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NEW PUBLICATIONS..
The November Magazines.

iAO' VI many huu nCeuse III consequence OF
the alienation between religion and the sci
entifc thought Of the time. Col. Geo. E..
Waring, Jr., writes n curiously interesting
account of "The Waldenses of To-day" A
skiiful writer, whose name is withheld, dis
cusses "Our Military Past aud Future" The
author of Massey Sprague's Daughter" con-
tributes Sister Mary's Story" one of the
best OF recent magazine stories. Jennie
Young writes of "The Ceramic Art in Amer
lea y Irene the Missionary" is concluded.
'Englishwomen in Recent Literature" "Mys-
terious Disappcarances, and Late Books of
Travel, though anonymous, are thoroughly
interesting. Richard Grant White discusses
Assorted Americanisms" as heartily and
freshly as if it were wholly new topic. The
Contributors Club abounds in bright things,
and chapter Of "Recent Literature" con
cludes very good Atlantic The pleasant
announcement is made that Mr. Howells will
begin new serial story in the January num-
ber.
LIPrINcorrs MAGAZINE for November is
specially strong in its illustrated articles. of
which it has four. The first is u sprightly
account of Later Pompean Days" 10y Mar
garet Bertha Wright, describing the rambles
of party Of American artists. DR.. Oswald
gives fifth installment of his Summerand
Sketches, in which he describes the Sierra
Madre and affords a glimpse of Mexican con-
vent life. Mr.. Alfred s. Gibbs writes of
Goethe's Mother and furnishes some extracts
from her correspondence; Mr.. j. Bonner
contributes the first of series of illustrated
papers on the new Eldorado, Leadville there
is paper on cattle breeding in Texas and
Colorado, an account of the organization and
working of the Secret Societies of Southern
Italy, n character sketch by Philip Bourko
Marston. some hints on riding the Bicycle, n
comedietta entitled "Slght Misunderstand-
ing, and the opening part of very agrcea-
bly-writtcn little tale, entitled Aimee" "
which, like Daisy Miller" deals with the
life of a young American girl abroad The
poetry Of the number is by Emma Lazarus
aud Charlotte f. Bates. The Monthly Cos
sip, treats Of Fall Shopping, Emile lola
and the Prince Imperial, and other appro-
pirate topics.
Coon COMPANY, No. Two, opens with
graphically drawn character sketch by Octave
Thanet, the central figure in which is a west
ern Methodist minister who against his will
drifted in his belief toward Schopenhauer's
ideas. Another vivid portlaiturc is Mr. w.
NJ. f. Rounds description of an experiment
he made in smoking opium in a Chinese
opium den in Boston. "Thc Men of Lake
Tahoe" graphically pictures the hardy lum-
bermcn of that wonderful and beautiful Cali
fornia lake, six thousand feet above the sea
in the Sierra Nevadas around st. Paul's"
describes some of the endless and inter, sting
pecuiarities of London. The stories are "A
Fragrant Vase, ," 10y Mr. Horace f. Scudder
"a Kid of the Goats" by Mrs Lizzie W.
Champney and The Cornet Solo, by Miss
Elizabeth W. Denison The verses include
among others, one Of Elaine Goodale charm
ing flower poems, "Friuged Gentau.' Rev.
DIR. James NJ. Wilton has bible Bygones :"
there is Il resume of the Sunday laws of the
New England States an article on the char
tiles for children in New York The Dis
trict Attorney and Crime by Rev Charles
CavernO and a sketch, "NOoktown Gossip"
The editorial departments, including reviews
of new books, conclude the number Pub
lished at Springfield Mass, at $500 per
year.
WIDE AWAKE for November contains two
good stories for boys, "Tad's Telephone 80 by
Kate w. Hamilton, and The framing School
Ship MINNESOTA" by Mrs. Dickinson, with
twelve pictures drawn on shipboard by Miss
l.. b. Humphrey. The boys, too, will be
much interested in No. XI. of Mr. Beujam-
in articles on our American Artists, this
one being about George L. Brown, the oldest
OF our landscape artists, and showing what 4
plucky boy he was. The funny four page
poem entitled The Tragical History of
Chang Fung Loo" with its comic drawings
by Hopkins, will also be regarded by the
boys as printed for their especial delight
Everybody will enjoy the story of The
Wonderful Trio" by Jane Howard, also
"The Fun-and- Frolic Art School by Stan
ley Wood and "The Storks," a true story,
by Susan Archer Weiss. There are several
fine illustrated poems in this number. ID.
Lothrop Il Co., publishers, Boston, Mass.
The NURSERY, published in Boston by John
L. Shorey, 80 Bromfeld ST., now holds
firmly established place among American pc
and is without question the best
magazine in the world for the class of read
ers to whom it is addressed. Faultless both
as 20 letter-press and illustrations, its articles
whether in prose or verse, are adapted with
the greatest care to the capacities of chill
dren under II years of age, and are such as
cannot fail to interest and instruct The Oc-
tober number contains an attractive premium
list which our young friends will do well to
Subscription price postage in
clded) $3.50. A sample number and premi-
um list will be sent for 10 cents on applica-
ton to the publisher.
The November ScRmNER is especially
strong in class of papers that seem to be
more and more in demand with this maga-
zine, viz, authentic papers ON topics imme-
diately or recently occupying public interest.
Such in this number are !. The paper on
The Mississippi Jetties," by the resident
engineer, Mr.. f. L, Corthell the first COM
pete account of this important work, with
portrait of Captain Eads and number of
plans 2 An account by Clarence Cook,
ESD, of Mr.. Morris Moore and his Old Mas
ters," one of which, the apollo and Mar
syas, of Raphael, may now be purchased
for America. 3. The present revival of in
terest in agricultural subjects in England and
America is reflected in several papers one
on the Distress in Great Britain" showing
state of affairs in the kingdom;
another ON kansas Farming"-a very differ
cut picture, and others Qn Success with
Small Fruits" etc. The most notable ltera-
ry feature of the number is the opening in
Of a finely sympathetic study OF the
poetry and literary career of Bayard Taylor,
written by Mr. Stedman, and inaugurating
series of articles ON American poets, which
will make, when completed, companion
volume with his victorian Poets" A por-
trait of Bayard Taylor engraved by Il. Cole
after the photograph by f. Gutekunst and
copy of the bronze of the Cornell University
Memorial of Bayard Taylor add to the inter
est of the article and constitute the frontis-
piece of the number. Mr.. VIM. IL. Rideing
has an article which is daintily illustrated,
the French Quarter of New York,
and there are the first six chapters of new
serial, THE Grandissimes, story of Creole
life, by George N. Gable, of which Rev. Ed
ward Eggleston says: 1T will rank perma-
nently with the very best fiction that America
has produced, being a fresh, vivid, artistic
aud forcible picture of life which is part
of our own, and yet foreign to it," We have
also several chapters of Henry James's serial,
coincidence :" extracts from the Journal of
Henry j. Raymond short stories by Eliza
beth A. Read and Mr.. Boyesen; sketch en-
titled. "How Animals Get Home, by Ernest
Inpersoll; poems by Austin Dobson, Mary