The Portland daily press., 1893-03-03
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

personal "reminiscences and memoirs,
which were announced to be one of the
features of the year. Through the cour-
tesy of a granddaughter of the great
naturalist, J. j. Audubon, the publishers
are able to present in this number Audu-
bon's Story of his Youth, a charming bit
of autobiography written by the natural
list for his children. Another striking
article of personal Renaissance appears
in the Historic Moments series, and is
description of the Death of John Quincy
Adams in the Capitol, by the Hon.
Robert c. Winthrop of Massachusetts,,
who was Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives forty-five years ago, when
Adams rose to speak and fell back I'M
conscious. The recent completion of
The Jaffa and Jerusalem Railway, and
the running of the first train over the
road in August last, is described by
Selah Merrill, United States Consul at
Jerusalem, who was an eyewitness of
that event which linked to region of bib
lical history with the most modern feat
ure of civilization. In the Poor series,
Professor W. S. Tucker, of Andover, de-
scribes the work of The Andover House
in Boston, the very successful expert
ment in Toynbee Hall work which is be-
ing CARRIED on under the direct super
vision of Robert Archey Woods who
wrote the first article in this series.
Alien Gorren, in most subtitle and APP
preciative essay, describes the group of
young French writers known as the SYM
bolisus, of which Paul Verlaine is the
centre. A unique contribution is The
Tale of a Goblin Horse, by Judge Charles
G. Mott, of the Court of Claims, who
supports this almost impossible MARIA
tive with affidavits. The fiction of the
number Includes another long and enter
serial, The One Knew the Best of All,
which has already found it's way into the
hearts of thousands of readers.
The March number of the New Eng
land Magazine opens with an article re-
counting the impressions and memories
of the Rev. D. George E. Ellis upon the
occasion of visit of Dean Stanley to the
old town Of Plymouth in company with
Phillips Brooks. The Rev. Samuel j.
Barrows, the editor of the Christian Reg
lister, and member of the Prison Com
mission, contributes description of
The Massachusetts Prison System, which
is well illustrated from photographs and
sketches made specially for the purpose.
Winfield S. Nevins, whose writings on,
Salem Witchcraft have attracted atten-
ton, writes on the Importance of The
Study of Local History. David B.
Frankenburger gives an account of the
beginnings, progress and present work
of the University of Wisconsin. Herbert
M. Sylvester continues his series of ma
ture studies, Ye Romance of Casco Bay,
dealing this month 18th description of
the picturesque region of Cascoe.
George Sheldone gives an account of
Negro Slavery in Old Deerfield, a quiet
and somnolent old Massachusetts town.
Edwin C. Martin contributes an amusing
story, with striking and eccentric figure
as the central character, called The Sal
walton of Missionary. Lieutenant
Charles III. Harlow. United States Navy,
describes the methods of government,
the people, and commercial and political
progress of the Republic of Chill. Yer
ner L. Reed contributes quaint mytho-
logical sketch, called Lost Pueblo.
Among the poets of the number are
Basil Tempest, w. G. Richardson, Dora
Read Goodale, Walter Storrs Bigelow
and Meredith Nicholson.
The Forum begins its XVIII volume
with timely March number, the three
leading articles being Hawaii and Our
Future Sea Power, by Captain A. 7. Ma
han, of the United States Navy, Presi-
dent of the Naval War College at New
port, and who discusses the Importance
of United States control in the Pacific
from the broad point of view of stu
dent of the influence of sea power upon
national development; Panama: The
Story Of Colossal Bubble, by Mr.. En-
est Lambert, who was during the criti-
cal period of this enterprise the editor of
the Panama Star and Herald-a COM
plete explanation of the remarkable Sc
ries of events in this great swindle; and
A New Commercial Era for the United
States, by Mr.. George w. Medley, an au-
thoritative English student, with free
trade inclinations, of large commercial
tendencies, who argues that the adop-
ton of policy of radical tariff reform
by the United States would transfer to
us from England the commercial SUI
premacy of the world. The transfer
nation of New England; Is it Decay or
Development is discussed by President
Hyde Of Bowdoin College and Mr.. Ed
ward Atkinson.
In it's new form (bi-monthly) the An
dover Review sustains its well won
reputation for scholarship, vigor and in
dependence The editors evidently
mean to keep the Review in the front
rank of American publications. The
current issue contains able and helpful
articles by contributors, editorials of the
high rank of all it's editorials, and re-
views of books. The articles are The
Contract and Agreement Between the
New Orthodoxy and the Old, by George
A. Gordon; Applied Christianity, by
Chas. W. Clark, Religious Instruction in
Public Schools, by N. S. Burton; Brown
ing's Philosophy of Art, by D. Dorches-
ter. Jr.; How Far is Person Response