The Portland daily press., 1890-11-27
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

There is no better juvenile reading to be
found than that supplied by the st. Nicholas
Magazine. published by the Century Com!
pany. It's stories, descriptive articles and
tales of travel are always of the best, and so
told as to not only entertain the young read
ers, bnt also to furnish them with valuable
instruction. The bound volumes of this
magazine for the year 1890 which have Just
been issued will make rare gift for the
holidays, and any boy or girl who is the re-
cipient of them may be esteemed exceedingly
fortunate. The volumes contain serial sto-
ries by William o. Stoddard. Mrs. C. v.
Jamison, Lieut.. Robert FL. Fletcher, John
81. Jewett and Nora Perry; short stories by
81. II. Boyesen, Mark Twain, Mary E. Will
kins, Sophie SWEET, Julian Hawthorne, Tu-
dor jerks, Alice Maud Ewell. Margaret V.
Bisland, Mary Hallock Foote, L. Clarke
Davis, w. j. Henderson, Richard Harding
Davis, Frederick Villiers and others. Of
general articles perhaps the most entertain
ing are the story Of the great storm at Sa-
moa, by John. P. Dunning and Six Years in
the Wilds of Central Africa, by E. j. Glave,
one Of Stanley slieutenants. Among the ar
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Theodore Roosevelt, Cycling, by Elizabeth
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F. W. Pangborn, will perhaps prove the
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volumes are elegantly bound, and their ex-
terror Is as attractive to the eye as their
interior is fascinating to the mind.
Volume 40 CT the Century Magazine in
cludes the monthly numbers from May 10 Oc-
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Friend Olivia, by Amelia E. Barr; The Auto
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tiers, from Japan, by John La Fargo;
Italian Old Masters, by w. j. Stillman;
complete stories By John Elliott Curran.
Virginia Frazer Boyle, Sarah Orne
Jewett, Grace DEMO Litchfeld, Arlo
Bates, Octave Thanet and other authors
equally well known. There is long list
VI practical papers ON astronomy, ath-
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,anu' comparative taxation, and other SUBJ
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geographical papers on Nathaniel Bacon.
Marie Basbkirtseff, Abraham IincoIn and
three papers on George Washington. Thara
are two interesting war articles. one dos
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escapes therefron, ard the otAer. bv w n
Shelton. describing bis own personal exne.
rience In escaping from Southern prison
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