Scribner's Magazine. (Scribner's Sons, New York ; Warne and Co.,
London.)—It is sufficient to say that the second half-yearly volume for the current year is as good as its predecessors. The magazines of to-day run such a close race with each other in the excellence of their literary matter and their illustrations, that it is difficult to place them. Scribner's certainly must come into the first class. "The Master of Ballantrae," the tale by Mr. R. L. Stevenson (the conclusion is to be found in the volume before us), counts for much, and there is a variety of other excellent articles. "American Caricature" will be a new and interesting subject to readers on this side of the Atlantic. Indeed, it is no small part of the value of the magazine that American subjects are so prominent in it. Perhaps the most important paper is Mr. J. Russell Soley's paper on "The Effect on American Commerce of an Anglo-Continental War." We may also mention "Electricity in War," two papers dealing with naval and land warfare respectively. There are two papers interesting to anglers, dealing with fishing in the Nehijon (the States are driven to Canada for trout, and possibly may find another motive for annexation) and in Florida. The Florida fish is the "tarpon," a huge creature often as much as six feet long, and weighing more than a hundred pounds. Altogether, this is a most readable volume.
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