The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-01-28
THE MAGAZIN Es.

EDMUND @. STEDMAN contributes q
notable poem, "Hebe," in the Febru.
airy number of the Century, which
name is seer, from the illustrations
accompanying, to belong to lioness
which played the exscutioner's part
in lovers revenge. The other poems
are by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, the
late Sidney Lanier, and others.
"ANToINE LOUIS BARYE," the French
sculptor, is the subject of the opening
illustrated article in the February
Century. II is by Henry Eckford, who
gives thoughtful study OF the man
and his art, as we'll as anecdote and
information, George W. Cable con-
tributes a paper on "The Dance in
Place Congo" which is illustrated
with several arrangements of Creole
music by Il. +. Krehbiel, Miss M. l..
Bartlett and John A. Broekoven, and
with striking sketches by E. W. KEN.
BILE. "City Dwellings," attractively
illustrated, ia the subject of Mrs. Van
Rensselaer's fifth paper on Recent
American Architecture"
The CENTURY for February con-
tains Gen. Grants article, written
before his death, Preparing for the
wilderness Campaign" Here he is
dealing with bis plans for the last
grand campaign, extending from the
James round to Nashville, Atlanta
and the sea, and which gave the Con-
federacy the death hug. His method
is vivid and auecdotal, and as out.
spoken regarding the personal aids
and drawbacks OF his officers as the
physical difficulties to be overcome.
A fac-simile OF Lincoln's "God-speed"
letter to Grant, written few days be-
fore the Wilderness battle, accom-
psnies the article; also character
istic aneceote Of Grant during the bat
tie by Charles Carleton Coffin, who
observed the incident described.
In The Century for February will be
found an article entitled Anecdotes
OF McClellan's Bravery" by one OF his
officers who was a companion in arms
as far back as the Mexican war, which
lends additional interest to the war
time portrait of Mcclellan, which is
the frontiapiece of the number. Un-
der the laconic title, "Our March
Against Pope" Gen. Longstrest gives
the Confederate view of the second
Bull Run campaign, with some caustic
criticisms and amusing anecdotes.
Though not written with a knowledge
OF Gen. Pope's article in the preceding
number, it derives from that certain
interest which in another sense il re-
turns. The paper is profusely illus
trated, as is also with Jackson's Foot
Cavalry at the Second Manassas" by
Allen Q. Redwood, who describes the
humors and hardships OF private. In
"Memorands of the Civil War" Gen.
William F. Smith. and others offer
"Comments on General Grants Chat
tanooga'" and Gen. Erasmus D. Reyes
describes the services of "The Rear
Guard After Malvern Hill"
The ST. NICHOLAS for February is a
chang up" number that the little ones
are sure to enjoy hugely. Appropriate
to the month is the second installment
OF Horace E. Scudder's George Wash
ington;" and the comparison between
the governments OF England andAmer-
lea, in "Among the Lawmakers" will
interest all patriotic boys and girls. or
a somewhat more practical nature is
the Ready for Business" paper on
electrical engineering; while Helen
Jackson "a. H. gives a few useful
hints in her NEW Bits of Talk for
Young Folks" and Frank Bellew, in
a clever little story, explains how the
brain receives, stores, and uses all lis
impressions. Among those articles
which may be elassed as timely is an
outdoor sketch, entitled "Fish-spear-
ing Through the Ice," which shows
how clever boys improved ON an in
genious Indian mode Of fishing; "Bad-
minton," a sort Of indoor tennis for