Literary Notes

TlieJuly number of the Magazine of Yrt contaius m admirable paper by W. lolmden on "Art in Greece," which is a tudy ot' the rouditkms Unit made Greek irt the marvel that t is. There is an exliiisite ful] page picture of "Doves," "rom the pointiBg by Alfred Seifert, one of the doves being u dove-like taaiden. Nature vies with art In the magazine in in interesting paper on "The St. John iiver.1' Cassell c Co., 33 cents a copy, 3.50 a year in advance. A .-tniiifre oversight in our Uevolutionary histories is the subject of a valuable contribución to the July Harper's The uithor. üallard öinith, shows that the iiiiial stroke for freedom, and the most im)ortant incident introducing the Revoluon is geneially ovorlooked or slighted, This is the attack upon Fort Williain and Marv, in Portsmouth lliirbor, X. II., bya band of young patriots led by John Sullivan, afterwards one of Washiugton'a generáis, in December, 1774, four uionths bcore Lexington wasfought,and six months before Bunker Hill. The garrison was surprised, and the entire auimunition seized by au act of dramatic lieroism. The ievs of this nssault caused the greatest excitement in Eogland, and precipitated he Kevolution. The captured gunpowder )layed a critieal part at ]5unker Hill, ar¦mogjnst in the nick of time to prevent a rout. The article is beautifully illustrated by Howard Pyle.