The Portland daily press., 1890-09-15
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Boston Herald
MAGAZINE NOTICES,

The Cosmopolitan for September has for
Its first attraction a very interesting paper
on Transplanted American Beauty" illus
trated by F. Leslie Baker, and giving por-
traits of the American women who have
married foreign titles. Miss Bisland con-
tinues her admirable account of her Flying
Trip Around the World, an account far in
advance of many of the best writers on
transatlantic travel. II. johnson Kohler
gives comprehensive and we'll illustrated
description of the Swedish Military Forces.
snd 5. g. w. Benjamin another illustrated
paper on Diplomatic Life at the Persian
Court. Brander Matthews's sketch of Jules
Lemaltre Is capital description of the bril-
liant French critic. Edgar Fawcetts Come
Henry Clews's Ethics of Wall Street There
Is some good poetry. All in all, the Septem-
Der number Is well up to the high average of
this publication.
The Arena for September is noticeable for
the strength and variety of its contributions.
The opening paper is by Senator John It.
Morgan of Alabama, on the Race Question, a
striking presentation of the problem from
the standpoint of Southern statesman.
Rev. Samuel w. Dixie, LII. d. contributes a
paper Of great ability on Marriage and d.
vorce Laws. Psychical Research by Richard
Hodgson, LII. d., is notable paper treat
ing the subject of apparitions of the living
and the dead, and haunted houses in criti-
cal and scientific, but very entertaining man.
ner. One of the strongest features of this
issue. however, Is found In Prof. Chas
Creighton's paper on Vaccination. DIR.
Creighton wrote the papers on pathology and
vaccination for the ninth edition of Encyclo-
padia Britannica. Robert Owen at New
LaDark IS most delightful paper contribu-
ted by Walter Levin, another we'll known
English essayist, and forms another of the
Arenas valuable papers on the Labor Cues
tion. The Dominion's Original Sin is bold
and brilliant attack on the methods resrIted
TO In order to bring about the present Cana
dian confederation. The Greatest Living
Englishman Is brilliant and entertaining
sketch Of the life of Gladstone by James
Realf. Jr., as entertaining as fiction, yet
very instructive.
The New England Magazine for Septem-
Der shows pleasing variety in its contents,
but it devotes itself very especially to two
interests. New England farming and the
present intellectual life In Canada Mr.
Blackburn Harte, in his bright and broad
article on the Canadian Writers of Today
tells us well what the English authors in
Canada are doing. his article being enriched
by score of fine portraits, including Gold
win Smith, Grant Allen, Dawson, Wilson,
Mercer Adam, and many of the young poets.
The two leading Canadian poets. Lampman
and Campbell, contribute poems to this
number. The Present Condition of the Far
mer is by Edward Williams, Cooperation in
Agriculture by James K. Reeve, and Moses
in Massachusetts, by Rev. George A. Jack
son. They are to be followed up next
month by articles on agricultural education
etc. An article on Mark Hopkins, by Rev.
Frank Ii. Kasson, is accompanied by fine
portrait OF the great teacher; and an excel
lent portrait Of Gen. Joshua l.. Chamberlain
accompanies an address by him on the Army
Of the Potomac, which well supplements the
Grand Army number of last month. There
is a very fully illustrated article on Mime
apolis. by Prof. William w. Folwell of the
University of Minnesota. Another illus
trated article is on the University of Georgia.
Mr.. Granville b. Putnam of the Boston
schools writes on the Introduction of GYM
nastics in New England. which will have
special interest at this time, when there is so
much attention given to the subject of physi-
cal culture in the schools. James P. Baxter,
the well-known antiquarian of Portland,
writes on the Abnaki Indians. MIR. Carpen-
ter's story, A Woman Of Shawmut, comes to
an end In this number Of the magazine.