The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-04-12

he had almost decided to abandon IL,
when the mere habit.of trying it little
longer kept him to his task. senator
Lodges Story of the Revolution In tnls
instalment gives one OF the most lmpres-
sive accounts ever writtenaof the mastery
retreat that Washington conducted
through New Jersey.
The Lending features Of Harper's Maya
zine for; April are Phctographing q
Wounded African Buffalo, by Arthur U.
Hum beri, illustrated from photographs
by the author and from drawings by Max
field Parrish and G. W. Peters; Old
Chester Tales: l. The Promises OF
Dorothea by Margaret Deland, with illus
trations by Howard Pyle; How to Cycle
| in Europe, by Joseph Ponnell, with ilIus-
trations from drawings by the author;
The Closing Scene at Appomattox Court
House, by General George A. Forsyth,
II. s. A., with illustrations by Il. h.
Zogbaum; The Essentials at Fort Adobe:
Cavalry Tactics on the Plains, by Freder-
ic Remington, illustrations and initial
By the author; Commercial Aspects of the
Panama Canal, by Worthington @. Ford;
England and Germany, by Sidney Whit
man, +. r. g. S., Some Byways of the
Brain. First Paper, by Andrew WILSON,
M. D.. and Wanted--An American Al
dershot, by Captain James Parker, q.
S. A.
The first article in Appleton's Popular
Science Monthly for April is an economic
discussion, by S. N. d. North. of the re-
cent engineering strike in England. The
Electric Transmission of Water Power is
the title of fully illustrated article by
William Baxter, Jr., describing this now
widespread method OF transmitting
energy Criminal Anthropoloev in Italy
is contributed by Helen Zimnern; it is
an illustrated biographical sketch of the
most prominent of the italian criminolo-
gists. The importance which the future
wheat supply Of the world has for civil
ization is pointed out by Worthington c.
Ford, chief of the Bureau Of Statistics at
Washington, under the title The Question
of Wheat. A well-illustrated article de-
scribing A Spring Visit to Nassau Is con-
tributed by Emma @. Cummings; the
curious animal and vegetable population
and the quaint methods of commerce still
existent in this out-of-the-way corner are
described and pictured.
The April number of the Journal of
Medical Hypnotism contains among a
number of interesting leading articles.
translations from the Rev ne de i Hypno.
tism and Revue de Psychologist, of Paris
The articles are by DIR. Liebeault founder
of the Nancy School OF Hypnotism,
France; and DIR. Paul Hartenberg, well
known French psychologist.
The April number of the New England
Magazine opens with an article on the
famous wood engrayer, William James
Linton, who recently died at New Haven.
The author, Mr.. Burton J. Hendrick, is
himself n resident Of New Haven to whom
Linton was long familiar figure, and
his enthusiastic and interesting account
of the varied and busy life of this many
sided genius will be appreciated. Barr
Ferree, the well-known architect of New
York, contributes delightful paper en-
titled Bibles in Stone, describing the
sculptured fronts Of some famous French
cathedrals. Rutland, Vermont, is the
city selected for treatment this month in
this series on New England cities now APP
pearing in this magazine, and her citl-
zens should be grateful that the recount
ing of her history is given into the hands
of Mrs. Julia 8. r. Dorr Mr.. William
1. Cole has made careful study of Bos-
toms institutions for children, criminals,
paupers, and the insane, and in the pres
emit number of the magazine he describes
the city's Pauper Institutions at Long
Island and Charlestown, explaining their
meGnOQ OF management anu polublHg out
wherein they lack. The Story of Dorches.
ter Heights, by the late Colonel Thomas
William Clarke, is true and graphic &C.
count OF the fortifcation of Dorchester
Heights and the evacuation of Boston in
1776. Old Time Factory Life in New
England, by A. K. Fiske,i is a most inter-
esting study of life in a New England
factory village forty-fve years ago, re-
calling the authors own experiences and
observations. A Study in Community
Life. by DIR. J. l.. M. Curry, deals with
the early settlement of Alabama and the
conditions of life which existed among
the early pioneers in that place. There is
brief sketch entitled The Two Cottages,
by Agnes Blake Poor, showing how a
little good taste will make beautiful
| home as cheaply as lack of it makes sure
an ugly one an excellent story entitled
The Other Vagrant, by Ada Elizabeth
Herriok; with several good poems.