The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-07
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

opening with an effective patriotic cover,
designed bv Mr. Kenyon Cox, and a
frontispiece portrait of the commander OF
the armies. General Miles. The special
character of the number is continued by
an article, admirable in tone and abund-
ant in information, by General t1tzhugh
Lee, giving the observations and impress
sions gathered by him as Consul General
at Havana in Cuba. and its people ana
government, and the war for freedom.
This is fully illustrated with portraits OF
Cuban rulers and leaders and pictures Oh
Cuban scenes and incidents. General
Miles contributes an article recording his
recent observations of armies and COM
manders in Europe; and this, too. is
very fully illustrated. Stephen Bonsal,
writing from Admiral SIMPSONS flag
snip, the very centre of operations, tells
the story OF the movements and adven-
lures of the blockadiDg fleet, and his ar
G1cle is illustrated from photographs
taken by him aboard the flagship. James
Barnes contributes some stirring Songs
of the Ships OF Steel; L. A. Coolige tells
some heroic stories of Dewey, Sampson
and the other fighting leaders; Joseph
Earle Stevens writes of Manila out of his
own experience as resident there; and
William Allen White, the author of the
"Boyville' stories, in q sketch of real
poetic quality describes the mastering
and departure of the volunteers. There
Is another instalment of Charles A.
Dana's recollections of the Civil war.
In the Arena for June Gen. Bissen of
North Carolina has a paper on Usurpa-
lions of the Federal judiciary in the In
terest of the Money Power, in which he
makes an indignant attack upon the Su-
preme Court of the United States; and
there are articles by John Clark Ridpath
on The Invisible Empire, ana by DR..
David Starr Jordan ON The Elements of
Organic Evolution.
The June Soribner, though made up on
the eve of war, contains evidences of the
impending calamity in several clear and
serviceable war maps, which were insert
ed after the rest of the magazine had gone
to press Well known writer's and artists
will depict actual phases of the war in
succeeding issues Arrangements have
been made to cover the operations by land
and sea. The new feature in the June
number is G. D. Gibson's pictorial rec
ord of A New York Day-morning. In q
series of full page drawings Mrs. Gibson
shows morning scenes. on the ferry, at
breakfast, on an elevated station. and at
home Succeeding numbers will SINH
larry picture Noon, Evening and Night.
Vassar Is the women's college described
in this issue. Margaret Sherwood, a
graduate familiar with the undergradu-
ate life and tradition, tells about those
phases of Vassar that are little known or
understood by outsiders. What big cities
can do with their water fronts and what
Boston has already accomplished by
Transforming unused shore land into Sea-
side Pleasure Grounds is picturesquely
described by Sylvester Baxter. These
beautiful water side parks are fruits of
the genius of Frederic Law Olmstead and
of his pupil. the late Charles Eliot, who
carried out the magnificent system. The
beauty of the parks in summer is revealed
in series of sketches by Walter Appleton
Clark, young artist of surprising merit.
The American Monthly Review of Re
views for June is well illustrated "wer
number" The magazine opens with the
EDITORS review Of the first months cam
paigning IN our contest with Spain.
This is followed by the detailed account
Of the struggle in the Record of Current
Events, and Cartoon Comments on the
war, chiefly from foreign journals The
contributed articles include a character
sketch of Admiral Dewey by Winston
Churchill, two articles on the Philip
pines, and one on Spain and the Caroline
Islands, from missionary point of view
The department of Leading Articles of
the Month also deals with many questions
growing out of the war. Altogether there
are more than eighty pictures of subjects
relating to the present crisis.
During the Civil War an attempt was
made by the Federal government to
blockade the Southern ports, especially
Charleston and Savannah, by sinking
old vessels loaded with stone in the chan
nels leading to the ports. So great was
the secrecy under which the fleet was or
ganized for this purpose that no official
records remain The account of The
Stone Fleet Of 1861, contributed by Frank
T. McKibben to the New England Maya
zine for June was prepared by the author
from Items which appeared In old news
papers and from interviews with persons
more or less acquainted with the incl
dents. His article is, therefore, valuable,
and is of special interest in the present
wartime One of the vessels bought for
use with the Stone fleet was found to be
IN such sound condition that it was saved
for better fate. In 1871 this vessel
helped to rescue the crews Of abandoned
Whalers icebound off the coast of Alaska
Following the account of the Stone Fleet
Mr. McKibben tells OF this Whaling Dis
aster of 1871, when thirty-four whaling
vessels were destroyed and not a single
human life was sacrificed. Both these
articles are illustrated with reproductions
from old prints.