@25525525 THE 5252525252525252525225 HARPER'S MAGAZINE FOR JUNE HE special literary feature of the June Number is Mr. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL'S paper on The Old English Dramatists, introductory to a series of papers which will run through the year. The Number opens with an article of curious interest by Dr. CHARLES WALDSTEIN on Funeral Orations in Stone and Word. The immediate occasion of the article is the recent discovery, in excavations on the Acropolis, of a remarkable slab with a bas-relief of "The Mourning Athene," an engraving of which serves as frontispiece. The Number is strongly American. Excepting Baron VON KUHN's article on the Austro-Hungarian Army, admirably illustrated by T. DE THULSTRUP, all the contributions are from American writers and relate mainly to American subjects. The Birthplace of Commodore Isaac Hull, by Miss JANE DE FOREST SHELTON, is an interesting article from its association with the great naval hero of 1812, whose portrait is given a full-page engraving from the painting by GILBERT STUART. Mr. GEORGE W. RANCK tells the story of Kentucky's admission to the Union one hundred years ago; Mr. JULIAN RALPH characterizes in a bright and comprehensive summary the peculiarities and 52525 resources of Montana; and Mr. COURTENAY DE KALB contributes an interesting description of the Social and Intellectual Condition of Eastern Peru, with illustrations. A short story of national and patriotic interest is contributed by SARAH ORNE JEWETT, entitled Decoration Day. Another short story, From Leopold's Window, is from the pen of Miss KATHARINE PEARSON WOODS. Mr. HOWELLS's novel, The World of Chance, is continued, and Jane Field, Miss WILKINS's first novel, enters upon an exciting stage of its dramatic development. P'ti' Barouette, by WILLIAM MCLENNAN, with illustrations by REINHART, concludes the series of Canadian Habitant Sketches. One of the most beautiful of the illustrated articles is A Honey-dew Picnic, by WILLIAM HAMILTON GIBSON, illustrated by the author. The Fifth Part of the Danube Series, From the Black Forest to the Black Sea, brings its readers into the picturesque region of Roumania. To this great variety of entertaining matter is added the Editor's Easy Chair, by GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS; the Editor's Study, by CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER; and the Editor's Drawer. introduced by one of THOMAS NELSON PAGE'S inimitable stories. Subscription Price, $4 00 a Year HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK 1665252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252 39 Years in Fulton St. H. B. KIRK & CO. |