The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-22
THE MAGAZIN ES.

TIE CENTURY for January will con-
tain a brief biography of George Ban
croft, the distiugu shed historian.
The article ia written by Prot. Sloane
editor If The PRINCETON ReuitSo, and
formerly the historians private sec'
retsly.
Mr.. john READE has a very inter,
esting article in the January number
Il the Popular Science Monthly on "rhe
Inte'mingling of Races" in which he
shows that crossing is general, an
almost universal phenomenon in
human history, that hss been going
on for thousands OF years, and is sti ]
going on aud that most OF the exist
irg races OF men are, to greater or
less extent, the rasults of it.
The Gales Of The Century NdgG:in,
have gcns up over 10000 copies Ia six
weeks, since beginning the Life o.
Lincoln" A second edition of De
cember was i'su I'd on the 18Th. A
veteran New York publisher predicts
that the permanent edition Of ihe
msgaz ne viii 20 beyond 800 600 be-
fore the completion Of the Lincoln
history. The January installmeut,
which is said by the editors to be Of
most furpsssing interest, occupie.
thirty psges Of the magazine, and
treats OF Mr., LincolD's settlement in
Springfield; his practice OF law in thGt
city; the Harrison campaign; Lin
coins marriage; his friendship with
the Speeds, OF Kentucky; the Shields
duel, and the campaign OF 1914. The
rations are numerous, including
portraits Of Joshua Speed aud wife, III
Mrs. Lucy G. Speed, Milton Hay,
President Harrison, Con. Shields,
William II. Herndon (the law partn Ell
of Mr.. Lincoln), and Mr.. Lincoln
himself, from the photograph pre-.
scented by him to Mrs. Lucy g. Speed,
in 1861, Pictures are given Of the
house where Lincoln was married,
also the house where he lived after
his marriage, etc.
To BE EXACT, 102 famous authors
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issued. The lis. is headed by
Mary Coyden Clarke Of England, liv-
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thage, A. ID. 200 1858. Between these
appear the names OF not less than thir.
ty-two American authors (which
sh ows the great importance Of the
work in this respect), including the
names Of S. i. Clemens MARX Twain,
Robert Colyer, J. Fenimore Cooper,
Henry Clay, B shop Coke, f. S. Coz
zsns (author Of "SparrowgrassPa Papers J,
+. M. Crawford and George VIM. Cur
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by Cousin and Compile, Chinese by
Confucius, Italian by Colonna-aud
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