| Show j r 1MEUOLk Y1 AZ1NE8 t A a t j A l We have spoken ot the dearth of magazrnewriteri it America l Tbl I VantiB not eomacn in the wayof quantity as pf quality < We think a glance over our magazne literature at it is producfed loday will prove r aiily that suchj Jsjofc existe We I pbint to the Century and Harpers Monthly a r magnificent magazine and are proud oftbe victories they have gainea Tn EngU5d They are both splendid periodical hut with all I courtesy we Bay that their success both faprpadd sqolld TIs dui far more to their mechanical excellence than to any library = merit they poaaesa Take these magazines without the attractions which the artist the engraver en-graver and the tkillful printer give them and we tear that they would be found very uninteresting reading I Good evidence of this fact is found in the waning influence of the Atlantic which stands equal wish the others in literary merit Added proof ia the meagre anpport given to the North American Review which seeks to give the very best of American thought butwithout illustrations i There is something about pictures which with a large class of people covers enormous abortcomings in the literary liter-ary way and this popular demand accounts or tbdtiot that we lead the world in magazIne illustration but are a good ways behind other counj e tries In the literarv work furnished by our magazines The ModernAge I |
