Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-28
Some New Magaz nes.

The long story in Lippincotts for March
is Two Soldiers, and is from the pen OF
Capt Chas. King the author of Dunraven
Ranch. From the Ranks and other popular
war and frontier stories. Edgar Fawcett
contributes a long poem, and the humOrist,
Marshal z. Wilder has clever essay on
Our English Cousins. Julian Hawthorne
continues bis account of the writing of the
Elixir Of Life, and there are other interest
ing features. Philadelphia j. b Lippin
cot. Company.
"rhe danger of an ignorant person in
Selling an electric Eire carrying strong
current is as great as that to which per-
son ignorant of the ways of snakes would
be subjected if he undertook to take the
place of the skilled observer accustomed
t. put his arm into a tall jar containing
rattle snakes and take them out" This ex-
tract will show the general drift of an arti-
Gle on Dangers from Electricity by John
Trow bridge, which appears in the At
lantic for March. The opening arti
Gle of the number, however, is
paper upon the Trial, Opinions, and Death
of Giordano Bruno, by William X. Thayer;
this is followed by paper by Charles Wor
cester Clark on Woman Suffrage, Pr, and
Con. George Parsons Lsthrop shows US
The Value of the Corner, and there is an
admirable paper called Lettering through
the Paris Exposition, which tells, among
many other things, uf all the concerts given
at the cafes of the Exposition by the va
rous nationalities -Gypsies, Japanese, Hun
garians, and many more. The whole paper
is full of interesting sidelights on this great
fair. DR.. Holmes is particularly amusing
in Over the Teacups, and seems 10 wish that
people would write less poetry. He closes
with some odd verses on the rage for scrib-
bling. Mr.. James story, Mr.. Bynner's
serial and Mrs Deland's Sidney are contin-
ued. The reviews, clever, as usual, bring
this well composed number of the magazine
to an end. Boston: Houghton. Mifiin
Co.
Professor Boyesen's novelette, in the
March Cosmopolitan, "a Candidate for
Divorce" has many realistic scenes from
young ladies' boarding school, and aims to
show the calsmitous results from much of
the prevailing feminine education. 1t is
strongly illustrated by six drawings from
C. ID. Gibson and by J. Wells Chsmpney's
painting, ain the Green Room of q Board
ing School, Beside this, there are sew
eral illustrated articles, among them one
on The Desert, another on The Militia, one
on Signal Codes Savage and Scientific.
one on Berlin the city of the Kaiser, and
one on the Evolution of the Gondola. Still
another i, on Royal Authors. Indeed the
Cosmopolitan for March abounds in Illus
trstions aud is an entertaining number.
New York 1868, 9th Avenue.
What is undoubtedly good portrait
though the process-plate lie poor one-of
DIR. Howard Crosby forms the frontispiece
to the March number Of The Arena; while
that of Mvdjeska is in poor pose and greatly
affected, though better piece of work.
poem by Rev. Minot J. Savage, PANS Re-
venge,r opens the number, the best contri-
button in which 10 the sound Orthodox arii-
Gle by Rev. DIR. Geo. B Cheever that grand
old Puritan divine. on The Bible and Mans
Destiny through Eternity. The other we'll
known names among it's contributors are
DR.. Howard Crosby, Junius Henri Brorn
and W. Fl. Fl. Murray. A total of four
teen articles appear in the number. For
April contribution on Religion, Morality
and the Public Schools, from the pen Of
Rev Minot J. Savage. is promised. Bos-
ton: The Arena Company: Is o. per
year.