The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-02-06
MAGAZINE NOTICES.


One of the most delightful of Susan Coolidge's
stories, Who Ate the Queens Luncheon? opens
the February Wide Awake with beautiful from
tispece by Garrett. Another short story as sin
gularly humorous a valentine story, is entitled
The Apple of Discord and will entertain the
grammar school boys and girls; it is by Georgi-
ana Washington. Princess Mayblossom, by An
nette Lyster, with its eight pictures, is dainty
fairy stony. Children In Italian Sculpture, by
Mabel f. Robinson, Is a model arr paper for
SERIAL stores by JlsF TTowbridse and Msrgsret
Sidney are very popular for family reading. The
upper Children IS short story of the old war
days by Miss A. q. Plympt0n, full OF dash and
fun. Forty eight Hours Day will interest all
astronomically minded young people and their
elders as WELL
The Magazine of Art for February is a notable
number The frontispece is one that every
American will want TO cut out and frame the
moment he sets his eyes upon it, for it is probably
the best portrait of Gladstone that has ever been
published The original is Milais's painting, and
this has been reproduced by the photograyure
process with remarkable ace uracy. few pages
further on we are given an article on Gladstone
and His Portrait, by 7. wemyss Reid, which is
ilustratedlwlth capital :engrayings from various
portraits and caricatnres, a full page being de-
voted TO the portrait made by Watts In 1858.
The opening paper of the number is letter writ
Ten IN l79I by John Flaxman, r; A., and never
series OF papers on The Isle OF Arran, after which
comes poem by Al ernon Charles swinburne
written In the Scotch dialect and supposed to be
Jacobite's farewell to his sweetheart in II 8.
Some Thoughts on our Art of To-day, by George
Frederick Watts, II. A, are given, in which he
work on art by Nerestchagln, the Russian artist
whose paintings are now ON exhibition in this
country.
Do tI.n laak
Vassli Verestchagn ever drew is the article ON
"a Russian Village" which he contributes to
Harper's Magazine for February. 1t would have
been well called San Artists Sketch" If the au
thor had in his life painted picture, for the
vivid impressions 1t gives of Russian peasant life
could only have been created by a man with an
artists comprehensive vision. In the same num-
Der OF the Magazine the reader has an opportun-
iy to look at three other quarters of the globe p
f. Mcclure writes extensively of Dakota;
Bjornstjerne BIornson begins "a series of three
papers ON Norway and its People; and Henry
Ballantine relates what he saw on a trip to Ne
paul, the Land of the Goorkhas These papers
are all deliberately illustrated (that on Russian
Village, with drawings by the author
himself: intrinsically valuable, and
tt S " genS auaSe owing to the rar
estimate of The Work of John Ruskin, by DIR.
Charles Waldstein. Theodore Child describes
john Habberron talks with amateurs about Bulb
Gardens Indoors, and Emile christina Curtis
pleads for wiser training of childrens voices in
puDHc SCHOOLS. Annie Fields, Annie Kent, Coates
Kinney, and Amelie Rives are the poets re-
presented, the last mentioned with two Scotch
songs. Edward Bethany. who is nothing If not
this may Come. Constance Fennimore Woolson
continues her serial, Jupiter Lights. W. ID.
no, n mn inc Edatos STUDY, pays tribute TO
whitman and Bj0rnstjerne Bjornson and George
William Curtis and Charles Dudley Warner vie
with him in the interest of their respective depart
ments.
Cassels Family Magazine for February has for
its frontispiece beautiful copy in terra-cotta
tint of A Girls Face, after Greuze The serial,
Mr.. Trench, of Brasenose, is continued and is fol-
lowed by paper from the pen of the author of
How TO be Happy, Though Married Seeing,
Reading and Thinking is the title of this paper
and the matter discussed is the relative value Of
these three things as sources of education.
Physical Training for Girls is the title of paper
when Illustrates It's point with some spirited
drawings. Marie's Bridegroom is a short story i'm
TWO chapters which preceues a paper on the in
feresting subject. How Children Come to Speak,
IN when the writer argues that why animals do
not speak is not because they cannot make the
proper sounds, or because they have not tine power
OF or II expression. but because they have not in
telligence enough to use it.
