The Portland daily press., 1892-02-02
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

The February Scribners will interest
Maine readers especially for Lieutenant
Percy W. Thompson's description of the
duties of the revenue cutter service and
Samuel A. Woods account of several gal
liant deeds of the men of the Revenue
Marine. The only illustration in the ar
ticie is a fine engraving of the gallant old
cutter Woodbury., so well known along
our coast. In Mr.. Woods stories of dar-
ing deeds are included narratives of the
rescue of men from Outer Green Island,
in January 1889; the rescue of the cap
tain and crew of the British Schooner
Glen from Ouch Island in February 1890;
and the saving of the crew of the Ada
Barker from the Junk of Pork, by Cap
tain Fengar of the Woodbury., on Jan. Is,
1891. Station Life in Australia is an en-
tertaining description of the lives of the
herdsmen in those regions, by Sidney
Dickinson. The Arctic Highlander is
described by Benjamin Sharp. Cornelia
J. Chadwick has an interesting article
entitled The Complete Dutch Kitchen
Maid, being picture of Holland a CEN
tury and a half ago. Albert Shaw de-
sribes A Model Working Girls
Club. The Illusions of Memory are dis
cussed by Albert Shaw. The Stevenson
Osborne Story, The Wrecker is continued
as also are Greenough's "reminiscences
of Washington Allston. Mr.. Collins
second paper on American Illustration of
To-day is also included in this number.
1t should not be inferred from the num-
Der of general articles mentioned, that
fiction and poetry have no place, for the
well-known names of Octave Thanet,
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, and others,
appear at the end of charming short
stories and poems.
In the st. Nicholas for February Mr..
J. O. Davidson tells about electric lights
at sea. Malcolm Douglas finds some
thing to say in arollicking mood concern
ing The Little man in the Orchestra, him
of the cymbals, drum, xylophone, and
sleigh-bells. Oliver HEREFORD, single
handed, sets at rest any question as to
the invention of the umbrella Ignoring
DR.. Hanway, conqueror of Mrs. Grundy,
Mr.. Herford gives the credit to an ingen-
ious elf who robs dormouse of the
toadstool that shelters him from the
storm. Of soldier fibre are the serials
and continued articles, quite weighty
enough to redeem the number from fri
volity: Tom Paulding, Brander Mat
thew's boys story; The Admirals
Caravan, by Charles Carryl, of Davy and
the Goblin fame; Strange Corners of Our
Country, the needed lessons in patriotism
by Mr. Charles f. Lummis; Laura E..
Riehards's account of When was Your
Age, the home-history of the celebrated
family of DR.. S. G.. Howe; and Two Girls
and Boy, the serial that proves SO tri-
umphantly Lieutenant Fletcher's ability
to write for older children than those he
charmed with Marjorie and Her Papa.
All of these are illustrated by the une-
qualed artists who work for ST. Nicholas.
Other features struggling to be promi-
nent among these attractions are A
South American Hunt, by Herbert FL.
Smith; The Winning of Vanella, fairy
story absolutely destitute of magic
accessories, by Tudor jerks, and well
illustrated by E. B. Bensell; Crooked
Dick, historical ballad, by Anna Robe
son Brown; and the charming verses for
younger children by Katharine Pyle and
by Mrs. Wiggin.