Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-15
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NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE-Septem
Published by the New England m agazine com
pany, &c Bromfeld street, Boston, Mass.
Subscription price, $500 year.
The old series of this magazine for
some reason passed away, but now with
a renewal of life under most favorable
auspices new series has been started
with Edward Everett Hale as chief edi
tor In the editor s table will be found
the actuating motive that gave the mag
azine its name, which is singularly ap-
propriate if one may be permitted to
Judge the intent from the contents of the
initial number.
The frOntspiece is Priscilla, the fair
puritan maiden, who the poet has so
idealized as to leave little for the artist.
The first article, ga Plymouth Pill
grimage, ''by Mrs. A. NJ .Diaz only opens
the way for articles by excellent writers
on subjects connected with the Pilgrim
Fathers and the places that they have
made famous.
The editor in sperking of the selection
of the name alludes to the fact that New
Englanders are found III every land, and
that wherever they are they still main
taid an interest in the land of their an
cestry. 1t is then quite natural to sup
pose that history, descriptive writing,
poetry, legends and traditions relating TO
this section will find interested readers.
Edwin D. Mead. the able assistant edi-
tor, springs the question: Did John
Hampden, who is so identified with the
history of the Cromweliian period in
English history really visit this country?
and shows that the weight of
| evidence favors the view that he spent
some time among the colonIsts.
The portrait of Edward Bellamy and
most Justly critical article, F'The Author
| of Looking Backward, - by Sylvester
! Baxter, cannot fail to repay careful
reading 1t is sufficient to convince one
| that, as the author says, ''Can no
| American of to-day not afford to read it
| any more than he can afford to be ignor
| ant of his ccuntry's history - but that
no lover of English, 'pure and unde-
! filed, - can afford to miss the exquisite
! pleasure of reading those other works of
| Mr. Bellamy s, from which he has made
copious extracts.
The impression of Mr.. Clark, as CLEANED
| from Gin Paris at the Centennial, - is
! that the United States has little cause for
! graduation in the meager exhibit that is
made of the resources and industries of a
! great nation.
The departments, culinary
''househoId, - Literary - mlscellan-
good, and no housekeeper, however full
| her time may be, will have occasion to
regret the time spent in careful per-
usal of the contents of this September
number.
A Hopeless Case: This title was given
the first issue of this curious fiction :,
but MIR Brickford, the author, finding
that Edgar Faucet had prior claim
upon the name, consented to change 1t
to Circumstances Beyond Control.
| under which name the second issue will
appear Indeed the latter seems most
| appropriate, as the interest of the story
! hinges on hypnotic influence that leaves
/ the subject the victim of the wiles of an
| unscrupulous man possessing hypnOtizing
power.
Y TABLE TALK-september. Office of publica-
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these wants most welcome.
There is usually no disappointment in
Table Talk. The pages abound in helps
and hints that are valuable because
practical There is no contributor more
welcome than is Mrs. GraysOn, who in
her talks always teaches. t'Good Man
agement Better than Much Money i;
no exception, and in this short article
many suggestions for labor saving and
health preserving are given.
THE PANSY-September D. Lothrop com.
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workers. September. Boston, Mass Price
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THE LADIES' HOME JoURNALc-septembe
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