Literary Notes

The June Arena comes as usual fuil of piquant discussion of alive and up-to date questions of interest. A very forcible and striking paper, raising a Homewbat peculiar question, is B. O. Flower's trenchant critieism of certain features of the marriagre laws, which liu claims foster prostitutiori within tho tnarriage relatlon. Krail Richter considers certain phases of the Industrial problem presentod in the Brooklyn trolley strika Prof. Frank Parsons of the Boston University Law Sctiool cor.tributes a very valuable Study of the lighting of cities, called "The People's Lamps," in which he make3 a Btrong argument for munioipalization of the electric light service on the grounds of economy. "An American Girl,'' who says she has studied art for tvvo years in Paris, asks the question, "Shall Our Younü Men Study in Paris," and concludeg that the moral atmosphere of Parisian studios is bad for them.- Arena Pub. Co., Boston, Mass. The June.Atlantic containing installments of the two leading seriáis by Mrs. Ward and Gilbert Parker, also a short story of frontier garrison life, by Ellen Mackubin entitled Rosita Another bit of ttction of unusual character and interest is, Through tho Windows: Two Glimpses of a Man's Life. Other excellent articles, poems, book reviews, and the usual departments complete the issue.- Houffhton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, Mass. Th 3 current number of the Eclbctic Magazine presents a great variety of papers, opening with a discussion of 'The Relation of Language to Thought," by Mr. C. N. Barhara. A most practical and interesting article by Lady Priestly follows on the ''Fenalties of Ignorance." vvhich it would be well to put in the hands of every housokeeper in the land. Another domestically inclined number is "The Home Life," treated by Fhyllis Browne- in "The Committeeof the Whole House." Of interest to good citizens in any country is the article on "Glasgow- A Model Municipality," showing excellent ideas and their practical useiathe governmsnt of this Scottish town. Miss Balfour's pictures of travel in roughest África, entitled "Twelve Hundred Miles in a Wagon," are more than interosting.- Published by E. R. Pelton, 144 Eghth Streets, New York. Ternas, $3 per year. ,i..l William Deau Howells gives his exxperiences with the begging fraternity in two papers written for The Century, the first of which will appear in the June number. Mr. Howells discusses the question of charity to street mendieants from a new poinc and with grêat frankness.- Century, New York. The West may well be proud of eo sterling and wide awake au organ as the Overland Monthly and our sister Republic of Hawaii may well rejoice at so generous a hearing as is given in the current June number nearly every Hawaüan topic of interest is most ably treated matter. All of the leading men of the islands being represented. Among the notable articles and writers are: Kalakaua's Trip Around the World; Wm. EI. Armstrong, Ex-Minister to King Kalakaua. Ilawiian Climate, Curtis F. Lyons. Hawaiian Educational Standard; Hon. vV. R. Ca8Ü8, Pres't ' Board of Education. Hawaiian Commerioal Development, Thos. G.Thurm, State Statistieian. Pratical and Legal ' Aspects of Annexation, Chas. F. Swift, Esq. Will it Pay the United States, Hon. Peter C. Jones. How Has Hawaii ome Americanizad í Uev. Sereno E. Bishop. The Sugar Industries of the Hawaiian Islands. Ooffee Culture in Hawaii. The Hawaiian Oab'e. Then and ÍSTow, etc.- Ovarland Pub. Co., San Francisco. Ca'.