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Show Literary Xolea. gUltM ilagahnt Is h .ptcial ?.r?.nd.1rn,y "unber. Almost all bf the illustrated articles, and man-articles, man-articles, brtlde. are cakUIated toap-pail toap-pail very fortibly ta tlie greHt thrctir M Veterans which Is to gather ia Uoston In the early days of August, The frontispiece is a icrtrait of General I;an, most lopular of all the volunteers; and the numi-eralso crintalnsa fine portrait cf General fcherman, from a recent photograph. The opening article Is on the Grand Army of tho Republic, by M,jor George S. Meriill, one efj the past ccmmacdcrs - In - chief, I and is enriched by portraits of all tho sucecsslre commanders down ! ! General Alger, nud by other valuable IlltutraUons. Thu article which follows this, on the Woman's Relief Cori, by Mrs. Sarah J-;. Fuller, one of -the former president, presi-dent, is accompanied bj- irtraits of all the presidents from IS.S3 to the present- It is the record of a noble I work, and should be read by every AsEsHcstt wotiian. An altlUe M. the Massachusetts Soldiers' Home, by Captain Jehu G. Ii. Adams, is j runy illustrated. There Is a striking 1 siion ory, L-niuieu "Two union Men," prrsenticg a tragical phs'H or slavery lire! :ihd twtj "oemsof the htimber, "Too jllvoda!: of Sher-rjistl's Sher-rjistl's Army" .livj "Tl-5 Trrod dohlict.-," itio i elated io t'.b Tar. Mr. Hale's Tatry at Home gossip if this month very latrlotlc, having to do chiefly wIUi thu Fourth of July. Mr. Rij-mond L. llrldgmau has a sharp nord on Political Dangers lit Masiaeliue-tts, Inspired moru or lesA I.y lh Wert etid alHIr. TltO gradtiatiotl ess-tj- of Miss Sylvia Clatk, tbo recent win' her of '.lie IMnbili JltraiiVi fir.l i'.flie for Kngli-li coiiliositioii, is published In this mntiUr of the Xeie IZirjlarid, aijd a pood Pttlo essav It l.s dn this Higher Kilbcuiloii of Women In America. Husea I."aill dlctisses the land.systen of the Westcrp Mescive in t.'hlii. fotiuilj by Connectlrit people. 'Iht-rulsn Ihougiitful article ou Horace Maun, witli an excellent lortralt; and there are still other interesting tllfmSB tMSblf,'. II. Id til,, t,t M.t varied and striking number of this new magazine which hasyitap-peareil. hasyitap-peareil. A variisl table uf contents is set before the reader of the August nutnlKrrof3"Ae .VortA American Jic- feir. No oue w ill fail to read Willi Interest what General Sherman has to say about "Our Army anil Militia," whleli l Uie leading article of th" linmUr. The Hiier mit slrihiiiK reattiie of the number CQtislsts ofa Lrace of articles called forth by tho contribution of a lending lend-ing Republican ("r. M. C."' iu The f't fcir for Jul IU refereui ' to the new ruies of the ili.us of Reprcsentative-s. One of tlii'se Is a j defense r.f his ou n otioli and that! of tin Houe, by Speaker Rei; the other b furnished by a democratic ' leader, who masks lilmself leliind the i-setniniiym "Jndi-x". Two jeill-tiea! jeill-tiea! topii s are ahlj treated by the Hon. John Russell Young, formerly Uulleil Suites Minister t" China, who write-a of "Ami rican Infloi-nre In China." and by lirasttis Wlmah, who urges thrt tbo tjm? !i come 10 capture uauada" not by a war, however, tiut by unrestrlrteii commercial reciprocity. Gall Jlimll-tou Jlimll-tou ftitnishi'S a characteristic aj.vr on ''Sociitj- Women IteforeChri.t." Dr. Paul Gibier, Director 01 the New VorU iMstenr Institute, discusses dis-cusses "The Pasteur Treatment," while Dr. William A. Hammond, e-xSurgeon-Geiieral of the United States Army, iu "F-ils-e Hj-drophc-bia," shows the difference between the dlsttse and the numerous ea,s that simulate It. Mine-. Itlavatsky glvi-s anai-ccutlt of -rtee-ent Progress Pro-gress in Thecsophy."' The Hon. The-rli.re it-osevi-Jt wiite" Ort cmi.rcot the in)x rtHiiivi. ntiiletic Siorts for the full development of the physical nun. and denounces as It deserves ' "Professionalism' in Si-orts." A n eiile raining ai-roiiut ".ii?. tii riHiiiiii&ier voiie-y-Is coutritaitcil by Dean Rradlej-(Dean Rradlej-(Dean StauIej-' successor) ami Giant Allen, iu "Prickly-le-ar," b-lU some surprising facts atut this variety of cactus. Several topics of general intervslarebrklly treated ill thu deiertmeut uf Notes and Comments. August PuVc Tu'M is utiumally interesting. In this 11uml1erF.il. 11. te!ls "11-jw to A void the A 11-xietiis 11-xietiis of August;"' Mrs. Itrer oirers her culinary aid to secure thu I U-st 'Pickle and ("olsu-;" Carrie I Maj- Ashlun draws two life A, tures I of -IJiKinling and Hou-kee'piiig;" .Mrs. Gnjsoii rriile-s "How One: ..oiner ..imiagcti ner iwys," anu the e-omuion-sensu ide-as therein suggested should aid many an an-xlous an-xlous mother. Mrs. Rorer gives another menu foi"A Dollar Dinner for Four Peeiple.V and sIiowh how bi irepare it; al-o menus fur the entire month. Tillie Mayl-urm-y compare-s the "Kitchen of To-Day ivllh Vvste-rdaj-," and describes the Fashionable Lufichiou and Tea Teil!rt-. I"m.-ms by Wm. Struthers ami Mr. A. S. Re; Fashionable Crazes, tiy Kate Calherwcsjd; Capricious Ca-pricious Washington, I.y IC. R.; Suggi-ions for Table Service, etc. coini.Ietethis nunitsT. Taife Tall PntiM-liIng Couipaiiy, l'llTChcstuut Street, i'hiladelpliia, Ta. |
