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BOOK NOTICE, Magna Charta Stories. Edited by Arthur Gilman. Illustrated. Boston: D, Lothrop & Co. Price $1.00. ‘he twelve stories here brought together, the work of nearly as many ‘ popular writers, are intended to illustrate the persistence with which the idea of freedom has been pursued through the centuries from the earliest historic times down to the days of King John and the Barons. ‘They are written in a bright and popular style, and with a strict. adherence, where it has been possible, to the faets of history, Anna Laurens Dawes relates the story of Judas Maceabeus, ”' he Hammer of the Gentiles,” and his successtul conflict with the oppressors of his nation. Aimanda B. Harris presents anew the legend of “Horatius at the bridge;” the editor con- tributes three interesting articles, —«M ilti- ades at Marathon,” “In the Germon Woods Long ago,” and “Out of the Dark;” Lizzie W. Champney, ina sketch entitled “Two Immortal Names,” tells the story of Leonidas and his three hundred at the pass of ‘Ther- mopylw; Rose Hawthorne Lathrop in *“lhe Barbarian’s Overthrow,’ describes the battle of Chalons between the savage Huns under Attila on one side, and the Goths and Romans on the other; Susan Coolidge has a sketch ofthe siege of Syracuse two thousand years ago, and Harriet Slidell Mackenzie gives in briet but effective from the story of “Magna Charta’? ‘fhe volume is hand- somely bound.and will be illustrated, and will be a welcome addition to the library of every boy and girl who delight in historical reading. Mrs. Burnett’s story, ‘““lhrough One Ad- ministration,’ whieh has steadily grown in interests, reaches an effective and tragic con- clusion in the April Century, ‘which com+ pletes Volume X XV. of the magazine. he third part of “A Woman’s Reason,” Mr. Howell’s new and striking story, reveals the heroine Helen reduced almost .to poverty after the settlement of her father’s estate. She writes an explanatory letter to her sailor- lover, Robert Fenton, who went away with the feeling that he had been dismissed; and Lord Raintord appears again upon the seene, A short story, entitled ** Anastasia,” with an Italian heroine and an American hero, is contributed by H. H. Boyesen. Stedman’s essay on “Emerson,” the most important article in the number, reaches the high-water mark of literary criticism. It is appreciative and discriminating, and deals mainly with Emerson as a poet, Accompany- ing the article, as frontispiece, isa fine engraving by Cole, from a photograph ofa daguerreotype of Emerson in the prime of life, which is instinct with ideality. “At Sew’ is a study of the realism and grandeur of the ocean as observed by John Burroughs from the deck of a steamship, and descrioed in his fresh and picturesque way. Equally noteworthy is. to accompany full-page engraving of a steamer at sea, which was drawn with the graver by Elbridge Kingsley. Ellice Hopkins contributes a scho.arly article on “he Song of Songs,” in which she discusses the Canticles from the point of v.ew now generally accepted in biblical criticism; and H. H. (Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson) follows up her paper in the March number, on the village of Oberammergau, with an entertaining account of the Passion Play. Most conspicuous among several profusely illustrated articles is Ben Perley Poore’s description of ‘lhe Capitol at Washington,” including anecdotes of famous men who have been leaders in Congress. In ‘* Plotters and Pirets of Louisiana,’? Mr. Cable otters the most facinating chapters yet printed of his Creole papers, the principle feature being a graphic sketch of the pirates of Barataria, whose leaders were the notorious Lafitte brothers. A richly illustrated sketch of “Eugene Fromentin’? (which includes a review of the recent biography of that artist and xuthor, by Louis Gonze,) is contributed by Henry Eckford, Charles G. Leland has the assistance of Mr. Pennell’s pencil in his article, ‘Visiting the Gypsies,’’ and usalzs to bear his profound knowledge of the cus- toms and language of those civilized nomads, An article with curious illustrations, appeal- ing notalone to sportsmen, is Barnet Philip’s account of “The Primitive Fish-hook.’ The poems of the number including “Remonstrance,”’ by the late Sidney Lanier ; a sonnet in honor of “Salvini,’ by Robert Underwood Johnson, and, in ‘‘Bric-a-Brac,” four “Rondeaux ot Cities,” by Grant, who satirizes the chief attraction imputed to the typical belles ot New York, Boston Phila- delphia, and Baltimore. In ‘Topics of the Time” are editorials entitled “A Great Metropolitan University,” “Slave or Master??? and “The Press and the New Reform,” meaning civil service. 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