San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-10-11
Magazines for October.

This issue closes the present year o
THE CENTURY, and the table o
contents of the volume which &c
companies it indicates great improvement
on it's predecessors. It would seem now
really to have attained perfection, yet We
doubt not it will still go on improving on 1T
former self. 1t is gratifying to know such
a work is appreciated by our people. In
'Topics of the Time, the editor says "The
magazine enters upon its fourteenth annual
fall campaign we are happy to say, with
circulation and m audience numbering
thousands beyond those of the last or OF any
former year of its history"
We substitute this general notice for a
particular specification of the contents OF
this number, finding it difficult among SO
much that is good to specify 'the best"
Lrpp1NcoTr's is especially rich in articles
of travel. The Hebrides, the Usage Indians,
the Highlands of North Carolina and
the Island of Ischia all come in this cat
egory. In an article entitle In Search
of Free Trader" the author comes to
the conclusion that there are no free-traders
III this country. There are several other
articles of interest
The ECLECTIC will be found highly read
able. 1t opens with an article on Luther,
by James Anthony Froude, which is sea-
ii ~, <,f
celebrations of the birth of the great reform
er. NJ. Leon Say, the distinguished French
publicist, discusses the Franco English prob
lem in Egypt, Edward A. Freeman, himself
an eminent historian, contributes an inter-
esting sketch of John Richard Green, author
of the History of the English People" re-
Gently deceased. Other articles in this
number are 1.-THE stage in Relation to Liter
ature, "by Earl IIytton, american and Can
adan Notes." by Geo. Jacob Holyoake,
the well known English reformer and labor
agitator, etc.
The MANHATTAN, the September number
of which we noticed last week, in that be-
fore us gives still more unmistakable signs
of progress. 1t is really very fine number,
both in the letter press and illustrations 1t
contains poems of by Whittier and Stoddard.
and Oh admirable table of contents besides
interesting at this time is the ar
ticle on the Irish members of parliament
with portraits. We begin to believe in The
MANHATTAN as destined to take an early
place in the first rank of American maya
zine literature.
The PERPENDICULAR JOURNAL opens with
a fine portrait and biographical sketch of
the late Montgomery Blair. Other articles
are Relations of Phrenology to Modern
Philosophy" "St. Gothard Railway; Some
Observations on Amativeness," Laws of
Heredity," etc. A very readable number.
ST.. NICHOLAS also concludes the the vol
ume-one of its very best-and gives prom
Use of even greater excellence (if possible)
in the future We scarcely know how to
particularize among the store of choice
reading ana profuse illustrations.
BALLoU has somehow got mislaid this
month, but we can state in general terms
that like old wine, it is growing better as
the time goes by.
The MICRocosM continues to come to US,
brinful of food for thinkers.
MANFoRD's MAGAZINE, as usual, we have
scanned with much interest.
TIE INDEPENDENT PULPIT, edited by j.
D. Shaw, Of Waco makes its first appearance
on our table, and We have inspected it
with solne care 1t indicates q wonderful
change Of views on the part of this lately
prominent and popular Methodist minister.
But we cannot doubt his sincerity, and hear
that he is even more successful in his new
departure" Truth has nothing 10 fear
from investigation"
GOLDEN DAYS, Judging from our observa-
lions among the young folks, continues to
be their special favorite, and older ones also
read it with interest and profit.
Il We viii order any one Of the above at
publishers prices, or club them with the
FREE Press at reduced Mates.