Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-04-07
Tke April Magazines.

ne aFrsl magazines are tHls OF tlttfrrt-
ing matter and will repay careful fsal
ing.
The Atlantic is always strong aai the
present month is no exception TO the rule.
The first paper in the Atlantic for April
i. the conclusion Of Mrs. Mary Hartweil
C. rherwoo.fs serial, .'Dd kaskaskia, xhich
is, it seems 10 gs. the strongest piece of
wriiiBg that Mrs Gathers o1 ha. yet done.
The Atlantic has been fortunate ia secur-
ng for this number some interesting nnpnb-
Il he'd correspondence of William Hszltr
shich Is edited By Mr. William Cares
Hazlitt Another article devoted TO GORE
spondence is the result Of curious lind,
and one specially interesting to New Eng
ers,--namely, some letters from Henry
Pelham TO John Singleton Copiey. These
we're discovered in the English Pablo Rec
ord Office, in a bundle marked intercepted
Letters, and are full OF interesting and de-
tgiled accounts of the state of Boston in
1870 AMI also IN is75, during the siege
They are nov for the first time published
ltr. Etward Everett Hale continues his
series of papers on My College DAYS.
Harriet Waters Preston and Louise Dodge
have a long paper on Vittoria Colonna,
y hich includes selections from her CORE
spon'lence with Michael Angelo. The short
story of tbs number consists of a tale allied
Miss Tom and Peepsie," by A. NJ. Exell.
Henry Van Brgnt has a thoughtful paper
On Architecture among the Poets = and
President +. Ben amin Andrews of Brown
| taiserslty. has article on Money as an
| international Question" Professor A. V.
g. Aliens sympathetic paper on Bishop
! Brooks is written from the standpoint of a
man ~ho has lost at once friend and
| lvader. Edith VI. Thomas has graceful
prose paper; aud there is poetry by Arthur
Sheeburne Hardy, Stuart Sterne and John
Hall ingham. ilOughton, Miiin & Co,
| Boston.
| The great series of Worlds Congresses
at Chicago, to begin with the Congress of
representative women in May aud to extend
through the entire six months of the World 5
\ Fair period, will be interesting BY reason
of the intrinsic merits of the discussions ;
| but they will b. still more attractive on ac
count of the varied personality of the dele
gates and visitors who will come from all
parts of the world. As "a foretaste of what
may be. expected, the Review of Reviews in
its April number publishes an article, BY
the Rev. Dr. Barrows of Chicago, chair
man of the group of religious congresses,
which is illustrated with some % portraits of
men of different races, natonalities and re-
| ligi0us, who are expected to participate
prominently in the Worlds Parliament of
Religions. tone finds Buddhists from India
and Japan. and distinguished theologians
from the different countries of Europe, as
well ~ number of faces of American re-
ligious leaders. The article can but stimu-
late interest in the very audacious expert
mcnt of \ parliament that shall bring to-
y Their representatives of great religions
hitherto considered as bitterly antagonistic
10 one another. 4 number of other able
and entertaining articles contribute materi-
ally to the value of this issue of the Prince
of Reviews.
The Magazine of American History for
April shows with what completeness the new
management are occupying the rich field of
American history. 4 very fine portrait of
John Brown as he appeared in 1851. forms
the frontispcce and accompanies an Illus
trated article on the famous raid, based on
personal examination of this locality, en-
titled What Support Did John Brown
Rely t'pon:" Other interesting articles
from the pens of gifted writer's combine to
make up number of much interest and
value.
The leading feature of the April Century
! is paper on Chicago Anarchists in 1856 =
in which Joseph f. Gary, the Judge who
presided at the trial, makes an authoritative
record of this cosse ceiebre. There are
portraits of the judge, the prosecuting at
rorney the jury aud the chief police officers
connected with the case, and large picture
! by Cas,aigue OF events connected with the
crtue and tIiIi. The interest of the pub
lie in tho preservation of orler at Chicago
during the Worlds Fair gives this article
special timeliness. Two very entertaining
short stories 10 this issue by hitherto I'M
kno sn writer's will do much to refute the
| impress ion that there is no chance in the
magazines world for new writer's.