The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-28

by Batchelder; also portraits of Gems.
Meade, Reynolds and Hunt, and Of
"John Burns Of Gettysburg; draw.
ings from war time photographs. etc.
The Memoranda" relate to "a Young
Hero Of Gettysburg" "The Finding of
Lees Les. Oder" and "McClellan's
Kir dness." In fiction, besides the
tenth Part of Mr.. Howell's novel, "The
Minister'S Charge" there is short
story OF the East and West by MIS-.
Mary Hallock Foote, "The Fate Of
Voice." with an illustration by the
author, ard the first part Of new
novel by Frank r. Stockton, entitled
"The Hundredth Man." in an entirely
new vein. While amusing in parts,
Mr.. Siookton's new novel shows a
more serious bent than heretofore.
Among the poems are "Clevedon
Church" apropos of Arthur Hsllam's
grave, by An rev Lang; 1.-THE Ques-
tiouer of toe Sphinx" by Miss NJ Vir-
ginia Donaghe; "Ihe Ref>rmer," by
Paul Herme', and one on "The Life
Mask of Abraham Lincoln" by r. W,
Glider. Besides this store Of good
things, sill the departments are unus-
ually full and interesting,
THE first number of the new volume
of the 81. Nicholas resliz the promise
OF the prospecius. Louis M. AIcott
contributes a charming and character
istic story called "The Blind Lark"
Then, come of the wonderfully clever
tales that Victor Hugo, the great
French poet and novelist, used to tell
his favorite grandchildren have been
collected, and are here put into En-
glieh, for the frat time by Byander
Matthews, with capital illustrations by
Reginald B. Birch. There is also the
opening chapter of "Juau and juan
ifa,n the new serial by Frances
Courtenay Baylor. Dat OF door sports
receive recognition in spirited story
of Yale-P Princeton foot ball match,
with the queer title OF Richard Oarrs
Baby" Pictures of Celia Thaxter'e
study and Edmund ClaIence Sted-
mans summer home are among Harry
FERNS beautiful illustrations of Alice
Rollins "a City of Old Home. teadg."
L. S. Brooks tells of another Historic
Girl" and her brave boy champion.
There is a c,pital descriptive paper,
abundantly illustrated, on "B)ripg
for OIL" Q. F. Holder hes come in.
ttrucive and and amusing "ysrns" TO
tell OF that absurd bird, the hamingo:
there are some more "Dog Stories"
one OF them adapted from the Spanish
of Cervantes, and illustrated by F. II.
Lupgren; Palmer Cox bss more
poetry and pictures of Brownie life,
this time 1.-THE Brownies in the
Gymnasium. Helen Gray Cole has a
beautiful "Dolly's Lullaby" set to
music by Karl Klsuser, and to pitt-
ures by Laura O. Hills. Harlan II.
Ballard describes the "Second General
Convention of the A. A." There ara
Poems by EudoraM s. Bumstead, Ida
Whipple Benham and Edith M.
Thomas; a fr?ntispieCe by Mary Hal
lock FOo'e, and other pictures by
Steiner, Share, j. c, Beard, Rogers,
Sandman, Drake and Oilers.
THE November issue of the Southern
Bigo,.ac is full Of articles of general
aud varied interest. The article by
Hugh n. Starnts, on the "Rice Fields
OF Csro ina," describes very graph
ically one of the most picturesque fea-
lures of Southern agriculture. II is
fully illustrated. James W. A. Wright
contributes a second paper on "War
Prisons and War Poetry" Lafcadio
Hearn has a charming character
sketch entitled "The Last of the New
Orleans Fencing Masters" Thomas
M. Boyd, who was cadet at the Vir-
ginis Military Ilsiituts when Gen.
Stonewall Jackson was professor of
natural philosophy and instructor in
artillery tactics, gives some personal
"reminiscences Of the great soldier. o..
B. Mayer has story of the Revolu-
tionary War, entitled "The Two
Msrksmen Of Ruff'a Mountain" the
scene of which is in South Carolina.
Ethelbert ID. Warfisld writes of BIRD
Lite in Recent Literature" with pleas
ant references to ThcreGu, John Bur
roWs, Maurice Thompson and others.
G, @. Conner closes his valuable pa
per on Mexico; Horace D. Warner
has a short paper on "The Summit OF
the south" and altogether we have in
the November iseue of the Southern
Birouac a number of unusual merit
The editors announce a series of pa.
pers relating TO what is called The
North western Conspiracy" which viii
certainly excite profound and wide
spread interest.