The Wilmingtonian., 1888-06-16
close orthe Century's ssm volume.

! ole5h photogF Faphs, and will b. of special
Interest to the teachers and students of
International Sunday School Lesson.
Theodore Roosevelt, in this number de-
scribes, with the aid of Mr.. Remington's
well-formed pencil, that decidedly Ameri.
can institution, 'The Round,up." AS Mr..
Roosevelt and Mr.. Remington have both
participated in scencs.such us are here depict
ed, tho paper is unusually vivid both in
letter-press and illustrations.
An illustrated article on THE American
Inventors Of the Telegraph" tells the inside
story of the invention, especially bringing
out the services rendered to the enterprise
by Alfred Vail. Mr.. Wallis extremely i'm
portant col nectioA with the invention is here
for the iIst time fully and authoritatively
told. The article will be surprise to the
larger part Of the public
Two articles Of special literary interest
are Henry James's paper on Robert Louis
Stevenson, with sketch of Stevenson's very
Individual face by.Alexander, Iand brief es-
say by the Rev. T. 7. Munger on "The
Works of Elisha Milford" Mr.. James
does not speak Of "Underwoods" 10 his es-
say, it having appeared since the paper was
written; but there is poetic criticism of il
in "Bric-a-Brac by Miss Thomas.
DIR. Eggleston's story of ''The Grayson''
has some very exciting chapters; and James
Lane Aliens story, illustrated by Lemble, is
a pathetic account of 1.-TWO Kentucky Gen
tlemen of the Old School,"
A series of papers by Simeon Peasc
Cheney (the father of the poet, John Vance
Cheney, is begun in the April number. Mr..
Cheney is said to have made the most care.
ful annotations of bird music which have
yet appeared. The birds whose songs are
describe in this paper are the Bluebrd and
Robin.
The present installment OF the Life of Lir-
coin is on "Fhe National Uprising'' for the
preservation of the Union; the political aud
military relation of Baltimore to the situa-
tion is also fully described. A further chan
ter is S~~ptpd to ti~r condition OF things in
Washington itself at the outbreak of the
Rebellion. Iu the chapter on the city of
Washi- gtOn occurs a most pathetic passage
describing Lncoln's anguish of mind at the
extraordinary dangers menacipg the
country and the capital.
Mr.. George Remnants article is on the
Russian Penal Code, the astonishing provi-
sion of which are here briefly explained.
This paper is the last of Mr.. Remnants intro
ductory series, and will be followed in the
May number by the first illustrated article
in the main series, which will give the re-
suits OF The CentHrg's expeditions into Sibe.
ria.
Among the poems Of tho number are
''Thefts of the Morning." by Edith NJ,
Thomas; an illustrated dialect poem, 'sMarse
Phil, by Thomas Nelson Page, and the last
poem written by Emma Lazarus, which is
addressed to Carmen SYLVIA" and is an ap-
peal to the Queen of Roumauia in behalf of
the oppressed Israelites of that country.
Memoranda of the Civil War; contains
short articles on "The Opening of the Allan
ia Campaign" by Colonel William G. P
Breckinridge; T'Kershaw's Brigade at Fred
ericksburg," by General J. B. Kershaw; an
extraordinary account of ''The Last Victim
of the War, by Judge W. NJ. Dickson; an
unpublished letter by General Hooker on