Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-09

New Magazines.

As the first number of new volume,
the November Century gives promise of
even increased excellence for the maya
zine during its second year under the
new name. Pictorially, the November
number shows that the Century is as
ambitious as ever for the reputation of
American wood-engraying.
Though the art side of the November
Century is conspicuous, the contents offer
striking proof of a tendency to make the
literary side of the magazine paramount
and OF the greatest possible excellence
and Importance. In earnest of this ten
dency, the November Century presents
a paper on Venice" (profusely illus
trated) by Henry James, III; paper on
Henry James, Jr.. himself, by w. ID.
Howells, whose generous and acute
judgment of his fellow NOVELIST cannot
fail to interest wide circle of readers;
remarkably able and entertaining ar
ticle on Victor Hugo (written ex-
pressly for the Century,, by Dau-
Diet, who paints pen-portrait of
Victor Hugo which will become his
torical; a forcible essay by Charles
Dudley Warner on the sources
of the material and intellectual promi-
nence of England, and the literary in
debtedness of the United States to the
mother country; and strong argument
IN the negative to the ripe question us
the Jury System Failure?n by Albert
Stlckney, who argues for the abolition
of the system and suggests a substitute.
Other prominent features of the num-
Der are Edward Eggieston's description
OF 1.-The Beginning of Nation, the first
OF his series on life in the American Col
onies, the illustrations of which include
many curious old drawings of Indian
life, for which the magazine is indebted
to the courtesy of the British Museum:
the Rev. DR.. Washington Gladden's
opening chapters in his story, entitled
The Christian League of Connecticut;''
q finely illustrated paper on "A New
Profession for Women" in which Frank
lin III. North describes the Bellevue
Training School for Nurses; and Mrs.
Lucy M. Mitchelrs illustrated paper on
The Sculptures of the Great Pergamon
Altar" which are among the new and
important discoveries.
The fiction of the number comprises
the first chapter of Mary Hallock Foote's
novel 1.-The Led Horse Claim" humor-
Gus short story by Frank Il. Stockton.
entitled THE Lady and the Tiger" and
ind the continuation of Mrs. Burnett
Through one Administration. The
poems of the number are by Thomas
Wentworth Higginson, II. H., James T.
Mckay, George Edgar Montgomery, Ed
ward n. Pomeroy, and Richard Watson
Glider.
St. Nicholas for November begins the
volume in splendid style with a colored
frontispiece, by r. b. Burch, entitled
Indian Summer" This is an entirely
new departure that will be heartily well
coined.
Another prominent feature is the first
installment of j. L. Trowbridge's new
serial 1.-The Tinkham Brothers. Tide
Mill, which is a live American story
about the American boys and girls.
Then there is the beginning of another
serial, by another favorite, Frank r.
Stockton. He writes of boy and girl
life in the thirteenth century. The No
vember number is also the Thanksgiving
number, and so Miss Sophia SWEET has
contributed a jolly story called "All the
Plums." "Old Mordecai's Cockerelr'
is another amusing Thanksgiving tale.
and there is another daintily illustrated
"Grace for q Child,'' from Herrick.
Miss Eva l.. Ogden has written, and Mr..
Alfred Brennan has illustrated, quaint
and beautiful poem, covering eight
pages, entitled The Quest, founded on
Little Bo-peep's sleeps search for their
long-lost tails. The pranks and doings
of Tad Lincoln, the late Presidents
youngest son, very entertalningly treated
by Noah Brooks, who was President Lin
coins private secretary. "The False
Sir Santa Claus beautiful novel form
of Christmas entertainment, by the au-
Their of The Land of Nod,' is printed
in this number. with music and complete
stagc-directions, in ample time for it to
be effectively produced .oliday sea-
son. In addition to this there is host
OF beautiful pictures, many clever po-
ems and bright stories and sketches that
must be looked out by each one for him.
self