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The Magazines.

The Magazines.
The Atlantic Monthly for October has
several new and interesting papers, among
them one by Harriet W. Preston, entitled
Among the Sabine Hills" "University
administration" by IL I. Hewett; and 1.-The
Nation of Willows" by +. II. Cushing.
There is a poem by Whittier, aud one by
Lucy Larcom. The continued stories in
crease in interest as they advance.
The October number of The Century
Magazine is very bright and interesting
number. Its illustrations are of the best. As
found in the following articles: "Life in a
Mexican Street" 1.-The Corcoran Gallery of
Art" 1.-The Gibraltar of America The
Negotiations for the Obelsk;'' "Hand-work
in Public Schools" The strictly literary
features of the number are excellent, whether
as found in "A Georgia Corn Shucking,' in
the article by the Superintendent of the
Census upon 1.-The Growth Of the United
States" or in "Some Letters Of Charles
Lamb to John Howard Payne" The next
number begins the second year Of the
magazine under its new name and style.
The North American Review for October
has contents as follows '.The Coming Rev
olution in England" II. NJ. Hyndham 1.-The
Morally Objectionable in Literature" o. B.
rockingham; Recent Discoveries in Troy"
DR.. Henry Schliemann; political Bosses,''
Senator John l.. Mitchell; Safety in Rail-
road Travel" Prof. George Vose; "The
Protection of Forests" Prof. Charles s.
Sargent
The October number of the Eclectic 10 one
of interest Among its numerous articles are
the following "Some Impressions of the
United States," by Edward A. Freeman, Ill.
D.; "Reminiscences of March ;""Ladies in
Iceland" A Turning Point in the History Of
Cooperation, Personal Recollections about
Garibaldi," by Karl Blind; The Salvation
Army" The BARNS a at Rest" by James
NJ. Nelson; 1.-The History Of Kissing" by
T. +. Ihistleton Dyer, NJ. A. Letters from
Constantinople;" Frederick Chopin" by f.
J. Whately; IAN American view Of Ireland
by f. l.. Godkin; Death AMI Life" by A.
p. Stanley; Literature and Science" by
Matthew Arnold;"A San Carlo Superstition
"Disease Germs;" Deserted
Blackwood's Magazine for September is
received. The contents are: ''Rachel;"
''Birnam;" The coming of the Mahdy;"
Lieutenant Colonel Patrick FergusonLA
Career of the American Revolution;" "The
Ladies Lindores," and "The Lights of Maya"
-Humors Of the House, The Irish prospect
Of Milk and Honey, The Revolt against
Principles, The cost of a Luxury" "Affairs
at Constantinople."
Lippincott's Magazine for October has an
interesting table of contents. The opening
illustrated article is upon "Norfolk, Old and
New" picture of the city as it was and is.
my Escape from the Floods" by Annie
Porter, gives a vivid description of the over
flow of the Mississippi River last spring.
paper by "Kanuck," and Camping on the
Lower Wabash" by II. M. Catherwood, are
sufficiently described by their titles. "My
College Chums," by Henry A. Beers, is writ
ten with quiet humor, and gives some an
ecdotes and suggestive glimpses of student
life at Yale. In the way'of fiction there is q
further installment of the lively and well
constructed serial, "Fairy Gold" and the
full complement of short stories.
The International Review for September
has the following contents "Charles Os-
born's Place in Anti Slavery History" by
Oliver johnson: "The Proper Function Of
Rent Charles Francis Adams; .'Some
Recent Studies in Pre- Historic Archaeology"
Henry w. Haynes; "Political Recollections
and Notes." George w. Julian; "A Formula
for Calculating the Economic Effects of our
Tariff, F. B. Hawley; ''The Progress of
Civil Service Reform" Gamaliel Bradford;
''The Chemical Industry of the United
States" Henry Bower; "American Shipping
and Shipbuilding," Henry Hall.
The Westminster Review for July is a
solid number. The contents are as follows:
Canada as a Home" Camille Desmon-
lins;" "The Decay of Faith" "Darwin;"
"Kant's Moral Philosophy; "England's
first Foothold,i in the East" "Csroline Fox,
John Sterling. and Stuart MILL" Notices Of
Contemporary Literature; India and Our
Colonial Empire
Harper's Magazine for October is q fair
representative number of that periodical.
The illustrations are many and generally
fine. The poem by Will Carleton. 1.-The
Fireman's Story" has a touch of nature in it
which makes it acceptable. particularly to
iremen. There are new and interesting
stories in the number, with pleasing continu-
ations of some already commenced, and sew
eral articles of solid and practical charac-
ter. The Easy Chair, we notice, argues in a
paper on journalism that editors should agree
in sentiment with the leading opinions of the
papers which they write for, in which reeson-
ing we most heartily concur. j. Frank
Pierce has this and other magazines for sale.