The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-08
THE. MAGAZINES.

The Century for August-the Mids1m-
mer Holiday number is also Travel num-
ber-opens with THE I,ordly Hud-
son. by Clarence Cook. and certainly, II
lifelong residence on or near this noble
river could make one Its lit historian. Mr..
Cock certainly possesses that fitness.
which his interesting article fully main
talna. The text is accompanied by n
series Of beautiful drawings by Andre
Castisau. the French American artist.
THESE Illustrations begin with the Bar
thcldi stetue. and include the harioor OF
New York Gen, Grants tomb, the fails
AIDES. and the Highlands. and end with a
distant view of the dome of the capitol
az Albany. This ia followed by a pictur-
esqueIy written and illustrated parer by
Thomas p@ight-iioodeli. John Muir-for
whom Alaska's grandest glacier Is named
writes cQmprehenSively and entef. ain-
ingly Of ''The Alaska Trip" and there
certainly could be no higher authority on
this subject Down 10 Java" is another
travel article Of great interest BY Miss
Scidmore. the author OF "Jlnrisisha
Days" This is followed by "A Day in
Norway" by Horace +. ScGdder. and
Another Day In Norway" by the hate
Hislmar Hjorth Boyeson- In addition 10
all this travel. Lieut.. Gen. JeiIn NJ. Scho-
field gives In Controversies Of the War
Department" unpublished facts relating
TO tKG impeachment OF tGes1N@bt JONI
soa. Gen. Porter gives the zenith Install
men Of Campaigning With Grant" Ham,
lton Wright Mabie has an sppreciative
estimate Of John Burroughs" !llustrat-
ed hy two fine portraits. London at
Play" by El.za beth Robins peuneil. is
written in her customary crisp style. ard
IL charmingly Illustrated with sketches
made on ''Marga;e Sands This Is fol-
lowed by many articles of interest anong
| them What Jenny Lind Did FOR Ameri-
ca hy Fanny Morris Smith ard Char
/ actersstIcs of Jenny Lind" by Henri Alb
! hey. also combinations az the serials.
/ Hugh wynne. Free Quaker" THE DAYS
| OF Jeanne 3'Arc." and TIP the Matter
| horn iu q Boat" The entire number il
/ oas Of great excellence.
| The Quarterly Magazine, roe' Ic-s IN
! its summer number presents a. Attrac-
/ tive table of ce1tes,s. r. opens with a
poem hy Bliss CarHsan. called Above the
/ Gasphereou' This IS followed hy 4 t-ars-
/ lated play By Hermann Suaernann. en-
! ttt,ad 'sMoraturt TEXAS" Folk Songs end
/ Tales From Modern Greece 81 OF great
| Interest 20 AL Interested in folk lore
/ From these Ne learn that the lsopulSr
| forms Of literature n modern Greece arc
/ many and various storyetfes songs
] rtA5les. proverbs ana traditions, frae-
use0ts % national history. all exist and
/ n.
/ sn3 have beer coolest II almost as 70 pidty.
! t-anslatiors into I.ngljsa from these cos-
! icctions - welt as r3U>H received oaaiiv
/ from ratfve Greeks. have been mao. ~
/ Miss Lucy = Gsrnetr. ara have beer c3as-
/ slfSd broadly a. InytaoicEicsl. social ard
/ historical and Al tUcSa selections there
! are examples ot each class. Many =
these poems ard son-cs IN their direct 10 -
/ ara simplicity ar@ n.0st touching areai-
/ Ing With a @.up}e rsthus - tie syv0ua-
| thies q the reader. Tn legends ESQ have
| Qualnt interest. fSrowsjuSS IN FIaua-
lat'' throws snr}e new Nxht 90 cs-tsl II,
! obscure passages in tho play. ana e0der-
/ takes e desns w3r3s. nos As trey are to-
/ tay interpreted. hux sc Shakespeare haa
! tn<ra fu rufnd when - wrota- The Artrsga
! mast - - interest - al students 90 tAe
! great poet Another papsr. Rerv at1rac-
! tive. IS o1s read before tna fsa@to-s fg-owgs-
! irz So-.asy iSxs year J. 81 The Ideals
/ q Nova anhsod TfeI3 nv Tzrov,, ing art TIE
/ Geek rYraYuatfSsS" Sea~e fcrhtds giving
/ :n~ ~rsttra table q e-0rteafs cs sr3S fare
feast ~ good thfnEs Ter seTsrs ~ litera.
tuse, te.t & IS ere - exceptional merit.
THE American Monthly Review q Re-
views - SIS August number gives timely
/ p&rer by Charles :. Caaaat - the NeN
/ Ysrs Journal of CONNER entitled err
| Anatomy 81 ;Ee New 'Ta~ls o. watch = az,
! Impartial explanation - tAe raw sa~gs
s1d revenue measure as t.as5i7 agreed
! uf~sC- Another article q interest IN a
/ Aw@5sers - WASH -gxor state is a Eae-
Carnival IN Puget Sound q" hv Fserns-a =
! NJ VsSai. wh!ch IS a pleasantly written ae.
/ cannt &C tie rsea-t r>ss carnival given q
| Tacoma TIE article g. fully ss1Gssrntei
~ photographs. which. unfortunately