Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-12-07

The illustrated arti lie o. London. BY
Henry James. ia one Of the most noteworthy
contributions 10 The Century. Il occupies
twenty pages and 10 embelished BY thirteen
brilliant illustrations by Joseph PennelL As
description and social study Of the great
English metropo Is il il one Of the best, in
so brief space Ne have ever read. True,
We have never lived in London, and +. Is
proof Of the eleyerness Of Mr.. James con-
tr button that after reading il We fAneT We
have lived there q year. George kennAr
has an article descriptive Of the peasants Of
the Great Siberian road between Tomsk and
Achinsk. Srit-en With all his graphic force
and accompanied By eight striking enzra.-
ings- Edrard L. Wilson describes the
scenery from Sinai to Sheen, which is Illus
vated by fifteen enzravings made from photo
graphs taken on the spot BY the author. Mr..
W j. 5tilimzn csnirIbste. An account Of
Daccio. one Of the old Italians who painted
remarkable scenes in the hfe Of our Lord,
three Of which are reproduced Mr.. Hop
xinton Smith describes his Impressions of
Mexico while under the w hite Umbrella,
from which he made the ten picture. given
With his article The above comprise the
leading illustrated articles, although there
are besides sketches to the stories, and an
engraved fac-simile Of page Of the Ms. Of
late Henry Ward Beecher. In addition 20 the
above, there are poems, essays, open letters
and bric-a-brae contributions By the follow
ing among other writers. Mary Halloek
foote. Julian Hawthorne, James Whitcomb
Riley, Geo. W. Cable Henry AIMEE Blood,
Richard Henry Stoddard Louise lmosene
Quincy. Geo. II. Jessop. and f. K. Sill.
We must not forget TO note the iHstalment of
Lincoln Biography which relates 10 the be-
sinnings Of the emancipatl N scheme Of the
martyr president. Nes York The Cen
fury Company. $500 per year.
Midway in the brilliant number Of the
North American Review for December /. the
aracie which 10 our mind will attract widest
attention of any contribution to the number
II is by Mr.. Walker Blaine Of thi. city and
is devoted TO study Of the causes why Har-
rison was elected President Il is keen in
statement, shows close familiarity with the
movements Of political parties in this coun-
try during the past thirty years, and is er-
ceediDgly we'll written. The article will
command wide reading, and its candid treat
ment Of somew shat One-sided question will
surely meet favorable comment. Having
said this much We tgrn to the first part of
the magazine. The spe ming contribution is
7yhPDSiNh oi4 lAt HhN5t4pht 10 Fehi4At1
deadf' which i. thoroughly useless, wholly /
speculative and adds little to our knowledge .
Of African discoveries. Gen. Sherman con- (
tributes an autobiography al chapter of
much interest, somewhat wrongly headed /
we think. In Madness and Murder,
DR. W. A. Hammond reviews the .
strange Whitechapel crimes and assumes /
that the propensity to kill exists to a greater /
or less degree in the mind of every human .
being, whomsoeyer-an assum ption which .
will De vigorously questioned, we doubt not .
by as able Psychologist as Dr. Hammond /
himself. Hon. Warren Miller writes Of
High License justified The structures /
of an article in the November number of /
the Review on the fast set at Harvard re-
ceiyes seyeye rebuke in the issue by lone /
of them" The remaining articles in the /
body Of the Review are: why | am a
Spiritualist, Lord Besconsfeld and the .
Irish" and Shakespeare Influence on the /
Drama, Under the department of Notes /
and Comments" There are nine brief
articles, no one of which is especially no.
ticeable, New York Edited by Ale
Thorndike Rice. Terms, $500 per an
mum.