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NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Harper,s Magaxipe for July.

The leading article of sHarper's Maya
zine" for July will be a narrative of
ssSheridan's Ride" by General George A..
Forsyth. U. s. A., who was one of the
two aides-de-camp whom Sheridan took
with him, and who is the only survivor.
The Illustrations will be by r. F.. Zog-
baum. w. D. HowelIs will contribute a
paper on THE Modern American Mood"
The tenth part of George Du Maurier's
last novel, 1.-The Martian," will bring the
story to a close The second part of
.sThe Celebrities of the House of Com
mons" by T. P. O'Connor, the Irish lead
er. will present a familiar view of Lord
Salisbury, and will give many anecdotes
of Parliamentary life. The article will
be illustrated by Paul Renouard. The
ninth article in the series on White
Mans Africa by Poultney Bigelow, will
be a story of travels and adventures in
Natal, a Colonial Paradise. The Illus
trations will be from drawings by r.
Cation Woodville, and from the authors
photographs. In the first of two articles
on Physics" in the handsomely illus
trated series on the contributions of the
nineteenth century to science, DR.. Henry
Smith Williams will treat the subject as
j It ! relates saa to Wsas Tsrs f9 naoesIg k 1amsa
Parker, United States Army, will con-
tribute an article on ''rhe Military
Academy and National Defence show
the academy at West Point may be more
fully realized through an expansion of
the scheme Of military training which
would make it adequate to .our national
needs. The first instalment will be CIV
en- of a novelette, by John Fox, Jr., en-
titled THE Kentuckians,y which will
deal with the broadly c~ontrasted types of
the mountains and of the Blue Grass
Region. The illustrations will be by w.
7. smediey Tbs second instalment Of
Great Stone Of sardis.' a humorous ro-
nance of twentieth century inventions,
will deal mainly with a submarine jour
ney OF exploration to The North Pole.
are in rare sympathy with the genius Of
the author. The short stories will be
"A Portrait by Cabanel" by Robert G. v.
miss Errita Fleason's Relaxations,' by
e. A.. Alexander, Illustrated by John w.
Alexander, and The Love Of an Ideal,,
Study, by Charles Dudley Warner, viii
discuss the Grant Day celebration in New
York. The Editors Drawer will open
titled 1.-THE Judges Burglar" and will
contain numerous anecdotes, verses n
sketches.
Frank Leslfe's Popular Monthly for
June.
Al important and very interesting his
torical paper is the leading article in
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for
July. 1t is entitled Heroes of the Neu-
trail Ground 1t is written in an attrac-
tive style by John P. Ritter and is pro-
| fusely Illustrated. The same number
contains many other good things. There
| is an article on Syracuse University, by
! Jennie M. Bingham. The markets Of the
| Mediterranean are picturesduely de-
| paper on banana-growing Is by Al. James
Miller. Colonel Nicholas Pike talks about
I his adventures in hunting the crocodile
| and alligator. The Story of a Pass
| port is by Cecil Burleigh; In "A Shelf
of Birds Nests, by Nune-
| her observations among the homes Of
1our feathered friends There are a
| number of good short stories. The abb
| sorbfrffr serial, 1.-THE Catspaw." is con-
| tinued. and the department for u
| people is as attractive as usual
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