Literary Notes

Cassell's Family Magazine for June contains much to interest the general reader. The illustrations are very plentif al. There are sixty-four pages of neatly printed matter in the DUmber before us ; it is only $1.50 per year, orló cents per munber. Cassell & Co., 739 Broadway, N. Y. Some of the contents of the Popular Science Monthly for June: "The Sins of Legislators," II., by llerneit Spencer; ' The Pole and Wire Evil ;" " The Chemistry of Cooking; " Physiology vs. Mctaphysics;" "Arnold Henry Guyof," by Prof. W. H. Scott i " Geography and the Railroads." Single numbers, 50 cents. I). Appleton ifc Co., N. Y. City. Cassell &Compauy, Limited, ïf. Y. city, have published by special permission the li National Academy Notes,1' which include a complete catalogue of the 59th spring exhibition, of the National Academy of Design, New York. There are 122 illiistrations, llöof them reproduced from drawinga by the artists, personal notlceí of the artists, a brief history oi the academy, etc. TheEnglish Illustrated Magazine for May comes to us with eiglit papers. The more fully illustrated ones ure " LaceMaking at, Nottingham," with exceptionally fine wood engravings of lace woi-k; "The Industries of the English LakeDistliet,'1 and "Am Unsentimentitl Journey through Corowall " 15 cent per nnmber, or $1.50 per year. M icmlllan & C., New Yoik city. We are in receipt of Vol. I, No. I. of ;i new monthly magazine called "Home Soience." From its uppearance and general make-up we suspect it wus modeled alter DioLewis's Monthly; it is, however, none the less to be referred to as a public ition which will furuisli a large ainount of very useful infOrmatton and reading to the home circle. The opening nuinber lias a fine list of contents. $'2.50 per year, or 25 cents per number: S. R. Hopkins, 29 Warren street, N. Y. city. Tlie June Century contains the following somewhat fully illustruted. axticles: "A Viench-American Seaport," by S. G. W. Benjamín ; "öaiwta mn ir.-,,.,, " "American Wíld Animáis in Art, "and "Comnierce in tlie Colonias." The l;ist two are by Julián Huwthorne and Edward Eggleston respectively. Among the other papers is tliat entitled "Wliatisa Liberal Education ?" by President Eliot, of Harvard, and a " Diary of an Atuerf can Qirl in Cairo during the War of 1882," by Fanny Stone, with an Introduction by her father, Lieut.-Oen. Charles P. Stone. Elbridge Kingsley, the engraver, has an original full-page wood engraving. The number is a good one. Lippincott's Magazine for June o pens with an illustrated paper on Raglán Castle, the fluest ruin In England, and oneof t!ie richest In historical assoeiations. W. II. Scbnyler discusses the subject of "Acadeuiy Endowments." Dr. Félix L. Oswald continuos his papers on "Ilealthy Homes," The concluding paper on " Shakespeare's Tragedies on the Stage " describes the acting of Forrest, the eider Booth, and Macready, and contrasts their qualities and methods. "Voyaging on the Savannah," by Charles liurr Todd, is a giaphio and lively artiele, and " Mimicry in Animáis," by C. F. Holden, contains much that is striking and interesting. "Winifred's Letter" and "A Itailway Problem " are entertaining short storiei. A new serial, by Mary Agnes Tincker, will be begun in the July nuniber, whloh is the iirst of a nevv volume.