The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-07
The November Magazines.

The Popuidr Science MDRthly has the
following among other valuable con-
tents: "The Relations between the
Mind and the Nervous system" by DR..
W. A. Hammond; German Te-timo-
ny on the Classics Question:" Freder-
lex A. Fernald; Origin of the Syn
thetic Philosophy" Herbert Spencer;
The Future of the Negro in the South"
j. b. Craighead; "What is Electricity"
Prof. John Trowbridge; THE Chem
istry of Cookery" W. Mattieu Will
hams; domestic Arts in Damara-
land" Rev. c. 6. Buettner; "The Oil
Supply of the World" Literary No
tees, Editors Table, etc. The Month
" is published by ID. Appleton ~ Co.,
New York, al $500 a year.
The Eclectic, printed by +. Il. Pei
ton at % Bond street, New York, has
pleasing variety in its November is
sue. The articles include "AIodern
Mysticism" by W. S. Lilly; "What
Dreams are Made Or" DR.. Andrew
Wilson; "English Supremacy in the
East" +. Buckley Johnson; "Protec-
ton from the Workman's Point of
View" William j. Harris; and "The
Darwinian Theory of Instinct" e. j.
Romanes. G. oldwin Smiths article on
1.-The Conflict with the Lords" gives
capital study o" a question now exCit-
ing much attention in England. "Fid-
oilers Three" is a pathetic story from
BlachwO0d's, and there are number
of lighter pieces of considerab e merit.
The North american Rerjew for
for November has more than the cus-
tomary number of papers of present
value. The contents are: "Women
as a Political Factor" Judge Robert
&. Pitman;" "The African Problem"
Prof f. W. Gillian; progress in Ma
val Armament" Hobart Pasha; "Half-
Time in Schools" Rev. f. f. Hale;
"Friendship in Ancient POETRY" Prin-
cipal j. G.. Sharp; "Herbert Spencers
Latest Critic" Prof. f. l.. Youmans;
"Over-ilustratiou," Chas. Il. CongdoD !;
"Restriction of the Suffrage" VIM. L.
Scruggs.
The illustrations in the Century in
clude six full-page pictures---among
them several reproductions of Elihu
Nedder's illustrations of the Rubairyat,
of Omar Khavvam. In the line of fic-
ton, besides Mr.. HowelPs new novel,
1.-THE Rise OF Silas Lapham," is "A
Tale of Negative Gravity by Frank
X. Stockton; Gree Joe and the Rest
of the World" an illustrated story by
Joel Chandler Harris, and the "Lost
Mine," by Thos. A. Janviur, with a
tull-page picture by Mary Hallock
Foote. Mr.. Ilowell's story, of which
the first chapter appears, reintroduces
BARLEY and Marcia Hubbard, the hero
and heroine of "a Modern Instance"
General Beauregard, in his article on
the Battle OF Bull Run, gives the rea-
sons why the Confederate victory at
Bull Run was not folloned up by an at
tack on Washington. George TicKnor
Curtis contributes a paper on elbow
We Elect our Presidents" Besides
these there are articles on "The Chi
nese THEATRE" by Henry Burden Nc.
DOwell; "The Principles and Practice
of House. draining" bv Geo. f. Waring
.Ir.; Sculptors of the Early Italian Rem,
aissance" by KENYON Cox; San Ac.
quaintanceiwith Charles Reade," with
letters by Mrs. James Il. Fields; Rec,
objections of Private" by Warren
Lee GOss aud "a Phase of Social Sci
ence" by Rt. Rev. Henry c, Potter
ID. ID.
The frontispieee of the November
Hdrpey'S is reproduction of Vandyck',
"Chsrles | and Henrietta Maria" The
illustrated papers of the number are
"The Great Hall of William Rufus
w." Treadwell Walden; "Sydnel
Smith," Andrew Lang; "Nature's Sc
rial Story" f. p Roe. Robert Burns
poem, "To llaggis," Is given, hand
s0mely illustrated. Francis Parkmal
contributes liable paper Oh "Tht
Acadian Tragedy" and the artist, +
ID. Millet, writes of "The Art Compe
tons" Instituted by the lIIarper's
There is story, "Three Quiet Ladies
by the Name of Luce" by Harriet
Prescott Spofford, and another, "Grand
mothers Story" by W. T. Davis. On
the whole, the contents are fully up Il
the high standard of this popular peri
odical.