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MAGAZINES, ETC.

The October Century Century Com
pany, New York; closes the thirty sixth
volume and eighteenth year of that period
| lcal. The frontispiece of the number is
portrait of the late Emma Lazarus, the
Jewish poet of New York. The opening
article is paper by Richard Jefferies, on
an English Deer Park" Theodore Ro0se-
welt closes his ranch series with an anec-
dotal paper on " Frontier Types" Another
illustrated ARTICLES on American Machine
Cannon and Dynamite Guns" A leading
| article of the number is George Remnants
description of THE Tomsk Forwarding
Prison The installment of the Lincoln
series is on "Plans OF Campaign" An
other paper having war subject is Walt
Whitmans memoranda of Army Hos
pitfalls and Cases" There is s timely series
| of papers on Our National Military Sys-
| tenn. by General a. V. Kautz, Colonel J.
N. Rice, General G. w. Wineate and Major
Z. Q. Brust. Mr.. Janvier's brief serial,
"a Mexican Campaign" is concluded, and
there are two short stories-"A Strike" by
Maud Howe, and An Idyl of sinkin'
Mount'in'," by H S. Edwards. Other pa
pers are on THE New Political Genera
ton" Christianity the Conservator of
American Civilization and Songs of the
Western Meadow Lark" The poems are
by Emma Lazarus, Harriet Prescott Spot
ford, Thomas Wentworth Higginson,
Robert Underwood Johnson, Henry W.
Austin and Charles Henry Webb. In
Topics are discussed The American Vol
unteer, ;" General Sheridan, - " The Amen
tiles of Politics." who Is the Genuine
Party Man 2" Manual Training and in
Open Letters, Lincoln as o Military
Man, Lowell's Recent Writings, "Lect-
ures on American History" The Right
Man for Our Church etc
The October Magazine of American
History GAS Broadway, New York, is
rich and welcome number. 1t opens with
the first part of romantic chapter of Texas
history, The City of a Prince" by Lee C.
Hardy. Much of the information in this
well-written paper is new. The next arti-
Gle is an illustrated sketch Of the "Site of
Old Fort Massachusetts" conspicuous in
the French and Indian war, is by DR.. d. D.
Slade. a notable feature of the issue is
Hon. George B. Loring's brilliant ''VinGica-
ton OF General Samuel Holden Parsons"
from the charges of reasonable correspond
ence with the enemy in the revolution. An
Unpublished Letter of President John
Adams" is intensely interesting; "a Bos-
ton Newspaper of the Revolution" by Hon.
Horace King; THE Marquis de Lotbiniere,"
by John Horn, of Montreal "a Trip from
New York to Niagara in 1929" by Colonel
William L. Stone, whose portrait is the
frontispiece to the number, and shorter
articles include Revolutionary Houses in
New jersey" by Andrew Mellick, Jr., and
sketch of the House Of General Rufus
Putnam " complete the number.
The October Forum" 1858 Fifth avenue.
New York;, contains a review OF Tolstoi's
remarkable career and writings with espe-
cial reference TO his religious opinions and
teachings, by Archdeacon Farrar. An
other essay on q literary subject is the
British critic, Edmund Gosse's, answer to
the question, & Has America Produced
Poet?" Edward Atkinson continues his
series of essays on our Industrial Condi-
ton and Wages and Labor problems Pro-
fessor E ". Taussig, of Harvard, explains
specifically what effect protective duties
have on wages. Another industrial article
is statement by Adelbert Hamilton of
" The Great Railway Debt in the United
States. Two political articles are On " Race
AntagoDism in the South" by Senator
Eustis, of Louisiana, and why the Chinese
Must be Excluded" by W. B. Farwell.
other articles in this number are the
lie Schools Teach ," by the Rev A. S.
Isaacs; THE Border-Land of Morals"
by the Rev. DR.. c. a. Bartol; and The
Dread of Death" by Junius HeEri Browne
The opening paper of the "Quiver" for
October is devoted to The Day Of Alone
ment as Observed by the Modern Jews"
Rev. r. II. Lowell writes upon "Seuli-
mental Christians" class whom he does
not encourage. THE Unselishness of
True Evangelical Religion " is dwelt upon
by the Rev. Hay NJ. Aiken. Tryon Ed
wards, D. D., of Detroit, discusses New
ton and Voltaire on Prophecy" The
Natural Poetry of Foot-paths " is laid be-
fore the reader by Alexander Lamont, and
will be appreciated by every one who has
crossed English meadows. What Mrs.
Thwaites DID is story in two CHAPTERS
by Emma Blythe. There is a very inter
esting account of q " Training Home for
Girls" at Newnham-on- Severn, and there
is very interesting account of Emin
Pasha," by lone who knows him" A
"Quiver" full OF Short Arrows and many
other good things so 10 make up this num-
Der. [Cassell & Co, New York.
The " Book Buyer" for OCTOBER is at hand
from Charles Scribners Sons, New York.
The artistic author, Howard Pyle, has the
post of honor, the portrait and the enter
tanning sketch giving good idea of the
author of The Merry Adventures of Robin
Hood" There is 9 portrait of Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe; and, in addition to the
guide, there is a description of the poet
Bryant. +" Cedarmere," in Roslyn, Long
Island. The new departure of questions
and answers, The Literary Querists."
edited by Rossiter Johnson, is begun in
this number. a dozen or so illustrations
from the newest, descriptive reviews of late
books, the London and Boston literary
letters, and the news notes about forthcom-
ing holiday publications, are the remain
ing contents.
The Overland Monthly" for October
(San Francisco) is at hand, and presents
these papers: Early Books, Magazines
and Bookmaking," Charles H. shinn, with
illustrations " Youth and Life" Melville
Upton Fog Signals" f. L. Clarke;
Lumber, Wool and Salt" W. A. Beatty;
A Flying Fancy" Charles S. Greene
" Three Pines" Leonard Kip; "Bigler's
Journal in 49," Henry W. Bgler; Captain
Ben.,' Patience Stapleton The Williams
Massacre" Andrew ] Lockhart; IAN
Angel Unawares," NJ. c. ellington 1.-THE
Lost Explorers" Dagmar Mariager; In
Salvador" John Newbigging; The Moan
Of the Mojave," Jane Porter.
The " Song Friend" published by S. w.
Straub & Co., Chicago gives to its readers
for September, in published music
"Spring-Tide Revels," an instrumental
piece by Edward Harper; Loves Old
Song" soprano or tenor solo; Patter on
the Shingles" four-part song and chorus,
by Towne & Straub; a picnic song, Our
Hearts are Light" by s. w. Sraub song,
Where Do You Live" by S. o. Loman
and sacred four-part piece and chorus,
Il Will Give You Rest, by S. W. Srau5
From s. w. Straub & Co.. music pub
fishers, Chicago, we have new song, and
very pretty one indeed, entitled, "'Tis
Hard to Say Goodbye" The words are by
Maria Sraub, and music by Professor S. W.
Straub. Price, 30 cents. also, from the
same firm, the intrumental piece, Oliver
tissment," the famous pizzicati music of
Sylvia, by Leo Delibes. Price, 30 cents.
The October number of "Our Little
Ones and the Nursery" completes the
eighth volume of this very popular publ
cation for the wee side of the household.
The success of this little magazine in pleas
ing and teaching its young readers and ad-
mirers makes it an almost indispensable
visitor to weil-regulated households. [Rus-
sell Publishing Company, Boston.
Nevada County Fruit Sent East.
The fine display of premium dried fruits
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