The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-10-04
LITERATURE.
The Century.

Aho century
In the October Century, the space
commonly taken up with the War Series
has been devoted to articles and illus
trations relating in timely and impor
tant way to the life and services of Gen.
Grant. General Horace Porter, who
was near to General Grant both in mill
tary and civil life, contributes forcible
anecodotal paper on Lincoln and
Grant" including stories which were
told by one or the other in their inter
course. General James H. Wilson
gives entertaining "reminiscences of
General Grant" relating chiefly to his
western career; and General Adam Ba-
deau writes. with entire knowledge and
freshness of detail, of 1.-THE Last Days
of General Grant" The latter paper
is illustrated with two most interesting
portraits, from old daguerreotypes OF
General Grant as lieutenant and as cap
tain. Two other portraits are after
photographs which we're taken during
his last campaign. There are, besides,
pictures of his birthplace and of his
headquarters at City Point. In Mem
oranda of the Civil War;" General Don
Carlos Buell. cOntTadicts a famous say
ing ascribed to General Grant, as hay
ing been addressed to General Buell. at
Shiloh. Mrs. NJ. e. Seawell relates an
anecdote tosshoW General Grants Pre-
TSnIroI,rD hak
would become the leading general. Miss
lan's reference TO the part taken by
General Heintzelman in the Peninsu-
lar Campaign" Charles w. Eldridge
answer rs a passage in General Badeau's
sketch of General Grants career. in
which mention was made of Charles
Sumner.
Riverside PARK" the resting place
of General Grant, is the subject of
paper by VIM. A Stiles, which is illus
trated with several drawings by Alfred
Parsons and Harry Fem.
Other illustrated articles of the Octo-
Der number are Lieutenant Schwatka's
second and concluding paper on his ex-
plorations in Alaska; Mrs. Lizzie w.
Champney's description of The Haunts
of American Artists" profusely illus
trated with pictures of country studios;
and Mr.. Howells' Tuscan Cities" IL
Illustrated with numerous etchings by
Pennel.
A portrait of the late Samuel Bowles,
the famous editor of the Springfield Re
publican, is the frontispiece of the num-
Der. His career Is described by George
S. Merriam in paper entitled "a Study
in Independent journalism" Principal
Grant of Queens University, Canada,
writes a. timely paper on The Canada
Pacific Railroad" "Zweibak: Being
Notes of a Professional Exile" 4 an
anonymous paper of clever observa-
tons on human nature.
Brander Matthews contributes the
short story of the number. which is
called Love at first Sight" the serial
is the ninth part of Henry James Dos
tonians."
Two of the poems--"Taps, by F. NJ.
Newton, and 1.-THE Dead Comrade." by
eral Grant. The other poems are con-
tributed by c. P. Cranch, Mary Allen,
H. c. Bunner. Edgar Fawcett; and in
a. Brie-a- Brac" by Frank D. Sherman,
Trowbridge, Roger RiOrdan,
Bessie Chandler, J. A. Macon, and
others.
The subjects discussed in Topics of
the Time" are North and South"
% Prejudice and Progress" and Civic
Rivers" In "Open Letters" some of
the papers are Mrs. E. s. Wizards &C
count of life in The Chilcat Country"
Alaska. and Police Reform" by L. E.
Dudley.