Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-06-11
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CURRENT bITEEATURE.
In the Century Magazine for June
William A. Collin discusses Sargent
and His Painting, " referring especially
to his decorations in the Boston Public
Library. Nine pictures by Sargent
are reproduced. The frontispiece of
this number is a picture Of Joseph
Jefferson as CDR. Pangloss, painted
by Sargent, and now in 1.-THE Players
New York City. Elizabeth Robins
Pennell writes of ''1he Lights and
Shadows of the Alhambra," well illus
trated by Joseph Pennell, Albert Shaw
contributes 'Notes on City Govern.
ment in st. Louis. . Mrs. Ilumphry
Wards powerful serial, "Sir George
Tressady," continues to unfold. Mary
Halleck Foote brings "The Harahaw
Bride' to an end and one of the Har
shaws gets Kitty. The second part of
James Bryce's Impressions of South
Africa appears and Prof Sloane CON
tinues his Life of Napoleon Bona
parte.' Short stories are contributed
by Winston Churchill, "Mr. Keegans
Elopement,'' and Violet Roseboro',
"Sayings and Doings Of the Todds. y
Joseph b. Bishop writes Of "Humor
and Pathos of Presidential Conven-
tions, j." a timely article. The Bronco
Buster" modelled by Frederic Penning-
ton is presented FROM photographs. It
is new field for the great illus
traitor. L. Frank Tooker, Melville
Upton and William Young contribute
poems. Editorially, the Century stands
for single gold standard for money,
and condemns the trimming" of as
pirants for the Presidential nomina-
tion on the currency question. The
Century says that the people want
COURAGEOUS, able and patriotic man in
the White House, and not one who is
afraid to define his views lest it may
deprive him of few hundred or few
thousand votes. y lin Lighter Vein''
is contributed by Madeline S. Bridges,
Paul Laurence Dunbar, Emily Shaw
Foreman, John Fox, Jr., and Z. Scott
O'Connor
The June number of the Progress of
the World magazine is an unusually
interesting one. In the department of
scientific progress DIR. |. M. Cline
gives the results of careful study into
the climatic diseases, and by colored
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United States in respect TO the diseases
that are common to its climate. Other
matters Of popular scientific interest
are treated, such as the formation of
butter. cheese, &C., by meteorological
growth, the latest uses of aluminium,
and an illustrated description of the
. Aerocycle, :" the new bicycle propelled
by compressed air. The articles on
sni f,,s-a ua nh, .salt Ia
strong this month. The general his
tory of each country of the world dur
ing the previous month is epitomized
in crisp. brightly written articles that
are exceedingly instructive. Any one
wishing to keep up to date on all lines
of the worlds progress can nowhere
find more entertaining instructor
than this we'll conducted periodical.
York.
The frontispiece of the New England
Magazine for June is a picture of Lake
Cochituate, which is one of the sources
of the water supply Of Boston. "How
Boston Gets Its Water is the subj
of the opening article which contains
numerous illustrations Fletcher Os-
good is the author of the paper. Frank
Foxcroft writes of Mount Auburn
cemetery, the oldest suburban cemetery
in the United States. Delawareans
who visited Boston last summer when
the Christian Endeavor Convention
was in session may have visited this
historic burial ground, famed as the
resting place of many notable people.
Mr.. Foxcroft's article is beautifully
illustrated from photographs, and it
contains also an index to the graves of
the noted dead. Other illustrated
articles in this humber are "The Bone
dict Club, " by Julius ii. Ward, "a
Month in an English Poorhouse, !" by
Max Bennett Thrasher, and Historic
Andover, by Annie Sawyer Downs.
Poems are contributed by Minna
Irving, Clinton Scollard. John White
Chadwick, Lydia Avery Coonley and
Frances Hastings. Stories are by
Clara Wood Shipman, Herbert Cope
land and Helen Marshall North. Ellen
Robbins gives "Reminiscences of a
Flower Painter"
Those who are familiar with the
beautiful melodies of Paul Dresser's
composition will be glad to see an eN
cellent likeness of this representative
American ballad writer in Ev'ry Month
for June, whore he is credited with
being the rightful successor to Stephen
Foster, whose 'Suwanee River and
sold Black Joe'' are world famous.
In the same number of this magazine
appears song by Gussie Il. Davis
(author of the "Fatal Wedding'') en-
titled If They Write That Pm For
given. I'll Go Home, which is an an
swer to Mr.. Dresser's now famous song,
entitled Just Tell Them That You
Saw Me. " This magazine certainly
has the famous song writer's and com
posers on its staff, Judging from the
number who have already published
their illusions in lis pages, and while
now and then mediocre composition
slips in, the standard of the music is
uniformly excellent. Other features
of the magazine this month are short
stories and poems, literary, decorative
and fashion departments, many able
editorials, and fully half hundred
illustrations of men and women of the
day. paintings, &c. BY Howley, Havi-
land Il Co., 4 East Twentieth street,
New York.
Committees Named.
State Councillor George II. Woods of
the o. U. A. NJ, has appointed the
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