Fork Tale Among the other notable articles arc
All Around the Old Meeting House, by Frances