The morning call., 1891-05-10
1rapazIne and otber Notes.

With every issue the New England Maya
zine becomes wider In lis scope, aud Is more
aHIStcdily gotten up, II being The evident desire
Of Tie editors and publishers 10 make it take
first rank among tile great illustrated mOnthlies.
The May number presents varied and excel
ieut table OF contents The Initial article IS
"WAlG Whitman at Date" by Horace l..
TTauDel, aud his revelations Of The everyday
life and struggles of the good gray poet,
whose limbs now pasalyZed, viii inter
est thousands of admirers on both sides
of the Atlantic. Mr. Trau6e has been near
neighbor and privileged friend of WhtmanS
Tor The last hiteen years, ana ms article mas.
therefore, greater value than the generality of
"reminiscences aud superficial observations OF
extraordinary personalities. Walt Nhitmans
pOrtTait-a new picture recently taken-fOrmS
The frOntisUiece OF lie number, and the article is
enriched with sketches and photographs OF his
bedroom aud study. his nurse, bis house, aud
the little sunny street Ia Camden. n. j., In which
lie has lived SO long. An article dealing with
tile L0yalists, who fought against their country
and their kith aud kin IN The Revolutionary
War, is not often seen IN an American magazine,
and IL shows the spirit OF fair play and Tie de-
cline OF preludices IN our country, That Mr..
James Hannay'S Article, The LOyallsts," writ
ten from the Loyalist standpoint, should be
given prominent place in the current New
England" and should be SO literally Illustrated.
"Belford's Magazine" for May is an unusually
stToUg number. tie leading article is on The
Thirteen Superstition Among Tue Fair Sex by
J. X. Aba bane archlVst OF the Thirteen Club
OF New York, who some lime ago sent a letter 10
each OF 100 OF tie leading women OF the United
received replies from nearly half, and their he.
plies make excellent reading. The complete
novel, Que of the features OF this interesting
magazine, is Captain Poison" by Pedro Antonio
de AlarcOn the leading Spanish nov, list aud
translated by ROllo OgdeB. Besides the Sc feat
ures The magazine contains great many very
readable articles.
"BabyhoOd" for May contains a number of
articles of special value 10 mothers aud TO those
who have the care OF children. One Of the prIn-
cipal ones is that by DIR. ID. BrysOn DeIaVdn on
chronlc throat troubles resulting from diphIheria
ard scarlet fever, aud how 10 prevent them. He
lays consid ra5ie stress on the fact, not ge ner-
ally known, that considerable portion of ca
tharral diseases OF the nose and throat have
their origin in one OF Tie above complaints.
number OF medical topics OF great interest TO
mothers are discussed under The head Of "Nurs-
ely Problems.
THE Critic" New York; Informs its readers
that Mrs. Burton Harrison sailed for Europe on
The Majestic on april 22d, taking with her her
youngest son Sic will spend the greater part of
the summer IN England, making probably Il brief
trip TO The Continent before her re urn. Her last
two books have been much read in England,
where she has many relatives and friends, aud
where Flower dc Hundred" appears TO have
made as favorable an impression as " The An
gOman:aes." Mrs. Harrison is writing new
novel, TO which she will put the finishing touches
while abroad.
Readers of "The Critic" have wondered who
the new Boston correspondent Is whose bright
letters 10 the AP pr number: q 5ha T paper have
those letters who has become tile successor OF
the lamented Mr.. Alexander Young Is now de-
clared 10 be Mr.. Charles Edgar Lewis Wingate
of the Boston Journal. author OF IAN Impossible
Possibility" and =" Can Such Things Be?' MIR.
WmeaIe is a Harvard Alb. 1883 aud a con-
Lributor TO I" LipplncopS," Belf0rd's," "Our
Little Ones" etc.
or the many magazines that are published in
the United States, the Cosmopolitan" Is one OF
The mos interesting, fer II presents TO the read
Ing pubic each month great variety oil care
fully prepared aud instructive, entertaining arti
ces selected for their literary merit and power
TO delight the readers. In the May issue the
leading article is an Illustrated one entitled
Tile Cleopatfas OF the Stage" written by
Charles e L. Mingate describing the several
actresses who have appeared IN this character.
Those who are interested IN dogs Will find much
to instruct them in the sketcn on kennels aud
kennel clubs.
Next to eating good dinner there is nothing
thai gives 50 much pleasure as TO read the words
| OF a competent authority Oh now to prepare one.
| In the May number of Table TAX" Mrs. S. L.
KOrer, an acknowledged authority on culinary
| matters, tells her readers how 10 get up break
| fast, lunch aud dinner for every day In the
mouth aud how 10 nrepare dainty dinners Tor
special occasions. This magazine, which is a
| boon TO housekeepers, contains large number
| OF answers 10 correspondents, who ask how GER
tain dishes are to be gotten up.
The Review OF Review" magazine pub
| lished simultaneously Ia New York aud London,
| is one OF the m0ntblies which is rapidly working
/ its way into popular favor, for it Is bright and
contains a vast amount OF matter that cannot Ds
found within the covers OF any one other peri0d-
cal. IL presents the cream of literature ftOm he
| majority Of the magazines and reviews OF the
day-ihOse published IN he United States and
| those published IN England. Many OF The anti
cles are illustrated.
The May number OF Century " Is the first OF a
new volume, and the contents make IL a wei
| come visitor to those who enjoy reading first
class magazine articles; most attractive one IN