The Portland daily press., 1866-10-23
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The ATLANTIC MONTHLY for November con-
tains variety of articles of interest. Mr..
Hazewelrs paper ON "The Progress of Prus-
sia," displays the writer's usual ability and ac-
curacy; The President and his Accomplces,"
is a singing political article of which Mr. John
sons peculi"r policy furnishes the theme;
@Five Hundred Years Ago." by J. H. Bone, is
pleasant sketch of English customs and En-
glish Life in the days of Cressy and Poitiers;
Miss Halves contributes a pleasant essay on
"Invalidism," and Mr.. Robert Carter reada-
BILE sketch of the late Count Adam Gurowski.
The remaining articles are "Rhoda" story by
Ruth Harper; Passages from Hawthornes
Note Books" katherine Morne," the first
part of a new serial by Miss Palfrey; the clos
ing chapters of Griffith Gaunt;" "AIarshalps
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln;" Reviews and
literary notices aist t iu
In their prospectus for the coming year, the
publishers announce some attractive features.
Among these we note DIR. Holmes new novel,
which is to deal with the New England life of
the present day; series of biographical and
industrial papers by Mr.. James Parton; regu-
lar contributions both in prose and verse by
James Russell Lowell; a series of sketches of
"The By-Ways of Europe" by Bayard Taylor,
who is about TO go abroad, with variety of
tiolAs from many other prominent and favorite
writers.
j GoDEYs LADY's Book for November pre-
sents O varied list of attractions "Out of an
Engagement" is beautiful and suggestive
steel engraving; there is fine colored fashion
plate and several wood cuts, with illustrations
of the work department. Marion Harland,
Mary Janvrin Miss Dorr, s. Annie Frost, and
others, contribute to the literary department,
which contains two Thanksgiving stories this
month. ibng H ie -illI .af.s.e
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THE GALAXY for November first is out con-
siderably in advance of date, and is rich and
varied number. Among the noticeable papers
are Days with Knapsacks," a spirited sketch
by james Franklin Fits; "The Confusion of
Tongues" by George Wakeman, from whose
previous contributions to the Galary we have
had occasion to quotej and an essay ON the
"Estheties of Suicide" by L. j, Bigelow, which
though not resembling it win suggest De
Quincey's famous one ON Murder considered
as one of the Fine Arts" A thoughtful and
instructive paper is the one entitled "E Pluri
bus Unum," in which are reviewed some re-
cent scientific theories on the Correlation and
Persistence Of Force. Several pleasant short
stories enrich this number, as well as musical
little poem by E. C. Stedman, entitled "Surf"
The two serials are continued. The proprietors
send with the present number the first twenty
six chapters of "The Claverings," furnished
gratuitously to subscribers A really charm
ing and well-fnished wood-cut-"Dr Drifting"-by
w. j. Hennessy, forms the frontispiece to this
number