Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-08-15
Magazines.
CENTURY.

A GENUINE midsummer numbers is
THE CENTURY for August, with its
opening article on &" The Stream of
Pleasure - the River Thames, by the
Pencils, - husband and wife, ~ who
have written about and mnutey pic.
ured that gay and thronged resort of
boats and boaters. Little and big,
there are twenty pictures in this article
alone. Mrs. Foote'S afternoon at q
Ranch" has also a midsummer air;
and all inland vacationists will find
matter of interest in DR.. Weir Mitchell 5
profusely illustrated article on THE
Poison of Serpents, "a line of inquiry
in which he has made impoi tant dis
coverieS. Remington, artist and writer,
describes with pen and pencil his out
ing with the Cheyennes; and a group
of well-known wood-engravers- French,
Kingsley, Closson, and Davis describe
in their own language, and with draw
ings and engravings by each, wood
engravers camp on the Connecticut
River, as well as the methods of the
American school of wood-engraying
OF other articles nothing is more i'm
portant than the chapters of the Lin
coin History, which describe The Chi
cago Surrender, "Conspiracies in the
North and "Lincoln and the Church
os In the last named chapter the au-
thors discuss Lincoln's religious charac-
ter, and publish for the first time a doc
ument written by Lincoln himself which
throws light upon this subject.
The frontispiece of this number of the
Magazine is portrait of Alfred Tenny-
son from one of Mrs Cameron's cele-
bratcd photographs; and in connection
with this portrait the Rev. DR.. Van
Dyke gives the results of his study of
Tennyson's use of the Bible, under the
title of 1.-The Bible in Tennyson. Dr.
Van Dyke incidentally discusses the re-
laton of the English Bible TO English
literature.
One of the most interesting of the
old masters era Angelico) is presented
in this number in the Cole. Stllman
series, engraved from the originals by
Mr.. Cole. Three full-page engrayings
are given from the works of the "angel-
ical" painter.
There is an unusual number of poems
in the midsummer CENTURY, including
long one by Robert Burns WILSON,
"A Song OF the Woodland Spirit" and
shorter pieces by Harry Stillwell Ed
wards, Mrs. Moulton. Frank Dempster
Sherman, Celia Thaxter, and others.
ST. NICHOLAS.
THE AUGUST ST.. NICHOLAS begins
with one of Mary Hallock Foote'S in
imitable drawings 1t contains full
and interesting article by DIR. Jastrow.
concerning the late Miss Laura Bridg-
man, with y portrait-an exceedingly
good likeness. George Wharton Ed
wards story, Little Menan Light"
will be found to fur ish pathos for the
Girl readers, heroism for the boys, and
some excellent bits of character study
for their elders all will enjoy the IL
lustra.ions. Miss Howells, already
known by her sketches Ca very pleasing
one appeared in ST. NICHOLAS for
JULY, contributes bit of verse called
Sweet Peas. DIR. Charles S. Robin
son offers to mathematians some Curl
Gus speculationS as to the present value
of ''An Egyptian Girls Gold Necklace
il its value is regarded as having in
creased at compound interest for over
O,uOu years.
A good story to read, when the Their
Mometer is high, is Midsummer Pr
rates. by Richard II. Davis, with fine
pictures by w. IL. Drake, breezy story
of sharp yacht-racing; and another with
q more distinctly marine flavor is "A
Mutiny on Gold-Ship,' by France
Stoughton Bailey with strong illustra
tons by John Stceple Davis
Those who care for good dialect
stories will greatly enjoy .'Tne Shag-
Back Panther" by Rowland f. Robin
son, wherein appears a delicious Cana
dian who is mos successfully caught in
the pit he had digged for another. 1t is
strongly illustrated by G.. L. Hill.
Joquin Miller tells novel story Of
Western life, excellently illustrated by
w. A Rogers, and Mary +. wilkins
has a story in rather 3 new vein entitled
1.-The Little Persian Princess.