Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-10-02
LITERARY NOTES.
THE OCTOBER CENTURY.

Tn the October Century" the
snace commonly taken up with the
War Series has been devoted to ar
ticles and illustrations relating in a
timely and important way to the life
and services of General Grant. The
article ON Riverside Park will be
read with interest, and many to
whom the name is n household word
will eagerly scan the illustrations
Other articles and illustrations fully
sustain its reputation. The Bric-a-
Brac furnishes the following squib
HOBsON's CHOICE. -
A thief on his trial refused to be sworn.
'Of what use, " queried he, will my evil
III tell the whole truth, I shall get the Old
III tell what's not true, the Old Nick will
get me-"
AGE, BEAUTY AND ENTERPRISE.
It is not often that we find these
three features combined. Cooley s
Lady's book however, is an illustra
ton. Who does not remember the
old Magazine that has grown to be
the oldest American Monthly? While
hundreds of others have come ano
zone this old reliable still maintains
| its high position which it won ovel
a half century ago. From between
its covers have stepped forth som'
of the most gifted writer's who hav,
ever qraced American literature ,anC
it has acted as sponsor for many al
obscure and struggling writer o
whom the world might otherwise
have remained in ignorance. ltseem
like n silver thread of instruction
and entertainment running through
the wears of time, while its beaut,
and enterprise, under its presen
management. bid fair that it will con
tlnue on its course for years to come
Price of ll1th vol, 81. All desil
ing it should address,
GoDEY's LADY's Book,
Philadelphia, Pa.
n. B.-A party who has bee
travelling under the names q. W
Noble. G. D. Noble and NJ. C.Ward
and soliciting subscriptions TO
Godev's Lady's Book. is an absolut
fraud, and we should be pleased t.
:. have him arrested and prosecuted.
J. II. HAULENBEEK, Publisher.
ST. NICHOLAS FOR OCTOBER.
This is the twelfth and last humble
of the current vOlume,-the las
course, so to speak, in the feast o
good things which the generous OLE
Saint has spread before his reader
during the year. And as we usual.
reserve for our dessert some spe
ciallv savOry delicacies, so in thi
number we find some of the bright
est and cleveresU contributions tina
have appeared during the yeal
There is Enthusiastically impos
sible tale by Frank r. Stockton, tn
amusing absnrdity of which is sutti
GENTLY indicated by the title, 9Th
Griffin and the Minor Canon" Tn
boys who have been hard at worl
playing ball all summer will enjo,
the story by a baseball expert O
GLOW Science won the Game"
There is an interesting paper b!
John r. COryell ON "HOney Hunt
ers;" and Palmer Cox relates in hi
inimitable pictures and verses tn
adventures of "The Brownies a
! School,"
But probably most readers, befor
turning to these and the other brigh
stories, poems and pictures, will frs
look to see how Mr.. TrOwbridge eX
trieates his hero from the difiicultie
in which he has been involved b,
'His One Fault" and how Mr.. Z. ?
Roe disposes of the happy tamil,
that has been "Driven Back to Eden
the two serial stories that, like al
other good things, must come to al
end at last.
THE CULTIVATION.