Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-29
LITERARY LEAVES.

Ballou's Magazine for November is q
charming number. and one the publishers
should be proud of. First, there is an iilus-
trated article on the Republic of Colombia,
one of the South American States. Then fol-
lows n thrilling chapter OF "Lewey and L /; or
Sailor Boys Wapd.rings," by VIM Ii.
Thon,es, buhor of those popular novels,
"The Belle Of Au 'tralis," and ''Oa Llud and
Sea or, California in 1913, A and '45" Ii
this portion OF the story The youog 6dveniur.
ers leave Monterey when the American flag
is hoisted over the town, and journey to Santa
Barbara, where stirring scenes are witnessed
and terrible tragedy is ehactad, which ends
all hope Of q wedding. This is one of the
best parts of the narrative, aud will be read
with interest, as the u. s. Friga,e Congress
takes hand in the contest one dark night
off the coast, near Castle Point, ss the place
is now called by the new inhabitants. Fo.-
lowing the leading story are tales, sketches,
poems, wit an bumor, the housekeeper's
department, etc. The price of Billou's Is
only ST. so per annuui, postpaid, or 10 cents
single copies. Examine Ballou's, and see
what IN excellent family magazine it is. You
will like lit. Published at 23 Hawley ST..
Boston. Mass.
Among the articles ia Lippincot.'s Maya
zine for November, the Que which Is likely tc
receive most attention has for its subject
"Queen Anne or Free Classic Architectural
As this is the fashionable style OF the day
especially for suburban residences. some
knowledge of its distinctive features and re-
lative position as general requisite, while,
owning to the laxity with which the nsms
was used, and the apparent lack OF welI.de'
fined principles which it covers and even i'm.
plies, clear information and ideas in regard
to 1t are not easily obtained. In this paper
by Geo 6. Mason, Jr., the subject Is treated
with fulness under its threefold aspect
historical, instructive, and aesthetic, many
specimens, old and new, being cited and de-
scribed by way OF illustration, the whole with
| special reference TO American ns,gcs aud
needs, the lines on which further develop
ment should proceed, and the improvement Is
| TO be aimed at. Another article full OF solid
ana interesting Information Is on the Pea
body Museum Of American Archaeology" by
| Earnest Ingersoll, who has had the assistance
| in preparing it Of Mr.. +. w. Putnam, whC
hae charge of the Institution, and to whom
| IL is chiefly indebted for its excsllent system
| OF arrangement. "A North River Ferry,
| by +. N, Z,briske, mos Pensions" which
| is unsigned, aud ''The art Of Reading" BY
Grace II Peirce, are lighter but suggestive
sketches; while .Vau," by Captain Charle,
King, u. s, A., is an admirable painted STUDY
OF animal lite, dore with the verve and skill
of one who knows every point OF horse ane
who IL not only a dashng cavalry officer, bu
q capital writer as we'll. The fiction include
the second and concluding part of "rhe Lad,
Lawyers First Cieut." by Thomas Wharton
"a Random Shol" by c. w. WiImerdine
and "A Back woods Romance by s. ii
Swett. There is the usual variety OF poems
short papers aud editorial matter.