The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-01-19
The january Century.

The Century for January presents n
literally crowded table OF contents,
both the body and the departments
showing wide range oftoplos.
Chief among these, In timelIness, Is
the status Of the negro ut the South,
which Mr.. George W. Cable treats with
much plainness Of speech and much sug.
gestiveness in paper entitled 1.-THE
Freedman's Case In Equity" which is
likely to attract attention and give rise
to discussion North and South. The
same theme is touched upon, less d.
roctly, In an editorial article, "a Grave
Responsibility" and in an "Open Let
ter" from "Southern Democrat" An
other subject OF wide interest Is treated
helpfully by Washington GLADDEN., under
the head Of "Chrlstlanity and Popular
Amusements,r the writer supplement-
Ing his own suggestions with an account
and commentator OF an exp eriment on
the part of the Cleveland Educational
Bureau to supply wholesome entertain
Inent to workingmen. Other practical
topics briefly handled are "The Trouble
with the Stage" "rhe Degradation of
Politics. Cooperative Studies" "Po-
lltical Work for Young Men, "The
Recent Legal Tender Decision" "Wo-
mems Clubs" "The Newspaper and
the Organ"
The fiction consists Of q short sketch
by Mark Twain, "Jim's Investments,
and King Sollermun," illustrated by
kemble; "Orpiment & Gamboge,n a one
part tale of studio lite by "Iyory Black
with drawings by Rogers; the second
third Of Miss Litoh6eld's Knight of the
Black Forest" with picture of one Of
her American girls by Mrs. Foote; and
the third part Of Mr.. Howell's new
novel, The Rise Of Silas Lapham," In
which Tom Corey comes to an under
standing with Colonel Lapham. Mr..
Howell's having been criticised for an
anachronlsm In the opening part of this
story, takes occasion, In an Open Letter,
to give his views as to the latitude per-
Missile to an author In such matters.
The first Of the Illustrated papers is n
continuation of Mrs. NJ. G.. Van Rens-
selaer's papers on Recent Architecture
In America, the principles Of church
building being now under review. The
Illustrations are chiefly OF some Of the
notable ediilces of New England, and
include three views of the now famous
Trinity church. Boston. A portrait of
Il
johnson, is the frontispiece of the num-
Der, and is accompanied by a sketch of
this popular writer by VIM. Sloane Ken
nedy, 1.-The Making Of Museum" Is
the title of a paper by Ernest Ingersoll,
with number Of pictures, setting forth
the comprehensive plans of arrange
ment and classification employed at the
National museum at Washington. A
poem by John Vance Cheney, telling
the Indian legend of "How Squire Coy-
ote brought Fire to the Cahrocs," is
illustrated uniquely from clay sketches
In bas relief, by George ID. Brush.
Eugene V. Smalley writes of the "Kal-
ispal Country" a portion of northwest
ern Montana, recently visited by him In
the interest of the Century.
or the papers on the Civil War, there
are two, both dealing with the Western
gunboats: one by Captain james Is.
Eads, who built them; and the other by
Rear Admiral Wake, descriptive OF
their operations at Belmont, Fort Henry,
Fort Donelson. Island No. 10, Fort PHI
low and Memphis-oovering, In short,
the opening of the upper Mississippi.
Admiral Wake participated actively In
all these engagements, and a number of
the cuts are from his contemporaneous
sketches. A large portrait Of Admiral
Foote is given, and smaller ones OF Gen.
erals Tilghman and Mackall, of the
Confederate service. The February
number will contain General Grants
paper on Shiloh, together with supple
mentary material describing the battle
from the Confederate point of view