New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-25
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
u,r ocroRrR MAGAZINES.


THE OCTOBER MAGAZINES.
The North American Reriew IL 1ne ,o.n ssen
,umber Of that or OF any periodical =, ,medste
for many mnoths It's subjects aro .,,or. are men
,,arest and Of positive values ana the wiz CordnaI
inefes' a"a - and Of practical ability. oaruna'
,S.nn,nc o,ers the list with emphatio inP' % ..at
r',,an crmes IN England" in which ne dec'aios .n
with the rapid increase OF the popu"' a. and
STEADY relaxation Of all social and moral hunV,''
percepble breaking up OF the domes'io v sonnd
have grown continually. There is no ''ah como
a. ,h,s oh,rcbmons utteranees-thongh there are eoA
,on,ta in HIS literary style. He says IN reR Tn |
attacks upon The Pail Mall Gazette ana i's o nr. all
suoh n matter of moral life and DEATH auu 49, and
when the obloquy aud caumny OF the pa anu
sborsighted censurcs OF some good men ,on,d
tbose who catered the furnace TO save SOULS 49,,
h,d A N ina not only ungcner0us, but eowaray anu
oct IN stond between the who Tor tue "o'
England dared this courageous action a"a w oo,
world OF theiy censors.' Emu d. -.
tributes 10 The Reuec the first part OF ueopiy
ing paper on Abraham Lincoln. Tor q hie'ino quo ,
and poncal conrade. 1t gives many quaint, enk'e"e
s,crcsops NJ the character OF the man who AT thnV
xyas erst called Old Abe" One afternoon says '
Wasbburne several OF us sat on the side"a's unu'
balcony In front OF the sherman House, anu an'one w
nup,ber the accomplished scholar ana unri'ai'eu
Isle sn,ith He suddenly interrupted tue =,
bv enchanting: There is Lincoln on the other si'o u
OH called him Old Abe No one who saw MN can
forget his personal appearance at thai time i"'
angular and awkward he lad on a snort "aS'ot' 80
swallow tail coat short vest oil the same ha'o''
pantaloons, scarcely conlir g down 10 MS snhios'
hat and n par of brogans with woollen SOCKS "
.,,o l., =, a,ero Renamu Z. Butler describes queer
o,,tica coincidence which In "a brought MN INC ono
AZ the Vice. Presidential nomination FROM p"'h INC p
Inactive Republican candidates. Chase anu b'h'On
w W. Astor's account of a kindness very peasant.
bestowed upon the American by the Italian 1o'efnn0u
Ga a neat and entertaining bit OF work. Auni'iu'
A,ouen,s 4RecollectiOns and Letters OF orihV 40 -"
oamrab,e paper unpretentous, kindly and graeelui
The Admiral began his friendship with his subject w"e
bpth were OF the playful age of six or seVeh' anu
Mt that period saved from drowning the sturay anu eV
then somewhat receut little Ulysses General ror'c,
suggestions as to the Quellng OF mobs-h he naturaiS
objects TO the rose wateI method OF addressing u 80
aFrieuds u" an unsigned paper on McClehahs ~n"leo
NJ Rase -. some comments by Mr. Whipple on teorso
Fliot,s Life" and a political symposium make UP
remarkable list OF articles
1t is hardly fair erhaps. to crtcise the mummy p"
NJ a serial novel, but may say Win Jus0ce 'h" '
James's story appearing In Inc AHo"''c eno"s"
capacity for telling story which would DO uhsuspeo
had not glimmerings OF 1t shone III one OF '"o VI MS
earliest efforts In fiction. Mr. scudders paper VI
Childhood in English Literature and Art Is hlrnS
ooreeabie and a little article on The FIRST Aooo
Gallant" is readable II not brilliant. Ut hoi"es -
ALWAYS welcome; and Mr.. Warrens quick eye anu
ouizzca vein are at their best in his fourth nssmcn
of On Horseback" Olive Thorne alers no'es Oh piru-
III, are charming-fu OF bird character ano suggestive
~ humorous sympatby on the part OF the observer
The poetry OF the number TO the last degree medoc
the one ST rt story-by octave Thanet-is told WITH
much spirit and huInor.
Ii,pi,eon contains the usual variety OF amusing
nanersit has nothing especially striking and nothing
particularly poor 1t is always entertaining
paper on the Swiss German panter. Arnold BocKnn'
loads the list of illustrated articles In TIE Udgd-e Ar
for September 1t is pleasant blt OF cri'i'iin anu
desrripon aud is enriched with portrait and engrav
,ngs of three OF Bockns weird aud eccentric pictures
They are works unique in poetry OF strange ana uurF
sort presented with such passionate strength as 10 seem
yvIty real This number OF the magazine is, by the
way, unusually good one
There Is sketch Of Pocahontas with an engraving OF
the pretty English portrait OF her 10 The Art Journal
The writer accepts without cavil the valiant captain
siths account Of the Indian princess though 1t mas
been lately the fashion question that doughty gentle
mans tratulness The chief illustration oil ths oc"per
number OF The Journal Is NJ. Delduc's etching OF
Spanish public letter writer paper on his'onca
musical instruments will be specially interesting to
students OF that subject
The practical dominates the October Harper. The
openng paper ia the second ns alment OF e. H. Farm
hams account of Labrador that strange, Wild inhospi-
able country where the struggle for existence seems 80
desperately hard not to be worth maintaining '"e
article is fully illustrated. Mt. g. POmeroy Reese
follow with description Of the making OF beer ana
shows what great proportions the Industry has attaueo
I'm this country where long scarcely any but
Germans drank malt liquor. There is bit OF verse by
r. D. Blackmore, which has the grace and dahu-
ness and also he thinness OF too much OF curreLt
poetry George Parsons Lathrop writes enthns-
jastcaly Of the State Capitol at Hartford. andthe Illus
tratons bear put his eulogy Priest OF Doorga. by
Phil Robinson, u story of native life In india and has
the indigenous favor which only long residence and
alert observation give Veeder b. Paine handles the
we'll subject of sour Public Land Foley sho WING
alas for the hunAredth tme the fraur and abuse con
nected with it aud which no amount Of exposure or
reform tinkerng TO check. Arstcay the feature
of the number is the continuation OF She Stops TO
Conquer" with thirteen illustrations by Z A. Abbey.
Some Of these notably the frontspece satisfying;
others less happy especially that on page 700 Mr.
Howells continues his story Indian Summer" Mrs.
Robert Burns Wilson has poem. When Evening
Cometh On" which has more body than most modern
magazine verse 1t is marked by IMAGINATION, tender
meas and perhaps somewhat TOO sombre tone. But it
contains good work.