Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-03
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The Century TOR May is notable Tor the
number and variety of articles that con-
Germ national life and history. Mrs. Edith
Robertson Cleveland writes of Archibald
Robertson and his Portraits of the Wash
| ingtons;" VIM. Armstrong and Edmund.
Law Rogers contribute two articles on
| .Some New Washington Relics" and one
on Original Portraits of Washington, is
| by Charles Henry Hart. a series of arti-
cies on Memorial Day, are short sketch.
IA Decoration Day Revery," by Brander
Matthews; Theodore O'Hara,n by Robert
Burns Wilson, with which is given in full
| O'Hara's stirring battle song. 1.-The Biyouac
of the Dead;r poem, Twilight Song. For
Unknown Buried Soldiers North and
| South" by Walt Whitman; and Memo
rial Day ode, THE Fallen, y by John Vance
Cheney. The first installment of Mrs.
Amelia Gere Masons series on 1.-The Wo-
men of the French Salons opens. Mr..
| Stillman, in his Italian Old Masters"
writes of Andrea del Verrochio. Mr.. JEFF
fersoc's autobiography continues. Mrs.
Bars Friend Olivia" grows in interest.
Articles which will have a wide reading
are George Remnants paper on the methods
! of the Russia censors; Chickens for Use
and Beauty by H. S. BabcocS; Two
Views of Marie Bashkirtseff;' H. c. Woods
| striking paper on "a Study of Conscious
|
contribution on 'Institutions for the Arid
| Lands" are in this number. Richard Mai
| COIN Johnston writes one of Georgian life
in Travis and Major Jonathan Wilby;'
Elizabeth w. Champney contributes a
| short story. Other articles of interest are:
George Washington and Memorial Day"
| The New Movement in Education, The
Lingering Duello." THE Churches and the
| Poor in Topics of the Time. The Open
Letter and other departments are full of
| interest. The number is richly illustrated.
"Harper's Magazine" for May contains
the first complete account of an unique epi-
sode in the history of our national credit.
| Between II o'clock on a certain Friday in
1862 and o'clock A. NJ. on the following
Monday, L. E. Chittenden, at that time the
Register of the Treasury, signed II 500
bonds. He tells how he accomplished the
feat. Theodore Child writes of Some
Modern French Painters" Paul Renou-
ard supplements the biographical details
! OF the article with portraits OF NM. Puyis
| de Chavannes, ]. c. Cain, Anne Morot,
Dagnan-B ouveret and Henri Lerolle. Pro-
lessor S. II. Butcher. Ii. D., of the Uni
versity of Edinburgh, writes of THE Eyo.
| luton of Humor. Quaint historic imag-
inings are the twenty-six drawings in
which Howard Pyle makes visible the life
Austin Stevens in his paper, "Old New
York Taverns." William Sharp, in
| Through Bush and Fern" describes the
contradictions and destinations of the
| fauna and flora in "the oldest land in the
| world Louise Imogen Quincy gives
charming old poets,n who wrote ENG
lish Lyrics Under the First Charles
There are three short stories, by Edward
Everett Hale, by S. B. Elliott and by E. H.
Lockwood. w. d. Howells concludes
The Shadow of a Dream The contents
of the editorial department are character
lied by thasame novelty as the body of the
| magazine, and the illustrations are very
numerous and fine.
The Magazine of American History for
May New York; presents an appetizing
| table of contents. Its frontispiece is su-
perb picture after the celebrated painting of
Sir David Wilkie, R. A., of Columbus ex-
planning his theory of New World. The
handsomely illustrated opening article is
Spanish Pioneer House in California by
Charles Howard Shinn. 1t is followed by
the Portrait of Philip Livingston, the
Signer." One of the best articles is on
The Constitutional Aspect OF Kentucky's
Struggle for Autonomy, 17S4-1792,'' by the
President of the Miami University, Ethel
bert Warfeld. The Old Town of Green
Day, WleCODslH. ~ ny JOuN SdTt6r.a a
sketch of Colonel William Grayson,r of
Virginia memory, is by Roy Singleton.
'.The Massachusetts Bay Psalm Book,
1910" is by Clement Ferguson. "a Gen.
| fury of Cabinet Ministers is by George NJ.
Pavy. Mrs. Lambs description of the
| frontispiece gives the romantic experiences
of Columbus at the old Spanish convent.
Chauncey M. Depew writes of Washing
ton Irving" Duel of Button Gwinnett,
the signer," is by Colonel Charles c. Jones.
"Glimpses of the Interior of Africa is by
Professor Henry Drummond. The issue
also contains valuable list, recently pre-
pared, of the Historic Societies of the
United States"
Co, Boston, opens with frontispiece that
all American young people will hail with
pleasure, a portrait of the author of 1.-The
Heir of Radcliffe" and "The Daisy Chm
BY Miss Charlotte NJ Yonge. Oscar Fay
Adams describes his visits with her at
Otterbourne. Following is humorous
story by Louise Stockton, 1.-THE Baby's
Masquerade" Apple Blossoms, by Mrs.
Bernard Whitman; "A Long Mirror, by
Mrs. Fremont; ''The Monitor of Grammar
School H. by Annie Bronson King; the
"Cow-Bells of Grand Pre- Grace Dean
Mcleod; "Bonny and Ban" Mrs. Gather
woods serial ends as does Mr. Stoddard's
"Gid Granger; The Aprons of Paris,'' is
by Josephine Jenkins; THE Upper Ten,"
by Eleanor Lewis; japanese Kites" by
Ensign Bernadon; Mrs. Whites paper on
'Stenograpners and Typewriters" will in
terest young women; Mrs. Clafflin's Mar
garet-Patty Letter" also; paper on Spell
ing" is by Granville Putnam. The poems
of the number are choice: Victor Hugo
and the Mouse by Theron Brown; "What
ID-l L..
Unbidden Guest" by Celia Thaxter, and
THE Fairy Prince" by Marian Douglas.
The Catholic Quarterly Review Hardy
& Mahoney, Philadelphia), having lost by
death its editor Mgr. Corco Van, Arch
bishop Patrick John Ryan has assumed
the editorial direction. The contents of
the April number are: THE True and the
False Philosophy of Social Reform Rev
Alfred Young, c. S. P; Catholic Worship
and Christian Art Rev. Charles NJ Carroll, |
D. D The Morse Hierarchy of America
Richard H. Clarke. LII. D ''Dr. Dol |
liDger and the Old Catholics, Arthur F. |
Marshall. B. A. (Oxon) When Brigham
Young Was King" NJ. A. c.; The Ency-
John ]. Keane, d. D.; rs the Dream OF
Universal Republic to be Realized IN Our
Day?n J. l. Rodriguez; .'Ausonio Franchi- |
the Great Italian Philosophers Noble |
Reparstion,'' John A. Mooney, LII. D..
THE Proposed Revision of the Westmin- |
ster Confession" George D. Wolff. Ii. |
D.; Scientific Chronicle, Rev. d. T.
0'Sullivan, S. ].
The Arena for May has photogravure |
frontispiece of Rev. Phillips Brooks. The |
papers of the number are by Professor n. |
s. Shaler on Rock Cases. r. Heber New |
ton, D. D., on 1.-The Dogmatism of Science"
Canon w. H Fremantle on God in the |
Government Professor Joseph Rodes |
Buchanan, on The Cosmic Sphere of
Woman; Rabbi Solomon SCHNEIDER, on
"The Divorce Problem" Laurence Gron-
lund, on "Godin's Social Palace" Profess |
sor Alfred Hennequin, on characteristics |
of the American Drama.ii of the No Name |