Literature. SEPTEMBER MAGAZINES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2230, 23 October 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

Literature. SEPTEMBER MAGAZINES.

Tke English Illustrated Magazine brings its two serials to a close with the conclusion of its third volume. The frontispiece to the volume is given with this number ; it consists of a finely-executed engraving j from a picture by Mr G. L. Seymour, entitled "A Sheikh." Miss Alma Tarlema's paper on fashions in hairdressing from Roman times should be interesting to lady readers, though they are scarcely likely to admire all that are depicted in the illustrations. A paper on "Dogs of the Chase," by Mr A. B. T. Watson furnishes a subject for some clever drawings by L. Wain. —The article in Harper's Magazine entitled " Working Men in the British Parliament " will not lose any considerable proportion of its interest from the fact that some of the subjects are no longer permitted to write M.P. after their names. Tne twelve portraits are exceedingly well done. Another wellillustrated article deals with the artistic bronze work of Ferdinand Barbedienne, while a third is on the subject of shorthorn cattle and is accompanied by portraits of notable pedigree stock. There are two complete stories. — The Leisure Hour has a long and interesting biographical sketch, with a portrait, of Sir J. VV. Dawson, the President of the British Association. The account of a ''Pilgrimage to Sslborne " is one of the mo*t faithful descriptions of Gilbert White's village and the surrounding district that has appeared, though, as the editor points out, it contains one small error of observation. — Some facts that are not generally known are given by tho Sunday at Home in its article, "The Pilgrim Fathers of South Africa," which describes the settlement at the Oapi' of Good Hope of some of the Hngiiennls. The " Artist's Jottiugs in the Holy Lnnd 1 * continue to be of great interest. — Readers of Harper's Young People will find this month some intelligible directions for the immgement of sailing boats, as well as a goodly hii'lgct of lively «toiiea, such as "The Ready Rangers' New Member," and " Wilymn Nyce's Earthquake." — Tho Rev, J. G. Wood contributes a pleasant disenption of bird-life to The Sunday Magazine under the title of " By the River." It is charmingly illustrated. Dr. Japp's paper on William I*6llll is mainly occupied with the great Quaker's colonisation of Pennsylvania. A sermon by Archdeacon Farrar on the Queen's Jubilee, and a paper by Miss Ellice Hopkins on] "Triumphs of the Moral Sense," arc also included in the number. — The particulars given in Longman's Magazine of the South African diamond fields will be generally acceptable just now, and the paper on the puma, apparently the outcome of long hunting experience in South Ameiica, is very interesting. The writer contradicts the generally received opinion that this animal is weak and pusillanimous, and maintains, on the contiary, that it possesses a marvellous courage and daring. He is inclined to attribute its gentleness towards man to an effect "which the human form or countenance, or the odour of the human body, may have in suspending its predatory instincts. The paper entitled " Early Newspaper Sketches " n full of curious matters connected with the appearance of the first newspapers and their advertisements. The capital short story ~of the number, •'Mine Enemy," carries us back to the time when Australia was a penal settlement, and its ethic il teachingl is unexceptionable. — The most attractive paper for English readers in The Atlantic Monthly is Mr P. O. Hcrm inlon's continuation of hi 3 observations on the differences between the French and English nations at the present time. As regards the probable future stability of political institutions, he is of opinion that the president^ office will be maintained for a long time in Franr-e ; but the English monarchy, ho thinks, " must bo considered insecure." An c*say on tho late Edwin Percy Whipple, the Boston critic, and a charming Canadian story. " Mademoiselle Joan," arc other features of tho number. — In the current number of the Dublin Univeisity Magizine, Mr Richard J. Kelley, proprietor and editor of The Tuam Herald, replies to Mr Morice's 1 article of the pievious month on "A Peasant Proprietary " as the only solution of tho economic problem now presented, in spite of all that Lady Verney and others have written against the system.

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