Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-05-07

The reviews are more than usually read
able. The Forum, 1858 Fourth Avenue,
New York contains eleven strong, interest
ing articles, especially noticeable being the
following: The Christianity of Christ by
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, School Examina-
tons by President Hyde of Bowdoin College,
Woman's Place in Nature by Grant Allen,
Success in Fiction by Mrs. Oiiphant.
Where Darwinism Fails by St.
George Mivart and an examina-
ton of Mr.. Edward Atkinson's Economic
Theories by F. b. Hawley. Grant Aliens
article is an attempted reply TO Prof. l.. F
Wards article in late issue of the Forum,
but poor, onesided, untenable argument it
is. The North American Review, rs, Four
teeth Street, New York;, contains many
good articles. but we turned first to the
last contribution, symposium on the ques-
ton Are women to blame for unhappiness
in married life" by Rebecca Harding Davis,
Rose Terry Cooke, Marion Harland, Cath
crime Owen and Amelia E. Barr. How saw
age and hard they are on their own sex;
mer ile.s in their criticisms and faint in their
praise. Sensible women must be tired of
much of what they say and few will be made
better by it, Now let some of the men be
as severe on their own sex-if they are not
afraid to. The Annexation of Mexico, An
English View of the Civil War The
Use and Abuse of Civil Reforms The
Hero in Fiction, are among some of the
leading contributions. Among the best how
ever are DIR. Edward Everett Hales Tree of
Political Knowledge" and Gail Hamiltons
lin Josephne's House" The Electric. Z.
X. Peltou, % Bond st, New York !, presents
its usual admirable selectionffrom the English
and Continental reviews and maya
zines. The number presents a
total of twenty articles, mostly of solid
character but embracing wide range.
Among the articles which will find most
readers among the masses are The Panama
Canal the Decimal and Metric Systems
clear and useful-Celestial Photography,
Prohibition in the United States and Canada
by Goodwin Smith, AID Are our Foreign
Missions a Success:
Mrs. Lpmb arranges the contents of her
Magazine of American History, with refer
ence to the Presidential centennial Its
froHtispiece is a copy of the kemmelmyre
portrait of Washington never before pub
lshed, and which no more resembles the
usual portraits of our first president than it
does that of an Indian chief Washington
historic luncheon 1T Elizabeth, n. J., while
on his way to be lnaugurated as president,
is the subject of the leading article which
is fully illustrated. Other articles are Oak
Hill, the home of President Monroe; Indi
ana's First Settlement; The Harrisons in His
tory :; "Reminiscences of Mrs. Bradford;
Slavery in Connecticut and a full presenta-
ton of the usual minor departments, all
well filed with interesting and important his
torical and personal matter, New York
143 Broadway
Ocean, John IL. Gould, 45 Broadway, New
York is attractively printed in colors, and
full of hits and sayings which are quite as
brilliant as their artistic setting is unique.
Still, we confess to a little dislike of so many
different tints and half-tones for steady
reading" Is anything for book or magazine
work quite so good as black and white? If
SO we have never seen it.