Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-05-30
Literary Notes.

A VERY attractive Table of
Contents is presented by the New
ENGLAND MAGAZINE for June.
The wisdom of the editors and
publishers il shown by the man
ncr ~ which they arc broadening
the scope Of the magazine from
month to month, while retaining
their hold on the special const'tr-
ency to which the maya :iEc spcci
ally appealed in Its beginnings.
The editors are alive I" the Fact
that to keep pace with the march
Of periodical literature nowadays,
magazine must he artiSiira!ly
gotten up and lavishly illustrated,
and with each number there is an
improvement both in the quanti-
ty and quality of the illustrations
of the NV ENGLAND MAGAZINE.
The initial article III the current
numbcris "Wagncr and Tannhau-
ser in Paris, 1867 by Edward IL.
House, one Of the few stylists of
| contemporary literature, whose
charming stories Of Japanese life
IN the Atlantic, Scrihner and
other magazines won for him inn
mediate recognition as II writer OF
the purest English. The art'cl"
is partly reminiscent. partly his
torical, and partly critical. MIR.
House does not .ri,icisc Wagner,
but lac tells the story of the scan
dalous Partisan conspiracy of 81,
with II strong und.rcurrcnt of
! contempt for the injustice of such
an exhibition of lr'vinciali>m IN
the capital of the world. His ar
ticie Will delight all Germans, ana
all lovers of Wagncrs music. 1t
il illustrated with two beautiful
full-pagc illustrations of Wagner
which arc cntiriy unknown in AM
erica and arc now published for
the first time. Mrs. Elizabeth
Akcrs Allen writes apprcc'atlvcIy
of Mrs. Darlington" and hcrlesS
famous but equally genial creator,
the late Benjamin Pcnhallow Sml'
Labor. ".At Andcrsonv,llc,' Il
poem by Franklin Stanton Is very
appropriate ut this time Of the
year, and has Tilt and ring about
il. which makes it stick inthc me-
mory, far more than most maga-
zine poetry of the ncbulou> meta
physical order usually does. It's
! a pleasure to find Il poem IN anna
cazinc with some sense, not to say
some music in it there is nothing
metaphysical about Mr.. Stanton's
poem, but there Is something at
tract,ve in it. Mr.. Edward I.
Bruvc writes on 1.-The Battle ut
High BRIDGE "Thc FIRST Line
Of Electrical Tclcgraph,' by Ste
plicn Vail, Il son Of Alfred Vail,
whose name is familiar to all i'll
tcrcstcd in the electric telegraph
one might almost say to every
Schonlboy-is Il very intcrc>tlh:
and comprehensive account of the
early experiments and successes
in which his father took Il consld-
cradle share. The article Is well
illustrated, and contains fine
portrait Of Alfred Vail from an
old dagucrrotypc, now very scarce.
Mr.. Edwin ID. Mead writes bright
" on the Message of Purltani>m
for this time Mr.. Mead takes
:, very rational view OF the habit
Of looking backward, and says
that our reverence for the Puritan
fathers, interpreted through their
lives, should only make us live
more vitality in the present, and
not c, cape from its burdens in o
an atmosphere of antiqual ,nIsm
and inactivity. "Gllcad,' ly
Isabel Gordon and 1.-The Gan,
Wi-tari;,," by Charlotte Il. Stct-
son, arc two of the best maya
zine stories which have appeared
anywhere for Il long time. In
an "Anti-Slavery Hero Sidney
ii. Morse writes an apprec,atirr
account of George l.. SIcarns, 4 c
Boston phil:,nthropist and friend
Of Garrison, Phillips and Lincoln.
Stcarns was Il man worthy OF
more remembrance than has been
accol died. him by lis countrymrn.