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THE MAGAZINES.

| The British Quarterly review for October has
been reprinted by the Leonard Scott Publishing
Co., Al Barclay street, New York. Its contents
are: King Rene of Aujou; The Sects of the Com
monwealth; Jules Michelet; George Buchanan
Thomas De Quincy; The Greek Revolution; The
Social Question in Sicily Contemporary Litera-
ture-History. Biography, Travels, Politics, Sci
ence Art, Bellies Letters, Fiction, Poetry, Theol-
ogy, Philosophy and Philology.
The periodicals reprinted by these American
publishers are Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
and the London Quarterly Edinburgh, Westmin-
ster. and British Quarterly Reviews.
The International Review for November-De-
cember has the following table of contents: In
Memory of John Lothrop Motley-a sonnet;
PRESENT Phases of the Currency Question; The
Non-Drsmatic 10 Shakespeare; Judicial Partner
ship; DR.. Mathew the American War; Islam
and the Ottoman Empire; The Paris Salon;
Schopenhauer's Philosophy; Motleys appeal to
History; Notices of Recent American and Euro
pean Books An Art Letter and notices of Con.
temporary Events.
The November number of Harper is full Of that
varied matter which makes the magazine the
widest in the range Of its popularity of any Of our
periodicals., perhaps Six Of the articles Illus
trated, the opening one, "Ten Years Acqusint-
ance With Alaska, by IL. w. Elliot, has twenty
illustrations, and Olive Logans interesting paper
on Houdin, The King of the Conjurers," and
HaYiet Prescott Spofford's article on ''San Auto
MO De Bexar" having no fewer than eighteen
each. yachting in Blue Waters" is pleasant
reading written by Mr.. I. Robinson Warren.
Part l. of story by Edward Everett Hale, called
Back to Back Story of To-Day" is given;
Mr.. Backmores "Erems OF, my Fathers SIM
is continued; Mrs. Gen. Fremont contributes the
first of short series of papers of biographical
character entitled "a Year of American Travel;"
there are several short stories, the poetry is abun-
dant and the editorial departments full as usual.
The interesting announcement is made that in the
December number a story by Miss Thackery will
begin, and in January or February we may look
for the opening of new novel by Thomas Har-
dy For sale at J. F. Pierces.
The November December number of the North
American Review contains the following articles;
Resumption of Specie Payments, by Hugh Nc.
Cuiloch, Judge w. ID. Kelley, Gen. Thos. Ewing,
David A. Welles, Joseph S. Ropes and Secretary
Sherman; Cavalier de la Sale. by Francis Park
man; The War in the East by Gen. Geo. Is. Nc
Clellsn; The Functon OF Unbelief, by Thomas
Hitchcock; the Southern Question, by Charles
Gaysne, OF Louisiana; Michel Angelo and the
Buonnarroti Archives, by L. Adolphus Trollope
America in Africa, by 0abert Haven; The Stua.
ton in France, by Paris Residents How shall
the Nation regain Prosperity 7 by David A Wells
The Uitramontane Movement in Canada, by Chas.
Lindsey; Contemporary Literature. This num-
Der is published by James X. Osgood & Co., Bos-
ton. The Review in the future will be published
by ID. Appleton & Co., New York. For sale by
all booksellers