The Portland daily press., 1893-04-25
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The frontispiece of the Magazine of
Art for May is an original etching by
Percy Robertson called Shere." The del
icate graduation of tone, the just massing
of light and shade, the tenderness of the
etched line-which is here to be consid-
cred rather for its tone value than for
itself as a line-and the appointed assis-
lance Of the painter are all employed
with knowledge and effect, and the re-
suit is plate which is altogether good
of its kind. The opening article of the
number is devoted to British Etching,
and is by Frederick Wedmore. It is
fully illustrated. The next article On
siders art from diffsrent standpoint. it
is by Alfred Marks and is on the ST.
Anne of Leonardo da Vinci, and is also
fully illustrated. Next we come to
further consideration of The National
Gallery of British Art, and Mr.. Yates's
Collection, by Mr.. M. H. Spielmann. MI.
w. Fred Dickess second article on The
Portrait of Poet proves as interesting
as the first. Temple Newsan and it's ART
Collection makes one envious of the
treasures described, many of which are
reproduced.
The m any admirers of Rosa Nouchette
Carey will be gratified to learn that the
complete novel in tile May number of
Lippincott's is from her facile and well
tried pen. Its title is Mrs. Romney. The
third in the series of Lippincott's Nota-
BILE Stories, A Pastel, by Cornelia Kane
Rathbone, is delicate and touching
sketch of wasted loyalty and disappoint-
ed hope. 1t illustrated throughout.
James Cox furnishes full and glowing
account of New st. Louis, illustrated
with cuts of dozen Of the huge build
ings which have lately risen in that thriv-
ing and progressive city. John Bunting
traces the origin and history of the Soci-
ETY. of the Cincinnati, with the violent
objections which were raised in the
early days against its supposed aristo-
cratic character and dangerous tendency.
This article also is illustrated. Mrs. Ger
trude Anterior supplies a short but APP
preciative account of the American
sculptures Kuhne Beveridge, with cut
of her most notable work, The Splinter.
Professor L. NJ. Haupt has brief article
Oll SOlOaCl OpC ketlit NrOOu ILOluS. MI.
Crofton, in Men of the Day, gives sketch
es of William Morris the poet, Arch
bishop Satolli, and Secretary of War
Lamont. The poetry of the number is
by Louise Chandler Moulton, Dora Read
Goodale, Charlotte Pendleton, aud Ar
thur D. F. Randolph
The many Sunday-school teachers who
are among the readers of the Culver will
be especially interested in the opening
article in the May number, A Sunday
school Teachers Museum, in which pen
and pencil explain the curios and his
torical objects that are there gathered
together. The serial, The Wilful Will
oughbys, comes to an end in this number
and the reader will be quite satisfied
with the working out of the plot. Christ
in the Home, by the Rev. John Telford,
follows this, and then we come to one of
Mr.. Raymond Blathwayts lively inter
views, this one with Mr.. r. M. Ballan-
tyne, the well-known author of books for
boys dealing with hunting and shooting
and out of doors life generally. Not I'M
apropos next to this comes Gods Hand
in the Book of Nature. Chaplain E. J..
Hardy, who for SO long preferred to be
known simply as the author of How to
be happy Though Married, continues to
lead us In the Footprints of ST. Paul.
The Wisdom of Alice, by the
author of On Stronger Wings, is
the new serial, and we must,
therefore, content ourselves and abide in
patience before we know wherein the
wisdom Of Alice lay.
Harpers Magazine for May opens with
an illustrated article on early New York