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 Rh at the United States Military Academy, New York." The author, from his intimate relations with the subject of this sketch, is better able per haps, than any other living man, to give his readers a true insight into the character of that distinguished man;. and this little book will be read with deep interest and appreciated as the recorded opinion of one who speaks with authority. The July number of Scribner's Magazine begins the eighth volume of that periodical. This issue is especially well suited to the season, -.-containing an article on surf-bathing, by Duffield Osborne, in which he describes the peculiarities and dangers of the sport. W. Ham ilton Gibson contributes a charming paper on "Bird-Cradles," which is beautifully illustrated; and Bruce Price writes about " The Suburban House," giving illustrations of houses of all costs from $5,000 upward. The article will be found full of practical hints for those contemplating building a home. Robert Louis Stevenson sends a poem from an obscure island in Polynesia, entitled "The House of Tembinoka;" a promi nent physician of New Orleans tells of a voyage which he took in a slaver, many years ago; the editor of the " Evening Post " discusses the citizen's rights to his own reputation; and there is plenty of entertaining fiction in the second instalment of the striking anonymous serial, "Jerry," the short story by the author of " Expi ation," and the conclusion of Harold Trederic's successful historical novel. The new serial, called " Felicia," by Miss Fanny Murfree, sister to Charles Egbert Craddock, opens the Atlantic for July. The scene is laid in one of the smaller American cities. Miss Murfree's pages are full of clever charac terizations, and there is an atmosphere about the story which promises well for the future numbers. The very title, " The Town Poor," gives one a sufficiently clear idea of what Miss Jewett's clever pen makes of such a subject. This, with some chapters of Mrs. Deland's " Sidney," concludes the fiction of the number. James Russell Lowell's lines " In a Volume of Sir Thomas Browne," and some verses on Wendell Phillips, represent the poetry, and there is also some charming verse at the end of Dr. Holmes's " Over the Teacups."

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In this paper of the series the Doctor devotes himself to answering some questions which have been proposed to him by what he calls "braintappers; " in other words, persons who are always endeavoring to get the opinions of noted men on all questions, from " Whether oatmeal is prefer able to pie as American national food," to "Whether there is any justification for the en tertainment of prejudice towards individuals solely because they are Jews; " and one can imagine the Doctor's comments on these some what varying topics. Frank Gaylord Cook has a sketch of Richard Henry Lee; Professor Shalt r writes about " Science and the African Problem;" and Mr. Albert Bushnell Hart has a paper on "The Status of Athletics in American Colleges." Readers of the July number of Harper's Magazine will find in the second instalment of Daudet's " Port Tarascon " a complete realization of the anticipations aroused by the first chapters. Twenty-four illustrations by the eminent French artists Rossi, Montenard, Myrbach, and Monte'gut, accompany the article. Among the other illustrated papers are Howard Pyle's quaint ac count of "A Famous Chapbook Villain" who flourished in the early part of the last century; "Texan Types and Contrasts," by Lee C. Harby, describing certain phases of life and manners near the Mexican border; a paper on " Social Life in Oxford," by Ethel M. Arnold, with por traits of some well known celebrities at the Uni versity; and Dr. Henry Lansdell's narrative of a journey through " Baltic Russia." including a visit to Riga, Dorpat, and other places not often seen by English tourists. In " Some Colonial and Revolutionary Letters," by Frederick Daniel, the reader is made acquainted with an interest ing collection of old-time letters now in posses sion of the State of Virginia; L. E. Chittenden continues his reminiscences in an article entitled "Treasury Notes and Notes on the Treasury." Robert S. Peabody, in " Architecture and Demo cracy," discusses the influences of democratic institutions upon the art of architecture. The recent revival of Paganism in Italian literature is described by Frank Sewall in an article on "Giosue Carducci, and the Hellenic Reaction in Italy." In the department of fiction, besides Daudet's new novel, there are several short stories: "A Poetess," by Mary E. Wilkins; " The Moon