The frontispiece of st. Nicholas for February is
charming drawing by Mary Halock Foote, hav-
ing quaint little remarque upon its margin
Joaquin Miller begins the text of the number wit
apoem telling how The Gold that Grew by Shast
Town, was discovered by little girl. Arlo Bates
recounts In verse the glee of Jack Frost over
The snow Flowers. Then comes Noah Brooks, s
very timely account of The White Pasha. telling
In plain and interesting way the thrilling nara
tive OF SANKEY'S past achievements and probable
whereabouts. The paper is illustrated by strik
ing portrait of the great explorer and win give
many of The older readers of the magazine their
nrst clear IDEA OF the state of affairs In Central
Africa. Mrs. Catherwood's strong serial is
continued and introduces in Petit-Pere a char
acter NEW in fiction and really CHARGING,
A weu-ilustrated article upon Japan follows
and Is contributed by Arthur L. Shumwav, and
this, with Mr.; Alton's explanation of The Routine
q the kepublic makes up the list of the more in
strnctlye articles of the number. OF lighter
papers we may note Modern MILDLY, by john .
SlDbons, OF the Navy, which describes Annapolis
from standpoint different from that taken by a
recent paper in st. Nicholas on the same subject
Altogether the number is exceedingly varied in
us scope. pleasing and instructive in pleasant
way, ana. as usual, exceedingly rich in ilustra-
tiOns
remarkable feature of the Mid Winter Cen
fury is the opening article on Gerome, the ia.
nous French artist and trainer OF artists. Other
specially artistic features of this number are Mr.
ole's!engravings from the originals of simone
Memmi with accompanying articles by Mr.. Still
man and Mr.. Cole in the series of Old Italian
Masters; also the fourth of Mary Hallock Foote'S
Pictures of the Far West, entitled The Orchard
Wind-Break. Two leading serialfeatures of the
number are sustained In very interesting INSTALL
ment OF The Life Of ! lincoln, and Siberian chap
ter by George KEENAN,, entitled Exiles of Irku SIX
War subjects are continued in Memoranda of the
Civil War, the subjects being The Battle Of Frank
lin and the Canal at Island No. 10. slow-Burn-
ing Construction, by Mr.. Edward Atkinson. of
Boston, is an article of practical directions as to
the construction OF buildings. partly fireproof on
Inc cheapest plan. Another extremely timely
paper is by the Rev. Dr. Washington GLADDEN. on
Safeguards of the Suffrage. DIR. Gladden's sug
gestlons are In the direction of reforms, some of
Wnlch nave already beensbegun. He makes sug-
gestions as to the restrictions of the suffrage
which, IN view OF recent events, will not today be
considered as radical as some of them might have
Deen ten years ago. Revival of Hand Spinning
and weaving in Westmoreland, is a charmingly
nermen accgn IN q very curious industrial ex
traits OF Mary, Qneen of Scots, Mr.. Lawrence
Hutton has told briefly what is now known on
series there is an illustrated article on The
FAIRIES and Druids OF Ireland, with pictures of a
descendant OF the fairy stock, battle-axes of the
old heroes an old harp, bronze swords, the church
Of Glendalough cromlech near Shgo, etc. Mr..
Gable concludes the Strange True Story of
Francolse In louisiana; and Mrs. Catherwood
concludes her Romance Of Dollard. A South IN
story, Two Negatives. is told by Mary Spear Tier
nan and pathetic Irish story. Under the Red
wood Tree, is told by George II. Jessop and illus
IIated Dy hemDle. The poems are by Kate Put.
nam Osgood, James Whitcomb Riley and Caroline
E niazard, with prose poem by Langdon Elwyn
Inc numbers of The Living Age for the weeks
ending January 2eth and February I'd contain
comparison OF Elizabethan and Victorian Poetry,
Dy john Addington Symonds; The Scientific
Bases OF Optimism, by W. II. Mallock, and Ibsen's
social Dramas, Fortnightly; Charles Lambs
Letters, Temple Bar; The Grocer's War, and in
Burmese Prison, Cornhill; Dr. johnson, s Favor
ties, Macmillan; A Queen-Anne Pocket-book,
Longmans; Personal Recollections of the Great
science, Cassels; The Strength Of the Hapsburgs.
Inc Life OF Archdeacon Allen, Lady Guides, and
marck and Sir Robert M0rier Economist: Proofs
of Age. Chambers: with A Story of Chlns rhe