The Portland daily press., 1896-06-11

onese w Warman IUdfVoious Otuo yak
of The Locomotive that Lost Herself. land
an installment of Anthony Hopes Phrosc
fairly bursting with love and adventure,
and certainly, on the side Of fiction OF
least, this number of MoClures would
De hard to approach. All of these pieces
have the added attraction OF good pic
lures. The Crane story is illustrated by
IaDer, who puts life and action into
soldier as almost no other artist can; and
the Kipling story by W. A. G. Pape, who
mas made Mowgli and the jungle People
peculiarly his own. The Lincoln paper
In This number exhibits Lincoln (mainly
Dy new "Reminiscences and anecdote) as q
father. friend, and neighbor, on his re-
turn to the practice of the law at Spring
neid' AFTER serving term in Congress.
1T is extremely interesting.
There are two papers in the June num-
ber of The Century that are of particular
interest in conjunction with the ap-
preaching convention at ST. Louis, one
boing by DR.. Albert Shaw, entitled Notes
on City Government in St. Louis, the
other by Joseph B. Bishop on Humor
and Pathos of Presidential Conventions
DR.. Snaw's paper is by no means mere
ly local study, for it concerns every
American. city which ia dealing with the
question of economic government, and
particularly the cities in the Mississippi
River system. Mr.. Bishops article is a
study of the personal element in Presi-
Dental conventions, describing the un-
successful quests for the nomination by
Clay, Webster. Seward, and Blaine, the
nrst dark horse, and modern stampede
tactics. The second of Mr.. James Bryce s
,pcC ot0 <,f f~ic = ,D
race question. Mr.. Bryce Describes the
differences that arose between the Boer
| farmers and the government of the Cape
colony, the trek into the TransvaRl, and
the hrst interference Of Great Britain In
the affairs of the Boer Republic. AS,
py reason OF recent occurrence, Ameri-
can travellers are likely TO be less welcome
IN Spain than heretofore, an additional
IN 5erest attaches to the paper on Lights
and Shadows OF the Alhambra by AIRS.
elizabeth Robins Pennell. wife of Joseph
PeDnell, the artist, by whom il Ia fully
| Illustrated. Mrs. Pennell gives a vivid
Impression of the Alhambra in midsum-
mer, including tile life of the people and
the delights and hardships of the tourist.
Prof. Sloane's Life of Napoleon takes
up the Austrian marriage, the birth Of
the King of Rome, and the disastrous
Russian campaigns.
The June Aroma opens it's 10th volume,
appearing in new dress, and being
printed by Skinner, BARTLETT 4 Co. 1t
is an unusually strong number, opening
with brilliant paper by Rev. Samuel
Barrows, D. D., the distinguished editor
of the Christian Register of Boston, on
The First Pagan Critic of Christian
Faith and His Anticipation of Modern
thought. Justice Walter Clark, LII. D.
of the Supreme Bench of North Carolina,
contributes an instructive and delightful
paper on Mexico, the interest of which is
enhanced by several excellent illustra-
tons, including recent portrait of the
President of the Mercantile National
Bank of New York contributes A Pro-
posed Platform for American Indepen-
dence for 1896, which illustrates how
strongly the silver movement 10 taking
hold of Eastern fnancieIs no less than
the mass of voters in the South and West.
Another paper of merit, on Bimetallism
appears in this number by A. J. Utley
1t is able and from silver point of view
very convincing.
In the June Popular Science Monthly,
David A. Wells describes taxation in
Egypt both before and after the reforms
introduced by England. The Metric Sys-
tenn is discussed in a series of letters by
Herbert Spencer, and great many facts
to its disadvantage are shown. There is
a second article on The Monetary Prob
lem, by Logan G. MCPHERSON, showing
how the experience of other countries
might be availed of by the United States.
The article on the woman question pub
lished last month is replied to by Alice B.
Tweedy under the title Woman and the
Ballot. DR.. J. w. Spencer follows his
account of How the Great Lakes We're
Built. DR.. Edward II. Magill presents
some suggestions on Coordination of
our Educational Institutions K. w.
Shufeldt Nj. D., writing on Frogs and
their Uses, represents the solemn batrn-
chan as a valuable neighbor to man.
Under this title Why Progress is by Leaps
in making the next more fruitful is
pointed out by George lilies. Prof.
William r.. Newbold discusses Postbyp-
MOTTO and Criminal Suggestion, and con-
cludes that hypnotic subjects could not
easily be made to commit crime.
The complete novel in the June issue
OF Lippincott's is From Clue to Climax,
by Will N. Harden. 1t is tale of MUIR
der and hypnotism. in which an extreme
ly able detective and physician of the
new school join forces to clear the inno-
cent and run the guilty to earth.
The Bookman for June, which is lust
out, sustains it's remarkable reputation
for freshness of interest in all its depart-
ments. The illustrations are especially
interesting and valuable in this number.
particularly those accompanying an arti-
Gle of exceptional Importance by the we'll
known London editor, Mr.. Clement K.
Shorter, on Mrs. Gaskell and Charlotte
Bronte. Some of thess are from rare
portraits and drawings, and have never
been published before An article on
Canadian Feeling toward the United
States will attract attention. The Liy-
Ing Critic dealt with this month is Mr..
Coventry Patmore, of whom there is n
portrait. The latest books are we'll rem.
resented in the reviews, notably Mr.
Aliens Summer in Already, Mr.. Fred
cries Damnation of Theron Ware, Mr.
Crockert's Cleg Kelly, and Miss Wilkins
Madelon. Kailyard Literature disposes
of the recent accumulation of Scottish
novels, and Ian Maclaren contributes two
more chapters of his novel, Kate Car
negia.