The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-08
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

An interesting portrait of John Burroughs at
twenty opens the April Wide Awake as fronts
piece; this engraving accompanies Mr.. Bur
roughs's own story Of his boyhood, The Boy John
Burroughs; Glance Backward, telling how be
had to struggle for his schooling" Another ex
cellent piece of biographical and historical work
is by an English writer-Mrs. Bathwayt, entitled
Raleigh and the Potato; A Dash for a Flag, by
r. M. Backus, is spirited story of the Civil War.
The Little Girl of the Okoboio, by Mrs. Clara
Doty Bates, is the tale of a great Western
river freshet The Cascaroni Dance" beat
tiful illustrated by Garrett gives instructions for
Joyous Easter game for children. Mrs. Clafia's
behaviour series, Daisys Letters to Pattie, has a
letter that ought to Interest the parents of all
school girls. The Public School Cookery article
tic story Of the famous Braganza diamond IS told
by Mrs Goddard Orpen. Men and Things the
new department, is full to overlooking with bright,
original anecdotes, accounts and short talks. The
poems of the number are particularly good. The
serials, Five Little Peppers Midway, by Margaret
Sidney, and The Adventures OF David Vane and
David Crane, by j. T. Trowbridge, are jolly
reading.
The numbers of Littelps Living Age for the
weeks ending March 23d and 30th contain Lord
Godolphin, and Gambling, Quarterly; A Poets
Corner, National; Tennyson as Prophet, Nine
teenth Century; Minicoy: the Island of Women,
Blackwood; Some Quaker Biographies, Macm-
IAN a Irdctcdl lest, All tne year around; The
Finding of Crusoe, The Man who Swallowed the
East Wind, My Pet, and A Borrowed Art, Cham
bers; Brussels, June, 1916, Argosy; The Frozen
South Good Words; Genius of Physical Infrmi-
ties, Open Court; The New Japanese Constitu-
ti0n Times The European Position in Africa
spectators; The School of Forestry at Dehra
Doons. India, and The Giant Earthworm OF
Gippsland, Nature; with instruments of Chron-
icle OF Two Months, Jacks Niece, and poetry
The legions of loyal admirers of Little Lord
Fauntleroy will welcome the leading article in
this months St Nicholas, by Mrs. Lille. telling
OF Little Elsie Leslie Lyde, the lovable child who
is now interpreting the character to New York
audiences. The article is richly illustrated from
photographs, and with drawings by Mr. Birch,
the delineator of "Fauntleroy," and is completely
satisfying and interesting in every way. Among
contributions of special value or interest are.
short continued story of New England life by Sara
Orne Jewett, entitled Bit of Color; a second in
stalment of Daddy Jake, by Joel Chandler Harris,
with Kemble's Illustrations; poem by Celia
Thaxter based upon legend by Count Toistoi;
poem called The Baby's Bead, by Harriet Pres.
colt Spoford; longer poem by Lucy Larcom, en-
Titled My Childhoods Enchantress, with illustra-
Hutcheson, one called My Cross and the other
To My Pet; some playful verses by Alice Wei
lington Rollins and Margaret Eyiinge and a
charmingly Illustrated article The Story of Doll
House, by Katharine Pyle. Then there are of the
continued stories and articles Mrs. Cathsrwood's
Bells OF Ste. Anne; Edmund Atoms Routine of
the Republic, this instalment being devoted to
the details of the business of the Department of
State and The Bunny Stories by John Hewett
designed for st. NicholaSS youngest friends