Smyrna times., 1889-11-13
Periodicals..

ST. Nicholas THE Century Co., New
York; for November, begins a new
volume with new type and more pages.
Some of the good things in the long
table of contents are "The Prince and
the Brewers Son." by Elizabeth Balch;
Dorothy Dots Thanksgiving Party"
by Ada M. Trotter; "COursing with
GreyhOunds in Southern California" !"
by G. F. Holder; Inter. collegiate
Foot Ball in America" by Walter
Camp; and "a Race for Life" bv
Emma W. Demeritt. 1t would be hard
work to make st. Nicholas better, but
it could be made a little larger, and
this is what the publishers have done.
Scribner's Magazine Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons, New York; for November
contains four illustrated articles, in ad-
ditiOn to Harold Frederick's stirring
serial ''In the Valley" which is illus.
trated by Howard Pyle. These arti-
cles are-"Where Emin Is" bv Colo
mel H. G. Pront "a Student of Sala-
manca," by William Henry Bishop
"a New Field of Honor" by Captain
James E. Pitcher; and "Goethe's
House at Weimar," by Oscar Brown
ing. These are all readable and efIec-
tive papers. Or. M. Allen Starr de-
scribes Electricity in Relation to the
Human Body" This extremely i'm
pOrtant subject is handled with great
lucidity, making one of the most at
tractive papers in the number.
The Century The Century Company
New York. for November, opens with
a genial, quiet and intensely " interesting
chapter in the Autobiography of Jo,
seph Jefferson" The Lincoln history
contains an interesting account of the
battle of Five Forks and the surrender
at AppOmattOX, and Mr.. Remnants
Siberian paper is full of graphic details
although his tendency to make note
of his various bodily conditions still
continues. A new serial novel bv
Amelia E. Barr, "Friend Olivia" is
begun, and also story in four parts
by Frank r. Stockton, entitled 1.-THE
Merry Chante." Brander Matthews
gives an account of THE Grolier Club'
and Mark Twain furnishes a few droll
pages from an absurd forthcoming vol
ume of his about "a Connecticut Yam
kee in King Arthur's Court" Ernest
ii. Crosby contributes a short story,
The Case of John Van Arsdale."
HARD AT WORK.-Nearly one hun
dred Eminent Persons are now en-
gagged in preparing valuable and i'm
portan5 contributions to the Youths
Companion for 1890.
MIR. Gladstone is getting together his
"reminiscences of Motley, the Histo-
rian Justin Mccarthy is writing all
personal recOllections of great Prime
Ministers; Sir MOrell Mackenzie is
thinking ofwhat he shall say to the
Companion readers on the training of
their voices in youth Captain Ken
nedy IS recalling the exciting episodes
OF his five hundred different trips
across the Atlantic, and making notes
for his articles; p. 7. Barnum is pre-
pairing the account of how he secured
his White Elephant; General WolseIv
Is arranging to tell the boys how thev
can endure hardships; Carroll ID.
Wright is securing statistics about the
boy and girl labOrers of America. what
they do and what they earn; Hon.
James q. Blaine is writing a paper for
our young politicians; popular au-
thors are at work on serial stories: the
Presidents of three leading American
colleges will give advice to boys on
their future; Tyndall and Shaler are
to talk about the wonders of nature
Marion Harland promises to entertain
the girls while Lieutenant Schwatka
will take the boys in Imagination to
to the loneliest place in the United
States.
There are hundreds of pleasures in
store for the Companion readers of
1870. Every one is hard at work as
you see. $1.75 will admit you to fiftv-
two weeks of these entertainments.
Send for full prospectus for 1890 to the
Youths Companion, Boston, Mass.