The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30
CURRENT LITERATURE,
The June Magazines.

JOHN Fox, JR., who first attracted
attention to himself by his striking
story, A Mountain Europa" begins
in The Century for June short serial
based upon bloodthirsty vendetta that
had been waged at intervals for years
in the Cumberland mountains. This
novelette, is one of several which The
Century will print during the coming
months, among them "a Bachelor
Maid" by Mrs. Burton Harrison, and
Love in Idieness," by Marion Craw-
ford: Frank r. Stockton has chosen a
particularly felictous title for story
winch he has written for the June num-
per OF this magazine, "The Magic
Egg" The tale is one of Mr.. Stock
IONS characteristic surprises, and not
until the reader has persevered to the
very emu does he know what really
came out of the mysterious egg.
THE Popular Sc6nce Monthlv fur.
nishes both light and substantial fare in
its number for June. The opening ar.
ticle by DR.. Andrew D. White, on "The
Final Effort of Theology" describes
the hostile reception which theologians
gave to Darwin's epoch-making book.
The Mosquito country, which has been
attracting great deal of attention
lately, is described in fully illustrated
article, by DR.. Robert n. Kelley, Jr.,
under the title Nicaragua and the
Mosquito Coast" Professor F. w.
Woll writes on "Dairy Schools and
Dairy Products describing, with four
full-page views, the pioneer dairy
school in the United States, now four
years old. There is another installment
of A. r. Wallace's paper on 1.-THE Ice
Age and Its Work." and biographical
sketch, with portrait, of Gerard Troost,
for many years state geologist of Ten
nessee. New York: D. Appleton &
Company. Fifty cents number, S.
year.
THE complete novel in the June
number of Lippincott'S is" The Wonder
WITCH" by NJ. G. McClelland. 1t is
charming romance of Virginia, begin
ming in war times, and happily con-
cluded long afterwards. The title re-
fers to a ring, which had a strange
story of its own, and the supposed
power of keeping its wearer constant
to its giver. The venerable poet and
essayst, r. H. Soddard, supplies in
MY First Literary Acquaintance "
one of those pleasant semi autobiograph.
ical sketches with which our readers are
familiar. Agnes Repplier discourses,
in her own brilliant vein, Of 1.-The
Passing of the Essay" 1t is safe to
predict that the essay will not pass
away while Miss Repplier Yields the
pen. "Dusk in the Desert" by NJ.
S. Paden, is a remarkable poem, full of
strength, originality and beauty. The
other verse of the number is by Ella
Gilbert Ives, Sara Matthews Handy,
Ulysses Francis Duff, and Charles G..
D. Roberts.
CONSTANCE KENMORE WooLsoN's
last story appears in the June Harper's.
Like most of her late work, it is study
of modern Italian life, with an expa-
triated American as one of the princi-
pal characters. 1t is announced that
Miss Woolson's Italian tales will soon
be collected in book form. "The Jap
anese Spring." by Alfred Parsons, is
the first of series of four articles on
the japanese seasons. 1t is embel-
lished with twenty.three pictures by
the author, and the publishers promise
that the illustrations for the remaining
installments will be equally handsome
and effective. Harper's also presents
strong array of fiction. Besides the
climax of Du Maurier's Trilby," and
the second half of James Lane Aliens
GA Kentucky CARDINAL" it con-
tains "Little Big-Horn Medicine"
tale of border realism, by Owen Wister;
Goods Ravens,".a study of the middle
West, by Hamlin Garland; and Our
Suburban Friends" sketch by Rich
ard Harding Davis.
THE mother of Americas favorite
boy hero, Little Lord Fauntleroy,"
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, writes
to the mothers of boys in The Ladies'
Home Journal, upon When He De-
cides," in which she points out to what
extent mothers should influence their
sons in regard to their choice of an &C.
cupation. The editor discusses with
frank directness the question of social
purity. Palmer Cox takes his mimi
table Brownies on visit to The God
dess of Liberty" and the words and
music of the song, " A Spanish Sere-
nade," to which the prize of one hun
dred dollars was given in the Journals
Musical Series, are given. Mrs. Nal
lon describes what will be proper and
newest in 'Summer Evening Gowns"
this season. Maria Parloa, who is in
Paris in the interests of the Journal,
describes "The Apartment Houses of
Paris" A carefully-prepared article
on the serving, canning and preserving
of 1.-THE Berries of Summer" by Eliza
r. Parker, will prove valuable to house.
keepers generally, and " Milestones in
Married Life'' is charmingly instruc-
tive on the subject of wedding ami
versaries. Frank o. Small has made
for the issue an exceedingly dainty
cover. Published by The Curtis Pub
fishing Company of Philadelphia, for
ten cents per number, or one dollar per