Show Frank Leslies Popular Monthly The completion and dedication of the National Monument to tho forefathers at Plymouth Mass the cornerstone of which was laid thirty years ago gives timeliness to thc wellwritten and beautifully illustrated illus-trated article on The Pilgrim Fathers which leads off the August number Frank Leelies Popular Montlily Arthur V Abbot interestingly describes the new cantilever bridge over the Hudson river at Pough keepsie N Y The Military Road of the Caucasus by P J Popoff gives a picturesque pictur-esque account of this marvelous highway of Russias Asian conquests Ensign Wilkinson of the navy gives a valuable and authority account of The United States Hydrographic Office its Evolution its Aims and its Achievements Other illustrated articles are An Old French City Bourges In the Acadian Land Turcnne Louis XTVs great general etc The short stories illustrated poems miscellaneous essays etc are up to the first f class standard and the new literary department begun in this number promises to be a valuable feature |