Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-12-01
The Century for December.

The second number Of The Century .adgd-
EtH> i>crihner's Monthly contains. .pproprI-
atry, mairriA in memory of the late Editor.
ln-chlel. DR.. }. q. Holland. A faithful por-
All /" the iroutlspiece, and well reflects hi.
kindly lace and line bearing. 4 sketch OF his
life by kdwa Egglestou takes The first place
usually occupied by an ilustra ed paper
Poems In his memory arc contributed by Al
H., r.. {. StedmaH, aud ashington Gladden.
One OF his own poems is printed in aatogrspb
fac-simile, aud two Topics Of the Time. -
The Lesson Of the Year" and .Poyerty as =
Discipline (the latter unfinished, and written
the siternoon before his DEATH. are printed As
MS last contributions to thai department
There l. also an editorial tribute to him and an
abstract OF the memorial service at Springfield
ihl> number afford, the first opportunity tho
magazine has h-d 10 make * ended mention
uf the death of President Carried A paper i.
Contributed by hi friend Of many wears, Mr..
+. V SmaIlry; The story of President Gar.
frd'- Hines" is told by Or. u. ", BIis,
Win Mr.. >mailey', paper are two striking
portrs ts-One engraved b, Cole from the Sar.
ony picture u August, $50, and the other en-
sThN' Il by hrIeii aitrs the daguerreotype Of
GHTneld al >lxieeD,' now in possession OF the
family. Tn re are also two poems relating to
the same subject, Viz: To America" by
Harold Bouiton, of oxford, England, aud ..lo
Ralph Waldo Emerson" by Robert L. john
son To many readers the most inter sting Of
all this material will be the fac-simile Of The
Presidents first writing after his as-assipation
his name and the words .StrdnqhIdtuS Dro
Hrpublicd Slaughtered for the Republie-l
which Col. Rockwell authorizes The CeaLvry
topubish.
Two other papers Of decided personal in
terest are The Early " ritings Of Robert
browning" by Edmund W. Gosse, and The
Liie-Mask Of Lincoln and how il was Made. -
by Leonard W. Volk. Two portraits. The
larger engraved by Cole. accompany thi. paper.
An engraving by T. johnson of the hitherto
uDniI blIs shed mask lin prnHia,
sspect in features which were gene rally con-
sldered hOmely.
In addition TO the six portraits about men,
toned tour of them the ,ize of the page),
there are four fully illustrated articles "A
Cruise IN Pllot-bOat," by ). g. W. BENJAMIN
with illustrations by Burns, was prepared on
special commission from The Century.
"A Colonial Monastery" is paper OF q Gu
riOu> interest, BY Prof Oswald Seidensticker,
on thai branch of the Dunkers kn. wn as the
Solitary Brethren aud Sister,, of Ephrata, Pa.
aud whose chief eharacteristics were eommun-
ISM celibacy, aud my sticisfn.
"fhc Hieroglyphs of Central America - by
Prof. +. ). Holden, is an attempt TO indicate q
basis ior The study OF the Copan. Pslenque, and
other insci iptiOns.
The American Student ut the Besux-Arts,"
by Richard Wbit+ing, popular account OF the
experience which awsts an American at the
great art-sehool OF Paris, Is illustrated with
sAetches by Vsnderhoof, Bacon Brown Turn
er, Harper, Frank c. Jones, Fowler, DuB Bois.
Cox, and Robinson.
Mr.. W. ID. Howelps new novel, which be-
gins in this number. is entitled "A Modern
Instance" and Is evidently ,going to deal with
marriage In New England. Mrs. Burnett, in
her second installment of Through One Ad-
minlstration." continues To pique curiosity re-
ga ding her heroine. short story by Stew
art Chaplin new writer-has decided con-
temporsneoas interest. 1t is entitled ''Mr.
Jacks Iromol ion.'
The other material consists of New Roads
to Trade" by Chaile Barnard; "Bucbanan's
Loyalty" bs Hon. HorstIo King, for short
time In the cabinet of Buchanan. "Among the
Thousand Islands," poem by Emma Lazarus,
and The Fountains Of the RAIN. q sonnet by
Edith NJ. Tbomas; postscript regarding the
se-calied Venus OF Melos. by Mr.. Stiiiman;
notices Of .'Gsrfield's Words and Gizdtien,s
sermons ON The Lords Prayer" The de-
psrtments are cut down by the pressure of
biographical matter, and "Home and Society,"
Is omitted for the month.