The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-04
THE MAY CENTUARY.

"HawthrOne'S Philosophy is the article
which will first catch the attention of MANY
readers of the May Century, partly because
his personality - one of lasting interest. and
also for the reason that his son, who writes.
the paper, has an intimate philosophical way
of approaching the elders genius In the
fronti>piece portrait, after q daguerreOtype,
We have the novelist as he appeared, with
clean shaven face. in lS4s, while he was sur
veyOr IN the salem Custom-house. With the
article appears, also, portrait from u pho
tograph taken about io62, OF peculiar liter
airy interest besides are Clarence Kings viva
eiOus account of hunt in spain for an old
BARRIERS basin, such as IL known to readers of
Cervantes as 1.-The Helmet of MambrinO;''
and the third chapter of "zweibsk; or. Note,
of Professional Exile"
The Rev. I. T. Munger, who IA year ago CON
tributed an essay on Immortality and Mod
ern Thought" writes in this number with
equal sugsestiveness of Evolution and this
Faith
Special stress is placed on the profusely
illustrated articles which in their order are
an attractive chapter on american Country
Dwellings by Mrs Schuyler van Rensselaer,;
"The Flour Mills of Minneapolis by Eugene
v. smalley; "a CALIFORNIA; Gift to Science.
meaning the Lick TO Observatory, by Taliesin
Evans and 1.-THE Breeding of Fancy Pigeons"
by Z. s. starr, which is quite remarkable.
both for the beauty of the engravings and the
special knowledge of the writer.
With the illustrated papers should also be
mentioned the chapters on the war, whichin-
clude General McClellan's last magazine arti-
Gle, with fac-simile. it is supposed, of the
hxyh i'm n
licatlon. Ii is matter of interest that the
paragraph is passionate expression of com
radeship with the survivors of the Peninsular
Campaign. a year before his death General
Mcclellan consented to write a paper on the
Antietam Campaign. Not long before his
sudden illness he began its preparation The
consecutive notes which he left, and which
are briefly introduced by his literary executor.
Mr.. william c. Prime, cover the period from
the withdrawal from the Peninsula TO the
concentration for the attack upon Lee at
Antietam. In personal interest and vigor
these notes are remarkable, as well as histor
ically important. The seventh chapter OF
Mr.. Gosss 'ReeollcctiOns of a Private deals
with the period of the temperance of "Mc-
Clellan at the Head of the Grand Army
General ID. III. Hill describes, with stirring an
tain" which was the severe conflict prelini-
nary to Antietam. In conclusion General
Hill advances very interesting reason for
the ready and lasting return to good fellow
ship between the sections. General William
4. smith makes a statement with respect to-
General Grants structures upon him IN the
February Centuarv.
In the fourth part of Mr.. Howelrs new sto-
ry, 1.-THE Minister'S Charge" Lemuel Barker
shows signs OF develOpement toward sophis-
tication. There is curious short story. call
ed "Perturbed Spirits" by Brander Matthews;
and in "Iduna' Including full page Illus
stration by Mrs Mary Hallock Foote, engrav
ed by Timothy COle) George y. Hubbard por
trays u beautiful heroine, from whom had
been kept all knowledge of death.
In Topics of the time there are editorials
entitled George Bancroft on the Legal Ten
der Decision" James Russell LowelPs Bible
Argument" 1.-The American Opera Company
and "A Readiustment of the Industrial Or
der" In "Open Letters John w. Johnston
of Richmond replies 10 Mr.. Cables recent ar
ticles, under the title ''The True South vs. The
Silent South" and Mr.. Cable gives arejoinder.
There is also a short article on "The kensing
ton School for Cookery" by Mrs. Mary b.
welch of the Iowa Agricultural College.
A poem. "to the Memory of II. H., by Thorn
as Wentworth Higginson; another, ITO viii
III. Low by Robert Louis Stevenson, in ac-
knowledgment Of the dedication of his draw
I, ings for Keats Tamis ;" and others by Sid
ney Lanier, +. ID. Sherman, David L. Proadft
and Anthony Morehead are the contributions
in verse, which idclude in "Bric- -Brae,''
pieces by David Rorty, Bessie Chandler. and
Harold Van Santvoord.