Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-10-05
October Magazines.

HARPER's MAGAZINE for October has beautiful
illustrations and varied contents. The leading il
Illustrated article is by William Hamilton Gibson,
and is entitled A Berkshire Road. Joseph Hatton
contributes the first OF series OF papers on
Journalistic London. Henry Vane's article, Ad-
irondack Days, Is sketch OF vacation life and
sport. Charles Barnard in The Telegraph OF To-
day, gives graphic account OF recent improve
ments in telegraphy. Henry W. Grady con-
tributes a very important article, showing the
possibilities of cotton production and the outlook
for the southern manufacture of the staple. Judge
c. c. Goodwin Of the Salt Lake Tribune in his ar
ticle, The Mormon Situation gives expression to
the genuine alarm felt by the Gentle population
OF Utah on account of the growth and aggressive
ness of the Mormon system. The short stories
are good, and the editorial departments are filled
with interesting matter.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY for October opens
with the seventh and eighth chapters of the enter
tanning serial story, Dr. Breen's Practice, by w.
D. Howells; Richard Dugdale contributes an inter-
estng article on the Origin Of Crime in Society
Thomas W. Higginson, Carlyle's Laugh, adds
still more to the many interesting sketches
brought before the public on the topic; Martha, a
sweet little poem, by Julia Dorr: The Two Ham
| lets, talented contribution, by Richard Grant
White; the forty-seventh to forty-ninth chapters
Of the continued romantic story, The Portrait Of
I Lady, by Henry James, Jr. River Driftwood, by
Sarah Orne Jewett; Tropical Sequence. intel
| igently written, by Charles Warren Stoddard; a
short poem, entitled My Neighbours Ring, by
| S. NJ. B. Piatt; the second chapter OF Katrina
| Saga, by ii. ii. IL God Good? by Elizabeth
| Phelps, is finely answered; Place de la Bastle,
Paris, weird little poem by Dante Rossetti
| Philips Brooks adds greatly to the number by
contributing the fine article on Dean Stanley
| Some Recent Novels are mentioned and justly
| criticized; The Contributors Club is made up OF
interesting matter and is brought to a close with
presentation Of the differen books Of the month
Published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. monthly.
SoRlBNER's MONTHLY for October bears upon
its cover Its new and appropriate name OF the
Century The contents are as usual characteristic
| Of much refinement and intelligence OF selection
It bids fair to be- II possible, improved under it,
new title and leadership. Old Yorktown is the
first contribution, made still more attractive by
its quaint illustrations; conclusion OF the second
article on Poetry OF America, by Edmund Sted
man. Ernesto Rossi, by Junius Browne, is a feel
ing tribute to the great actor; A short poem
entitled Reconciliation by Caroline Mason; Prim
eval Cafornia-an interesting sketch by Charles
W. Stoddard, is finely illustrated by the artis
Julian Rix; Queen Titana, the sweet little stor,
by Hjamar Boyesen, Is brought to close; Miss
Asias Match, an amusing little love story by lisa
bella Hopkins; Bear Hunting in the South by Jane
Gordon, illustrated by w. l.. Shepard; A New
Moth (Smerinthus Cablei) by L. Won Reizenstein
The New Phase of Napoleonic History, by Waite
A. Burlingame; Eugene Schuyler closes hi
exceedingly instructive and readable sketch o.
Peter the Great as Ruler and Reformer; The Firs
Editor, by Theodore De Vinne A Plea for Rail
roads, well written, by William Crafts; A Some
in English Poetry new evidence OF the writer
Richard II. Stoddard, talent in literature; tn
second chapter and conclusion OF The Coniferou
Forests OF the Sierra Nevada, illustrated; a shoI
poem, Summer Night, by Millicent shinn; Tn
Migration of Birds, by j. A. Allen; Poems, inelud
ing contributions from several poets; Topics
the Time Steps in the Right direction. Literar
. Eccentricity; Communications-The Books
J Mormon, by Ellen t. Dickinson Home an
Society, Culture and Progress, The Worlds Worl
and Brio a brac-full Of bright sayings Pul
lished monthly by The Century Company,