The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-05-12

letter from Mr.. Gladstone written No
VEN Der ~, 1862, in which he expresses
his conviction that the Union cause will
fail and that to prolong such war was
mot folly only, but guilt to boot
The May number of ST. Nicholas is full
of the out-of-doors spirit appropriate to
the season. Many Of the artists and poets
represented draw their inspiration from
the month Of flowers. There are four
full. page piotures-Spring. drawn by M.
A. Cowles; A May Day Party in Central
Park. by +. H. Lungron, and The Great
Bicycle Race at Grasshoprertown, by I.
W. Taber. In the way of verse there is
A May Day Shower, by NJ. A. Thomson;
Spring House Cleaning, by Margaret
johnson; The Peryerse Songster, by W.
o. McClelland. and The Red Birds Mat
ms. by H, H. Bennett. The rest of the
magazine has the usual wide diversity.
John Bennett contributes story Of Eng
land in the Middle Ages, entitled His
Fathers Price, showing the pranGs OF
boy who had characteristic English
pluck. John Burroughs the poet and es-
sayist furnishes study of The Porcu
pine, based upon his own personal obser-
walton In the Catskills of the ways of
this queer little animal. Lieutenant
John M. Ellicott, U. S. NJ. takes the
reader on A Stroll in the Garden Of Eng
land, past Dick sns's home at Gadshill,
and the tomb of the Indian princess p oc-
ahontas. story for girls is The Green
Satin Gown. by Laura e. Richards.
With the May number The Cambridge
Magazine begins it's second volume in
enlarged and more attractive form, with
new cover design. The price is still five
cents copy. President Eliot, of Har-
ward University, wri ties an important ar
ticle on Equality in a Republic; Mrs
j ulia " ard Howe contributes sketch
the we'll known philanthropist. Other
| articles are: My Experiences as Con-
Wet, by an ex-consict; Where Woman
Enjoys Equal Rights with Man, by Mrs.
M. d. Fraser; Difficulties of Working
People, by Nottingham, etc. The
Deputy's Daughters serial story trans
| lated for the first time from the French
OF Georges Ohnet. is begun in this ISSUE.
There are several ttraouive illustrations
The Review of Rev lows for May is an
exceedingly alert and well planned MN
| Der, true from beginning to end to the
well known methods and ideals of this
unique periodical. The indispensable
department of Leading Articles of the
Month, which the original features of
the Review of Reviews have sometimes
lowed in the May number to have its full
space. Tho illustration of the Review of
Reviews has been improving decidedly
| during the past few months on account
of better printing. The Review goes to
press after the other monthly periodicals
are all printed, and in view of its timeli-
| ness requiring very rapid mechanical exc
ite ~ nd y,iOt
remarkably handsome. The most i'm
portant original feature in this number
is entitled The Great Occasions of 1885,
In a rapid narrative fashion. with due re-
gard to dates and precise facts, the read
er is appraised of all the great gatherings
and conventions Of political, religious
or educational character. foreign expo
sitions, and noteworthy events in
general that the coming six months will
afford to American and European vray-
eiers.
The Bookman for May is one OF the
most interesting and entertaining num-
bers that have been issued of this illus
trated literary journal. Under Chronicle
and Comment there are reproductions of
the first Brow ME drawing by Palmer
Cox, done in 1881; OF two remarkable de-
signs drawn for Stephen Cranes Black
Riders; of a Europeanizsd portrait of
Poe; then there are new portraits of L.
Dougall, the author of Bsggars All, who
has just published new story; of the
late Judge Hughes. Of Mrs. W. K.
Clifford, Harold Frederic, Grace King,
Lafoedio Hearn, Clinton Ross, and an
unpa blished portrait of Mary Anderson.
Stephen Crane has a page Of Legends
embellished with ornamental design by
q clever young artist who promises 10
match his genius in her art; aud there
is an article on Mark Twain as an His
torioal Novelist, with two new portraits
and papers on Stendhal, Portraiture Ct
the American Revolutionary War, Co.
lumb bias Coming Celebration, with nu-
| merous portraits, etc, Count Tolstoy and
Gabrielle D'Annunzio, A Curious Relic
Of the Browning Family, with ak repro
duotlons of drawings by the poets father,
and an extensive review of Henri Roche
forts Memoirs, giving oopious extracts
from the first volume just published, and
new por trait OF the author.
The contents of Gunton's Magazine
for May are as follows: England's Re-
turn to Protection; Credit Associations
in Germany; A Proposed Clearing House
Currency; Farm Frices Not Made
Abroad; Greater New York; IAN Indus
trial Cri sis; Specialization of Function
in Women; Our American Proletariat;
Political Revolution OF the South; Non
Partnership Municipal Necessity; Edi-
torial Cruoible; Leading Events of the
Month Economics in the Magazines; Book
Reviews; What Others Think of Us.
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