The Portland daily press., 1890-01-08
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

pionioO tudt " was " NC virtually u SECOND
Christmas number. OF contributions peculiarly
seasonaSly may be noted: Harriet Prescott Spot
ford's poem, The Yule Logs Song; In the Tene-
ment, gentle reminder, by Malcolm Douglas
Christmas on the "Polly." by Grace F. Coolidge,
little marine song telling of new trap for Santa
Claus. A Newiashioned Christmas, a humorous
bit Of verse, by Julie M. Lippmann, and the
Helen P. strong, The frontispiece is an original
engraving by +. French, and shows lovely child
whose bright face shows her to be "Ready for
The January number Of Lippincott's Magazine
is an exc ptiOnalIy brilliant one. The complete
novel. Millicent and Rosalind, is contributed by
Julian Hawthorne, author of Garth, Sinfre, Arch
ibald Malmaison, etc., and is the brightest, and
most interesting story that this popular author
has yet written. The heroines of the romance are
two bright and charming English girls, and the
story of ther lives is most enertainingly told. Al,
the characters in the novel are skilfully por.
trayed, and the reader is introduced to delight
full circle OF acquaintance, with whom he is very
.oatn 70 part company. striking likeness of
and there is an illustration to the story represent
Ing hosalind and her lover In a garden, which is
one OF the most exquisite pictures that has APP
peared In any magazine for many day.
Thefrontispiece ofthe Magazine OF Art for jan
uary is an etching by Leopold Flameng Of Meis-
sonier's famous painting, The Halt. The special
interest which attaches to this picture is that it is
the first etching done by the famous French
etcher for this magazine. The opening paper is
most appropriate to the season. 1t is on The
Nativity of our Lord. as depicted in the National
Gallery. Excellent reproductions are given from
the paintings by Fra Angelica ootticelli, Rem
brandt and the early Flemish School. Following
this comes an In Memoriam of Jules Dupre, by
Ernest Chesneau. We are given the concluding
Stroll through the Peabody Museum at Cam
bridge. Massachusetts,, by s. K Koehler, accom-
aypg Il Wait, G1H9 6gs Nssdy
Love is page picture after Sir Joshua, and then
we come to biographical and critical sketch Of
p s most of the ep ars
paintings are given. Wild Wales Is the subject OF
awellillustrated, paper, and then we are told
What Memorial Window Should Be.
scribner's Magazine begins the new year by
continuing its excellent series of articles upon
practical subjects Of everyday interest. Its first
article Is on Water Storage in the West, dealing
with the large dams nd fumes used in California.
1t is written by Walter Gillette Bates. and amply
Illustrated by engravings by j. M. Van Ness.
W. Q. Brownell writes of the Paris Exposition
after careful study of 1t from the standpoint of
the art critic His notes and impressions are in
tended as guides for the managers of the Amerl-
can Exposition in 1892. A. F. Jacassy contrib
utes the first Of series of African studies, Trip
oil of Barbary 1t is well written and is illu4tra-
ted with many typical Moorish scenes. Elec-
tricity in the Household, by A. E. Kenely, is
another OF the articles Of practical use and inter-
est. Electricity is already used to a considerable
extent for household purposes. SEWING machines,
common, and the day of the electric stove is com
Ing. MIR. Kenelly thinks tnat before many years
an electrical outfit win be part of every well
regulated house. The Beauty OF Spanish Women
Is study OF an interesting subject by Henry T.
Finck. An editorial department under the head
ing otThe Point OF View, discusses Thackeray's
Life, Social Life in Print, etc.
In the January Forum ex-Speaker John G. Car
Isle makes an argument against the 'home mar
ket'' idea. and endeayors to show by figures that
the home market does not amount to much in
reality. In an article on Prehistoric Man Major
]. W. Powell Of the Geological Survey skaters
some popular ideas about the mound builders and
other supposed ancient races An eminent Eng
llsh essayist. w. s. Libby, argues for the indis-
solubility of the marriage tie except for the one
cause, in an essay, The Ethics of Marriage In a
discussion of Woman's Place in the st te Prof
Goodwin Smith levies some red hot arguments
against the woman sutfragistS. Henry Labou-
chere contributes O. decidedly sassy article on
Democracy In England. Other interesting arti-
Giles are The Problem Of Air Navigation, BY Prof.
X. ID. Thurst0n, he Abuse of the Veto Power,
by Col. f. A. Conkling, brother of the late Roscoe
Conking; Magnetism and Hypnotism, by 1t. j.
W. SucfCOt, al tmlUtnL FRENCH scientists. line
Wrongs of the Ute Indians, by G.. 7. Kerchevai,
and horace Gresley's Curefor Poverty, by Prof.
Rodney WEIGH.
The American Amateur Photographer for De-
cember contains two fine photographers and
much reading matter of interest to amateur pho
tographers. Photo-Micrography, Comparative
Tess with new English Lens, The Stereoscope
and Animal Vision, and Why Ladies should be
Admitted to Membership in Photographic Soce
ties among the suhipcfq Mr.
ington describes his Magazine Hand Camera and
the usual space Is devoted to reports Of society
meetings. published at Brunswick, Me.
In the January Century, the next to the last in.
stallment The Life of Lincoln appears. This in
stallment contains graphic account of Lincoln's
last day and his assassination. also chapter on
the fate Of the assassins and description OF the
mourning pageant. There is portrait Of An
drew johnson, diagram of the box in Ford,s
Theatre. fac-simile of aplay-bill found in the
Presidents box, picture of the funeral car and
OF the monument at Springfield. Supplementary
papers by other hands are printed on the pursuit
and death Of John Wilkes Booth. The latter pa
pers are by two Confederate officers who met
Booth and Harold In their flight and by Union
officer who commanded the cavalry thai captured
the fugitives. notable paper is Miss Amelia B
Edwards's account Of the recent very extraor
binary discoveries at Bubastis in Egypt. very
full installment OF Jefferson's Autobiography
gives some amusing tales of the early adventures
of the author. Jefferson also describes the elder
Booths acting Of Sir Giles Oyerreach, and tells
alb ut that eccentric knight,sthe actor Sir VIII
liam Don. Henry James has fully Illustrated
paper on DaumIer, the famous French caricatu,-
Isl. The second Of the Present Day Papers is by
Rev. DR.. Dixie, and has TO do with Problems Of
the Family. The fiction of the number consists of
new chapters of Mr.. Stockton's The Merry
Chanier. and Mrs. Barr's Friend Olivia; also
complete stories by Matt Grim and John Heard,
If, IheTe are poems BY Rev. 7. T. Munger Mrs
ence Earle Coates, Helen Thayer Hutchinson.
Charles q: ID. Roberts, and lin b ic a. Brac1 by
James Whitcomb Riley, Edward A. Oldham and
others. 90"
The Culver for January is full of stories full of
poetry, full of music, full Of theology, in short
full of everything to make Sunday afternoon OF
evening that is spent in reading one of rare en-
joyment. 1t opens with short story called NV
Jealousy, which is followed by an account Of child
life in an English orphan asylum. Then comes an
interesting essay on Pilates Wife. by the Rev.
Hugh Macmillan. The seventh chapter of the
serial, Wings OF the Morning, Is reached, and
after we have flown along with it we come IlDOn