Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-12-23
Literary Notes.

TIE sales of The Century Magazine
have gone up over $4,000 copies in six
weeks. since beginning the Life of Lin
coin. A second edition Of December
will be issued on the 10Th. A veteran
New York publisher predicts that the
permanent edition Oftlle magazine will
go beyond SOC, 900 before the compile
ton Of the lincoln history. The jan
uary installmeRt, which is said by the
editors TO be of most surprising Interest,
occupies thirty pages of the magazine,
and treats of Mr.. Llneoln's settlement
in Springfield; his practice of law in
that city; the Harrison campaign; Linz
coins marriage; his friendship with the
Speeds of Kentucky; the Shields duel;
and the campaign of 1874. The illustra-
tlons are numerous, including portraits
of Joshua Speed and wife, of Mrs. Lucy
G. Speed, Milton Hay, President Harri-
son, General Shields, William III.
Herndon (the law partner of Mr.. Lin
coln), and Mr.. Lincoln himself, from
the photograph presented by him to
Mrs. Lucy G. Speed. In 1851. Pictures
are given of the house where Lincoln
was married, also the house where he
lived after his marriage, etc, etc.
The January number of Arthur's
Home Magazine is at hand. with an
unusually attractive table of contents
and charming illustrations. The short
storiesare capital and the serial by M.
G.. cClelland begins well, and promises
to he one of the best by thisrising young
writer In addition to the stories, wo-
men folks will find many things useful
in its well.filled departments, and the
illustrated bits of fancy work suitable
for little, inexpensive presents are quite
the right thing to keep fair fingers at
work in the holiday season now at
hand.
The enlarged form of the Magazine is
great improvement upon its old style,
and places the Home prominently be-
fore the public as one of the best of the
lower-cost monthly magazines The
price In but two dollars year, with re-
duc:ions and premiums for clubs.
Sample copies, ten cents each. T. s.
Arthur o. Son, Philadelphia, are the
publishers.
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Harper's Magazine for January furn-
ishes q generous instalment of the nov
el attractions promised in its prospec-
tus for the coming year in four strong
and fresh contrib1fions-thes first part
Of Slf Edward Reeds ''Continentai Ma
vies," the cemmencement,of the series
OF southern articles ln Cnar!es lludley
Warmers "New Orleans, rs Mtllet.S
Summer Campaignw with the Cossacks,,
starting the series of Eastern Papers.
and the heinitiafiustalutent of Kathjeen
OiNFso ra a,s s;an ,,n,.oi aNtarE 3jsRaS.
80 HSs1 8 sN.o:ah nos -, ~ ,
siu1.1 SneSts st'SST'ss st'STT'ss Ie9yu'eYt nT'oIl
contafhs double ~1nstaiment OF Back
morelsr' 'Spfinghaven," the Hcontinua-
ton c6fl RSe,s u Home Acre, va capital
story by r. M. Johnson. "a Note ON
Tmpressionist PaintincD by Theodore
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LIN ..n,I,i sSv sIou foens' "i'p ''io
rlchly iaoeh departments 391i 'nn95i"I
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ents granted by the United States pstentof-
comptled from the sofiiciai records by the
howafd 6ros., soncltorS Oh patentsi cor Hh
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