The Portland daily press., 1891-08-04
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

Mrs. ID. Lovett Cameron, author of In a
Grass Country, A Lost Wife, ETC., contrib
utes the complete novel to the August num-
Der OF Lippincott's Magazine. 1t is very
we'll told love story, with an exciting climax.
walt Whitman's Birthday, by Horace Il.
Traubel is an account taken from steno-
graphic notes of dinner which was ten
dered the poet by frieuds in honor of his
72nd birthday. Julian Hawthorne contrib
utes.a curious tale entitled My Adventure
with Edgar Allan Poe. An interesting arti-
Gle upon Thoreau and his Biographers Is
from the pen of Samuel Arthur Jones. A
Plea for Patriotism, by Mary Elizabeth, is
strong argument in favor OF intoxicating love
of country in the minds of the young. Walt
Whitman contributes brief article on his
last book, Goodbye, my Fancy. He tersely
sess forth the theory of his Leaves of Grass,
OF which he calls his last book the "Concind'
ing Annex" Among other articles 0f intar-
est may be mentioned an amusing one en-
Titled ke-roasted Chestnuts, by George Gran
imam Balm, and The Slav and the Indian
Empire, by Clarence Bloomfield Moore.
Good Housekeeping for August is promptly
at hand as bright and enjoyable as ever,
Among the more important articles may be
noticed an interesting treatment of the SER
want question by Ellen Battelle Dietrich !;
SICK Room Suggestions, by Annie L. Han
nah and Mary Fisher Bosom; Household
Iapie Drinks, which not only treats Of
chicory-the principal adulterant of coffee
pus Tells something OF the medical effects Of
coffee; and Oil Stoves, by Helen Russell.
The Princess of Paradise Court Is a very
pleasing story, by Dorothy Deane. Two
interesting papers are on Salads and Salad
pressing, by Frances B. James, and Rice,
Llsette Clayton Hood; each is accompanied
by number of recipes. Under the general
title OF Home Entertainments, Caroline Ban
ting describes a Conundrum Banquet, a
novel and amusing entertainment There
are many other interesting papers, and more
tnan the usual variety OF original verse.
Harper's Magazine for August opens with
a remarkable Interesting paper on New lZea.
land, by Professor George NJ. Grant, describ,
ing the wonderful scenery .and unsurpassed
resources OF that remote country which tc
Americans is almost terra incognita. j
ID. Rosny. one of the most brilliant of thu
new French writers, contributes to the samt
number OF the magazine timely land strik
ing article on the Nihilists In Paris, will
portraits land graphic illustrations by dis
tinguished Partisan artists. Montgomery
Schuyler, in the opening paper of series OF
Glimpses of Western Architecture, describes
some of the monumental buildings of Chi
cag0 and the peculiar features of their con.
struction. Ecclesiastical London In the
| times of the Plantagenets Is the subject of
| Walter Besant's third article on London.
More than twenty Illustrations are given of
| interesting remains still existing of Plan
taganet London. The unique and attractive
| series OF paper on Some American Riders,
paintings by Remington, is brought to con-
| clusion in this number. Professor w. G.
Blalkie, OF Edinburgh, contributes some en-
tirely new and interesting matter about
| Lord Byron's Early. School Days. The
fiction Of the number includes the continue
tion of W: ID. Howells's story, An Imperative
| Duty, and OF George du Maurier' Peter
/ lDbetson (the latter being fully illustrated
from CHARACTERISTIC drawings by Mr.. du
Maurier; short sketch entitled Luck, by
Mark Twain; and Fan Zoo. strangely in
Heath. ..
A good and timely table of contents, es-
pecially adaptable to midsummer reading, Is
presented by the New England Magazine for
August. Colonel Albert Clarke, the secre-
tary of the Home Market Club of Boston,
opens the number with bright and in.
structive account of the State of Vermont,
past and present, giving pen pictures of all
the leading men of the state A Side Issue
OF the Campaign Is clever little story by
Mary 4. Brush. name new in literature.
Inc Harvard Essays are above the average
OF such contributions to literature. Charles
Lewis Slater says something worth the say
ing In an original and piquant fashion, In a
Remedy for American Philistinism. The
birthplace of Hannibal Hamlin is little de-
| scriptiye sketch of Paris, Maine, especially
interesting at this time, when the recent
death OF the old statesman is SO fresh In the
memory Of the people. 1t is by Charles e.
| Waterman, a fellow-townsman of Hamlin's.
| William Howe Downes contributes finely
illustrated paper on The Literature of the
| White Mountains Bennington and its
Battle, by Edwin A. Start, is an historical
| retrospect nearer home, and is in bright
vein. The approaching dedication of the
monument by ex- minister K. j. Phelps, gives
this article an added interest. N. FL. Cham
berlain contributes an interesting paper
called In the Footprints of Burgoyne's
Army.