Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-08-20
SEPTEMBER MAGAZINES.

is number full of notable attractions.
The frontispiece this month is an illus
tration to one of Dorothy HolrOyd's
pretty poems entitled The Dryad and
the Nightingale" The fashion cuts and
fancy work designs are admirable, both
in drawing and color. Among other
striking features of the September book,
is the center piece of the new cover, a
movable design which is changed from
month to month. The literature of this
issue embraces a powerful story by
Amelia b. Edwards, entitled "The Four
Fifteen Express" The translation of
the French serial "The Yoke of Honor"
is carried forward to an interesting cri-
sis, and a new illustrated paper on Roses
fills the department Of feminine occupa-
tions. Edith Robinson has quiet but
witty sketch called Michael Angelo and
l." and Julia Scott contributes "The
Exile's Daughter" The publisher an
nounceS the speedy Forthcoming of new
serial by Helen Mathers, the title of
which is Love Lies A-Bleeding." The
story is bright and engaging, in the au-
'thor's best style, and promises to do
much toward enhancing the attractions
of the Lady's Book during the mid
winter. Godey's is an old friend and a
valuable one whom every lady should
cultivate. The cost of the magazine by
the year is the nominal sum of two (S2J
dollars.
GRANTS MEMORIAL: what shall it
bel" is discussed in the September num-
ber of the North American Review, by
Launt Thompson, Kari Gerhardt, o. L.
Warner, and Wilson Mcdonald, scuIp-
tors; w. H. Beard, painter; Calvert
VauX and Henry Van Brunt, architects;
and Clarence Cook, art critic. This SYM
postum is sure to attract wide attention
at this time, when the desire is so gener-
al to erect monument to Grant that
shall be worthy of the man, the nation
and American art. The same number
of the Review contains a consideration
of the question, shall our National
Banking System be Abolished?" by Geo.
S. Boutwell,, F. j. Scott, S. Dana Horton,
and Edward H. G. Clark. "Ouida" con-
tributes an essay on "The Tendencies
of English Fiction" and Elizabeth Stu
art Phelps writes on "The Great Psych>
ical Opportunity" But the most reada-
ble article in the number is ex-Sergeant-
alarms French's "Reminiscences of
Famous Americans" which is series
of delightful anecdodotes about the IA
nous war senators. Mr.. French is wri-
ting book of these "reminiscences. II
it equals this forestallment in the Re
view, it will be enc of the famous works
of modern literature.
GEN, GRANTS article on "The Siege
Of Vicksburg," in the September Centu
ry, will be accompanied by the story of
the other side as contained in the diary
of lady who was in the city during the
siege. Besides the reproduction of Gen.
Grants original unconditional surren+
der dispatch in this number, there will
also be printed fac-simile of the dis
patch to Secretary Stanton, in General
Grants band writing, announcing the
Surrender of Gen. Lees army at Appo-
mattox. The original is owned by Gen.
Badeau, who gave the following history
of the dispatch:
"On Sunday afternoon, the 9th of
April, 1865, as Gen. Grant was riding to
his headquarters from the farm house in
which he had received the surrender of
Lee, it occurred to him that he bad made
no report of the event to the Govern>
ment. He halted OF once and dismOunt-
ed, with his staff, in rough field, with
in the National lines. Sitting on stone,
he asked for paper. l happened to be
near and offered him my memorandum
book, such as staff officers often carry
for orders or reports in the field. He
laid the book on bis knee and wrote the
dispatch in pencil; he handed it to me
and told me to send it to the telegraph
operator. l asked him if l might copy
the dispatch for the operator. He as
sented and rewrote the paper, the or
iginal of which is in the keeping of The
Century Magazine.