Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-11-18


zine" is commenced new volume of that standard
serial. 1t is supelfuous to dwell upon its many
exceences as a popular monthly which have
won its deserved appreciation throughout the
continent. The features which have ensured the
brilliant success of this magazine will be contin
ued, and every effort made to sustain its old time
reputation. The number opens with four old
Christmas poems by Ben. Johnson, Geo. Wither.
5. T. Coleridxe and Giles Fletcher finely illustra-
ted. 1.-TWO Hundred and Two" is a characteris-
| tic story by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. NJ. d. Con-
way has descriptive article "England's
Great University" with numerous illustrations
of Oxford scenes and characters. "Knoware"
is a pleasing bit of satire by Rose Terry
Cooke, on the prevalent tendencies of the age.
1t has a number of humorous illustrations. Gen.
A. l.. Chetan contributes paper on The Red
River Colony" now the province of Manitoba,
dealing with the early days of the settlement.
Lucy White Lille writes of "Mendelssohn and
Moscheles," giving interesting sketch. illus
| trsted with portraits of the leading German COM
posers. Charles Barnard has article descrip-
| tive of silver mining operations, snd 4. H.knight
| paper on The Mariners Cautonary Signal"
Ex-Governor Hoiatio Seymour in a contribution
entitled "Ctime and Tismps," advocates fog ing
as substitute for Imprisonment in certain cases.
| There two other short stories, ''IIelen," by
| Alice Perry and "a Rescue from Cannibals," by
Mrs. Frank Mccarthy, and instalments of the Sc
| rails "Macleod of Dare" and The Return of the
Native" are given. The remaining prose con-
| tents are "Some Peculiarites of Yellow Jack, -
| by DIR. T. NJ. Coan, and "The First Railroad in
China" by A. A. Hayes, Jr. The poets of the
| number are Win Wallace Harvey, Francis l..
Mace, w. ii. Babcock, Paul Hayne and Z. S.
Phelps.
The December Scribner contains fiction by four
| of the leading American novelists, viz; Mrs.
Burnett's "Haworth's:" The Great Dead wood
Mystery" by Bret Harte; IAN Irish Heart" q
pathetic Oldport story by T. W. Higginson, and
| the fifth instsllment of Mr. Boyesens Falcon
berg" The illustrations of D.. Brewers fourth pa
per on"Bi,d Architecture, The Humming Birds
are regarded by the managers Of the Monthly as
among the most exquisite cuts yet published by
| the Magazine. "Thc Cliff Dwellers,' by Emma
chamberlain Hardacre, embodes the latest discov-
| cries regarding the ruins Of the San Juan region
CARIBOU Hunting" is described in a personal mar
rative by Charles G. Ward. The Douglass SOUR
rel of California" has found friend in John
Muir, who writes with enthusiasm and with rare
knowledge of this little forest-planter. There i,
also q sketch of Dora DIstria," the eminent phi
lanthropist and social writer Wallachia, with por
trait after Schiavoni In public discussion are imel,
papers by experts The Nationsl Bank Circula
tion,' by Professor w. G. Sumner; "Are Narrow
Gauge Railroads Economical by Lorenzo Nj
johnson, an engineer who has built both broat
| and narrow gauges. and painters view of car
at the Paris Exposition" Poems are contributed
by "H. H." l.. Frank Taylor, "a new poet. Ann,
Katherine Green, and Henry S. Cornwell
DIR. Holland discusses The Prudential Ele
ment," Literary Materials and Tools, "Socia
| Needs and Social Leading" Home and Socie
| ty" has a sound instalmeRt of Hints to Youns
| Housekeepers," and account of The Materni
ty Society"
The Westminster Review for October has tn.
following contents: The Australian Colonies
Later Novels of Berthold Auerbach; Bulgarian
| Literature: The Iroubadours; Lord Melbourne
| The Situation in the East and the Future Of Rus
| STA; Notices of Contemporary Literature; Indi,
and our Colonial Empire; The British Review
and Blsckwood's Magazine are re- printed BY tn,
Leonard Scott Publishing Company, Al Barclay
street, New York.