The Dickinson press., 1894-06-30
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
A workman in the great Carnegie
steel-mills at Homestead has written
such an account of the life AMI work
there rs only n who had hal actual
experience of them could write. and
it will appear in the July number of
McClure's Magazine, supplementing
the article IN the same subject by
Mi. Hamlin Garland, which appeared
in McClure'3 for June.
"The Environs Of Boston, is the
attractive subject of an elaborate and
picturesque paper Ivy the Rev. Peter
MacQueen, illustrated with over II
score of views, in the July number
Of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
Among the %seasonable outdoor arti.
cles are Lee j. Vance's "SIlmon Fish.
ing in Canada" Edwin Emerson's
"Roughriders from Far Frontiers,"
and an account of Mr.. Alfred de Cor
dova's trained Carrier Pigeons. The
graphic war "reminiscences OF Joseph
Becker, Especial for Leslie's," are
continued, this months contribution
being devoted to Ben Buffers ia.
nous Dutch Gap Canal, on James
River.
The July issue of the Delineator,
which is called the midsummer mum.
Der, begins a new volume with a
most attractive table of contents.
The styles displayed are seasonable
and. therefore, picturesque and grace.
full, and the fancy work will please
the most %fastidious Summer maid or
matron. The opening chapter on
The Voice. by the author of the Del.
sarte System of Physical Culture,
will interest a large class of readers,
and most fascinating home employ.
ment is provided in the first of a
series of illustrated papers on Floren.
tine Iron Work. The subscription
price of the D%elineator is one dollar
a year. Single copies, fifteen cents.
Published by the Butterick Publish.
ing Co. [Limited,l New York, and
for sale by local agents and news.
dealers.
The tailor costume is exceedingly
popular this season. These gowns
are worn everywhere in town, in the
country and eve at the seashore and
in the mountains. They are made in
every kind of material: light woolens.
serge, duck ginghams, and foulards.
This prevailing fashion calls for a
great variety of models and every
style of French and English coats
are brought into requisition. AS for
the skirts, although their simplicity
is always adhered to, in accordance
with the severe tailor system of
dressing, they, nevertheless, exhibit
a diversity of styles. la Mode de
Paris" and "Paris Album of Fash.
ion," cost only $3.50 each per year,
or IS cents a copy. "The French
Dressmaker" is $500 per annum, or
80 cents per copy. LA Mode
which is unequalled as a family
Journal costs merely the trlfing sum
of $3.50 per year, Or Is cents a copy.
Messrs. A. Mcdowell & Co., 4 West
18th Street, New York.
I. Zangwill is spoken of by his Eng.
lish associates as a man of boundless
energy and great versatility, whose
achievements give the lie to the pop.
ular platitudes in regard to the limit,
ations. of authors. After writing
novels which, some critics think, will
displace "Daniel Deronda" as repre-.
sensations of the Hebrews in Eng
land, he has turned his eyes toward
America, and has written "The Mas
ter" a story of American and Eng
lish life, nov appearing serially il
Harper's Weekly.
Yachting costumes and interesting
designs for travelling-dresses are
prominent among the fashion feat
ures of Harper Bazaar this month
and it is announced that Julius Hen
ri Browne will contribute to the lit
erary features of the same paper &
series of articles. entitled "The New
Order of Women" which tell in de.
tail about women wage.earners, Civ
ing the numbers employed in differ
emit professions.
A modern government does a great
deal besides governing. Witness the
p~ost.ofice, and, for a further exam
pie, the successful manufacture II
shops at Washington of all the biz
guns used in arming the new cruis