The Portland daily press., 1890-10-07
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

W. Clark Russell. famous for his delight
full sea-stories, contributes the complete |
novel to the October number of Lippincott's |
Magazine. The story is entitled A Marriage |
at Sea, and Is a tale of love and adventure |
upon the deep. Tartuffe in Ebony is an en-
tertaining sketch by young Southern writ
er, Jeanne Drake. Rose Elizabeth Cleveland
contributes an article entitled My Florida.
She tells of the southern section of Florida,
which she has frequently visited, and gives
a great deal of practical and useful informa-
tion regarding the best time for going to
Florida and the mode of life and precautions
that should be observed during visit. A
clear and practical article upon Electric
Lighting by the English scientist, Sir David
Salomons, will find many interested readers.
third iDstallment of the entertaining series
of Round Robin Talks appears in this num-
Der. thoughtful paper upon University |
Extension IS from the pen of Prof. Skidmore. |
The article is ably written and should attract |
the attention of all interested in educational |
matters. l.. r. McCabe writes of LIE Prix de |
Rome and of the advantages it offers to its |
winners. He describes their ideal artist |
student life, and advocates the establishment |
OF some such Institution in this country,
while deploring the lack Of government en-
couragement to art. In The Public and the
Stage Edward Fuller, the dramatic critic,
scores the American public for their want of
taste in dramatic affairs, and ventures the
statement that no good plays will be pro-
duced so long as the public demands low
buffoonery and horse-play. M. Helen Low
EFT points out Some of the FallacieS of the
Woman Suffragists; and Elizabeth W. Bel
lamy tells an amusing story of dog, under
the head of A Round, Unvarnished Tale.
The Cosmopolitan for October keeps well
to the front in illustrations and reading mat
ter. The opening article by G. G. Balm on
the Departments of Government not only
furnishes admirable portraits of this cabinet,
but Of the private secretaries, who take upon
their shoulders the burden Of detail work. |
Brabantion Happening, by G. W. Edmonds,
is amusing account of the misfortunes of a
brio a-brac collector. Miss Elizabeth Bis !
land concludes her charming series of papers
on A Flying Trip Around the World. There
is very interesting paper by christopher
Jansen on Norsemen in the United States.
Glimpse of Guatemala, by f. j. A. Dow is
very apr0pOs to the present disturbances In
the Central American States Henry Cabot
Lodges paper on Horses and Riders will of |
course be read with interest. A Pi>catorial |
Dinner, by G. +. Christon, is most appetiZ- |
ing description OF whitehall dinner at the |
old Ship Inn. Greenwich. and furnishes in |
Brander Matthews's paper on the great |
French dramatic critic, Francesque Sarcery |
is well worth perusal. Charles King writes
an interesting article on st. Paul and Mime
Devilet, by NJ Buel, and A Successful Man,
by Julian Gordon. All these articles are
beautifully illustrated
Theodore Child's series of South American
papers, which is attracting SO general atten-
tioD, is continued in Harper's for October in
an article on Agricultural Chilli, describing
the farming resources of that country,
methods Of cultivation and irrigation, wine
culture, wages of labor, etc. The article is
accompanied by fourteen illustrations from
photographs, and from drawings by leading
American artists. Julian Ralph, in an arti-
Gle entitled Antoine's Mooseyard illustrated
by F, RemingtoD), gives an interesting nara
tive Of hunting adventures in the wilds of |
Canada. Joaquin Miller relates the story of |
visit to the historic neighb0rhoOd Of Sher- |
wood Forest, and Of some Nights at New |
stead Abbey spent in the haunted bed-cham- |
Der of Lord Byron. This article is Illus |
trated from photographs. and drawings by |
American artists. L. Z. Chittenden gives |
history of the New Moneys of Lincoln's Ad- |
ministratioD, and George iicknOr Curtis con- |
tributes an interesting chapter of Reminis- |
cences of N. 2. Willis and Lydia Maria |
Child. Daudet's Port Tarascon. OF which |
the ,ffthinstalment appears in this number.
still maintains its interest, while 1t is evil |
dert that crisis is approaching in the for |
tunes of the hero. The short stories are by |
George A. Hubbard, Anna G. Bracket, A. |
B. Ward, s. P. Mclean Greene, and Jona- |
than Sturges: Among the poems are six
Sonets by Wordsworth, accompanied by |
eleven illustrations from drawings by Alfred |
Parsons; The Dream of Phidias. by Rennell |
Rodd and An Autumn Song, by Nina +. |
Layard.
The October number of the New England |
Magazine is first and foremost Cotton Gen. |
tennial number. The two principal illustrat- |
ed articles are on Pawtucket and the Slater |
Centennial and the Cotton Industry in New |
England. Rev. Massena Goodrich, the writ |
er of the former article, treats Pawtucket in |
the same thorough way in which Haverhill |
and others of our New England towns have |
recently been treated in the New England |
Magazine. The article on the Cotton Indus |
try is by Mr.. George Rich of the Boston |
Journal, and is a complete survey of the de- /
velopmeut IF the industry in New England |
from Slater's time to the present. The agri- /
cultural interest, to which so much attention
was paid in the last number of the New |
England Magazine. receives further atten-
tlon In three notable articles in the present /
number, a general article on Agricultural |
Education, by Mr.. Reeve, the author of the
interesting article on Cooperation In AgIi-
culture in the last number, a fully illustrated
article on the Massachusetts Agricultural
college, by President Goodell of the college,
and story edtitled John Toner'S Scheme,
which Is mixture of cooperative farming |
and disappointed love. The stories of the
number altogether are exceptionally good.
ashton H. Willard, the author of several re
cent ARCHITECTURAL articles in this magazine,
contributes an interesting paper on the
BRUSH Houses Of Parliament, which is beau
tlfully illustrated. Perhaps the most stirr-
ing article IN the number is the last one. on
the Indian Question, by Herbert Welsh. the
secretary of the Indian Rights Association"