The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-02
CURRENT LITERATURE.
The May Magazines.

nam En- nu hbhLlNE III MAY ls
strong in fiction. Besides the fifth in
stalment of Mr.. DuMaurier's novel,
"Trilby," which grows more delightful
at each step, there are the first chapters
of charming two-part tale of Ken
lucky life before the war, by James
Lane Allen, and six short stories. These
are "The Miracle of Tisha Hofnagle,"
by r., G. V. Meyers. Il" AT Cheniere
Naminada," by Grace King; A Note
of Philogynist," by Marion Wilcox;
THE Exiles," by Richard Harding
Davis; A Kinsman Of Red Cloud"
by Owen Wister; and =" The End of an
Animosity," by L. Clarkson.
MEssRs ALLEN AND SACHTLEBEN,
the two young American students who
made bicycle tour around the world,
begin the story of their wanderings in
this number of The Century. Th le-
scribe the most interesting port of
their journey, from the Bosporus a.. Jss
Asia to Picking. Their strange mode
of locomotion awoke the superstition
of the natives of Asiatic Turkey, but
their GOODNESS and diplomacy carried
them safely through every predica-
ment. The pictures, which show many
novel and interesting scenes, are from
reproductions of photographs taken by
the authors.
THIS number of The Forum continues
the analysis of the present interesting
and peculiar political situation with
two articles on " A Year of Democratic
Administration "--one by Ex-Governor
Russell of Massachusetts, from the
democratic point of view; and the
other, from the republican point of
view, by Senator Cullum of Illinois.
The two articles, read in connection
with the article in the April number by
" An Independent" make as thorough
a review of the present situation and
tendencies as could, perhaps, anywhere
be presented. In this number The 70.
rttm continues the discussion of " Cur
rent Plans for Reforming Society,""
and this time the subject taken up is
the demand for state aid for the unem-
ployed.
SCRIBNER's MAGAZINE opens with
an article of unusual importance, en-
titled "Some Episodes of Mountaineer-
ing" by Edwin Lord Weeks, describ-
ing some of his own stirring adven-
lures, while Notwithstanding in the
Alps, with illustrations furnished by the
same hand. The author and artist is
equally skilful as picturesque writer
and as an artist of rare ability, both in
landscape and figure work. He has in
this article given a reality to Alpine
mountain elm bling that no previous
popular article has given. Some of
these marvellous illustrations show dar-
ing feats, made from sketches on the
spot when the artist himself was in a
most difficult position, and showing the
pose and action of those with him while
actually accomplishing difficult bit of
climbing.
THE womanly side of Queen Victoria
is pictured exceedingly well-and APP
propriately, too, in this month of her
seventy-ffth birthday-in an article on
"The Womanly Side of Victoria"
which Arthur Warren contributes TO
the May issue of The LADIES' Home
Journal. Mr.. Howells' literary biog-
raphy under the title of "My Literary
Passions holds the interest surpris-
ipgly well. The editor questions
whether all this clamor about this being
woman's century" is wise. The
biography of the number consists of
sketches, with portraits, of Mrs. Ed
ward Everett Hale, the wife of the
famous preacher author, and of Miss
Nancy Bailey, the wonderful woman
indexer of England. Altogether this
issue is singularly attractive and worth
many times its modest price of ten
cents. Published by The Curtis Pub
fishing Company, of Philadelphia, for
ten cents per number and one dollar
per year.
THERE are several contributions to
the Atlantic worthy of more than com
mon note One of them, From
Blomidon to Smoky" is the first of a
series of four articles by the late Frank
Bolles. The papers represent his last
studies of nature, and were his last lit
erary work. They were all the out
come of a summer excursion through
Nova Scotia in 1898. The memory OF
Francis Parkman is honored by articles
from his historians, Justin
Winsor and John Fiske. Mrs. De
lands serial, Philip and His Wife,
proceeds, in company with attractive
papers of literature, art, and travel
and the gayety of the number is con
siderably enhanced by the appearance
in the last of Sir Edward Strachey';
"Talks at a Country House of some
hitherto unpublished rhymes by the
delightful Edward Lear of the "Non
sense Verses" Houghton, M fain &
Co., Boston.