article entitled "The Wild Garden." Among the other contents are " The Metric System," by H. W. Richardson; " The Mountain Passes, of the Cumberland," by James Lane Allen; and a timely paper by Charles Eliot Norton on " Har vard College in 1890." Daudet's inimitable story of " Port Tarascon " still holds the first place in the fiction of the magazine; while among the short stories are contributions by Barnet Phillips, Mary E. Wilkins, Paul Carson, and the author of " Cape Cod Folks." Alfred Parsons continues his illustrations of Wordsworth's poems with a full-page drawing to accompany the son net on " Aix-la-Chapelle." Other poems are by Howard Hall, Graham R. Tomson, and Rennell Rodd. Scribner's Magazine for September contains the first of three articles on our New Navy, — the results of the voyage which R. F. Zogbaum, the artist and writer, recently made on the flagship of the " White Squadron," expressly for this magazine; Donald G. Mitchell's very richly illustrated paper on "The Country House," which is written in his most charming style, and is full of his love for rural life; Thomas Ste vens's discussion of the commercial importance and relations of the River and Lake Systems of Africa, — the fruit of his journey to meet Stan ley; a desc1iption of Heligoland (recently ceded by Great Britain to Germany), by one who has visited that picturesque island; one of several papers by Prof. N. S. Shaler (author of " The Aspect of the Earth "), describing the effects which physical conditions have had on the char acter of the populations of various States; an other clear and valuable contribution, by an emi nent Chicago lawyer, to the series on " The Rights of the Citizen; " and fiction, poems, and essays, with a clever number of "The Point of View." The illustrations represent the best work of skilful artists and engravers.
Mr. Lowell's " Inscription for a Memorial Bust of Fielding," though brief, is the most remark able piece of writing in the Atlantic for Sep tember. Dr. Holmes, in his instalment of " Over the Teacups," discourses on the fondness of Americans for titles, and gives a lay sermon on future punishment, and ends it, as do many
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preachers, with some verses. Mr. Justin Winsor considers the " Perils of Historical Narrative;" and Mr. J. Franklin Jameson contributes a scholarly paper on " Modern European Histori ography." Mr. Fiske adds an article on the " Dis asters of 1780," and these three papers furnish the solid reading of the number. Hope Notnor continues her amusing studies in French history; this time writing about Madame de Montespan, her sisters, and her daughters. " A Son of Spain," the chronicle of a famous horse; Mr. Quincy's bright paper on " Cranks as Social Motors;" and "Mr. Brisbane's Journal," the diary of a South Carolinian, written about 1801, are among the other more notable papers. Mrs. Deland's and Miss Fanny Murfree's serials, a consideiation of American and German Schools, and reviews of the " Tragic Muse " and other volumes, complete the number.
California topics occupy considerable space in the September Century. The paper by John Muir, on " The Treasures of the Yosemite Val ley," in the August number, is followed by an other on " Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park," which is illustrated by William Keith and Charles D. Robinson, the California artists, and by Fraser, Moran, and Davies, the sketches being made in several instances from sketches by Mr. Muir himself. The number also contains, apropos 'of the celebration, on Septem ber 8, of the fortieth anniversary of the admis sion of the State, a paper by George Hamlin Fitch, entitled " How California came into the Union," illustrated by a large portrait of General Fremont from a daguerreotype of 1850, and by others of Commodores Sloat and Stockton, Gov ernor Burnett, Senator Gwin, and J. Ross Browne, together with pictures of Colton Hall, Monterey, — the scene of the constitutional con vention, — and the famous bear flag hoisted at Sonoma in '46. A paper of timely interest, prac tically illustrated, is Commander C. F. Good rich's description of "Our New Naval Guns," detailing the process of manufacture and re counting their remarkable efficiency. "TheAnglomaniacs," which has awakened much curiosity and has attracted more remark, perhaps, than any other recent fiction in the Century, reaches its fourth and concluding part, with illustrations
