Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-05-11
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The frontispiece 10 Demorest's Family
Magazine for May is beautiful sketch in
color,, entitled :. A p, ace Offeripg" The
| openiog article is contributed by Arthur
| FIELD, under the caption Russian Home
Industries" 1t is magni6ceDtly illustrated
with reproductions Of photographs furnished
by Nine. A. L. Pogosky, manager of the
| exhibition of Russian Cottage Industries in
New York. In advice to Young Writers"
| General Lew Wallace, General James
Grant Wilson, George W. Cable, julia
Ward Howe, Professor Fl. II. Boyesen.
and Gertrude Atherton contribute many
valual lie hints from their literary *
periences which cannot fsil to be of in-
terest and value to the experienced as
well as to the inexperienced writer. The
| short stories in this issue are Farmer
BrSdford's Shay" by Mary Adelaide Keel
ar; "A Fortune by Palmistry," by Polly
King; and The Widows Match" ny j. II.
Conns lily. O.her interesting articles con-
tanned in this issue are plants for Cemetery
Use," Venetian Bent Iron Work" and
Some Acclimsted japanese Fruits" The
departments, are especially full and inter-
esting. Taken as whole the May number
is one of the most valuable issues of this
lished. CIV. Jennings Demorest, 10 East
l4th ST., New York;
Lippincot.'s.
The complete novel in the May number
of Lippincott's is 1.-THE Autobiography of a
Professional Beauty" by Elizabeth Pbipps
Train. 1t is most charmingly written
story, and will not fail to hold the attention
of the reader until the close. Gilbert Par
ker's serial story, 1.-THE Trespasser," Re aches
its fifteenth chapter, and will be concluded
in another number. "Her Concert by
Dorothy Z. Nelson, records a pathetic in
cident in the life of reduced gentlewoman.
In The Young Ravens That Call Upon
Him." Professor Charles G. d. Roberts
gives a strong and careful sketch of wild
life. Glow | Gained an Income" by "a
Bread Winner" records an experience with
lesson that should be useful to many. I'm
der the heading, "Americans Abroad" Hon.
Francis b. Loomis, U. S. Consul at St.
Etienne, France, tells where our country
men go and what they spend, and concludes
that life in Europe is not now cheaper than
at home. Champion Bissell writes of
"Fltz-Jsmes O'Brien and his Time" In
Genius at Home" Anne Hollingsworth
Wharton claims that the great have not
been more happy in their domestic relations
than ordinary people, and gives examples.
In Talks with the Trade" certain "Rudi
ments' of the literary art and literary bus
mess are considered. The poetry of tie
number is by Kate Jordan, Florence EaIle
Coates, Mrs. Bloomfield Moore, Harrison
S. Morris, and Walter Rogers Furness. q.
B. Lippinco Co., Philadelphia, Pa
Ladies' Home Journal.
The womanly side of Queen Victoria is
pictured exceedingly well-and appropriate
ly, too, in this the month of her 18th birth
day-in an article on 1.-The Womanly Side
of Victoria, which Arthur Warren contri-
butes to the May issue of The Ladies' Home
Journal. Among the pictures in the article,
those showing the Queen at break asst and
in her pony carriage, are interesting and
new. Frank X. Stockton gives two more
of "Pomona's" characteristic letters, show
ing the heroine of "Radder Grange" in
various adventures in her quest for social
boom among the English aristocracy. Mr..
Howelrs literary biography under the title
of "My Literary Passions. holds the interest
surprisingly well. The editor ques-
tons whether all this clamor about
his being "woman's century" is wise.
The biography of the number con-
sists of sketches, with portraits, of
Mrs. Edward Everett Hale. the wife of the
| famous preacher author, and of Miss Nancy
| Bailey, the wonderful woman indexer of
| England. Mrs. Burton Kingsland takes up
the education and religious development of
"a Daughter at Sixteen" and Alice Morse
Earle. the author of "China Collecting in
America gives delightfully."- humorous
| n RI
Delft Apothecary Jars" Thoughtful
mothers will appreciate Miss Scovils
| Children and the Sabbath and house
keepers will welcome the page devoted to
THE Strawberry and its USE