The Wilmingtonian., 1888-05-19
close ofthe Century's s5th yo Iunie.


The April number of The Century closes
the thirty-ffth half-yearly volume. The
first article is By Edward L. Wilson, the
well-knpwn photographer, and is descriptive
Of the natural and,other features OF Palis-
+;..s fI'rUm Fan tS DeeIsneUa. Inc arti-
Gle has great number Of Illustrations, main
ly from photographs, 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
Informed pencil, that decidedly Ameri.
can institution, 'The Round.up." As Mr..
Roosevelt and NTr. Remington have both
participated in scenes such as are here depict
ed, the paper is unusually vivid both in
letter-pr and Illustrations
An illust. ated 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 cor nectioa with the invention is here
for the irst time fully and authortatively
told. The article will be surprise to tho
| 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, land brief es-
say by The Rev. T, T. Munger on "The
| Works of Elisha Milford" Mr. James
does not speak of "Underwoods" in his es-
say, it having appeared since the paper was
written; but there is poetic criticism of ii
in "Bric-a- Brae," 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 Kcntucky Gen.
tlemen of the Old School,"
A series of papers by Simeon Peast
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
full annotations Of bird music which hav,
yet appeared. The birds whose songs srC
describe in thus paper arc the Bluebird ant
Robin.
Tho present instailnent Of the Life of Lin
coin is on "The National Uprising" for th'
preservation Of the Union; the political ant
military relation Of Baltimore to the situa
ton is also fully described. A further chap
ter is devoted to the condition Of things il
Washington itself at the outbreak of th,
Rebellion. In the chapter on the city o
Washi gton occurs a most pathetic passag
/ Z inpOlt,'g nF mind af
extraordinary dangers menacirg tn
country and the capital.
Mr.. George Remnants article is on th
Russian Penal Code, the astonishing prGvi
sion of which are here briefly explained
This paper is the last of Mr.. Kennan's intro
ductory series, and will bs followed in tn
May number by tue first Illustrated articl
in the main series, which will give the re
suits Of The CtHhyy's expeditions into SbC
} ria.
Among the poems of the number ar
''Thefts of the Morning." by Edith NJ
Thomas; an illustrated dialect poem, "Mars
Phil" by Thomas Nelson Page, and the las
poem written by Emma Lazarus, which
addressed to Carmen SYLVIA" and is an az
p peal to the Queen of Roumania in behalf {
the oppressed Israelites of that country.
Memoranda of the Civil War; contain
short articles on "The Opening of the Altar
S ia Campaign by Colonel William c. I
Breckenridge; "Kershaw's Brigade at FREQ
ericksburg," by General ]. B. Kershaw; a
: extraordinary account of "The Last Victir
IF tho War > nv India w NJ n;oIyoop. q
unpublished lettor by General Hooker o