The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-09

George KEENAN, opens tho June Century
with an accurate but wildly painful account
Of his visit 10 THE Convict Mines OF Kari"
and nothing moro revolving or monstrously
inhuman could we'll be imagined. What a
Karma some royal dcspois are generating
for themselves Illustrations accompany
the article. We turn with pleasure to
"Corot" whose charming biographical
sketch, by Mrs. Schuyler van Rensselaer,,
affords n sense OF relief to the horrible pic
turc OF the Siberian mines. Like our own
John Burroughs, whose every fiber seems 10
be throbbing In sympathy with nature and
natures folk, Corot Il also In love with the
trees, the grass aud the sky. and what one
describes with his pen the other pictures
with his brush. Corots landscapes arc ''as
familiar a. a household word" 10 the lover
OF pictures and the connoisscur. Think Of a
landscape painter rs great ~ Corot. being
the son OF hair dresser and milllner.
The sketch Is beautifully illustrated
with reproductions Of Corot's own paint
ings. A portrait Of the illustrious artist
forms the frontispiece. Charles de Kay con.
tinucs his scholarly researches In the history
Of Ireland and In the present number tells a
great deal Of the Early Heroes OF ireland 4"
II Is the most fascinating Of all this author
has yet given on the subject Helen Camp.
bell contributes an admirable paper on Ger.
tain Forms OF woman's Work for Woman
aud reports on the efforts Of the Young
women's Christian Association at No. East
Fifteenth street, New York. II Is timely,
encouraging aud interesting. illustrations
accompanying show the kind OF work aud
the classes engaged. IAN American ANA.
tcur Astronomer" with portrait Is a
brief sketch by the late Prof. John
Fraser, Of Mr.. s. W. Durham. who
was stcnographor for n number Of
years Ia the Circuit Court OF Chicago, but
nearly all Of bis llfc has been devoted
student Of astronomy. His story Is exceed.
lngly interesting aud, like many another
genius. lac i better known In st. Petersburg.
London, Berlin. Paris and Rome than In his
own country. Margaret J. Preston relate.
some interesting anecdotes OF Gen. Ice
After the War, showing his gift Of reparioo,
his winning personality, his tenderness Of na.
turc, his idyllic devotion TO his invalid wife
aud all those qualities aud manly gruccs that
20 10 make UP the gentleman that Gen. Lee
was Tho Lincoln Biography takes up the
Pomcroy circular, the Cleveland Convention
aud the resignation Of Chase. The poetic
element Is represented best by the stirring
martial poem by Llouso Morgan Smith, en-.
titled 'can the Emperor forgctF'
One Of the best papers In fhe June number
Of TIE North american Rcrie,r Is one by the
Rev. Minot J. Savage, Of Boston, entitled:
THE Inevitable Surrender OF Orthodoxy"
which was reproduced In part In TITS Ar.
rrlL Of last Sunday. The next In point Of
inSfest Is Andrew Lang's Unhappy Mar.
riagcs In Fiction, which Is most entertain.
lngly and insiruc,ivcly written. ~ hat Is
che Destiny Of canadar' by Easius wiman,
y a plea for commercial union and against
annexation. Andrew Carnegie has the place
OF honor for his paper on wealth" In
which he takes the ground that rich men