The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-04
CURRENT LITERATURE.
The July Magazines.

sons latest serial, Z" A Bachelor Maid"
which begins in the July number OF
The Century, is the remark of Girton
girl: All might yet be well with us il
we had three generations of single
women" The heroine wishes to de-
vote herself to the interests of the
higher womanhood, and she believes
that domesticity forms an insuperable
barrier to successful effort.
ScRIBNER's MAGAZINE opens with a
descriptive article on the social aspects
of that region along the Massachusetts,
Coast known as "The North Shore"
1t extends from Nahant to Cape Ann,
and as the author of this article, Robert
Grant, says: " 1t is very pretty place
to which Bostonians who wish to keep
cool and yet be able to see the gilded
dome of the State House, through the
telescope, HE themselves from June to
October" The illustrations were made
by w. 7. Smedley from actual sketches
along the north shore. There will be
similar social studies in succeeding
numbers of the magazine, Mr.. w. G..
Brownell writing of Newport and F.
Marion Crawford of Bar Harbor.
AS becomes a July number of any
magazine, the Atlantic for this month
has its share of out-of-door papers.
They show more than one way of get
ting change of scene and air, for be-
sides Mr.. Frank Bolles' Nova Scotia
paper, THE Home of Glooscap," and
Mr.. Bradford Torrey's Florida sketch,
"On the Beach at Daytona," an un-
signed article, "The City on the
Housetops," gives a vivid and sympa-
thetic picture of the summer life on the
roofs of houses in the most crowded
quarters of New York. "Philip and
his Wife" proceeds in three stirring
chapters, and Mrs. Catherwood sup
plies French Canadian story, "Ponti-
ac's Lookout" Some biographical
"reminiscences of the " Baroness Taut-
pheus," by Mrs. M. L. Thompson,
should surely be mentioned in direct
connection with these stories by women.
Houghton, Mfflin & Co., Boston.
THE Popular Science Monthh pre-
sents varied table of contents. The
opening article, by Logan G.. McPher-
son, is on "The Meaning of Corpora
tions and Trusts" showing that such
combinations are natural results of we'll
known causes. Several articles suggest
subjects for observation during sum-
mer outings. Professor Byron D. Hal
sted has an illustrated paper under the
title "Sunshine through the Woods"
describing the rings and veining of sew
eral important woods. Alexander Nc
Adie describes " A Colonial Weather
Service" from the records of which
we learn the temperature on July 4,
1776. Two full-page pictures illustrate
modern meteorological methods. There
is biographical sketch of Heinrich
Hertz, who has died at the age of
thirty-seven, after making some of the
most wonderful researches of recent
years on light and electricity. The
death of Professor Billroth of Vienna is
also noticed, and there are portraits of
both men. New York: D. Appleton 81
Company. Fifty cents number, So
year.
IN the Forum, Mr.. Frederic R. Cou-
dert, distinguished New York lawyer,
writes on "The American Protective
Association" characterizing it as an
un-American, un-Christian, and un-
manly venture, and expresses the opin-
ion that the good-sense of the Ameri-
can people will not long tolerate it.
Professor j. B. McMaster, the histo-
rian, in an article which he calls Z" The
Riotous Career of the Know. n othings,"
traces the causes which led to the for
nation of this organization, of its ulti-
mate inglorious end, and compares it to
the American Protective Association.
Mr.. Montgomery Schuyler, New York
editor, writes on "The Governments
Failure as Builder" urging the neces-
sity of radical change in the present
method OF erecting public buildings,
which he shows to be not only condu-
Give to poor architecture, but expensive
and wasteful. Lastly, "The Stage as a
Career: An Actors Experience" by
Mr.. Rudolph de Cordova, himself an
actor, describes some of the many hard
ships all actors and actresses who are
not " stars" have to undergo in the
pursuit of their profession.
THE question, What Constitutes a
Good Husband" is discussed by lot of
clever women, among whom are Mary
Hallock Foote, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Ward, "The Duchess" " Grace Green
wood" and Amelia Z. Barr, in the
Ladies' Home Journal. "The Thirty
and One" is the clever title of de-
llShliui ohOll otOIJ Wy Sudl4So ~. Ldll-
Ter. Will n. Harden contributes The
Heresy of Abner Calihan," a strong
study of life in the Tennessee noun
tains, which Alice Barber Stephens
has illustrated most successfully. The
biography of the number consists of
sketches, with portraits of Mrs. Way
land Hoyt and Mary Hartwell Gather
wood. Frank r. Stockton gives two
more of Pomona's" characteristic let
tiers to her old " Rudder Grange" mis-
tress, and Mr.. Howells' literary remi-
niscences under the title "My Literary
Passions grow in interest and charm.
Altogether this July issue, with it's at
tractive cover specially designed by w.
t. Smedley, and its admirable table
of contents, is an ideal woman's maya
zine and worth many times its price of
ten cents. Published by The Curtis
D,rh1 lob AE 10 n1, l.