New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-10
MAGAZINE NOTES.
crMpsEs OF THE JULY NUMBERS.

CTLIMPSES Of The JUL NOrADGA"c'
Mr.. II. W.. slocum contributes to Outing an inter
esting paperson Lawn tennis as game ION women
He declares tha. tennis although good game for
,a... =, non ladies' game sarcastic people
,er. ono. wont 70 call IT, is game which, when TOO
r,o,snsly played becomes as severe suam upon
the muscles and produces as serious an erect "po"
the lungs as any Of the most eShausuns OF atheuo
sports-a fact which will be attestcd by any man
who has played lawn tennis as well as oaseoa',
football or lacrosse" He says also tnae 'ho H"s"'u
r, n,nvs lawn tennis much better than the American
,,r,v because she Is lowing to the greater amount
~ exercise she takes physically her superior and
can more easily handle racquet OF adequate weight
Mr. slocum's artcle Is handsomely iliusTated-notaoV
WIN some excellent portraits OF the ladies' Famous
An shis region for their prowess at tennis; and is
an. Al the r.ost useful and entertaining papers OF
an unusually agreeable number.
arbe MAGAZINE of American History presents
. fine port.ass of its clever editor Mrs. Lamb, ana
a spir,ted account from her pen Of the washington
Centennial Celebration. 1t is carefully illustrated
and ls a condensed and valuable description
Mr.. Alfred wsstes writing IN "shakespeaxana'
IN the Question "Dh Ben Jonson write Bacon S
uorl.,, reminds rs that IL has been urged tha'
shakcspeare must have been lawyer because OF the
frequent use of legal terms IN his plays oue W
urove how faliacious such reasoning is, IL VIII NO
snn,c,cnt no say that single prologue OF Jonsoh
that "a bartholomew Fair contains more legal 'erms
man can be found in all The plays OF ehakespeae
Net no one has affirmed that Jonson was, therefore,
LAWYER though the harmony of thought throughout
,hs paiosophical Works. which have hitherto ooen
called Bacon's and the undoubted WORKS Vi Don
Jonsou is aston4.hsngy evident. And 1t is not only
N. likeness Of ideas, but their portrayal IN sSe
necul,srly Jonsons which tustifes the conclusion
from internal evidence alone. that he was one ~ue
.nshor of the New Philosophy
a The .Cosmopoltans has a paper by Camille FAM
marion on the Elcl Tower, which Is entertaining SO
far as its recapitnlaton of facts goes but IL pnss
smile to the face of the American reaner "ho1i no
t called NOON to note that this practically useless
construction "crownss the progress OF the nine'een
century"
1t should be said Of " The HomeAiaker' that oere
Exists no moro judcious household companion OF us
kind Tor women It's discussions Of home matters are
fI of knowledge and of refreshing common
,ense and good TASTE publishing some admirable
illustrated papers histories al American homes, many
Of them BY Marion Harland. The July number pre-
scnts her interesting Chat the old Livingston
home oak HILL
The Rev. E. Z. Hale complains in " The Forum
NJ our,ously and manfesy unjust distinction in our
posta, arangements-that which provides for sending
periodical at one-quarter the postage exacted for
book though the former be heavier
and moro cumbrous than the latter "A copy he
saws. "of 'Harpers Magazine will be sent by the
United States to an outlying postofce in washington
Territory at quarter part of the price which book
Of the same weight and the size be sent for
The result the publishing trade of the country IS
exactly the same which might be seen If great shoe
dealer we're boycotted' by all the express companies
II the express companies said they would carry Jones
Company's shoes for quarter part of the price Tor
which they would carry Smith Companys shoes,
they would say Just what the General Government
saws when IL carries the magazine weighing eight
ounces quarter part Of what It charges for carry
ing a book weighing eight ounces. OF this you see
the consequences the country You shall go into
great Western bookstore and you shall see piles OF
magazines You shall turn and ask for books, and
YOU NAV find not many books in the shop as II re-
ceves magazines from the Office Of The Century, or
of Haper's' or Of The Atlantic Monthly or OF The
Forum in month. This Is very well for The Cent
ury' and for THE Forum. but It is very bad for liter
allure. And the greatest gift which any courageous
Congressman can give TO the authors and publishers
of this country, and still more TO the people OF tho
country will be a short amendment to the present
statute which shall direct the carriage Of all books as
'secondclass matter