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Concord, and they give characteristic
| gllmpses OF the life, physical, mental and
| spiritual, of the two friends during 1.-The
| Dial period" as the editor calls tin
other words, 1S4S. fit companion piece to
these letters is the Roman Journals of
Severn" the friend OF Keats, which give
| quite thrilling picture Of the events pre-
ceding the fall of papal Rome. These
papers are edited by William Sharp. Apro-
| pos Of Rome, Harriet Waters Preston and
Louise Dodge contribute the first Of series
Of articles on Private Life in Ancient
| Rome,n and Mr.. Crawford continues his
Italian serial, Don Orsino." Houghton,
| Miffiin & Co., II East Seventeenth street,
| New York.
The Magazine Of american History for
May appears, as usual, on time with an at
tractive table of contents. The frontspiece
| is a fine portrait of John Quincy Adams,
| from the painting by Healy. The opening
| paper of the number, by the editor, is a brief
sketch of THE Ingham Portrait of De Witt
| Clinton" illustrated with an engraved COPY
of that historic aud exceedingly valuable
| painting. There is a pen portrait of the
celebrated divine Rev. Charles II. Park
| hurst, d. D., ," from one of his eminent con-
temporaries. ibid the Morse Discover
American by B. H. Du Bots, is a scholarly
study, and timely now that all such abscure
| questions are before the reading public.
| There is nothing better, however. in the
whole number than 1.-THE Youth OF George
| Washington" by the well-known expert
scholar in all that concerns Washington,
| DR.. Toner, of Washington, D. c., who
furnishes an authentic, entertaining, and in
structive record Of the early life Of our first
President. 743 Broadway, New York.
The Century for May is an excellent num-
Der. Emilio CASTELAR,, the Spanish orator and
| statesman, begins history of the life Of
| Christopher Columbus. In the first article
| he presents an eloquent picture of the age
which produced Columbus. Special studies
| OF the great authorities, and among original
| documents, have been made by the author
| for this work. Henry Van Brunt, an
acknowledged authority on all matters con-
| nected with Architecture. begins his semi
| official account of the housing of the worlds
| Columbian exposition. The illustrated series
| Will give the point of view of the architects,
explaining to the public the buildings
| which are now icing erected at Chicago, In
relation to their special uses aud to the gen
| eral design of the exposition. 1t will be
seen from this first pepper that the EXPOSE
| ton, in external appearance at least, will
| be one or the most magnificent sights re-
| sulting from the handiwork Of men. A
| posthumous story by Wolcott Balestier, is
| Captain, Ny Captain" printed complete.
1t is said to be the last short story to appear
| AACAA ShO POA VI ShAo EAAIOG huu LhNOu WIAtSTs
The Century, Union square, New York.
The May number of the Forum is note.
worthy because of the unusual variety of / is
contents. 1t has a general discussion of
! the late silver craze and the present danger,
| by Hon. Michael d. Harter of Ohio, who
writes on THE Blight OF Our Commerce, :"
and by Senator Villas of Wisconsin,; and
| j. Q. Hemphill, of the Charleston NelOS and
! Courier, offers, apropos of this timely
| subject suggestive paper on 1.-THE Loss of
| Southern Craftsmanship" 8. G. 7. Dodd,
solicitor of the Standard Oil Trust has an
| article on 'Ton Years Of the Standard OH
| Trust" in which he makes a statement of
the advantages which lhe claims the trust
| has afforded both to It's owners and es-
| pecially to the consumers Of petroleum and
| its products. E. L. Godkin has suggestive
essay on "Ideness and immortality in
| which he shows that the rise of the idle
class under modern industrial conditions has
| distinct tendency toward, immortality; on
the other hand, Col. Carroll D. Wright,
| chief Of the bureau Of labor statistics,
| prints the results of his Investigations,
which show that factory life has not in
creased immortality among women who
work. The Forum, Union square, New
| York.
A timely feature OF the May, ReuieU of
Reuie,Os, and one which Illus trates that
periodicals. habitual journalistic foresight.
is a readable sketch OF large number of
the most important conventions and sum-
mer gatherings which are to be held In the
| present year beginning with the great pol
itical conventions, and taking up successive
| ly the educational, scientific and phiIan-
thropic meetings. the religious gatherings
Of the season, a number Of miscellaneous
conventions and meetings of national
scope, ten or a dozen prominent summer
schools, and seven or eight important for
eign occasions Of the year. including the
| Columbian celebration at Genoa and the
exhibition at Madrid, the summer schools at
Oxford, the Vienna exposition of music
and the drama, and the religious confer
ences at Grindelwald. The article
is interspersed with illustrations.
| Among the political portraits in the May
number Of the ReUieIO of ReUietDS one finds
| good pictures of Secretaries Noble and
| Rusk, Senator Aldrich, Frederick r.
| Coudert of New York, Messrs. Chaplin and
Mathews Of the English cabinet, Sir Will
lam Harcourt the English liberal, Messrs
| Polk. Weaver and Donnelly of the Peoples
party. Count Gutenberg the new Prussian
premier, Loubet the new prime minister of
France, and several portraits Of Mr.. Glad
stone in connection with the great character
sketch Of the grand old man. The Review
OF Reviews. Is Aston place, New York.