The morning news., 1888-11-05

the civil war, and he believes that he kept
the yellow fever out of that city by strict
quarantine and by thoroughly cleaning the
city. Rome or Reason" is an article by Col.
R. G. Ingersou, the secend part of which is
given in this number. Col. Ingersolls ar
ticles always find readers. They have
plenty of eloquence If not of logic. Cath
! olicism and Public Schools" by Gail Ham
| ilton, is an article which will attract atten-
tion because of the reputation OF this writer; I;
also because the subject is one that is now
being discussed to some extent. Coffee
Drinking and Blindness" by DR.. H. G..
French, is question that is just now ct
tracing some attention from medical men.
There are other good articles in the number
| Which, as a whole, is an excellent one.
No East Fourteenth street, New York
| city.
| The November number Of Betford's
Magazine is an exceptionally good one.
The principal feature is the complete novel,
Miriam Balestier," by Edgar Fawcett.
This is the best work that has yet proceeded
from that gifted writer's pen. So strong
and realistic is it that one can hardly avoid
| the belief that many of the incidents have
been derived from actual life. A couple of
| interesting and well-written love stories,
| "Wiregrass Kidnappers," by Louis Pendle-
| ton and Captain Trevoir's Guide" by
Jennie 5. Judson, complete the department.
| of fiction. Rose Eytinge, the well
actress, in bright and apprecatlve account
| of The Women of the West" shows that
the pen comes as natural TO her as do the
sock and buskin; and DR.. Montrose A.
| Pallen contributes an extremely valuable
| and interesting, though somewhat egotlsol-
cal, paper on ''treventable Death" in which
| ne incidentally endeavors to STOW that the
deaths of Napoleon Ill. E. P. Roe, Adelaide
ati~ al, IL Lo.v hon
vented Belford, Clarke & Co., New ork.
st. Nicholas for November begins the six
teeuth volume. The first article IS a charm
| ing sketch of girl life in the west, written
| aud illustrated by Mary Hallock Foote.
Mary E. Wilkins gives the remarkable ex-
perience of Ann Mary" who had two
| Thanksgiving days in one year, and from
Octave Thanet there Is a stirring story OF
the reconciliation between two men at feud,
anl how it was brought about by the Loaf
OF Peace" Cecil w. FRANKLIN tells us OF
the success of " Little L ord Fauntleroy' as
a Play in London" Great japan; the
Sunrise Kingdom" " and it's changes through
the revolution of 1868 is the subject
OF short paper by Ida G. Hod,
nett OF permanenb interest and
value are THE Queens Navy by
Lieut.. F. Harrison Smith, R. n, and the
erel papers on "The Rou inc OF the Re-
| PUBIC, Oy Euuunu AIsOll, WHICH DSRlu III
this number. Besides these, is practical
paper on "Wood-carving," by John Todd
| Hill: an account of the "Western Meade"
Lark" by Earnest E. Thompson, illustrated
by an exquisite rawing. The Century
Company, Union Square New York
The November Century begir.s the thir ty
seventh volume and ninteenth year of the
magazine and the number is made notable
| 4 e n,
magazine features The most importan
If these is the first irstallment of The Cen
tury gallery of Old masters, engraved by I
Cole and described by W. j. StAlman anC
by Mr.. Cole himself The engravings il
this series were made in the presence ol
the original pictures themselves. TEey arG
actual copies and unique in the history o
art, for such careful copies have never be
fore been made on wood. Another serie
begun in November is Mr.. Cables Strange
| True Stories of louisiana After a pre-
face by Mr.. Cable himself comes the ex
traordjnary story of The Young Aun
with White HAIR" from an old French
manuscript. The Romance of Dol
ard" by Mrs. Catherwood, illus
trated by Mr.. Sandman, has two
prefaces, one by Mr.. Parlsham, the his
torian, and one by the author. Mrs
Catherwood is a new author, and ha
broken new ground-Canada in its mos
romantic epoch. The first of Mrs. Foote'
Pictures of the Far West" full-pag
engraving, is given in the same number
Among the leading contributions to thi
number are interesting installments of tn
Life of Lincoln" and of George Kennan'
highly important papers on the ''Siberial
Exile System" Murat Halstead has
paper on 'Gravelotte Witnessed and Re
visited" accompanied by numerous illus
trations; DIR. Lyman Abbott has timel,
and thoughtful essay on the presen
tendency of religious thought Throughout
the world, under the suggestive title o
1.-THE New Reformation. The Centur,
Company, Union square, New York.