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The opening article in the atlantic Monthly
Tor November is fresh and graphic account of
the Ascent of TakhOma, or Mount Rainier, in
Washington Territory, by Hazard Stevens, the
only person, with one exception, who has ever
climbed this mountain. Kate Putnam Osgood
follows with an excellent poem, Miller Michel
There are two chapters of H. James Jr.'s at
tractive novel. The American; short essay on
Glordano Bruno, by Junius Henri Browne;
lone, poem by c. p. Cranch; and Gen. o. o.
Howard's concluding article on The Battles
about Atlanta. Charles Wylys Elliott dis
cources IN an entertaining way about Pottery at
the Centennial, and is followed by f. ID. Milet,
the Boston artist with very striking and
peculiar story of student life in Antwerp and
Rome, entitled The Fourth Waits. The Fair
of Moses is short Oriental sketch, the last of
the series by Charles Dudley Warner Mrs
Fanny Kemble sustains her Old Woman's
Gossip with much ease and grace; and another
gifted lady, Harriet w. Preston, closes the
number with one of her charming articles on
Early Provencal Poetry. T. B. Aldrich, Edgar
Fawcett, and III. r. Hudson fill out the list OF
contributions with some short poems, and the
sections devoted to Recent Literature and
Music furnish some excellent criticism. The
publishers of the atlantic have issued their
prospectus for the coming year. and present
very strong list of attractions. The magazine
Is now entering on its twentieth year, and
while some of the writers who gave lustre to
Its earlier pages have passed away or ceased to
write, it still counts among its, contributors
four of the greatest names In American litera
ture, which have been identified with it from
the first volume. Longfellow, Whittier,
Holmes and Lowell will all contribute during
the next year, Mr.. Longfellow promising an
unusual number of poems. E. G. Stedman, T.
B. Aldricb, aud other we'll known Atlantic
poets will also continue to write. Mr.. Aldrich
Is to contribute story in three parts, the
name OF which is not announced. Mr..
Howells, whose farce, The Parlor Car,
made quite hit, and is soon to appear on the
boards of the Fifth Avenue Theater. will pub
lish two stories in dramatic form of three num-
bers each; and several dramatic fantasies and
extrvaganzas may be expected from the author
of the Queen of Hearts Mr.. Howells will
also furnish some essays on New England
Country Life. Mark Twain will be frequent
contributor during the year, and may now be
considered one of the regular atlantic staff.
Charles Francis Adams, Jr., is to write a Sc
ries of papers on Colonial History, and G. P.
Lathrop, whose Study of Hawthorne has been
SO warmly commended, some essays on Amer
ican Authors. All readers of the magazine
will be glad to learn that Mrs. Kemble's chap
ters of photographed Gossip are to run
through the greater portion of the year, while
they will await with interest the denouenaent of
Henry James Jr.'s serial, which will be con-
cluded in an early number. Charles Hale,
lately our consul-general to Egypt, will con-
tribute few brief papers on Egyptian Life
Following the plan of Mr.. John Fiske's arti-
Gle on A Librarians Work, in recent number
the atlantic will now have valuable series of
papers on various professions and employ
ments by competent writer's, and these will
afford glimpse of the Work of School Su-
perintendent, New England Farmer, West
ern Farmer, a Managing Editor, Congress
man, a Manufacturer, ETC., etc.
The publishers announce two new and unique
features for the coming year that are likely to
prove exceedingly popular. One of these will
be contributions to each number of original
uuuolC Wy SuCu aUlo COupOStlS dS JUN ~.
Paine, George L. Osgood, Julius Eichberg,
Dudley Buck, and Francis Boot, with words
by some of the most distinguished atlantic
poets. The other is a new department to be
called The Contributors Club which will be
voted to desultory criticism of art letters, pol
itics and society Some of the bost-known
contributors of the magazine will appear con-
stantly, though anonymously, in its columns,
and the publishers say it will be unlike any fea-
ture in other magazines.
In Vide Aaoake for November is given Part
Ii. of a dolls Fair, instructng the boys as to
the articles they may manufacture and send to
the great Dolls FAIR to be held in Boston in
December. All toys sent to this Fair are to be
distributed to the sick children in the hospitals
throughout the country on Christmas day.
This number also furnishes the girls with a
Pattern sheet for dolls entire wardrobe. The
project will teach our girls much In the way of
cutting their own clothing.
The number opens with Thanksgiving sto-
ry, by Mrs. Emily Huntington Miller, Dolly's
Last Night. A. R. Waud gives it spirited
frontispece. 1t is followed by an exquisite
poem by Mary Keely Boutelle, Grandmother
Gray. In A Cocoon Enterprise, Mrs. Jenness
gives an interesting experience of two girls con-
nected with the Kapsas Silk Farm, conducted
by the Marquis de Bossiere. Yamazawa is an
account of one of the Japanese students in this
country, written by lady of whose family be
became a member.
No, vi. of the Poets Homes gives pictures of
Mr.. J. j. and Mrs. S. NJ. B. Piatt, with pie
ture of their residence at North Bend, and fur
nishes several pages of entertaining gossip con-
cerning these favorits American poets and
their home. The serials, Nan, by Mrs. S. @.
Hallowell, and Good-for-NothiDg Polly, by Ella
Farman, grow in interest, and display much
character painting. The boys get good story
in Ghosts and Water-melons, by j. H. Wood
bury, while Aunt Fanny, Mrs. Fanny Barrow
delights the little girls with Funny Little Alice.
Five illustrated poems, Wilmington and his
Cat, Another Way, Pussy-Cat- New, Baby's
Frights, and Little Runaway, together with an
original piece of music, A Turkey Song for
Thanksgiving, Guess Work, Magic Carpet,
Letter Department., S. S. Concert Exercise
complete an excellent number of this fine pic
toral magazine.
Publishers, D. Lothrop & Co., so and 80
Franklin Street, Boston.
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