Omaha daily bee., 1884-10-22

this number are: woman as foltlcs
Factor, bv Judge Robert @ Pitman; ~ o.
gross il Naval Armament" by Hobart Pashs t.',
who thinks United States Government
has been wise in not constructing costly
navy; "Friendship in Ancient Poetry, 10y
Principal y. G. Shsrp; Herbert Spencer
Latest Critic, nby Professor T.. l.. Youmans
"Over-I illustration, by Charles Il, Congdon
and Restriction of the Suffrage" by William
L. ScrugRs m
| beautiful onticepiece in colors, from paint
ing by A. NJ. Turner. j. T Trowbridge con
tributes the opening chapters of His Ont
| Fault" and in another serial, Among th'
aw. w.makers," the author, Edmund Alton
relates his often amusing experience while {
page in the u, S. senate, tells many anecdotes
of public men, and gives graphic and easilJ
under, TODD account of the organization OF th'
national governm mt.
Prank. X. Stockton, in the first of his 'Per
sonally Conducted papers, takes his party o.
four hundred thousand girls and boys to somt
of the monuments of Roman greatness fount
IN other countries, To boys who are Ready
for Business" George j. Mason proposes tC
give, under this title, the results of his inter
views with representative men in various
branches of trade the first paper treats oi
"A retail Drug Store" .Ie. -.I
Other attractions peculiar TO this number
are capital girl-story, by Louisa M. Alcott,
the first half of boy.story, by IL II. Royesen
and an exceedingly clever satirical sketch by
+ Marshall White, entitled THE Cruise OF
the Pirate Ship Moonraker.'" showing the
pernicious effects of reading trashy literature
"The Princess Hoidy" is q delightful poem
by Nora Perry, with illustrations by r. B..
Birch.
'The relations Between the Mind and the
Nervous System" occupies the leading place
in the November Popular Science Monthly.
In this article DR. w. A. Hammond defines
the mind as a force developed by gray nerve
tissue, and maintains that this force is gener'
ated wherever in the living organism gray
nerve tissue is found. citing many striking
cases in support of this view. He denieS that
either the absolute or porportionate weight OF
the brain indicates q definite rank in intelli-
gence This number contains also Herbert
Spencer's replies to recent statements made
by Frederic Harrison as to the 'Origin of the
Synthetic Philosophy" Two thoughtful ad-
dresses are given in full-"Pending Problems
of Astronomy" by Profe sor @. A. Young
and "What is ELECTRICITY" by Professor John
Trowbridge. Mr.. +. A. Fernald shows that
German Testimony on the Classics Ques-
ton" is not on one sde and outlines the
course of study demanded by the modernists.
'"The future of the Negro in the
South" is treated in witty but convincing
manner by J. b. Craighead. Drowning the
w. Powell of the havoc wrought by deforest-
ing steep slopes, and of the successful employ
ment of the natural remedy. There is brief
account by Karl Ochsenius of "Chilian Vol
canoes, Active and Extinct" and W. Mattieu
Williams continues his review of Count Rum
ford's cookery in the Chemistry of Cookery
series. Domestic Arts in Damaraland, by
World" and "Sketch of Profes or james
Hail." COMPLETE the body of the magazine.
The November Century marks the begin
ming of the most extensive enterprise yet
undertaken by its conductors,-t recently
announced series of papers on the civil war,
by Generals Grant, Mcclellan, Rosecrans, and
GhHr % Rn Tn? first ON ON hs Bfsse OF
gard. The illustrations, some twenty. five in
number, are largely from photographs made
during the war, or from recent sketches of the
battlefield. The first part of the "Recollec-
tions of Private" begins with the enlistment
of the soldier, and continues the description
IF his life down to and including Bull Run,
thus supplementing Gen: Beauregard' 8
of the magazine is not likely to be sacrificed to
the War Series is evident from the other con-
tents of this issue. The frontispiece is one of
Mr.. Elihu Vedderis illustrations of the Ru-
baiyat of Omar Khayyum, the Persian poet,
five others of which are reproduced, with text
by Mr.. Horace Il. Scudder,; '"The Chinese
Theater," by Henry Burden Mcdowell, is an
entertaining paper, with striking drawings by
T. Wores and Kenyon Cox, the latter of
whom writes and illustrates paper ON ''The
Sculptors of the Renaissance; Austin Dob
son contributes a poem, "The Old Sedan
CHAR" Mr.. Joel Chandler Harris (of "Uncle
Remus" fame) is the author of new story of
aute.bellum dsys in the South, entitled Free
Joe and the Rest of the World" which Mr..
A. B. Frost has illustrated Mrs. Mary Hal
lock Foote has drawn fullpage picture to
accompany story of Colorado, by Mr.. L. A.
Janvier, entitled "The Lost Mine" The
fiction comprises also ga Tale of Negative
Gravity" by Frank r. Stockton, and the be-
ginning of new novel by Mr. w. d. How
ellis, dealing with the life of an American
business man, and called "The Rise of Silas
Lapham.: Col. Wariug contributes the
first of two papers on ''The Prin-
ciples and Practice of House-drainage." +"
quaintance with Charles Reade," Bishop Pot
ter discusses ga Phase of Social Science"
and George Ticknor Curtis makes some oppo-
site suggestions and proposes an amendment
to the constitution in paper entitled, How
Shall we Elect our Presidents?"
"Topics of the Time" discusses lawyers
Morals, "The Bible in the Sunday school" "
bribery in Politics." and "False Issues"
"Open Letters" contains a notable letter from
Mr.. Gable, entitled "We of the South and
other short papers on ga School of Dishones-
tv," "Recent Fiction, ,""Mr. Watts Pictures,
'!The Christian Leagues Practicabllity, "a
Rallying Point for a new Political Party,
and "Church Music" In "Bric ica-Brac" is
the first of series of social cartoons and a
variety of light and humoro us verse.