20 JULY 1895, Page 25

The English Illustrated has descended to the commonest type of

illustrations. The present number contains a story by Mr. George Gissing.—The Portfolio for the month is an account of the Isle of Wight, by Mr. C. J. Cornish.—The Century contains a readable chapter of reminiscences of E. L. Stevenson, by Mr. Gosse, and an illustrated article on paper book-covers by Mr. Brander Matthews.—Efarper's contains an article on some recent American painters, of whom Mr. Tryon seems the most interesting. The reproduction of the picture of a summer dawn suggests a very poetic effect. Mr. Hardy's new story still runs.—Scribner's in- cludes an article on posters in London by Mr. Spielmann. Good and bad are mixed together, with the discrimination to be ex- pected from an admirer of Jan Van Beers.