Munsey's Magazine, July 1893

# Munsey's Magazine, July 1893, Vol. IX

This issue contains diverse content spanning art criticism, biography, and light verse. "The Kaulbachs" by Margaret Freid surveys two generations of German painters: Wilhelm Kaulbach (1805–), known for historical works like Battle of the Huns (1837) and The Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus (1838), and his son Fritz August von Kaulbach (b. 1850), a portrait and costume painter whose Renaissance-themed works gained prominence in the 1870s. The article discusses specific paintings including Mayday, Spring Walk, and The Lute Player.

A biographical profile of Recorder Frederick Smyth, presiding judge of New York's Court of General Sessions, describes his reputation for severity toward criminals and his remarkable judicial record—only two reversals in thirteen years. "A Limited Vocabulary" is a comic poem about a suitor's courtship of a taciturn woman. "The Song of a Stay-at-Home" celebrates remaining in Manhattan rather than summering elsewhere. "In Spite of Conscience" by Matthew White, Jr., begins a narrative about a sickly man named Philander concerned with his sister Maria and niece Elviry (text cuts off).