Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-07-11

DSyH VII get as oBu.
1hs Best Summer 1eadics.
No better Seaiirs for the summer out
isgs snd vsesfioss can be O5tainsd than
that furnished BY the July nnmbe.s of the
great American magsxines- They are bet
ter than summer novels o. bound books, be-
cause .ksy present greater variety Of in
sere,tspg articles and are more es.ly car
RED in the packet or grip. When read
through .: the summer resort or Old farm
haHse they may be isft to again do duty
70 those Who psfuse them, Without making
you feel that their cost has been greater
than yoa can stssd to give away. Hence.
when going away on your vacation staf in
half Z dozen of the best magazines in your
grip. A guide TO your choice. brief co
,iees Of the leading articles are given be-
iov s---
BsomaeId Street, mas for frontisplsee a
portrait Of Rabbi Soiomoa SCHNEIDER of
Boston, who contributes Z paper on Bis
mA,cx and his Time. Other contributions
are Senator Wade Hampton. Who writes
aboat The Race Problem; Carlos Martyr,
ID. d, whose topic 10 Chufchianity vs.
Christianity; Janias Henri Browne. who
discusses The Correlation of Physical snd
Moral Diseases; L s. Huntington, who
considers Thought ~ Force. and Its So
iallstic Development; and o. B. Froshing-
ham, who sets forth briefly his reasons ror
opposing Woman Slfrage.-The Forum,
f253 Fifth Avenue, New York. has q
mong its leading articles, the Wages Sys-
tenn. by Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott; Modern
Edifce Problems, by Prof. David z. Todd
Of Amherst College the Newspaper Of the
Future, by Noah Brooks, and Formative
lnfnence, by Prof. John Tyndail
North A meriean Review, New York, has
an answer to Mr.. Parnell, BY Hon. Arthur
] Balfour. Chief Secretary for ireland !;
Speaker Reeds Error, by an Ex. NJ. G.,
aud Cor tested Elections, by Hoa. Thorn
Reed Mr. Andrew Carnegie wri:es on
the Tariff. and Justice Mccarthy writes
Of the Prince of Wales.-rhc Eclectic.
New York; z. K. Pelton. % Bold Street,
contains score of essays, stories and
poems from the best English reviews AMI
magazines. Specially interesting are The
Great Equatorial Forest of Africa; Insect
Communists. by Mrs Florence Fenwick
Miller; The Last OF the Canaibal Chiefs,
by Basil Thompson; Mr.. Glads,one's Dis
ests llishment Of the Greek Pantheon, by
Karl Blind; and Distinction by
Coventry Patmore That scholarly review
The Magazine Of American History. New
York; 7i3 Broadway, will find a small but
delighted circle of readers who will prize its
several numbers, flied as they are with
historical and biographical articles of per-
manent value. To the July number David
II al
dent Liucoln's Humor The Anlover Re-
view commences its fourteenth volume,
and 10 as ever. strong, able and thought
full. Boston; Iloughtsn, NJ fFia & Co.
MAGAzIsEs.--In the Atlantic. new
story, Felicia. by Miss Fanny N. ID. Muir
free is commenced. Mrs. Deland's Sid
ney is continued. Sarah Orne Jswett con.
tributes one of her delightful country
sketches full Of rare coloring, The Town
Poor Other leading articles are Rich
ard Henry Lee, Wendell Phillips, Athletics
in American Colleges, Fire Horses, poem
by James Russell Lowell, and DR.. Holmes
Over the Teacups. Boston Houghton Milf
film Z Co. The long story in Lippincott's
is The picture of Dorian Gray" BY Oscar
Wilde, Philadelphia; J. B. Lippinco,t
Company. Leading illustrated articles in
Frank LesIie's Popular Monthly, New
York, are Quebec, twelve illustrations :,
Clara Barton and the Red Cross Work,
eight illustrations: The Roman Campsgna,
ten Illustrations; History of the Chair. thir-
teen illustrations; The Barge Bronzes,
eight illustrations; American Observations,
a very valuable srticie), ten illustrations.
More than forty other articles appear in
the number.-In the Century. Union
Square, New York, Edward Atkinson and
Henry George discuss the single tax. A.
mong other interesting articles is "A Yam
kee in Andersouville, the beginning of 4
series of papers by captured Northern SOL
ders describing their prison experiences.
Harriet W. Preston writes "a Provencal
Pilgrimage" in which a tour in the South
Of France 10 described. An authentic ac-
count of Bacons rebellion. in 1876, is writ
ten by Edward Eggleston aud illustrated by
drawings and reproductions Of old prints
The Anglomanscs" is continued. aud
Violo Roseboro provides short story 1.-The
Reign of Reason" Other articles and sto-
RE. make the number a particularly inter-
esting one. Chief among the contents of
Harper's Magazine, Franklin Square,
New York. are the following nicely Illus
Bailey Aldrioh; Port Foroscow, continued
Colonial and Revolutionary Letters; Baltic
Russia; Treasury Notes and Notes on the
Treasury; Texan Types and Contrasts. and
Social Life at oxford. The number also
contains Eve short stories and its editorial
departments are rich and varied The
Cosmopolitan, New York, il devoted
largely to fiction, adventures and sports,
and the engrsviugs are choice.
FoR THE LADIES Every article, story
aud poem in the Ladies' Home Journal
Philadelphia The Curtis Publishing Com
pany, has an outdoor flavor, and better
magazine for summer reading has never
been prepared for women. A beautifully
illustrated article "A Day with Ida Lewis, :
the Grace Darling of America, il the first
authentic description ever published of the
home life of the famous heroine who lives
alone in Lime Rock Light House, and
has saved so many lives.-The Jenness
Miller Magazine, New York; 3G5 Fifth
Avenue, is one of unusual interest, and
the paper on Physical Culture" by Mabel
Je1ness, contains suggestions and exercises
of the greatest value to women. The Home
Maker, New York 81 East ltth Street, il
an independence Dumher. 1t has an editorial
To be read on the glorious Fourth a
short story bv Harriet Prescott Spofford
Honor and the Fourth" a long illustrated
article by james Power Smith, Martha,
the Wife of Washington. besides host of
other fascinating articles adapted to the
season.
FoR TEE CHILDREN. When going to the
country or seashore or on outing, don't
forget the children. 1. may be rainy, and
if they are confined indoors they will want
to read, or have some one read to them.
Take along the July numbers of Wide
Awake. Boston d. Lothrop Co. or St.
Nicholas. New York: The Century Com
psny. Both are specially adapted to the
outing season and are full of charming
stories, poems and sketches with delightful
pictures to match.