Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-10-07

The October Century

Few nnmher>ot n, century hayr appealed
90 80 wi,ic audi,nc, with topics ~ such gen
crrl interest - The October issue. Il j. in.-
poriani for what it promise, no lr., than Is
what it gives. An editorial IN Topics Of the
Time" announces tha; 10 the NoY rIntcr num-
Der viii be given the iir-t chapter. Of The
Authorized Life u Lincoln" by John g
Nicoias aud John HAY. ho wrrr the Prc.i-
Dent, private secretaries. A. Lincoln j. the
greatest figure in American history. 20 are III
chosen hioSrapher, hy opportunity. no h---
than literary faculty, best qualified 10 max.
the story Of hi- life gain 70 American ut.ra-
tu'e. Readers Who have not the personal in
ierc>t Of the veterans % the war in the BATH,
series. " IN lind in the history OF Lincoln q, il
appears -erialiy. aud carefully Illustrated. the
blending Of literary charm. the romance o.
genius, and the interest OF momentou> events;
while soldieT-realrr-. ~ the war ,eric. be-
comes les and les. prominent a. a feature u
the magazine, will see in the biography OF the
civic chicftain larger view Of the leading per-
>onaltit- and motives Of the struggle
To the October number Clarence Kin. CON
tributes striking paper on The Biographcrs
Of Lincoln Illustrated with ful-page por-
trait. of Ncolay and Hay. The tronti,pirce
j. portrait Of the liberal Statesman Of Nor
way, Bjorn,tjerne Bjornson, and the illu,trat-
cd article by II. l.. Brrkstad with reference
TO his greater prominence writer is
titled "A Norw csan Poet, Home and give.
some account Of his literary habits and coun-
try life. With the beginning Of the autumnal
gales, the stirring article By Franklin II. North,
handsomely illustrated, on The Gloucester
Fisheries has seasonable interest. Captain
j. W. Collins in Open Letters" discusses
THE outlook of the Fisheries" with reference
to Canadian action and home legislation. In
his finely illustrated paper on American En-
plorers at As>os.' f. II. Bacon ha- done more
than to give the first authoritative account OF
the success Of the expedition headed by Mr..
j. r. Clarke and himself for the Archaeology
cal Institute of America: Professor W. K.
Ware contributes an Introduction.
Matthew Arnold's paper on Common
Schools Abroad in forcible il indirect way
gets at the root OF the American as well a.
English faults in common-scbool education.
President Gilman, of Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity, writes Of "Handcraft and Rede-craft,"
and makes plea for the former in the educa-
tional system. Charles de Kay recounts the
efforts of 1.-The Irsulines of Quebec TO civil
iZe and Chl-istianize the Indians. In 'Eu-
rope on Nothing-certain Year." Mary Wealth
erbec describes the joys and hardships OF
European sojourn when the source Of income
was literary effort, which proved precarious.
There is a brief installment besides Of shrewd
observations, entitled "Zweibak; or, Notes Of
IA Professional Exile"
Mr. Stockton completes his inimtable now
elette, The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and
Mrs. Aleshine,' and Mr.. Howells provides
Lemuel Barker with new employment and
quarrel with 'Manda Grier, in the ninth part
Of 1.-The Minister'S Charge The short stories
of the number are "A Summer Mood by
Helen Gray Cone, and "A Soldier OF the En-
pre- in which Thomas Nelson Pages powers
as a story-wrter find new scope.
General W. $. Roseerans's description OF his
victory at "Corinth' is the chief illustrated
war article; other papers Of distinct person
al interest are "reminiscences Of Stonewall
Jackson, by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Margaret
J. Preston, and ''Stonewall Jackson's Last
Battle, "by his aide-de-eamp. Captain James
Power Smith, who help the mortally wound
ed general from the field at Charlottesville.
Striking portraits are given of Rosecrans and
Jackson. The serious poems of the number are
by Mrs. d. II. r. Goodale, Mrs. Louise Chand-
Ter Moulton. Ernest Whitney, Mrs. Julia g.
r. Dorr, Maria Lefferts Elmendorf, l..
Frank Tooker, Frank Dempster Sherman, and
C. II. Crandall.
In ''Open Letters" n. +. Orr asks If Mr..
Cables impeachment of the justice of the
whites to the blacks is Sectional or National.''
with rejoiader by Mr.. Cable; Frederick Law
Olmstead makes some wise suggestions to