The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-22
THE JUNE CENTURY.

y finely engraved drawing from HOu-
dons bust of Benjamin Franklin is the
| frontispiece of the June Century, and
several pages of unpublished Letters of
Benjamin Franklin" edited by the Hon.
John BigelOw. add to the literary inter-
est of the number, These letters are a
part Of the stevens Collection" of
Franklin's manuscripts now owned bv
the United States Government, and
abound In the good humOr and shrewd
and kindly wisdom for which Franklin's
writings are "a famous.
The Rev. DIR. j. NJ. Buckley contrib
uteS a remarkable article on Faith
Healing and Kindred Phenomena. -
which l. based on many years of in
qulIy on his own part and on much
| trustworthy testimony. His conclusions
are opposed To the claims of Christian
faith healerS." and the article altoyeth
er. offers Il mass of curious and import
ant information.
In their order the illustrated papers of
the number are a Literary RambIe."
by Austin DObSOn. along the Thames
from Fulham To ChiSwick. i'm which we
have illusions TO many famous people
known in literature and in history. and
gllmpSeS of the scenery along ''the uni
verSity-cOurSe" Mrs. SCHUYLER van Rens-
Selaer'S second paper on American
Country Dwellings" with drawings of
some of the ,handsOmeSt country houses
IN the eastern states: timely paper on
Harvard'S Botanic Garden and its Bot
anistS. by Ernest IngersOll; and a pa
per by John Burroughs on Birds Rggs, e"
with engrIvings of twentp-twO varie-
ties of eggs.
The Antietam campaign is the subject
of the war papers in this number. the IL
lustrations referring mostly 10 the battle
of Antietam. and forming perhaps the
richeStipictOrial contribution vet made
to- the series. General James Long
streets "reminiscences are covered by the
title. The Invasion of Maryland; Gen.
John G.. Walker writes of the battles of
''Harper'S Ferry and Sharpsburg''-t
latter being the confederate name for
Antietam: Colonel Henry Kyp Douglas,
af JacksOn's staff. relates anecdotes of
.StOnewall Jackson in Maryland; and
Charles Carleton Coffin. the war CORES
pendent. describes .'SceneS at Antie-
TAM"
Besides the continuation of IIOwell's
new novel. The Minister'S charge, or
T.
the fiction of the number comprises two
dialect short stOries,-a tale of the war,
entitled ''Meh Lady" by Thomas Nelson
Page. the author of ''MarSe Cham" and
a humorous sketch by Col. Richard NJ,
Johnston. called The Hotel Experience |
Of Mr.. Pink Fluker.
In 'Bric-a-Brac. there Il Il curious |
legend of a Japanese Rip Van Wrinkle, |
la1 ~
version and the pictures illustrating it |
are by Masayuki KataOka.
Topics of the Time" i'm dealing with |
the question of the labor strikes. addresses |
"A Word of Sympathy and Caution" to |
wOrking-men; discusses
Tive Kinds of Boycotting" and broach-
rs the question. ''WhO are the Guiltier !
public officers who accept brides, or
the rich men who use money cOrruptly |
TO further selfish interests.
In Open Letters" Professor Samuel |
NJ. Hopkins discusses christian Union"
in answer to DIR. Crosby; Prof. T.. r. |
Sill takes ground for co-educatiOn i'm |
'Shall Women 90 to College?" The Rev. |
DIR. Washington GLADDEN. writes thought
FULLY of the Labor Question" and i'm
'FOund--'A Universal Tinker, it is
shown that a suggestion made anony-
nOusly by Mark Twain. i'm the December
Century. has borne practical fruit.
The poems of the number are by Bes-
lie Chandler, Harriet Prescott SpOffOrd.
Amelie Rives. q. ). Percival. Edmond
SOsse; and in 'Bric-a-Brac," by Samu-
i Minturn Peck, Anthony Lowell, Char
otte Fisk Bates, and the late George Il.
4anigan,