The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-07-11
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

The numbers of Litiell's Living Age for the
weeks ending June 20 and July contain What
the Revolution of 1889 d, and The French Rev.
olution and, Fortnightly, highlands Climatic Phe-
nomeDa, National; Recent Conversations in a
Studio. by w. W. Story; Elizabeth of yaleis and
the Tragedy OF Don Carlos, and On the Riviera,
Blackwood; Greek Islands and Highlands Gen
tleman's; Macaulay.at Heme, Temple Bar; The
Last OF the Southeys. Cornhill; What the Thames
Police have Done, Leisure Hour; Saint Paul du
Var, and Life in California, Spectator; Cost of
Living in Paris and London, Pail Mall; The Fu
the Bell, and Nansen's Journey across Greenland,
Nature; Visit to the Sultan, Paris Figaro; with
instruments of A Dog Story and In Cleft Stick.
and poetry.
Mr.. Justice Miller of the Supreme Court of the
United States engages in the important work of
explaining America to Americans and to the
world" by describing The State of Iowa in The
July number of Harper's Magzine. In referring
to Palatal Petersburg it is difficult to separate
writer AID artist, so happily do they supplement
one another in conveying impressions of the great
architectural monuments of the Northern Ven
icen Il. Mason makes note upon ADRIAN van
de Velde, an interesting figure in the history of
Dutch art. Howard jenkins finds suggestive
subject IN The Banks of the Brandywine. and
Lafcadio Hearn in his sketch of Les Porteuses
portrays the women who bear burdens in Mar.
Unique. Rev. Atticu. c. Haygood ID. D., Ill. d.,
in his essay up IN The South and the School Prob
lem presents sober ANALYSIS of the present Situa-
tiou and The outlook for the future. William
Blake answers the question Is American SIAM
ina Declining? The eighth paper In the series on
the Great American Industries takes up the
manufacture Of glass The seventh installment
of Constance FenimOre Woolssn's Jupiter Lights
alone goes far to confirm the promise of the earlier
chapters. BY coincidence the conversation In
the fourth installment OF Charles Dudley War
ner's novel. A Little jour ey in the World, turns
upon The Old Homestead and the beginnings of
American drama-a subject which in various as
poets monop0liZes Mr. Howel,'s attention in the
Editors Study of this number.
The frontspiece o, the Magazine of Art for July
is a capital etching, by NJ. Daniel Mordant, of
Rembrandrs famous painting, A Family Portrait
which is among the treasures of the Brunswick
gallery. The opening article is by the distin-
gulshed English painter, Geo. Frederick Watts,
who, under the title More thoughts on Our Art of
Today, gives some good advice to the art student,
Claude Phillips has an interesting paper on The
Plagiarisms of the Old Masters. Portraits of
Alexander The Great are treated OF with pen and
Iencl, while the editor discusses Current Art.
In the latter paper is fine reproduction of John
5. Sargents portrait OF George Hensche the
baritone. The Aim and Tendencies of CariHature,
by M. L. jackson, Is paper well worthy of peru
SAL while the student win find much to consider
in Old Arts and Modern Thoughts. f.. q. Stevens
gives careful study of SayonarOla which is illus.
trated by the well known Fra. Barolomeo pOr-
trait.