Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-09-29
LITERATURE AND JOURNALISM.
THE OCTOBER MAGAZINES.

lts appearance was HufpeTS, winch mas Deefi
awaiting notice for several days. This number
opens with an illustrated history of the Young
Mems Christian Association. Another illustrated
article, six Weeks in Florida, gives us glimp-
ses of st. Augustine, and tho peculiar scenery
along the st. Johns River. There is an amusing
piece of Southern extravaganza from the pen Of
the late VIM. Gilmore Simms, entitled "How
Sharp snailles got his Capital and Wife profuse.
ly illustrated by the artist who furnished the
pictures for the "Raquette club in the August
number. The other contents are "The Detec-
tive; Tale of the Old Walton House, by IL.
Macauley; another chapter Of Frederick the
Great; I" Madame Mere, by Bonson j. Lossing
Literary Forgeries 'The Sacred Flora, "
(part y by NJ. d. Conway; "The Spectroscope"
by Jacob Abbott 1.-THE Jessop's Wish by Mary
N. Prescott; Poems by Charles Lander, and
Annie Green " The Old Love again is con-
cluded, and Anne Furness v and " Anteros are
many readers first turn to, are as interesting as
usual. We receive Harper from Boughman,
Thomas & Co.
Putnam's Magazine, as we have already an
nounced, is to be incorporated with ScriJner's
Monthly, to appear in October. One more NUM-
ber of Putnam will appear, however, to contain
several striking articles. In the present issue
there is good variety Of artices--among others
" Shakespeare in Germany of To-day" by Prof.
]. NJ Hart; "a New Story of General Putnam"
by ]. Franklin Fits; an interesting paper by J.
v. Blake, upon g Folk-Songs y the conclusion
of "Love in Fiji" a story by Mrs Jane G..
Austin, entitled {" The Last Of the proud Pulsi-
fers," and another chapter of Mrs. Ames serial,
"a Woman's Right" which story, we presume,
will be carried over into the new monthly.
Lippincotfs Magazine opens with good
design by Bensel, illustrating Trollope's "Sir
Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite; "The Ghost
of Ten Brock Van Der Heyden" is spirited
story of the spirits, and captally told The first
portion of new tale, Irene" is given; o. s.
Adams contributes an extravaganza, in which he
tells us Blood will Tell y g Prussia-the Ger
man Nation," ''Mary Ann and Chyng Loo" son
the English Hustings," "The Great Monopoly
"A Friends Meeting poems by Kate A. Sill
and Edgar Fawcett, and several other articles
complete the number.
The GALAXY, this month"; should satisfy the ad
mirers of Justin Mccarthy, for beside his Lady
judith serial, he writes up "The King of Prus-
sia, and does it well. Olive Logan asks docs
it Pay to Visit 70 Semitic 2" and after reading her
article we guess her conundrum by answering,
No. In "Wil Murder Out 2" Edward Crapsey
give history of the Nathan tragedy. N. b.
Dennys describes, "In and About Pekin !" Hor-
alto King publishes a number of letters for the
purpose of proving that James Buchanan was
loyal at the breaking out and during the Rebel
lion. Mark Twain's Memoranda" occupy near
ly a dozen pages, and some of them are funny and
some otherwise. There are further chapters of
Overland" and articles by George Ward Mich
OILS, Sarah NJ. B. Piatt, Henry Abbey, and others
Our Young Folks for October contains fur
ther chapters of " We Girls" and How to
Draw; -" How to Travel, by Edward L. Hale |;
and stories and poems by Marian Douglass, Ma
jor Traverse, j. I. Trowbridge, p. G. Hunter,
Mrs. A. M. Diaz, b. Hartley, and other " Young
Folks" writer's. There are prize essays from
"our Young Contributors Puzzles' &c. to
solve, Around the Evening Lamp ana Dua-
get OF good things IN our Letter Box.
food htdM iof octoper, contains It's usual
supply oi excellent articles respecting the pres-
ervation OF health, and much other matter that
is very interesting while useful and instructive.
This is truly a valuable magazine, ana Is iur-
nished at the low price OF S2'oo year. AleNai-
der Moore, boston.
The Lddys Friend Tor the coming month Is
handsomely illustrated, and well hlled with