The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-06-05
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

The opening poem in the June st. Nicho-
las is by Mr.. G. P. Cranch. whose Last of
the Huggermuggers will be recalled by the
fathers and mothers of the present genera
tlon of the magazines readers as one of the
delights Of their childhood. John Bur-
roughs's Talk about Wild Flowers will show
botanists how to make their science under
standed of the people. and may also suggest
to them q few particulars upon which fuller
information is desirable. Josephine Pollard
tells, in A Free Circus, all about the baby
elephant which lately walked upstairs and
insisted upon sharing the apartments of
quiet colored family in New York city. In a
City Playground Frank NJ. Chapman de-
scrlbes the sports Of city children In tie
streets, ard makes strong appeal for space,
light and air for the young city jewellers, who
Will one day be the strength or weakness of
the nation. The pictures are by G. Il. Hill,
and are strong in expression and realism.
The June number of Harper's Magazine
contains the opening chapters of Peter Tibet
son. novel written and illustrated by the
celebrated artist George du Maurier. Louis
Frechette, the famous Canadian poet, con-
tributes to the same number picturesque
description of The Royal Chateaux of the
Loire, accompanied by numerous illlustra-
tions drawn by G. S. Reinhart and others.
A. L. CUTLER COUGHS second paper on The
Warwickshire Avon, relating to the scenery
and associations OF Shakespeare's country, is
accompanied by nearly thirty Illustrations
from drawings by Alfred Parsons, and forms
very attractive feature of this number
Henry LOOMS Nelson writes timely arti-
Gle on Town and Village Government. Anna
y: BTackett, In practical article entitled
The Technique Of Rest, discusses some SUBJ
1ects of especial interest to busy people
whose supply of nervous force Is in danger
OF being overtaxed. Theodore Child, in his
ninth article on the Spanish republics of
South America, describes an inland voyage
OF 1850 miles, Up the River Parana, from
Buenoa Ayres TO the Paraguayan town OF
Villa Conception.
The June Century has an interesting from
tispiece portrait of George Miff1in Dallas.
formerly Vice President of the United
States. This portrait accompanies the sec
ond and last instalment of the papers ex-
tracted from Mr. Dallas's journal, written
while he was American minister to the court
of the Car N icholas l. In the fourth install.
ment OF the Talleyrand Memoirs, Talleyrand
replies directly to his accusers, and denies
| categorically and with emphasis that he had
| anything to do with the execution of the
| Due d'Enghien. or with an alleged plot tc
| assasSinate Napoleon. Gen. Sherman's last
| speech, delivered at the Press Club dinner to
| Henry M. Stanley, Janury 81, is for the first
| time printed In this number of the Century
| from manuscript dictated by Gen. Sherman
before the speech was made. The new pa
per IN the California series is by DR.. Charlie:
| u. Gillespie of Freeport, Pennsylvania, an(
Is substantially a transcript from his Cali
fornia journal of 1849-50 being description
OF Sunday in C0l0ma In which the r0ug he
life OF the mines Is most prominent-the auc
tioneering, racing. gambling, thimble-rig
glng, etc. There is an illustrated article en-
tiled Women at an English University, il
which Newman College is described, witt
pictures OF the college and portraits of Miss
Clough and Miss Gladstone. The paper il
by Eleanor Field, and one by Catherine
Baldwin follows on the Health of Womer
one Of Mrs. Burton Harrison's sketches o.
Old Virginia life. This is handsomely illus
trated, and is entitled Colonel W lillian ByrC
of Westover, Virginia. The reproduction,
of old family portraits constitute striking
feature of tie paper. Edward Eggleston'i
Faith Doctor is continued In this number
| and the second instalment of Stockton's
| Squirrel Inn Is numerousy illustrated. II
addition new writer, Florence Waiter:
Snedeker, Is brought out, with a pathe I'll
story entitled The House with the Gross. 1
Is illustrated by j. w. Alexander. Hamlil
Garland has his first Century story in THU
number, entitled A Spring Romance. Mr.
Garland will have number of stories IL
this magazine during the next year or two
all In his peculiar field of Western life. An
other short story is A Girl without Senti
ment, by Eugene Bradford Ripley. None Of
| these three writer's of short stories have ever
before contributed to the Century.