The feature nowadays of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine is the complete
novel which appears every month. The place of honour is given in the new number to "I Professional Beauty," by E. P. Train. It supplies in autobiographical form the story of an
American girl who comes to this country to conquer London Society by her personal charms, perceives its cynicism and thinly veiled immorality, has her triumphs and misfortunes, and finally (of course), marries the American lover of her girlhood. Miss Hilliard is quite frank as to the tricks of her (temporary) trade, iemuch given to italics and French phrases, and has no compunc- tion in telling how at a bazaar she "wore a gown of jetted lace, cut tremendously décolleté." The story is not pleasant, but it is undeniably clever. Of the miscellaneous articles in this number of Lippincott, the most interesting is Mr. Francis Loomis's "Americans Abroad." It is very matter-of-fact, but contains a remarkable amount of information in a condensed form.
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