The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-07-06
july Magazines.

The July New England Magazine i Il
bright summery number. the very In II :
to while away the tcdium of railroad
travel or to complete the luxury of
recreation at the scashorc or in the
mountains. The editors have put ii to-
cethcr with due regard TO the season,
and il is one of the best of the midSum-
mer magazines. There i more fiction
than usual. and it i of the highest quail
ity and deals with unhackneyed sub
iects. Among the contributors are Rev.
Julius H. Ward writing on the white
Mountains" Price Collier on "A From
tier Army Post; Henry Lambert ON
"Forests and Forestry: Walter Black
burn Uarte on The Common and HUI
man in Literature Oscar Fay Adams,
s1n the Footsteps of Jane Austen. 1t
description of the homes and haunts of
the author of pride and Prejudice
and "No,thangcr Abbey: and Iitela
Cooke, The Moeling Bird.
Scribner's Magazine for July i, like
its immediate predecessor. delightful
number. II has II striking article by W.
Clark Russell on the Life of IA Mcr-
chant Sailor handsomely illustrated:
the first of II series on ARTISTS Impress
sions of the Fair" by W. Hamilton
Gibson. Another timely article relating
TO the Fair is that by George =. pton.
on the musical exhibitions and repre-
sentaiions. Robert Grants amusing
fiction, "The Opinions of "A Philoso-
pher.' is continued and contains Il
stirring description of a lIarvard-lale
football match at Springfield. There is
also a short story by Anna Fuller
Among the poems is one of the most
original products of W. +. lIenley's
very original talent. 1t is mans
poetic recollections of a boys delight
In the ARABIAN Nights Entertain
ments.'
Harper's for July has an unusual num-
Der of special features; for example :;
'Italian gardens BY Charles \. Plate !;
''French Canadians in New England,
by Henry Loomis Nelson: "Side Lights
on the German Soldier" by Poultney
Bigelow; "l'hree English Race Meet
ings" by Richard Harding Davis !;
algerian Riders" by Colonel I. A..
Dodge, t. S. A.; "Chicago's Gentle
Side" by Julian Ralph and "The Func-
ton of Slang" by Blander Matthews.
Other articles and contributions, like
for instance the instalment of Blacks
novel, Miss Wilkins story on Colonial
Massachusetts" the Editors Study and
the Editors Drawer. make up an I'M
usually attractive number.
In the July Atlantic Charles Egbert
Craddock begins Il new serial. Among
the other good things are, Isabel Hap
goods paper on''Passports. Police, and
Post Office in Russia :" "Problems of
Pre- umptive Proof" protest against
the sensational sympathy shown to
criminals convicted on what is loosely
termed "merely circums tantial evil
dence," showing that circumsttantial
evidence is sometimes the only evidence
available, and that there are grave perils
in direct evidence. 1t is written by
James W. Clarke. Edward 5. Morse
discusses the question"lf Public Libra
ries, why not Public Mnseums?" Sir
Edward Strachy has Il delightful paper
on Gan English General Election,, and
Mrs. Catherwood a story called "Ihe
Chase of Saint Castin.' Miss Edith
Thomas's paper, interspersed with
poetry, called ''Tn the Heart of the SUM-
mer,' is ms graceful and charming as
whatever is written by this writer is
sure to be.