The Portland daily press., 1891-03-02
MAGAZINE NOTICES.


1t Is not difficult to see the treason for st.
Nicholas's growing subscription-list If one
will but examine the pages of the successive
numbers with the eye of child-reader.
From the picture of coy comfort which :Mr,
j. Il. Dolph has furnished for frontispiece
to the naiveidea contained iu the last bit of
verse. Her Little Shetland Shawl, there is
nothing that an intelligent boy or girl can
not understand and appreciate, and yet all
the contents are unhackneyed and, in the
best sense Of the word, artistic. The serials
by j. L. Trowbridge aud Noah Brooks are
sturdy and healthful, as are the illustrations
to them by Henry Sandman and w. A. Rog-
ers, respectively. Effie's Visit to Cloudland
will be welcomed by parents who wish to
| find stories to read to their Unsuitable audi
ences, and the same purpose may be served
by HUI and Buz, by Laura E. Richards. by
Panline and the Policeman, and by Oliver
Herford's characteristic drama Goodbye;
woodland Episode. For the. same young
auditors there are verses and jingles. as the
Excellent Emu; The Turtle and the Katy
| did; What and Where? A Little Bow
named Johnny; An Opinion. by John Ken
drick Bangs; Cause and Effect, by Margaret
yasndeg.lit; Bobby's Christmas Dream;
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wonderful horse, Linus. Older children have
not been sighted in spite of this profuse
provision for their juniors. They will ap-
precate Cesar and Pompey "A Polar Bear
Childhood, by Helen Thayer Hutcheson Mr..
Welles,s interesting account of his Auto
graph Book; Miss Elizabeth Bisland's ALI
second part Of little Miss Eiisworth's SUI Diary sr
In the East; and the pleasant English story,
Rhoda's VISIT 10 'fa ) =
Harper's Magazine for March contains an
important article on The Literary Land
marks of Edinburgh, written by Laurence
Hutton and profusely illustrated from
drawings made in Edinburgh by Joseph
Penneli. Edwin A. Abbey contributes
eight full-page Illustrations of Shakespeare's
Comedy Of Errors; and Andrew Lang, in his
comment upon the play, gives some curious
facts concerning the history of the play
Theodore Child relates his impressions
The tArgentine Capital. His paper, which
is the sixth of the popular series of articles
on South America. is very fully illustrated
by G. S. Remnant and others. Julian Ralph,
| in paper illustrated by Frederic Reming-
ton, presents some interesting information
regarding the Chinese Leak. or the smug-
| Cling of Cinnamon into our country across
the Canadian border. Brander Matthews
contributes charming love story.
series 'H' of STORIES entitled Me nsw
Folks, BY Thomas Hardy, is begun.
and Charles Egbert Craddock's absorbing
story. In the Stranger Peoples" Country,
IS continued. Francis Korbay writes an in
=. B. Trist tells about American Leads at
Whist. and their History. There are also
poems by w. d. Howells, Richard E. Burton
and Hezekiah Butterworth. The Editorial
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Curtis, William Dean Howells, and Charles
Dudley Warner, are as usual, full of interest
| and entertainment.
| A wide variety of interesting topics is dis
cussed in the Popular Science Monthly for
March. First, one of the great questions of
the day Is treated In an larticle Ton Supposed
Tendencies to Socialism, by Prof. William
Graham, of Belfast. There is an acco unit of
Iron-working with Machine Tools, by Will
lam F, Durfee, in the Monthly's illustrated
series on American Industries since Column
bus. Mr.. Durfee will conclude this division
Of the series with sketch of the steel man
ufacture An audacious paradox is put forth
by John McElroy, who writes of Hypocrisy
as Social Elevator. DR.. John 1. Northrop
tells how one of the important fiber plants is
raised and what it looks like, in fully illus.
trated article on Cultivation of Ssal in the
Bahamas, There is an account Of Koch's
Method Of treating Consumpt ion, by DR.. G.
A. Heron, London physician. Attention
is forcibly called to 1.-THE subject of govern
mental wrong doing, In Samuel W. Cooper's
paper on The Tyranny of the State. Gar
| rick Mallory concludes his ESSAY on Greet
ing by Gesture, this installment being fully
as interesting as the former. Two articles
that furnish scientific facts Of Industrial
| Valu6 are N0n-cnnductnre af Haot hv Drof
John M. Ordway, and The Relative Value of
| Clements, by Prof. Charles ID. Jameson and
Hurbert Remley. Hon. Major A. B. Ellis
has paper on Vodu-Worship, telling the
nature of the wild ceremonies connected with
this negro mystery. Other papers are Adap.
| tatIon to Climate, by M. Saint Yves Menard
| Government among the Lower Animals, by
j. w. Slater; and record of the last meet
ing OF the international Congress OF Ameri-
| canists.f
"The Wings of the Morning." by the Rev.
DR.. Hugh Macmillan, opens The Culver for
March, and takes us to the uttermost parts
of the earth. From this we come next to the
serial, Waiting to be Claimed, which is in
creasing in interest. Life's Guide: The
Book OF Book, is the second paper in the
series, Sundays with the Young. Imperfect
Workers. is paper containing much good
advice to those who have their way in the
world to make. for 1t points out to them the
advantages to be gained by taking pains.
| White violets is capital story in two chap
| ters with French pension for its scene.
That old and respected custom, The Ringing
| OF the Curfew, Is described in paper of that
name. The Shield, the Sword and the Battle
papers are continued. There are numerous
stories, long and short, much pretty poetry,
theological articles and pictures, besides a
good bundle of Short Arrows.
The March Century has third instalment
of the famous Talleyrand Memoirs. This
instalment deals with Napoleon Bonaparte.
Josephine, and the Emperor Alexander.
The California series this month takes up
the Fremont explorations, first with brief
paper giving resume of the five explora.
tions; second, with posthumous narrative
OF the terrible experiences Of the fourth ex-
petition under the title Of Rough Times in
In Rough Places. 1t being personal record
of Micajah McGehee Of Mississippi. To the
department Of Californiana Professor Royce
of Harvard college contributes some new
documents on the Bear Flag affair taken
from the private papers of Commander John
b. MONTGOMERY of the Portsmouth, stationed
az san Francisco during the conquest of
California. Gen. j. f. B. Marshall makas
record Oh three Gold Dust stories. first How
California Gold was sent to Boston IN ia,
second, The First California Gold in Ans,
tralia, and third. The First California Gold
in Wall Street, the lively story Of p. T. Rar-
NUNS relations to the gold excitement. Gen.
Crook In the Indian Country, by Captain
John g. Rouke Is paper that has been In
| preparation for several months, and derives
| special and timely interest from the pres
| ent Indian troubles. Lieut.. Horace Carpen.
/ ter Of New Orleans, Ia his entertaining arti-
Gle on Plain Living at Johnson,s. Island.
describes the hardships, from the point Of
| View of a Confederate prisoner, Of So
| journ In the war prison in Lake Erie, near
| Sandusky. The second article on The An
| glo-Saxon in the Southern Hemisphere Is
| devoted to Australian cities, their advan-
| tages, and their unusual problems. A
charming feature of this number is curious
story by Edith Robinson called Penhallow,
with two full-page pictures by With. Low.
DR.. Eggleston's serial, The Faith Doctor. is
| continued, as we'll as Colonel Carter of Car
tersville, and there is strictly true story,
The Mystery of the Sea, by Prof. Buttolpb,
and humorous skit. The Utopian Pointer,
py David Dodge. Mr.. Rockhii gives the
iast instalment of his account journeying5
through Eastern Tibet and Central China.