The Portland daily press., 1889-12-07
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

The Culver for December has for its from
tispiece beautiful colored plate called
The Parsonage Garden. A new serial, Worthy
to be Loved, by E. Neal. author of My Broth.
er Basil, is begun in this number. Following
this comes paper by Rev. DR.. Newman Hall, en-
titled Be Of Good Cheer; JottiDgs from minis.
ter's Note Book is made more intere sting by its
clever illustrations. On the Church Floor is a
paper on the tombs Of the dead, which is followed
by an article on LOwelPs Religious Poetry, ac-
companied by a portrait of Mr.. Lowell. Provi.
dence Is the title If a sermon by Rev. j. B. Mac.
dun, aid there is paper called Fever Young and
though Married.
Mr.. Herkomer's famous picture, The Last Mus
ter, is reproduced by the photogravure process
and printed as the frontispiece Of the Magazine Of
Art for December. The opening article of the
number Is an account of the National Gallery OF
Scotland. by Walter Armstrong. 1t is fully illus.
trated by eDgfavngs from the best pictures In the
gallery, among them Burgomaster by Frans
Halls, and Fete Champetre by Vatican. After
this the Artistic Aspect Of Lord Mayors Shows h
discussed with pen and pencil; and then we come
to charming portrait of: Elizabeth, Countess of
CIR. syenor, painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence, to
which is given the honor Of full page. The first
Of a series of papers ON Wild Wales is given, and
the wldness of this picturesque country is proved
pen furnishes the text. Prof. W. NJ Conway dis.
Gu, ses Art Professorships, and then there Is a
poem. Maiden Of Dreams by Arthur L. Salmon,
with fantastic illustration by G. Rickatts. The
Philosophy OF Laughter Is written by Charles
whitley and Illustrated by Frederick Barnard in
an Interesting and entertaining paper, which
brings us 10 the Chronicle of Art, which closes
the number.
Harper's Magazine for December is an ideal
Christmas number. First cones Edwin A. Alb
bey's portfolio Of clever illustrations for the
Merry Wives of Windsor, which reproduce, with
the peculiar skill OF this consummate draughts-
man the "Merry England in Falstaf's time. An
drew Lang in his comments on the Comedy, as
sumes another important role in the first of the
promised series of "Shakespearian REVEALS" Six
Complete stories follow. Thomas Hardy gives
novelette,; TWO representative Northern writers,
Sara Orne Jewett and Mary E. wilkins, and Two
prominent authors OF the Southern school, M. E.
M. Davis and Ruth McEneryStuart, contribute
short stories, and the artist-anthor, +. ID. Mile
tslls painters tale of true love. Rev. Henry
Van DYKE In his paper on The Fight into Egypt.
considers This episode from the .yhood of Christ
a. 1t is recorded by the eyangelists embellisbed
in later years by myth and legend, and then inter-
preted in masterpieces OF medieval and modern
art Laicadio Hearn, whose Chita has won for
hi u the name of the American Gautier, sketches
in A Ghost new species OF spectre that haunts
the "ciyilzed nomad." Ineoaofe Cniid's ex
with the force of revelation TO the occidental
mind, which Is more or less unfamiliar with the
artistic development of this empire OF the East
In Oraiorio and Drama Rev. ii. r. Haweis, Nj. A,
predicts a "new departure" which is nothing less
than the reconciliation of church and stage IN
new art form, the Sacred Music Drama of the
future. Louise Imogen Quincy contributes an
Ode for Mariner Ashore, and X. ID: Blackmore,
Buscombe; or Michaelmas Goose, illustrated by
G. s. Reinhart.