The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-24
Magazine Notices.

The remainder of the November magazines are out
and the first that attracts our attention is Hafpers
Ne,9 Monthly, which seems TO nave renewed It's
youth in the quality OF its contents The illustrated
articles are OF more than ordinary merit and COM
prise "Beast, Bird and Fish, Mountaineering on
the Pacincr and "a Health Trip to the Tropics,
"a Brave Lady, and sMy Enemy's Daughter are
continued a. also 'srhe New timothy and .'Border
Reminiscenoes.n Ulhe Janissaries,u 'Jonn Clare
the Peasant Poeti and ION Digestion and Foodr are
excellent articles The Easy Omar discourses with
accustomed urbanlty on politicians, and on the
Monument TO Haeck and the Humboldt Festival
An apparently new feature appears in RdrpeftS In
the shape OF an illustrated scientific summary
which adds greatly TO. Its value The magazine Is,
altogether, hno number.
the Eclectic Mog1xpe FOR November presents a
table Of contents which will delight the lovers OF
good reading II comprises Or. Hanna'5 Life OF
Christ ''Roman Imperialism .I4ucrezia Borgia,"
rs the Gulf Stream \ Mythgn "The Poetry Of the
Perod-Mattbew ArnoId-wtlllam Mortlsw sPhil.
lips on yesuvIus,u "A New Theory OF the Universe ~
sIhe Life OF a scotch Metaphy 5ician,n 'The Re.
former OF Messlnan ,'in Articnio Norris, . Not a
Dream,u "He Nv He was Rightr fcuntinuedl
"Britlsn Pears Tne Works At Jerusalem "Nasu-
RAJ Ghosts.u Heat from the M0on,r 'Frhe New Tes-
lament Under New Aspect,n and sketch By the
editor OF M. Rouher hue likeness Of whom onbe,-
fishes the number. There ~ not paper Ia the list
named that is not most interesting.
BlGcktCoOdS Eduburg Magazine for October il a
ine number. "a Year and Day. Ia concluded.
'The Old Monk in the Berry, "Juventus Mundi"
"The War in Paraguay "a Great WING J0urnaltstt
and "Cnsrles Reaue's Novels make up the sum
total OF the contents excepting "Cornelius 0Dowdp
who furnishes four short, pleasant reading articles
or the papers named that on Paraguay and that on
Reade's novels are the beat. The latter is note
worthy on account of its keen analysis % the
authors genius. IL IL written la very impartial
spirit.
OnDdd FOR November IL very good. 'rThe TatO
Plantr IL instructive paper "A Talk About
Tops" Is clever contribution subject not often
discussed in magazines; CHRONICLES or Saratoga y
"a Night in Siberia, Attacked by Sunk-Potsr "a
queer ttel sShaven and Sh0rn.u The Curse OF the
Custom House, very good article; 'Ghancell0rs-
yillcu the continuation OF General de Peyster's adj
mirable review OF that battle; "The Norman Mon
sters - "lwo Heads Better than one, ~ "More Peril
than SPORT excel Hauling Things Worth Think.
ing orr and scTraes,u together with several poems
OF merit two OF which form subjects for illustration,
comprise the contents. 0prdyd improves with each
number, this being very readable one.
The ola Guard for November. contains several
readable articles among which we note "Regous
Disunlon sure to Result IN Political Disunion."
."Down Among the Dead Men" edith Ellssou,n
"The Early Christian Orators and Their Age,n "The
Use ana Abuse OF Journalism and one or two
others. This number OF tho Oh Guard u unusually