The Portland daily press., 1891-01-07
MAGAZINE NOTICES,

In Harper's Magazine for January, Charles
Dudley Warner, in paper of great practi-
cal value. describes The Outlook in Southern
California Many illustrations of scenery
and interesting objects In the fruitgrowing
regions of California accompany the paper.
The very popular series Of articles on South
America Is resumed by Mr.. Child In this
number, giving his Impressions of Peru.
This paper is.also profusely illustrated. F.
Anstey contributes an article on London
Music halls, which is illustrated from a
number of drawings by joseph Pencil. In
Another Chapter of My Memoirs. M. De
Blowitz tells how he became journalist,
ana relates some interesting "reminiscences
OF the Franco-Prussan War and the days of
the Paris Commune. The chief place In
fiction is given to the opening chapters of
Charles Egbert CraddOck's new novel. In
the Strange Peoples Country, which is Illus
trated BY w: Smedley. At the Casa Ma
ter of New York city, written by Thomas A.
Janvier, and illustrated by Smedley. A
Modern Legend Is beautiful short story by
Vida d. Scudder. Saint AnthOnv-a Christ
mas Eve Ballad, by Mrs. E. W. Latimer, is
accompanied by three striking Illustrations
from drawings by G. S. Reinhart. Other
poems are contributed by Richard E. Burton,
Julian Hawthorne, Charles d. Crandall,
Mamie Mayo Fitzhugh, and Archibald
LampmaD.
The frontispiece, A Roman Holiday, first
attracts the reader of the January Culver.
and be at once turns the pages to read the
poem that it accompanies. Overlooking
Neighbors is paper with novel idea, for
1t is plea for the rich and lonely, In which
the writerlsets forth that many people find 1t
much pleasanter to visit the poor, as they
are less nervous, and. consequently, less
irritable than the rich, and have nice, COM
Portable way Of approaching ones kindness;
God in the Book Of Nature tells us some
thing about flies which ought to make us
more tolerant Of these winged creatures.
commonly REGARDED as pests. The Perfect
Work OF Patience, by the Rev. Geo. Brooks,
Is ii led with food for thought, and The
Character OF Job is an amplification of the
same subject. An Old-World Scene In
ehIldren's home" Fairy Gold, or Bank
BrIiion Is suggestive reading in these days
~; ~ lght money market, and Father Will
lam ana his Dog is good for all times. st.
fauTs Praise of Love is especially ADAPTED
for Sunday reading, as are also The Message
OF the Paying Stones and the Short Arrows.
Rudyard Kipling contributes the complete
novel The. Light that Failed to the January
number Of Lippincott's Magazine. Kipling
is attracting more attention at present than
any ether living writer. Francis Wilson,
the well-known comedian, has "a very enter
tanning Autographed paper called Remem-
Der. Mr.. Wilson began his stage life as
clog dancer, and subsequently joined min
strel company. His variety of stage expert
ence enables Mr.. Wilson to make a very
interesting story of his life. A charming
Christmas story, entitled Christmas Gilts,
dealing with old plantation life. Is contrib
uted by Ruth McEnery Stuart. Under the
clever title Of The New Spanish Inquisition,
Julian Hawthorne writes of the Spanish
dancers Carmencita and Oteio, who have
taken New York by storm. The stare of
Washington, an article by Major Moses P.
Handy Will surprise the maUy who know
little of this wonderful lection of the cnun-
try. During the pTepa' alton of the Article
Major Handy spent several weeks In the
new STATE; hence mis- information and sta
tistics may be absolutely relied upon. The
Read mcyeBent an article by Lewis Nj.
Haupt, G. E., contains some valuable sug-
eestions for the much-needed Improvement
of public roads. Frederick M Bird contrib
utes just and appreciative review of Mrs.
Amena Barr's popular novel, Friend Olivia.
The p ets Represented In this number ave
Eben e. Rexford, Charlotte Fiske Bates and
Daniel l.. Dawson.
A beautiful etching, Waiting, from the
painting by Sir J. d. Linton, ushers in The
Magazine of AIT for the new year. The
opening article is a sketch of Flemish
painter, Fernand Khnopff by Walter Shaw
Sparrow. The subject of the sketch is not
as well known in this country as he is likely
to be. judging by the examples of his work
given in this number of the magazine. The
Walls of Stamboul is paper written and
illustrated by Tristram Ellis aud capitally
reproduced by sunlight and graver. Follow
ing this is page aud half from the pen of
Edwin Bale, r. l., ON The Chemistry of
Paints and Painting. A continuation of
Claude Phillips's papers on The Modern
Schools of Painting aud Sculpture comes
next and is illust, ated with one full-page
picture and others of less size. Another arti-
Gle on Embroidered Book Covers Is given,
with rare illu>t, atoms. The English School
of Miniature Art proves the cleVerDess of
the fists who Id this delicate work, not
only by argument, but by reproductions
from the miniatures themselves.