The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-03-02
Ths Century Magazine.
THE FEBRUARY CENTURY.

The publishers respectfully call atten-
ton to the fact that in the contents OF the
..mid-winter" Century may be found
remarkable variety of subjects of public
moment; and an equally remarkable list
of names associated with the history,
literature, and art of America. If this
issue of the margarine has an inh0spita-
BILE look to foreign contributors, who
happen to be wholly and by accident ex-
Guided, they may find recOmpense of
courtesy, in the plain speech from forty
five American writers. on international
Copyright" spoken in the ''Open Let
ters'' department., and which is one of
the most striking features of the number.
Lowell opens the argument against lite
rary theft with quatrain In the mcss
biting vein of Bigla VS. humor; epigrams
of satire. reason, justice, and exhoftation
from writers prominent in every branch
of letters follow; aud Whittier at the end
speaks q few words of Quaker scorn OF
the American attitude 70 the subject
more bellicose than avowed warfare.
The leading article in Topics of the
Time'' expresses, the editorial view of
.sThe Demand of American Authors"
A peculiar interest attaches TO General
Grants preparing for the wilderness
| Campaign Here he is dealing with
his plans for the last grand campaign,
extending from the James round TO
Nashville, Atlanta and the sea. and
which gave the confeJeracy the death
huo. His method is vivid and anecdo-
| tai. and as outspoken regarding the per-
sOnal aids and drawbacks Of his officers
as the physical difficulties to be over
come. A fac simile Of LiDcoin's "God
speed', letter to Grant, written q few
DAYS before the wilderness battle, &C
romantics the article; also achafacsef-
| istic atecdote Of Grant during the battle,
by Charles Carleton Coffin, who observed
| the incident described. lsiriaee ~ec =,
l. ], In fiction there are the opening chap
| ters of Mr.. Howell's new story, "fhe
Ministers Charge the minister being
| the Rev. Mr.. Sewell, whose acquaintance
was made i'm 1.-The Rise of Silaa lap
| ham, and the hero country youth who
goes to Boston in search OF . literary
career. and is unCieceived in many things.
| The fourth part of Mrs. Mary Hall0ek
Foote's story of western life, s.J0hn
Bodewin's Testimony" deals with the
meshes of q tragedy and Sbounds IN
character sketches. The short stories OF
the number are the first part OF q harnor-
Gus novelette,, 1.-The Borrowed Month"
by Frank r. stockton; and . dialect
sketch of Georgian life. IAN 'Onfortunis
Creetur, -" by Mat Grim. si5t
A second part Is given Of tina shrewd
observations OF any anonymous writer,
entitled. ssZweibak; or, Notes OF . Pro-
fessional Exile" "Will the Land be-
come q Desert2'' is 3 question discussed
nv Joseph L. Chamberlain In atheught-
| FIJI esssy9T Ina~'Openi Letterss' Bishop
Dudley subthe Rev! j. q. Hopkins ex-
press EpScopalian views In regnfd to
l.fChristiau, Union and 81. c. Fdller's
| comments OF fte Rey.9 yhsan aAb66tt's
7 recent Article d3scoseiHa> 6oeialism under
tthe yitls, ssDangsEf AhAadr 4wepExse
sketch of uegreihnmor, Out on SsScpr-
eeop.'' by. Eva n. De Jarneste, 10 . fea.
ture Of Bric-a-Brac.