The National tribune., 1896-06-11
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heroine wins our sympathy for several chap
| tiers, while she does her best to live happily
with her spouse. but she separates from him,
marriss again, again is disappointed and di-
vorced, and sympathy begins to wane.
| A MARRIAGE BY CAPTURE BY Robert Blu
chnuan. Published by Eippncott. Philadelphia
An exciting tale of. maiden, her Irish
estates, her suitors, aud her friends. The plot
| is as wild as an yoHe could wish. The beautiful
heroine IS abducted, or attempts are made to
| carry her off, in every other chapter. Her
wicked cousin, who wants her and her money,
| is the villain, but the hero tries his hand at
abducting, and succeeds The heroine refuses
to forgive him until the very last chapser. 1t
| is q short story, with good deal OF interest.
l CURRENT HISTORY. Edited by Alfred S. John
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This excellent history is published quarterly,
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| story of prima donna and her life here
aud abroad and her lovers galore.
Magazines and Notes.
Wilson'S Photographic Magazine for June is, as
| usual, full of interesting reading matter and
fine pictures The contents include a generous
amount of reading technical matters, con-
vcntion notes, letters and editorials OF value to
the photographer. be he professional anna
teur.
The complete novel in Lippincotts Magazine
Harnden, author of White Marie, Almost Per
suaded, A Mute Confessor, The Land of the
Changing Sun, etc. 1t has also CON plete The
Washingtons in Official Life, by Annie Hol-
lugsworth Wharton. This is illustrated. Pub
lshed at Philadelphia, Pa. Price 25 cents.
The juno Arena opens its 10th volume, ap-
pearing in new dress. 1t is unusually
strong number, opening with q brilliant paper
by Rev. Samuel Burrows on The First Pagan
Critic of Christian Faith and His Anticipation
Of Modern Thought. Justice Walter Clark
| contributes an Instructive and delightful paper
on Mex leo, with several excellent illustrations.
Prof Parsons continues bis mastery papers on
the Government Control of Telegraph. Mr.. 3.
O. Fowler writes in q most captivating manner
of Whittier considering him in the aspect of
Poet of Freedom, and giving many of Whit.
tiers most stirring lines. A fine portrait of
the Quaker Poet forms frontispiece to this
number. H.
BaJyrlood. magazine for the mothers, is out
for June. The suggestions for baby's Summer
ing, bis nursery and dirt, will prove of great
help to mothers.
Marine Nobodies, Study of Plants and Flow.
ers aud an article on Acytelens Gas, are some
of the interesting features of the June Popular
Science Published in New York. Price 10
cents. or 81 q year.
The Pocket Magazine for June contains COM
plete stories by Stephen Crane. S. f. Crockett
aud Edmund Clarence Stedman. Published at
New York. Price 10 cents.
In the June Century tho Life of Napoleon
will deal with Napoleon's divorce from jose
phine his marriage with Maria Louisa and the
birth of his son, the King of Rome.
Bret Harte's new story and Jerome K. Je-
rome's latest piece of fiction have both been
secured by The Ladies Home Journal for i'm
mediate publication Jerome's story is called
Reginald Blake: Financier and Cad" and
sketches incident in fashionable London
society. Bret Harte calls his story The In
discretion OF Elsbeth," and pictures the
nance OF young American who falls in love
with German Princess masquerading a
dairy maid.
In the Mem England Magazine for June Mrs,
Clara Wood Shipman has a good story. :" The
Loyal Traitor" An old slave who has bought
his freedom is the loyal traitor. He aud the
soldier boys of the Union army are but intro
duced to precipitate a love affair between his
mistress. Miss Lulie, and her neighbor, the gall
liant Maj Amesbury, who is also her patient
lover. The love story is told daintily. and the
slaves and tho soldier boys are good characters.
most interesting contribution to Bronte
literature is pdbiished in the June BOOkmdn,
together with numerous portraits and Ilustra-
tons some of which have never before been
pu blished. 1t may DO interesting TO know that
the Rev. A. b. Nichols. the husband Of Char
lotto Bronte, and Miss Ellen Nussey, her most
intimate friend, have expressed warm approval
Of Mr.. Sborter's article.
McClWe's Magazine for June contains little
battle study by Stephen Crane that, in its way,
is more dramatic and striking than even The
Red Badge of Courage, the novel by Dir. Crane
which is now attracting so much attention both
in America and England. Another bit of dis
tinguishcd fiction in the same number is Rud-
yard kipling's In the Rukb-one of Kipling's
earlier stories but also one of his best, relating
how that entertaining orphan of the
Jungle, Mowgli, made acquaintance with white
men and became lover.
The chronological Journal aud Science Of Health
York. Price 10 cents number, or 81 a year
The June number of the Catholic World has
the Church and Social Reform, by Rev. f. W.
Howard; The Conversion of Prince Boris
Bernard Morgan; Tcnnyson's ldyl of Guin.
everc, DIR. p. Cameron; Lincoln Cathedral, An
Extinct Religious Order and its Founder, j.
Arthur Floyd; Criticism of II. G. Merwin on
the American Celt and his Critics, Walter
Lecky; The Financial Relations of Great
Britain and the Ireland Commission, J. j.
OShea; A Criticism OF Mr.. 7. Lough's volume
on the said Irish Commission, also by j. ].
| 0'Shea. Besides, poems. book reviews, etc The
number is illustrated. Price % cents. Adj
dress New York.
Thrilling moments in sport, travel and adj
venture described for the readers of The