The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-09
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

lnaN1uS annual pllgrlmhGoS to poiAVS vi
historical interest, and the destination
| chosen for their third annual excursion of
this nature, occurring the last of June, is
the Philip Country. This includes the
land in the immediate vicinity of Mt.
Hope, Rhode Island, where the most of
Philips life was spent. 1t is therefore,
most appropriate that in the July num-
| Der of the New England Magazine there
should appear description of 1.-The King
Philip Country" by William Adams
Slade. MIR. Slade, in making a careful
study OF the region, has follow ed up all
the traditions and historical associations
OF that neighborhood, and his article is
period of King Philips War. 1.-THE his
tory OF these. aboriginal Inhabitants of the
land, says MIR. Slade, sis pathetically
attractive for in it is found the story of a
dying race. Its great chieftain, the hero
of that terrible war which bears his
nama is now Justly considered as the
patriotic defender of his people, his land
ments of the white man. The principal
places associated with Philips name, and
many memorials Of him still existing are
pictured on the pages of the article.
The complete novel in the July issue of
Lippincott's is Harold Bradley, Play
wright by Edward S. Van lille This
dramatist is no hack, but man of
marked ability, culture, and character;
the rehearsals of his play bring to the
front a brilliant though previously OBJ
scure actress, who proves to be also an
original and charming parsonage. The
scene is in New York, and the story S
Mr.. Van Zile's best work thus far.
Tha Rnuiau of
strong on war to pics. In the July num-
Der the editor reviews the whole campaign
up to the landing of our troops for the
advance on Santiago, showing the precise
part which Lieutenant Hobson's exploit
had in the general scheme; DIR. William
Hayes Ward treats of Hobson's career as
that of the typical young American
student; Mr.. Edwin Emerson, Jr., the
brilliant young newspaper correspondent,
gives notes of his adventurous Journey
ings in Porto Rico last month; and DR..
Max West, the statistician and economist,
summarizes Our New War Taxes in an
interesting article. International Cartoon
Comments Oh Our War with Spain and
the Record of Current Events also cover
the situation up to date.
Richard Harding Davis's first two war
articles for Scribner's Magazine appear
in the July number. They are The First
Shot of the War and the First Bombard-
ment (Matanzas) with snapshots of life
on the flagshi New York Ensign
Boone, who fired the first shot to kill,
write of the war for no other magazine.
Manila and the Philippines, are fully
described by Isaac M. Elliott, who was
Ior three years United States Consul at
Manila. He tells about the climate, the
cost OF living, Spanish misrule, trade OPP
preston, and all those questions which
confront the United States in view of the
| recent occupation of those islands.
Abundant illustrations show the life of
Manila. Captain Mahan (now on the
Strategy Board at Washington) gives his
opinion of the strategy of the great hero
of the Revolution John Paul Jones. Cap
tain Mahan will describe the great fight
of the Bonhomme Richard and Setrapis
In the August number of Scribner's
The first article of an extremely i'm
portant series entitled The Evolution of
Colonies. by James Collier, of Australia,
appears in Appleton's Popular Science
Monthly for July. The prospect of the
United States soon embarking on sys-
tenn of colonial extenson gives this series
special interest just now. A copiously
illustrated article on tho methods and
instruments used in the United States
Weather Bureau for predicting storms
and obtaining meteorological data will
be found in this number. The second ar
ticle of Professor Henderson's series on
the Philosophy of Manua Training, d.
scribing the methods of this very import
ant branch of education, forms one of the
most interesting articles for July.
The opening article of McClure's Maya
zine for July portrays the private and
official life Of Presid dent Mckinley from
the first dawn of the war crisis down al
most to the present moment. Only four
Of our presidents have had to conduct a
war; and how President mckinley con-
ducts one is here related with most in
teresting wealth of detail. The illustra-
tions of the article consist of typi cal war
time scenes in the White House and De-
partments, drawn from life. and num-
Der of excellent portraits from recent
special photographs. Stephen Bonsal,
who was himself participant in it, tells
the story of The First Fight on Cuban
Soil in our war with Spain, and his arti-
Gle is interestingly illustrated from photo
graphs taken by himself. Cleveland
Moffett's account of The Fastest Vessel
Afoat-the "Turbinia," which easily
| makes forty miles an hour-is the narra-
tive of a thrilling and unique experience,
as well as the description of a most re-
markable invention. General Miles, in an
account of his personal experiences as
one of the guests of honor at the Queen s
Jubilee, gives most impressive exhibit
| ton of The Military and Naval Glory of
England. Anthony Hopes novel, Ru-
pert of Hentzau, is concluded in this
number in a consistently fine and heroic
W ay, the interest never pausing too the
| last word.
The July Century "Opens with story of
the Cuban insurgents, entitled BY Order
of the Admiral, by Winston Churchill
author of The Celebrity. 1t is fully illus
| trated by Clinedinst. Another story
| which the Century has in hand for i'm
mediate publication is a Spansh-Ameri-
can tale by Mrs: Schuyler Crowninshield,
| whose book, Where the Trade Winds
| Blow, has attracted attention. The Cen
fury has arranged for series of articles