The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-08
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

The two chief characteristics of science
the thorough going quality of it's re-
search and the wonderful progress that
it gives to tie arts-are both prominent
in The Popular Science Monthly for
March. The opening article is vivid
illustrated description of The Birth of
a Sicilian Volcano, by Prof. IS. Pack
ard. In fully illustrated article on
Copper, Steel and Bank note Engraving
the various divisions Of the engraver's
art and, some of the measures taken to
prevent counterfeiting Of bank bills, are
clearly explained by CIV. Dickinson, Jr.
Mr.. Bella Hubbard undertakes 70 point
out The Lesson Of the Forest Fires, a
terri bic feature of which in 1894 was the
loss of life involved. In an article on
Scientific Method in Board Schools, Prof.
n. E. Armstrong, f. r. S., makes it
plain that what scientists are calling
for in education is the teaching of the
method, not the facts Of science. The
Mother as Power for Woman Advance
ment is wholesome and feeling view of
the woman question. by Mrs. Burton
Smith, ali earnest Southern woman.
Edwin S. Balch writes ON The Highest
Mountain Ascent and the Effects of
Rarefied Air, III. Golden Sannde1son
discourses ON Book binding: its Process " 3
and Ideals. and The Beginnings of AgIi-
culture are traced from the evolutionary
point of view, by Louis Bourdeau. There
is geographic sketch, with portrait, of
the eccentric naturalist Thomas Nut
tall, who cut private doors and scuttles
in the house at the Harvard Botanic
Garden Tn avoid maatino naonla
There are number of special features
in the Century for March. The frontis-
piece is rare and interesting portrait of
the Empress Josephine, and there are
other illustrations of Prof. Sloane's life
Of Napoleon, in which the record of the
Corsican period is closed and Napoleon's
stirring life in Paris taken up-his recep-
tion in Paris society, his appointment ms
General of the Convention, the day of the
Paris Sections, and his marriage with
Josephine. There is the first of three
papers by Miss Harriet Waters Preston
Of new field of travel entitled Beyond
the Adriatic, being an accountable first
in American magazine journalism-of
the beautiful region ON the east side Of
the Adriatic from Trieste to Albania,
which is likely to become favorite re-
sort for travellers in Europe; also a fully
illustrated paper on the late Jean Car
ries, sculptor ana potter, thought to be
the first account in an American maya
zine; fine portraits Of Ysaye, the violin
ist, and of Helmholtz, with appreciative
and critical articles, beautiful engraving
in Timothy Coles Dutch Masters series !:
Nna n RrnnkS o. mi Of ~
convent ions of 1864 which nominated
Lincoln and Mcclellan; Mrs. Harrison's
descriptions of Morocco and Southern
Spainin her novelette, IAN Errant Woo
ing" quiet installment Of Mr.. Craw-
ford's Casa Braccio, the scene changing
to Rome with new characters, one of
whom is the daughter of the marriage
which followed the elopement of the
Scotch physician with the Carmelite
nun.
The most important feature in the
March number of st. Nicholas is new
Jungle Story by Rudyard Kipling, "The
Kings Ankus." Mowgli, that delightful
boy adopted by the Jungle folk, figures
in this story, together with the big rock
python, Kaa, and the black panther,
Bagheera. Prof. Brander Matthews con-
tributes sketch of Hawthorne to his
series of studies of great American au-
tnors. Prof. Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, in
The Boys War, has story of boy life
in Norway. The rivalry between the
jewellers on the opposite sides OF river
leads to constant series of battles.
Snow forts are built, and prodigies of
valor are performed by both armies.
The serials by Howard Pyle. Albert
Stearns, Jessie M. Anderson and Elbridge
S. Brooks have interesting instalments.
Prof. w. I. Hornaday writes in his usual