The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-05
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August Magazines.


THE CULVER comes a welcome WIS.,
itor to thousands of homes. 1t is al
ways attractive in appearance and in
literary contents. The opening article
is entitled "a Sunday in Norway" and
il is illustrated with number of pic
turesque and characteristic sketches.
THE COSMOPOLITAN opens with
According to st. john" the striking
title of Amelie Rives' latest novel.
This story will run through three num-
bers of the magazine. The other ar
ticles are also of high order of merit,
and are profusely and elegantly illus
trated.
THE New ENGLAND MAGAZINE pre-
sents good and timely table of con-
tents. Albert Clarke, the secretary of
the Home Market Club of Boston,
opens the number with bright and in
structive account of the state of Yer
mont, past and present, giving pen-pic-
lures of all the leading men of the state.
The Birthplace of Hannibal Hamlin -
is a little descriptive sketch of Paris,
Me-, especially interesting at this time,
when the recent death of the old states
man is so fresh in the memory of the
people. 1t is by Charles E. Waterman,
fellow-townsman of Hamlin's. "Ben-
nington and its Battle" by Edwin A.
Start, is an historical retrospect nearer
home, and is in bright vein. The APP
preaching dedication of the monument
by exMinister E. j. Phelps gives this ar
ticle an added interest. n. H. Chamber
lain contributes an interesting paper,
called In the Footprints of Burgoyne's
Army" W. Blackburn Harte chats
pleasantly in a department called
"About Books" and several poems,
and sketches complete very entertain
ing number.
The ATLANTIC MONTHLY has two
notable features besides the serial sto-
ries by Mrs. Catherwood and Mr.. Stock.
ton. Henry James contributes an
admirable short story entitled "The
Marriages." which will delight his
army of admirers; and Mr.. John Z.
Ropes, who is peculiarly strong in writ
ing on military subjects, has an excel
lent paper on General Sherman, award
ing him great but not discriminating
praise. Thorne Miller in 1.-TWO Little
Drummers " treats in her usual fresh
style the yellow-bellied woodpecker
sometimes called the sap-sucker) and
the red-headed woodpecker. A Dis
puted Correspondence is the title of
a delightful discussion on the letters
which are said to have passed between
Seneca and the Apostle Paul. Wendell
2. Garrison has a political article of
real value on the Reform of the United
States Senate; and w. D. McCrackan
describes effectively "Six Centuries
Of Self-government" in Switzerland.
There are excellent reviews of the Life
of Browning and the Memoir of John
Murray, with poems, notes on new
books, and the Contributors Club.
HARPER's MAGAZINE opens with a
remarkably interesting paper on New
Zealand" by Professor George NJ.
Grant, describing the wonderful scenery
and unsurpassed resources of that re-
mote country which, to Americans, is
almost terra incOgnita. Numerous
illustrations, from photographs and
from drawings by distinguished artists,
make this article doubly attractive.
Ecclesiastical London in the times of
the Plantagenets is the subject of Wal
ter Besant's third article on London,
and more than twenty illustrations are
given of interesting remains still exist
ing of Plantagenet London. The fic-
ton of the number includes the con-
tinuation of w. d. Howells' story
An Imperative Duty" and of George
du Maurier's "Peter Ibbetson;" a
short sketch entitled Luck" by Mark
Twain; and "Zan Zoo," strangely in
teresting story of South Africa, by
George Heath. Poems are contributed
by Kate Putnam Osgood, Mamie Mayo
Fitzhugh, and Julia c. R. Dorr. The
Editorial Departments, conducted by
George William Curtis, William Dean
Howells, and Charles Dudley Warner,
are, as always, scholarly and entertain
ing, and unsurpassed in the variety
and appropriateness of the subjects