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Show LITE2AHY. Atlantic Monthly. The Atlantic Montilv for July contains the first installment of the new novel by Henry Jamea, Jr., ''The Europeans," which ie Bure to attract no ordinary degree of attention. atten-tion. A Japauese contributor tells in quaint English a pathetic love-story, j"Mosume Seta Vo; or, Woman's I Sacrifice." Col. T. W. Higginaon, I in "Some War Scenes Revisited," gives the Rip Van Winkle like expenses ex-penses of uue who enters, "as a temporary carpet-bagger, some city wnich he formerly ruled or helped io rule with obsolute sway." Most interesting as well as curious will be found Mr. Moucure D. Conway's accouut of "i he Romance ot a Family." There iB an admirable article by Mr. H. E. ricudder, on "St. George's Company," the principle, prin-ciple, of wbieh Mr. Ruskio has been setting forth during the last seven years in his Fors Ciavijeru. "Nw Honka on Art:' this month treats ot , "The Portfolio" and Lubke's "History "His-tory of Art." A short article bv Mr. Allan B. Matruder, "Tne Will of 1'nter the Great, and the Eastern Question," will be found peculiarly interesting at the preBent time. Richard Grant White's third paper on "Americanisms" is given, and Dr. H. C. Angell contributes an article, addressed to a larre oroDortion ofthe reading public, on "Weak Sight." The poetry of tne month includes a "Song: the Wedding Day," by E. C. Stedman; "Tbe Old Man o( the Mountain," by J, T. Trowbridge; "Kearsarge," by S. Weir Mitchell; "The Dream Fay," by Rose Terry Cooke; "Our Neighbor," by Harriet Prescott Sporlord; and "Midsummer Dawn," by Harriet W. Pre&tnu. The "Open Letter from New York" ia devoted to a description of "society"; in that city. The Contributor' Club is even better than usual. S.ixe Holm's botany and originality are defended, and a household art tragedy is amusingly narrated. Boston: Houghton, Osgood St Co Salt Lake: James Dwyer. |