Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-10-05
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The Century" for October Century Com
pany, New York. is number of very
strong attractions. 1t is richly illustrated
and its contents are exceedingly varied and
voluminous. Among the more prominent
features are IN East-Siberian Silver
Mines" by George Kennan; ''Moiiefe and
Shakespeare" by c. Coquein; Baseball
for the Spectator" by Walter Camp; Lin
coin, by John G, Nicolay and John Hay;
Italian Old Masters" by w. J. Stillman;
Three Jewish Kings" by Edward L. Viii,
son; THE Pretty Girls in the West" by
Mary Hallock Foote; ION Great Poets
0bscurity,' by Robert Underwood johnson;
THE Longworth Mystery by Young E.
Allison; Compensation by Stuart Sterne;
Songs of Ireland by Jennie E. T. Dove;
'Ben and Judas" by Maurice Thompson;
"Reminiscences of the Herschels." BY
Maria MITCHELL "The Old Bascomb Place
(Conclusion) by Joel Chandler Harris;
The Training of the Teacher" !" by Nicholas
Murray Butler; Manual Training as a
Factor in Modern Education" by Francis
Newton Thorpe; The Democratic Ideal in
Education" by Felix Adler: illusions"
by H. s. Sandford, Jr.; WAR Diary of
Union Woman in the South" by George
w. Cable; History and Current Politics."
"a New College for Women" "A View of
the Confederacy from the Inside, by Judge
John A. Campbsll; The Single Tax on
Land Values" by William s Kahnweiler;
Country Roads" by R A Learned; Irish
Estates" by George w. Ruxton.
The leading article in the October
Forum is review of the political situa-
ton in Europe, by Professor Emile de
Laveleye. 1t is a comprehensive inside
view OF the political status of all Europe.
Senator S. NJ. Cullom, of Illinois, writes an
elaborate article to show that protection is
of greater benefit to the farmers than to
any other class. Thomas l.. James, who
was Postm aster. General under President
Arthur, points out the postal reforms that
are now greatly needed. Edward Wake
field, member of the Australian Parlia-
ment, writes from his experience as a
politician about the Australian ballot sys-
tenn. Professor F. w. Taussig, of Harvard
explains in detail the workings of com.
pulsory insurance of employees in Germany
Bishop Huntington makes keen analysis
of the friyolities of fashionable life. Pro-
fessor William 7. Harris, reviews the sys-
tenn of State socialism explained in Ed
ward Bellamy's Looking Backward" ;"
The Rev. John Snyder, of St. Louis, writes
Prejudice Against the Negro" Other
articles are The Love Notoriety," by
! Frances Power Cobbe; Making Name in
Literature by Edmund Gosse; and DE
mocracy in the Household" by Eliza Lynn
| Linton.
The Overland Monthly" (San Fran
| cisco) for October is an unusually interest
ing number. The opening article, an ac-
| count of the attack on the white settle
ments at the Cascades, in Oregon, by the
Yakima Indians, in 1856. The article is
| illustrated by re- production of photographs
of the scene of the struggle and of sketches.
made by L. W. Coe, shortly after the en-
gagement. The other illustrated article is
an account of the recent developments of
electrical science, by Mr.. Brock The
| death of eX-Judge Terry renders Colonel
/ E. G. Waite's estimate of his life and char
acter peculiarly interesting. James o. Meara,
| in a weli-considered article, considers the
outlook for the railroads of this country in
their contest with the Canadian Pacific
Railway, and suggests the proper action
for Congress to take in the premises, and
| A. G. Tassin finishes his interesting ac-
count of the Apache Indians. Of the seri-
| ais, The Cabin by the Live Oakn reaches
happy conclusion and the first install.
ment of "a Tale of the Incredible" by
Leonard Kip, suggests a somewhat mys-
! terious complication.
"St. Nicholas" for October Century Com
pany, New York; is as bright as ever in
illustration and as interesting in text
Among the leading articles are: Among
| Dogs of High Degree" by Noah Brooks;
the Creature With No Claws" by Joel
| Chandler Harris; almost Tragedy" by
Celia Thaxter; "A Doll on Mount Etna,h
| by E. Cavazzs; Make-Believe," by Eliza
beth Robins Pennell; The Great Process
sion," by Harriet Prescott Spofford; about
Ted Russell" by Eleanor Patnam; "The
Making of a Great Steel Guu,n by G. f.
Tooker; Dora Miller's Wonder Ball." by
Lucy Lincoln Montgomery; Among the
Florida Keys (serial), by Charles Freder-
| lex Holder; Skilled Chinese Youth" by
Charles Howard Johnson; THE First
American" by F. S. Delienbaugh; "My
Dog" by William Dudley Foulke; Where
Salmon Are Plentiful" by Julian Ralph;
Mother Goose Sonnets," by Harriet S,
Morgridgei The Bunny Stories" by John
q. Jewett; "a Close Corporation" by Ruth
Putnam.
"The Popular Science Monthly" for Octo-
Der ID. Appleton e. Co., New York. IN ad-
dition to the editorials, scientific, mis-
cellany and the reviews, has these among
the more valuable papers of the issue:
Pensions for All, /" by General NJ. NJ. Trum-
bull; THE Old and the New Phrenology,"
by Professor NJ. Allen Starr, NJ. D., Ph. D. !;
II,
NJ. D.; "Evolutions as Taught in Theolog.
ical Seminary" by Rollo Ogden; ''The Art
OF Prolonging Life by Dr. Robson Boose;
Education in Egypt" by F. G. n. Wendell,
Ph. D.; "The Bronze Age In Sweden" by
w. H. Larrabee; digestion and Related
Functions" " by ProfessorW Wesley Mills; THE
Chemist as q Constructor by W. Bern
hardt; The Home of the Ferns" by t.
Johnston Evans; Original of Some Gen.
eral Errors" by Herr s. Exner; The
Pleasure Of Notion" by NJ P. Souriaou;
The History of the Fork" by ]. Won
Fake.
The Atlantic Monthly" for October has
these leading papers: "The Begum's
Daughter (serlaD, by Edwin Lassetter Byn-
ner; "a Non Combattant's War Reminis-
cences," by ]. r. Kendrick; "The Mon
mouth and Newport Campaigns" by John
Fiske; "Prismatics,' by Sophia Kirk; ''The
Closing Scenes of the Iliad," by William
Cranston Lawton; I'm the Harara," by
Clinton Scollard Dawes Neckliss, ;, by
Charles w. Chesnutt; "The Government
and Its Creditors" by Henry Loomis Mel
SOD; Ladies and Learning" by L. D. Nor
gan; Fiction in the Pulpit" by Agnes
Repplier; "The Plant of the Rose" by
John B. Tabb; The Tragic Muse" SERIAL,
by Henry James; Theodore Dwight Wool
sey, by Joseph Henry Thayer; "The But
terfiies of the Eastern United States - THE
Beginnings of New England"
The October number of "The Church at
Home and Abroad" (Pryesbyterian Board
of Publication, Philadelphia has papers on
a great variety of subjects, some of the bet
ter are: Universities Mission to Central
America" Rev. James Johnston, A. s. A;
Educational System of Japan" G. w.
Knox, d. D.; Laws of Turkey Concerning
Books" II. 81 Jessup, D. D.; Progress in
Persia" Rev. ]. L. Potter Work in
Teheran," Rev. j. L. Potter; "Intemper-
ance in the Capital of Persia" Rev. l.. F.
Esselstyn; Boys School in Tabriz, Persia,
Rev. S. G. Wilson: Persecution in Persia,
Rev. s. G.Wilson; "Mr Moody's Evangel-