The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-07
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MAGAZINE NOTICES.

st. Nicholas for May begins with one of Miss
Alice Maude Ewell's characteristic sketches of
Virginian colonial life 1t is called The Passing
of General Bacon, and tells an amusing incident
which occurred during Bacon's Rebellion. Among
the new features is one of especial interest to
young Ien and boys. Walter Camp, author Of
the papers on intercollegiate Football begins a
series OF eminently practical articles on baseball
caleu Bat BAN aud Diamond. Mr.. Glaye the
African explorer. continues his narrative of SIX
Years in the Wilds of Central Africa, and shows
that ne can handle the pen as deity as the rifle.
her Papa" is also continued, and is delightful
reading for both young and old. Besides the fea-
1 Raba mentioned ut may be named Submarine
OF the experience of a diver ia seeking for
wrecked cargoes; In the Lumber Woods, beau
northwest; two dog stories, by L. N. CHAPLIN and
Helen I. Hastings, with pictures by w. Taber
anq Raydr saare funny my little article BY Frances
airy family TO whom she was introduced by very
young friend; and natural history paper on the
Royal walnut Moth, by Mrs. John P. Ballard.
The Cosmopolitan for May is fully up to the av-
erage excellence of this remarkably successful and
interesting magazine. All the iliustrationsare ad-
mraDle, and there Is a great variety of papers.
Among the most interesting this month is the con.
unued . sketch Of Miss Elizabeth Bisland's trip
around the world, another ON the life of the cee-
Drated statesman and half brother of Louis Ma
poleon, the Due de Morny, an account of Co
RADIO, showing its many advantages Of climate and
resources which have built it up from mere
prairie town to great city of 10000 inhabi
tants. These are but a few of the many topics
most interestingly treated.
The New England Magazine for May opens with
an article on Mr.. Howells, by Hamlin Garland.
The article is accom- panied by a new portrait of
Mr.. Howels. new portrait of George KEENAN,
faces stirring poem entitled Kara, In which Mr..
lien Eastman Cross appeals to tie world of good
men 10 rise in protest against the Siberian out
RACES. Mr.. William M. Salter in brief article
on Ethics in Politics urges especially the divorce
eff municipal affairs from party considerations.
The principal illustrated article in this number is
a bright account by Miss Elizabeth Walling of
Shore Gns
cester- bits Of antiquarianism and gossip
shows how finely ssSv arsice on some
architects and decorators learn lessons from the
article.
The Century for May, the month of Memorial
Day. is ,uade notable by the number and variety
of articles - contains which concern our national
life and history. Mrs. Edith Robertson Cleveland
writes of Archiba' ID Robertson, and his Portraits
Of the Washinofons William Armstrong and Ed
mund Law Rogers contribute two articles on
Some New Washington Relics, and these papers
are supplemented by sho, one On original Por,
of these articles In the Washnsl' IN series are pro-
iusely Illustrated. series of cies, varied In
style and subject but an having fo Go Me-
Reyery, by Brander Matthew'S Theodore Z" Hara,
by Robert Burns Wilson, with which is given ID
full o Haras stirring battlesong, The Bivoua.' OF
the Dead poem. Twilight Song. For unknown,
Buried Soldiers North and South, by Walt Whit
man; and a Memorial Day ode, The Fallen, by
John Vance Cheney; besides appropriate articles
in Topics and Open Letters The first Install
ment of Mrs. Amelia Gere Mason's valuable
series on The Women Of the French Salons opens
In delightful way, and is finely illustrated. Mr..
Stillman, in his Italian Old Masters, writer of
Andrea del Yerrocchio to which Mr.. Cole has
added a magnificent engraving of detail from
Verr0cchio's The Baptism Of Christ. Mr.. Jeffer-
sons Autobiography continues its charming
course, this month relating his experiences In
Australia, and Mrs. Bars Friend Olivia grows in
interest Articles which will have wide reading
are George Remnants striking paper on the meth
DDS OF the Russian censors, entitled Backed Out,
with which is given facsimile Of two pages OF
one OF Mr.. Kenaan's Century articles on Siberia
erased by the Government censors; Chickens for
Use and Beauty, by Fl. S. Babcock, profusely
Illustrated; Two Views of Marie Bashkirts eff
with portraits, and pictures by Marie Bashkirtsen;
Professor ii. c. Woods striking paper on A Study
OF Consciousness; and Major j. w. Powelps vali-
able contribution on Institutions for the Arid