THE MAGAZINES. _Kate Field’s Wash_ is dry. _The Arena_ has sand. “Sub-Tragic” is the latest description of Vic. Woodhull’s _Humanitarian_. _McClure’s_ is getting a little weary with its living pictures. _Scribner’s_ has a thrilling article on “Books We Have Published.” _Godey’s_ is very gay in its second childhood. Judge Tourgee’s _Basis_ isn’t business. “It’s pretty, but it isn’t war.” _The Century_, it is said, will insert a page or two of reading matter between the Italian art and the ads. _The Basis_ is out with prizes for poets and sermon writers. It was as certain as the law of nature makes the filling of every vacuum at some time, that somewhere and at some time these people would get their reward. It seems to be coming now. But where and when will be the reward of the people who read what they write? The thought of their fate is all shuddery. Ginger used to be in evidence in magazines and pumpkin pies. Squash is a prominent ingredient now. If _Peterson’s_ wouldn’t mix ads. and reading matter in their books and on title pages the cause of current literature would be advanced. Between Grant’s essays on the art of living and the mild satire of “The Point of View,” it really looks as if the Tattler had come again—a little disembodied for Dick Steele, but in character. * * * * * THE BOK BILLS OF NARCISSUS. “Narcissus is the glory of his race, For who does nothing with a better grace.” YOUNG—_Love of Fame._ _Narcissus: or, The Self-Lover._ JAMES SHIRLEY, 1646. * * * * * PHILADELPHIA, June 1, 1895. W. D. HOWELLS: TO EDWARD W. BOK, DR. 42 sq. inches in Boiler Plate. “Literary Letter,” on What I Know of Howells’s Modesty $4 20 Mentioning Howells’s name, 730,000 times in same (up to date) 7 30 Cussing _Trilby_ (your suggestion) 20 ------ $11 70 Less 2 per cent. for cash. Please remit. * * * * * Die Heintzemannsche Buchdruckerei In Boston, Mass., empfiehlt sich zur geschmackvollen und preiswerten Herstellung von feinen Druckarbeiten aller Art, als: Schul- und Lehrbucher in allen Sprachen, Schul-Examinationspapiere, Diplome, Zirkulare, Preisverzeichnisse, Geschafts-Kataloge u. s. w. Herstellung von ganzen Werken mit oder ohne Illustrationen, von der einfachsten bis zur reichsten Ausfuhrung. Carl H. Heintzemann, 234 Congress Street, Boston, Mass. * * * * *