Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-09-27
THE OCTOBER CENTURY.

Unusually varied and interesting are
the contents of the October Century,
which closes the first year Of the maga-
zine under the new name. Most note
worthy, perhaps, are the two portraits, of
Abraham Lincoln, which have never be-
fore been published. The larger of these
the frontispiece of the magazine, engrav-
ed by Cole, is fine copy of an ambro-
type which was made two days after
Lincoln was nominated in 1860. The
smaller one is copy of the last photo
graph for which Lincoln sat, and was
taken on the balcony of the White House
six weeks before the Presidents death.
These remarkable portraits enable us to
see the great change which was wrought
in the features of Lincoln between 1860
and 1865. With the portraits are pub
lished letters giving the history of the or
iginals and paper entitled GLOW Lin
coin was Nominated by Frank B. Car
penter, who throws new light On the in
side history of that memorable contest.
Other articles of practical or timely
value, are E. Y. Smalleys third paper on
the New North west, which describes the
LIE anu natural fcdIures or the CountrJ
between the Rockies and the Cascade
Ranges, including the new wheat-felds
of Idaho and Washington; an admirable
statement of "'The Growth of the United
States" by Francis A. Walker, the su-
perintendent of the last census; and an
account of Judge Farman, late Consul
General at Cairo, of his Negotiations
for the Obelisk," with much that bears
on the troubles in Egypt of which the
present rebellion is the grand sequel.
The last mentioned paper is illustrated,
as are also Robert Ii. Lamborn' S interest,"
ing description of "Life in a Mexican
Street," S, G. w. Benjamin's paper on
"Tbe Corcoran Gallery of Art; Charles
A. Farnham's description of Quebec, or
"The Gibraltar of America" David G.
Barrow, Jr.'s, lively Account of Geor-
gia -Shucking;" and Charles D. Le-
lands useful and suggestive paper on
"Handwork in Public Schools" new
departure in education which, here, for
the first time, finds record in the ma9a-
zines.
Short papers of literary interest are,
''Some (hitherto unpublished) Letters of
Charles Lamb to John Howard Payne" "
with an introduction by R. S. Chiffon,
and William P Andrews account of IAN
Inspired Life'-that of Jones Very, the
New England poet.
Mr.. Howells brings ga Modern In
stance" to close, in his chapters that
have rot been surpassed for dramatic
power and interest in the previous chap
ters of this story, which is accepted as the
best he has yet written. Mrs. Burnett
further develops the aim of Through
One Administration" on the side of the
lobby, and the short story of the num-
Der, entitled Give Hundred Dollars,
is by the author of those remarkable stor-
les eli and ''The Village Convict"
The poems of the number are by the
late Sidney Lonier, Mr.. Boyeson, Frances
Hodgson Burnett, Fl. G. Bunner, S. NJ. B.
Piatt, Robertson Trowbridge, ]. P. Ir-
vine and in "Bric a-Brac," by J. A. Ma
con and others ''Topics of the Time
discusses the rising generation at the
South, burial reform and other important
questions, and the other editorial depart
ments offer a great variety of interesting
criticism and information.