The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-07
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

The July number of The Arena opens
with an article entitled A Just Judge,
by ]. B. Follett, being clear and con-
else sketch of Judge Henry Clay Cald-
well, of the United States Circuit Court.
Prof. Frank Parsons continues his pow
erful and convincing series of papers on
The Telegraph Monopoly, and John o
Yeiser furnishes striking and sugges-
tive paper entitled Are We Becoming a
Homeless Natlon9 Other articles of gem
eral interest are The Imperial Power in
the Realm of Truth, Theosophy and H..
P. Blavatsky, Woman in Society Today
Shall We Have National Sanitarium
for Consumptives? The Kelley Cure for
Inebriety, Two Golden Volumes, and An
Interesting Representative Of . Vanish
ing Race, by the Editor. A full page
portrait of Judge Henry G. Caldwell
forms the frontispieoe of this number.
which also contains full page portraits of
Jay Choke, VIM. p. st. John, A. NJ. and
Judge Walter Clarke, LII. D., with nu-
merous other illustrations. The serials,
The Valley Path and between Two
Worlds continue to grow in strength. q
The Book nan for July is filled with
the freshest and most interesting literary
news. The portrait and autograph of
per from bis pen entitled Literary Prop
erty. The article by Mrs. Louise Chand-
Ter Moulton, on the Life and Letters of
DIR. Holmes, is smbellished with por-
trait and cartoon of the Autocrat. A
sketch of the late Mr.. Henry Cuyler
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hutton, is also accompanied by por-
trait. The Living Critic Of this number
is mir. Edmund Clarence Stedman,
whose portrait and autograph accompany
the sketch. Among the most important
contributions are Degeneration and Re-
generation, New Points in the Life of
Goethe, and q critical review of Mr.. Ma
bie's new book, Essays on Nature and
Culture, by MIR. James Lane Allen. The
most recent books reviewed are Georges
Mother, by MIR. Stephen orane, Mr..
Fuller's Puppst Booth, and Miss Mon
tresor's False Coin or True. Ian Mag
aren oontri butes two more chapters to
his novel Kate Carnegie. Price 20 cents.
The July number of Appleton's Popu-
lar Science Monthly opens with useful
lesson on taxation contained in the ex-
periencss of India, which are set forth
by the Hon. David A. Wells. The
strength and wenkness Of our Banking
System are shown by Loga G. McPher-
son. Prof. W. r. Newbold has an ar
tiole on Suggestion in Therapeutics, or
the influence of the mind in aiding the
cure of disease. On related subject is
DIR. Douglas Graham's account of Mas
sage in Sprains, Bruises and Dislona-
tions. A novel System of Polar Explo-
ration is proposed by Robert Stein, the
essential feature of which is permanent
station at place in the arctic regions
reached yearly by whalers. The processes
of. Photographing Electrical Discharges,
whether from the clouds or electrical
machines, are described by Walter Il.
Woodbury., with number of striking
pictures. Prof J. Mark Baldwin dis
COURSES on The Genius aud his Environ
ment. There is a bright illustrated
sketch on the food and feeding habits of
birds, by Harriet e. Richards. Prof
Warren Upham discusses the Causes,
Stages and Time of the Ice Age. Two
brief but suggestive articles are Country
Parks, by Prof Thomas H. Macbride,
and Sociology in Ethieal Education, by
Byron G. Matthews. Tle possibility of
q new industry on our Pacific coast is
shown by Charles S. Pratt in his article
on Pearls and Mother of Pearl, and
there is a Sketch with Portrait of the
distinguished Dutch psychologist Jacob
Moleschott.
The leading article in Harper's Maya
zine for July is paper on Gen. Wash
ington, by Prof. Woodrow Wilson, illus
trated by Howard Pyle. Mr.. Langdon
Elwyn Mitchell, son of DR.. S. Wei1
Mitchell, begins in this number a nov
elette entitled Two Mormons from Mud.
dlety. the scene of which is laid in the
West Virginia hills. Laurence Hutton
contributes paper on Literary Land
marks of Venice, which is beautifully il.