The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-03-03
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

The Magazine of Art for March has for its
frontispiece an etching after Ludwig Knaus,
called Hunger Hath No Ears. which repre-
sents an apprentice boy eating an apple and
holding squalling baby in his arms at the
same time. The opening article Of the num-
Der is on Current art. by that distinguished
critic, Frederick Wedmore. A poem called
A Village Maid, by Arthur Salmon, is illus
trated In a decorative and artistic manner by
Y. Ricketts,. Mr.. Holman Hunt contributes
article addressed to students on The Proper
Mode and Study of Drawing" This is ac-
companied by portrait of Mr. Hunt painted
by himself in 1845. The second and conclud-
ing paper on Portraits of John Ruskin. by
M. Ii. Spielmann,. is given in this number.
The first one Is after a bust by the late Sir
Joseph Edgar Boehm made In 1880. The
second is from photograph taken in 1882,
the expression of which Is utterly unlike
that we are used to in pictures of Mr. Rus
kin. The late Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm is
the subjsct of a sketch, with portrait and
TWO reproductions from his statues, by the
editor of the magazine. Another sculptor,
John Warrington Wood, is also the subject
OF an article, with several Illustrations from
his works. Japanese Pottery is intelligently
described by Ernest Hart and illustrated
from some famous pieces. sg s.sa.t
The Sound Of Voice; or, The Song of the
Debardeur, is the title of the complete novel
in the March number of Lippincott's Maya
zine. The author Is the late Frederic S.
Cozzens. the famous humorist. whose "Spar-
rowgrass Papers are known the country
over. The first instalment of Some Familiar
Letters BY Horace Greeley form an interest
ing feature or this number. These letters
are revelations which will go far to remove
many unfounded prejudices. Another of
the entertaining series of Round-Robin Talks
appears In this number. Among the guests
Gill. M. T. George Parsons Lathrop. Julian
Hawthorne, and Others. The piece de resis
lance OF this instalment Is the graphic and
thrilling story told by Paul Du Chaillu of his
discovery OF the gorilla In the wilds Of Afri-
buttons, which, especially on account of their
vlrility. will delight his many friends and
admirers, page of poems entitled Old-Age
Echees, and Some Personal and Old-Age
Memoranda, in which he makes some inter-
estlng revelations, and gives pen-picture of
himself In his old age. Anne III. Wharton
has an entertaining paper upon the deca-
oence OF letter writing, entitled A Lost Art.
Among the briefer articles are a clever skit
upon upon beading Bores. by Richard Malcolm
tSorns cLsca ESSAY % Julian Haw
book. The French Invasion of Ireland; Ag-
rlcultural Education, by James Knapp
Reeve and Cosmopolitanism snd Culture,
by w. W. Crane.
The Cosmopolitan for March is noticeable
for frontispiece in colors, by Seiffert;
beautifully illustrated and Interestingly
written article upon Beauty on the French
Stage. by Edouard Marie; an illustrated
paper on In Darkest America, by Joseph
p. Reed, which is especially timely coming
at the close of the recent Indian disturb
ances; a deeply interesting illustrated arti-
Gle by that popular writer. Capt. Chas. King,
Y. >. A., on The Cream City, or Milwaukee;
Frederic Villiers has apital paper on The
Story of War Correspondents Life; G. A,
Dantzrager tells of Labor Unions and Strikes
In Ancient Rome; and the other papers
and poems are of great credit to this popular
periodical