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women Wage Farmers in the West"
10y Helen Campbell; docs the Country
Demand the Free Coinage of Silver by
y. {. FISK; Save the American Home"
striking economic paper, |. T.. Dean;
islam, Past and Present. by Prot. +.
w. Sanders, one of the most scholarly re-
llglous essays of recent times, and should
he read by all interested in obtaining
correct idea of what Northumberland
Is; Mon for Practical Progress" bv
the editor, strong plea for the union of
progressive and Informative impulses for
educational and practical work. Mr.
lower also contributes a striking paper.
| entitled Partisan Fashionable Folly
versus American Common Sense" which
deals with the dress reform movement
now being so vigorously pushed bv the
Natiohal council OF Women of America
ms paper is handsomely illustrated.
/ containing twelve or fourteen large pbot-
ogravures of Boston ladies i'll the new re-
form costumes. Mrs. Frances T.. Russell
Chairman of the Dress Committee of the
National Council, also contributes paper
on Freedom in Dress.n One of the most
striking features OF this issue is sym
postum advocating the charms of the
maize as the national flower To this
Symposium number Of eminent writer's
contribute, and the charms of Indian corn
are set forth in such way as 10 appeal To
lne reason and sentiment Of all readers.
altogether TINS Is most notable issue of
thls great progressive review, and no
readers OF magazines should pass it by.
The special features of "Harper's Mag
azine" for June are many. but these We
select as typical: New France Under
british Rule" French Canada, by
Henry LOOMS Nelson; "An Artists
Summer Vacation" (Wm. NJ. Chase's).
by John Gllmer Speed; 1.-THE Evolution
OF New York" From I776 to 1925, by
. fsayN
austria, by one of the ladies of her
court; wyoming Another Pennsylva-
MA" by Julian Ralph; "Nivisection and
Brain Surgery" by W. w. Keen, NJ. d..
LII ID. A. Conan Doyle's historical ro-
nance, The Refugees" is brilliantly
concluded in the number, which contains
also the first chapters Of a new novel Of
English life by William Black called
The Handsome Humes," and the sixth
instailment of Miss Constance Fenimore
" oolson's American serial. Horace
Chase. The mum Der also includes a
New England tale of humorous interest
called 'Poglt Way" The author is Grace
mas illustrated the story with eleven
drawings. The Editors Study" con-
trlDuted by Charles Dudley Warner. dis
cusses agreeably the lecture as an insti-
tuition IN France and in the United States
! The Editors Drawer" contains a short
So So W IHOHldS nelson Page called
He w ould Have Gotten a LAWYER. a
| humorous sketch by John KendriclL
Bangs; verses and a drawing by Oliver
Herford; illustrations by Albert f.
Sterner and Frank q. Small, and other
attractions. The number is very hand
someIy illustrated, and in the style for
which Harpers periodicals are renowned.
The Engineering Magazine" for June
| IN. " one of the really most valuable
/ DGIln0lcnlg of tho Nynrll i,, .Ir-
trated and contains these leading naners
! and departments: ''N hat Will the demo
| Gratis Do?" forecast OF tariff legislation.
/ by John Dewitt Warner; Great Britain
at the Worlds Fair" by James Dredge:
The Latest and Greatest Cunarder," bv
Clyde engineer; Evolution of the
! Iron-Founders Art" by Stephen Boil
land; Tine Trans-Siberian hallway" by
| Frederic Hobart; English and Ameri-
| can Railways" by w. NJ. Acworth.
The American Passenger EleVator,''
by Thomas Z. Brown, Jr.; Progress in
Steam Engineering.", by Prof. r. Ii.
sulation," by Prof f. A. G. Perrine,
Leland Stanford Jr. University; Mod
ern American Country Houses" nv
John Beverly Robinson; "Electricitv. ),
by Franklin l.. Pope; Mechanics. !" bv
Leicester Allen; architecture" by
Bart Ferree; industrial Chemistrv.D
( ny H. ~ w llludUS. MINING anu Metal
lurgy," by Albert Williams, Jr.; Com
ment and Criticism" and Current Tech
nical Literature"
"A Symposium of Western Authors, is
the name for the June New PETERSON,
| (Philadelpbia). Many of the best-known
writers from Chicago to the Pacific Coast
are represented, together with promising
new poets, rOmancers and essayists,
Joseph Kirkland, Joaquin Miller. Ger
trude Atherton, Mary A bbott, Opie Read.
Stanley Waterloo, Ernest McGatfey. lie
/ Roy Armstrong, Harriet Monroe. Carrie
b. Morgan. Patience Stapleton, and other
/ popular authors. Pacific Coast Writers );
with their portraits, by Ella Higeinson.
makes one of the attractions. Nnother
illustrated article is The Forests last
/ Stronghold" by +. I. Nassault, a vivid
account OF the numbering camps of Wash
lngton. The Garden Spot OF Washing
tOu," by Herbert Bashford, and Ted
Blank" by Ellie w. Merriman, both
sketches beautifully illustrated. CLOUD
land" by John Vance Cheney, is one of
the finest of his poems. "a Shelf Full of
/ Western Books" is Octave Thaners well
come contribution.
"DonOhoe's Magazine for June is as
bright and CHEEKY as the month of roses
in which 1t comes forth. 1t is particularly
rich In valuable and entertaining features
and ADDS additional emphasis to it's
SlAA ms e1o q AiAOA1thlJ OF the very
highest rank. a striking paper in the
number is one contributed by Professor
/ n. ). Shaler of Harvard University. deal
ing with The Undiscovered Mineral
/ Wealth ofthe World" and the other strill-
ing features are: Excellent papers on
The WOman's Club Movement" by
! Esteile NJ. II. Merrill; Thirty Years Of
/ Ireland's Battle'' Part H. by Hon. John
/ K. Finerty; The School of the Future"
| by Rev. Joseph V. Tracey, and where
4 Columbus is Buried" illustrated) Nv
Richard II. Clarke. LII. ID. The poetry
! of the number is contributed by james
Jeffrey Roche, w. ID. Kelley, j. C. and
/ { harles ). O'Neill. 1t is a good number
/ of superior publication. Donahoe's
Magazine Company, publishers, Boston,
/ Mass.
In the kindergarten News'' for Nav
New York City's Free kindergarten. y
/ under the New ork Society for Ethical
! Culture, is illustrated and described. and
/ an interesting account is given of the
man who has been the Edison of the
kindergarten in developing its materials
| TO higher state OF perfection. The de-
/ partment OF kindergarten Training in
the Home is full of good things. by able
/ contributors, for mothers wishing to give
their children early training. The kim
l dergarten story of Flower Fairies'; *
| full of charm and meaning. 1t is bulg-
| ing with news and items OF interest to
| those interested in this subject Pub
lished at Buffalo, \. y.
The Cosmopolitan" New York. for