The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06
New Publications.

BABYLAND for June is here, bright as ever.
This little magazine is better than candy for
keeping your baby in good humor Why
don't you try it once? A years subscription
Oifty cents) is trifie, compared with the
many hours of entertainment prepared for
the little ones. Full of pictures and jingles
and little stories.
For little folks beginning to read there is
nothing so good as Our Little Men and
Women, published by ID. Lothrop Company,
Boston. The June number is before us and
we can say this from personal examination.
1t is made especially for youngest readers
ard has plenty of short stories and pretty
verses-all easy for the little ones to read
and understand. 1t costs but a dollar a
year The publishers will send a sample
for five cents-or of their four magazines
for fifteen cents.
A BRIGHT and lively number of the Wide
A1Cdke for June introduces two new serial
stories, "Plucky Smalls-His Story" by
Mary Bradford Crowninshield and Double
Roses" a society sketch with hints upon
etiquette, by Mrs. NJ. f. w. Sherwood.
Besides there are many short stories-one
about dog, by F.. Anstey, Mabels One
Hundred Dollar BILL by Frances G.. Spar
hawk, and others. Rev T.. e. Hale con-
tributes a pleasant historical sketch of Bos-
ton Common "The Wild White Cattle of
England are the subject of another his
torical sketch.
ST. NICHOLAS for June opens with vivid
account of gladiatorial contest in Rome,
:" A Great Show" A. ID. 105 by Professor
Alfred Church. Among the stories there
are several with pet animals as interesting
chief personages--" Cats Cradle" by Celia
Thaxter; " A Namesake," by T. ID. Wright,
and Dogs of Noted Americans" by Ger
trude Van Il. Wickman, the first part of
which contains some humorous anecdotes
of authors pets. Mrs. Louise Chandler
MoultOn contributes a pleasant sketch of
Miss Alcott, illustrated by portraits of Miss
Alcott and of her little niece, Lulu Nieriker.
HARPER's MAGAZINE for June is princi-
pally devoted to fiction and travel. There
is the beginning OF a new novel by Mr.. How
ellis, and thirty-three pages are given to the
"Two Countries by Henry James Will
lam Blacks In Fair Lochaber" is con-
tinued. The papers of travel are valuable
chiefly from an illustrative point of view
a physical description of The Central
State " (Kansas) by Robert Hay has the adj
vantage of more careful treatment than
some of the descriptive papers. The second
article by Mr.. BOwker ON " English Nov
elists " is valuable for its biographical
sketches and portraits
SCRrBNER's MAGAZINE for June has many
papers of interest and value. A series of
articles on Building and Management of
Buildings Gllustrated) is begun. An illus
trated description of " Hospital Life" by
A. b. Ward, gives internal evidence that
the author has an intimate knowledge of
the interior of New York hospitals. A
critical sketch of Cardinal Newman, by Au-
gustine Birrell, the author of "Obiter
Dicta," speaks of the great theologan as a
leader of movements and as a poet. Mr.
Robert Louis Stevenson continues his dis
course upon Gentlemen with an inter-
esting review of Some Gentlemen in Fic-
ton" Other articles are equally note
worthy.
THE chief interest of the Century Ndgd-
zine for June belongs TO Mr.. Remnants de-
scription of his investigations in Siberia,
and his account of the " Plains and Prisons
of Western Siberia " naturally has the
leading place. John Burroughs, in an orig
inal and brilliant essay, analyses " Matthew
| Arnolds Criticism" The excellent series
of papers by Professor w. o. Atwater re-
| ceves an economical chapter on What
! We Should Eat" in which high tribute is
paid to the baked beans and salt fish of the
New Englanders. A long installment of the
history of Abraham Lincoln belongs to the
war papers, and is most valuable in its
political consideration of the period of the
rebellion. There are several fnely-illus-
trated papers, chief among which is the
I" Printers Paradise"