Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-11-28

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The Century for December has for
Its frontlspiece profile portrait Of Gen
eral Grant, engraved from recently
found photograph taken in 1862. 1t
accompanies the second of the papers
on the Civil War, tine capture of Fort
Donelson," which is contributed by
General Lew Wallace who commanded
the Third Division of Grants army
during the seige. A score OF illustra-
lions present views OF the field. por.
traits of officers, maps, and mot the
least interesting an autograph copy,
recently made by General Grant, of his
famous Unconditional Surrender"
dispatch to General Buckner. The
"Recollectlons of a Private are contin.
ued, with descriptions of the early
Campaigning to no Purpose" along
the Potomac, with illustrations. In
both papers the drawings are nearly all
IRON photographs.
The fiction consists OF IAN Adven.
ture of Huckleberry Finn, with an &C.
count OF the famous Grangerford-
Stephenson Feud," by Mark Twain,
being tale of life along the Mississlp-
pl River, some of the types being rep.
resented IN the sketches OF u. w. Kem-
BILE; the first of novelette,, in three
parts, THE Knight of the Black For
est by Miss Grace DEMO Litchfeld-
story of American girls IN Europe.
which is illustrated by Mrs. Mary Hal
lock Foote; and the second part of Mr..
Howelrs new novel, "The Rise of Sllas
Lapham."
Other illustrated papers are Dublin
City, of which Mr., Joseph Pennell has
made sketches to accompany humor-
Gus and instructive paper of Prof. Ed
ward Dowden, the Shakspere common
tatcr; Hunting the Rocky Mountain
Goat narrative of personal expert
ence, by William A. Baillie- Grohman,
with illustrations by George Times !, Jr.
third paper in the New Astronomy
series by Prot. S. ?. Langley, in which
he endeav'rs to give the reader some
conception of"The Suns Energy" and
critical paper in Pastel" with an ex-
ample of pastel work by robert Blum.
George E. Waring, Jr., the sanitary
engineer, sets forth in detail by dia-
grams subject of pressing import.
ance in paper on "Tbe Practical As.
pect OF House drainage. Miss Emma
Lazarus contributes critical paper on
1.-THE Poet Heine,' which contains
translations by herself, and John Bul-
roughS a piece of poetic natural history
on winter Neighbors -
"Topics of the Time" contain editori-
ais entitled Zone Way to Prevent Di.
vorces." WAS the Chinese Traveller
Rlght?" Economic Mistakes of the
Poor and "a Ready-made Foreign
Market tor American Goods the last
referring to the need OF an information
al copyright, and apropos of compre-
hensive accounts of The Present State
o, the Copyright movement, which is
contributed to the "Open Letter" de.
partment 10y Mr.. Lathrop, the secreta.
ry Of the American Copyright League
| Other communications deal with "The
Worlds Exposition at New Orleans
Recent Electrical Progress" and Go.
operative Agriculture" Here also ap
pear in response TO the request of the
editor, letters from Generals James B
Fry and Thomas Jordan chief-of-staf
at Bull Run, concerning the mooted
Question OF the number of men engag.
ed in that battle. Brlc-a- Brac contains
a cartoon by w. H. Hyde, and verse by
1 John Vance Cheney, and others. o. C
Auringer. James T. Mckay, Emma
Lazarus, and c. 7. Darcy contribute
poems to the number.