Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-10-30

The November number of SCRIB-
NER is the first of its fifteenth vol
ume. Edward Egglcston's new nOv~
Ell, Roxy" is begun, with All Illus
tratiOn by Walter Shirlaw. The
scene is laid in Indiana. where lived
"Hoosier Schoolmaster" aud other
interesting characters with whom Dir.
Eggleston has made the world famil-
lar. Henry james Jr. has a short
story ia this number, Bret Ilarte o
poem. John Burroughs Il tramping
paper entitled "a Bed of Boughs,"
aud George NJ. Towle a sketch of the
career Of Theirs. The opening illus
trated article is one of SCRIBNER' S
sporting series, certified Canvass
back aud Terrapin ;" by W. Mckay
LafTan. OF Baltimore, illustrated by
the author himself. This paper tells
about methods of hunting which will
be new TO most readers. Mr.. Frank
4. Stockton comes back from the
island Of Nassau with glowing ac~
counts of its winter climate, and n
number Of pictures Of curious and
interesting persons and things
there. Col. Warnings usefully and
amusingly illustrated papers on the
saddle-hOrs arc begun, the first pa
por being devoted to thoroughbreds
and ArabiauS. An article on "Thc
Countess Potocka" gives the romau-
tic life of lady. with whose por>
trait (here reproduCed) every one is
familiar, but Of whose history nearly
every one is ignorant. Mrs. Her
Tick'S article on bees" is sccompa-
MED by thirteen Illustration drawn on
the block by the author, Miss traf-
tons story ellis Inheritance" is cons
tinued, aud tells about THE Cousin
on the Jersey Shore" aud a "a
Game Of Cards. An article by John
G. Stevens on The Erie canar'-in
which he predicts its abandonment
is likely to be as much talked about
rs anything in the present number,
Dr.. Holland writes about "Wo-
mems Winter Amusemeuts," "The
Bondage of the pulpit" and ''lndi-
cations of Progress - The old Cabi-
net contains, among other things, u
letter from l.. Clark Davis on Joe
Jefferson in London" and in Bric-a>
Brac, Frank X. Stockton has a con-
tribution which shows how every man
can become his own letter writer.
lT is A CURIOUS COINCIDENCE that
a leading character 10 Edward Egglc-
ston's novel of "Roxy." begun in
SCRIBNER for November. turns out
to be the very counterpart of Mrs.
Burnett's "Lodusky' published In
SCRIBNER for September.) There is
even bathroom scene in Roxy which
will remind the reader Of a similar
scene in Lodusky. But although DR.
EgGleston's story appears after Lo,
dusky, it was written long before,
and neither writer has borrowed from
the other, Mrs. Barnett has simply
found (or imagined) in North Caro-.
lima the same "type" that DR.. Eggle,
Ston has found Cor imaglned) in lndi>
ana. DE-. Eggleston's character is
called Nance Kirtley. and is thus
described: "Such q face as hers
would have been observed in any
company, but such a face among the
poor whiteys Of rocky Fork, seemed
by contrast miraculous. There was
no fire Of intellect in it; no inward
conflict had made on it a single line
1t was simply a combination Of natu-
raj symmetry, a clear, rather Oricu>
tai complexion and eXuberant health
fulncss, Feeling there was--sensu-
BUSINESS, vanity and that good-nature
which comes Of Seli,complaceucy.
Nancy kirtley was one Of thos1 mag
nihcent animals that are al! the more
magnificent for being only animals
1t Was beauty OF the sort that one
aces among quGdroons and octorOons
tho beauty Of Circassian women,
perhnps,-perieet physical develops
ment, undisturbed and uniformed
LysSoul."