Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-05-08

SiDSfl1t AIu MONA tAsSu coukSloutee tOoB
essay on The Morality Of Msrriag. Othes
articles Of special note are Brain W ork and
Manual Work, The Position . I'd ln6usnce
Of Irish Americans. Capital the Mother Of
Labor, by Prof. Huxley. Prince Bismarck
and Aristocrscy or Democracy. There are
several fne poems in ths number. New
York: Z. r Peiton, % Bond ST., o. 90
per wear.
Rev. Charles CavernO opens the Audover
Review with An article 90 the isrstionaiism
Of Theistic Agnosticism which 10 followed
BY Education in Greece, Four Centuries OF
Christian Song. Revival Of Hinduism. and
a sketch of Rev. Robert Breck-s dissin-
guished thsologisn Of Springfield. Mass., Q
hundred ye.rs sso-by Rev. T. II. Bying-
ton, formerly Of Portland. Prof. A. 8.
Hsrdy's new department, Letters and
Life" first sppears in this number. Able
editorials and we'll filed departments Of
theological intelligence, foreign notes, re-
Of this original. fearless Review. Boston
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The Cosmopolitan for May is unique
and interesting number. brim full Of illus-
srations. all ciesn and clearly defined,
.pIenddly printed. The article on ''Artists
and Art Life in Munich" 10 profuse in
drawings. instantaneous photography
gives Us some graphic sights into the wsys
Of New York thieves. action and character
being caught as il could not be by any other
method. highly interesting series Of
Illustrations occurs in the tall hat paper.
and there are some excellent landscapes ard
interiors on many pages. The magazine
ought to be popular, If good. serious pic
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Dress, the Jenness Mellen Magazine, y
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The Compile xion. Social Influence of Wo-
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In the Forum for May Mr.. Metcalf, the
admirable editor. illustrates once more the
wisdom of uniting with names Of distinction
topics of vital interest to the public. More
than one half the writer's for this number
are known to all readers of current litera
'ure. but further and preater attraction il
the fact that the topics they write on
are topics to which most thinking men are
willing to devote attention. The immediate
future of parties here, Sir Charles Dixie,
recent study Of Canada the kind of battle
modern nsvies would fight, the power OF
the liquor interests in politics, woman'i
inlu ton. coinsge of silver and the outlook
for the farmer are subj scts Of very iDmedi
ate interest. all most ihoughtfully treated
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The Magazine of American History fol
May New York, 743 Broadway, has fol
its frontispie ce a picture after the cele
brate painting of Sir David Wilkie, X, A..
of Columbus e1I lsinins his theory Of I
New World to the prior Of the old convent
where he stopped to ask for bread for hi
little son. The handsomely illustrated
opening article lie Of special interest, en-
titled Spanish Pioneer Houses in Cali
fornia," by Charles Howard Shinn. 1t il
followed by the Portrait Of Philip Liv.
ingston, the Singer" and Mrs. Lamb
descrip tion Of the fronnspiece, giving thu
romantic experiences of Columbus 1t thu
old Spanish convent and his subseQuen
summons to the court Of Queen Isabella.
The New Eogland Magazine for MAJ
fully maintains its past high character bOtl
in literary and artistic qualities. The lead
ing illustrated articles are Along the Nortl
Shore in March in q Runabout, twenty il
Illustrations; About Swallows, FIVE eDgrav
ing, and Some Old Dorchester Houses, tel
engrsviugs. Other interesting articles hav,
lesser number of engravings accompany
ing them. Tlere are also portraits of VIM
Dean Howells. George KEENAN, and FL
Whitney. the inventor of the Cotton Gin
There are several short stories, poems ant
sketches. and among other noticeable arti
cles study of Mr.. Howells' latest novels
Ethics and Politics, and How Rhode 10
land received the Constitution" Boston
No. SO Bromfeld street; e3 90 per year.
Articles which will command widest 1t
tention in the North American Review fol
May are Reforms in the House, by Speak
er Reed; A Plea for the Unlimited Coin
age of Silver. By Hon. X. Q Mills; SoaI
Bubbles of Socialism, BY Prof Simon
Newcomb; The Typical American, il
which Mr. Andrew Lang Of England and MAJ
O'Rell of France express their views, and
Why Cities are Badly Governed. bv Sens
tor Fassett. There are several able shor
articles in the number, one of which on Sc.
cret Sessions of the Senate, 10 from the per
of Mr. Edward Stanwood formerly IT this
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Three articles in the Century relate to
Washington, and they are profusely illus
trsted with fine ensravings. The Jefferson
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W. J. Sfillman. Maj J. W. Powell and
Prof. II. c. Wood; Malcolm Johnston con.
tributes dialect story; there is poem BY
Walt Whitman, another by Mr.. Aidrich
and several others by less eminent hands
The entire number 10 both readable and
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Leading articles in Harper's Magazine
are Modern French Painters; The Evolu.
ton of Humor; Old New York, by John
Austin Stevens. with twenty six engravings
and Through Bush and Fern, by William
Sharp. Rev. Edward Everett Hale contrib.
utes one of his humorous stories; Mr.
Howeils' The Shsdo~ Of = Dream, 10 con.
cluded; aud Mr.. L F.. Chit,enden tells how
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"Nora's Return" is the title Of little
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BY He Try Iren, which 10 from the pen Of
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so cents. The profits from the sale
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Table" of the fair for the New England
Hospital for women and children" to be
held in Boston in December next.
Three cash prizes Of fifty. thirty and
twenty dollars respectively, are offered by
Public Opinion, the Eclectic Weekly MAI
zine Of Washington, d. c., for the three
best essays, not exceeding two thousand
words, on the subject: The Study Of
Current Topics As . feature of School,
Academic and College Education" The
papers must reach Public Opinion prior
to June Is. and the award will be made
by . committee of three we'll known edu-
cators. to be selected and announced be-
fore the close Of the competition. The
prize essays will be published over the
signatures Of the writer's July 5. Particu-
lsrs of the contest may be had BY address
ing the editor Of Public Opinion.
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