Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-06-14
JUNE MAGAZINES.
The Review of Reviews.

In addition to its usual able news and
editorial departments. the June number
of the American Monthly Review of Re-
views presents a lengthy list of notable
special articles bearing for the most part,
on subjects now before the public eye.
The following list of the special articles
Will give the reader an idea Of their scope
and general interest: The West Indian
Disaster" w. J. McGee: oxford and the
American University" Prof Francis
Hovey Stoddard .'Bowdoin College: A
Century of Service" William |. Cole; /;
Two American Novelists'' Some Books
to Read this Summer Francis w. Hal
sey; 1.-THE New Tide of Northwestern
Migration Conde Hamlin; "A New Era
IN the Southwest" Charles Moreau Harg-
er; Suffrage in the South: Six New State
Constitutions" Chappell Cory; and THE
Queen Regent and the Young King of
Spain," Helene Vacaresco. The various
departments give a large amount of mat
ter which will be appreciated by all who
desire to Keep in touch with the questions
of the day, and who have not the time to
devote to reading many daily papers,
The Outlook.
Just at the time when so many busy
workers are making plans for their sum-
mer outings, comes the thirteenth annual
Recreation Number of the outlook
filed with hints and suggestions. Among
the good things contained in this pleasing
number are: Hunting Big Game with
the Camera" A. G. Wallihan; THE Art
of Camping: \ Womans View" Martha
Conan; Mountain Climbing as an
Organized Sport Charles E. Fay; Win
ming a " Waiter Camp; when You
Meet a Bear" William J. Long; what
to Do When Lost in the Woods George
Kennan; and Behind the Guns James
Barnes. The regular review of the events
of the week is given, and there are sew
eral able editorials on matters of mo-
ment. The book departments are unusu-
ally well filled with the latest news and
gossip from the world of books. Nearly
all the contributions are handsomely IL
lustrated.
The Living Age.
The issues of the Living Age for Juna
have been up to the high standard so
long and admirably maintained by this
weekly magazine Each number present
upwards of a dozen or more contribu-
tions. including fiction, poems, and Sc
iected articles from the leading foreign
periodicals. Chief among the articles in
the June numbers may be briefly EMU
merated the following: Personal Recol-
lections of Cecil Rhodes" Home
Through Siberia THE Harvest of the
London Poor" Art and Free VIII:
Towards New Critque," THE Break
E foStC of ind Art Dol; ;nio
"A Londoner's Log-Book,' Diplomacy -
''Vicissitudes Of the Hero in Drama ~
Puritan's Wife: A Breviate of the Life of
Mrs. Margaret Baxter" Evening on the
Weld" and "A Jacobin Romance" Each
number contains an entertaining depart
ment on Books and Authors"
The international Monthly.
This months number of the Interna-
tional Monthly has a noteworthy list of
ticles presented fully sustain the Month
ly's reputation a leading magazine of
contemporary thought. The articles and
their authors are as follows: Latin
Europe and American Imperialism -
Scipio Sighele; From War to Peace
Henry Rutgers Marshall; "The True
Nature of Anti-Semitism,' Gustav Got
theil; 1.-The Social Life Of Ants Angus
Forel; THE Byzantine Empire and the
Crusades." Charles Diehl; THE Formal
Garden and Its Revival Frank Miles
Day; THE Idea of Beauty" Ethel ID.
Puffer: and 'The International Shipping
Trust" Joseph b. Bishop. The editorial
department, "Chronicle Of the Month"; is
proving to be most interesting and
valuable feature.
Good Housekeeping.
A years subscription to Good House
keeping would be an admirable wedding
gift for the brides of this month. 1t
would assist them over many rough
places, and teach them how to make the
new home what it ought to be. The cur
rent issue caters in an especial manner
to the June bride, among the articles de-
voted to her interests being the following:
THE New Home" Margaret Sangster;
THE Butterfly and Cocoon" Elspeth
Macdonald; Starting Alright Hints on
Furnishing" Elizabeth r. DarrOw; The
Practical Brides Linen Chest" X. T.
Miller; "Our First Home The Fur
nishng of the Kitchen THE Gift Dis
play Marie Eulalie Moran; Hospitality
as a Fine Art" Alice Katharine Fall
lows; "A Bridesmaids Tea" Marjorie
March; THE June Wedding" Lesley +.
Hale; and "A Wedding Breakfast" There
is also a long nst of other articles, sto-
ries and poems, the whole making an Is
sue of marked excellence.
Municipal journal.
"Buenos Ayres: A Progressive South
American City" by Agustin ?. Carbone;
Franchise Situation and Referendum IN
Cleveland" Prof. Edward w. Bemis;
Road Improvement in New Jersey
Henry l. Budd; Municipal Socialism in
Great Britain James Boyle; should
Water be Served by municipalities Frec2"
j. W. Keegan; Municipal Telephones i'll
an English City,, 1.-The Fire Fighters of
the Terrace CITY Convention Of Inter
national Fire Chiefs THE Newest
Thing in Street Cleaning Apparatus" and
Meeting of Massachusetts Highway AS
sociation' are few of the topics dis
cussed in the current number of the Mu-
nicipal Journal and Engineer. This mag
azine is doing a good work in the inter-
ests of the city beautiful, and should be
studied by city fathers and town Off
GERS generally.
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