The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-11-05
MAGAZINE NOTICES,

The Century Magazine celebrated Its TWEEN
tieth anniversary with the November num-
ber,-a number which is intended to exem-
plify the best that an illustrated magazine Of
our day can do for Its lnnumeraole readers.
In the editorial on the event the editor
claims for The Century sane and earnest
Americanism, an Americanism that deems
the best of the Old World none too good for
the New. Instead Of viewing at length the
literary and artistic achievements Of the
magazine the editor considers 1t best to cele-
brate the astonishing progress in magazine
printing during the past twenty years in an
illustrat ed article by Theodore l.. De Winnie
of the De Winnie Press.
There is profusion and variety In the
illustration Of the November number which
Is remarkable even for The Century,-vary-
Ing from the actinic reproduction Of rapid pen
work to the exquisite engraving of Cole In
the Old Master series.-a full-page after
SgnorellD. The great feature Of The Cen.
tury's new year, the series on the Gold
Hunters, is begun with John Bidwell's paper
fully and curiously illustrated, on The First
Emigrant Train to California. Another i'm.
portant series OF papers herein begun is Mr..
Rockhill's illustrated account of his journey
through an unknown part of Tibet,-the
strange land of the Lamas. A notable and
timely contribution to DR.. Shaw's series on
municipal government Is his interesting and
thorough account of the government of Lon
don, with its warning for American munich
palities. pictorial series begins in this
number,-Pictures by American Artists
the example given being VIII II. Lows, The
Portrait. The first of the two articles on the
nNrut Hnhf 500 hnw rNNT ~
number. The fiction of the number has as
Its most striking contribution the beginning
OF the first long story written by the artist
author. +. HopkinsOn Smith; it is entitled
Colonel Carter Of Cartersville, and is accom-
panied by number of pictures by Kemble.
Mrs. Anna Eichberg King has story Of
old New York, with dozen designs by
George Wharton Edwards, and Frank Pope
Humphrey has ghost story entitled The
Courageous Action of Lucia Richmond.
The New England Magazine for Novem-
Der opens with an article on Charles Bulinch,
the architect, by Mr.. Ashton Willard, whose
recent writing on the old New England meet
lighthouses in this Magazine has been so
charming. Charles Bulfnich was the archi-
tect of almost everything good in Boston
early in the century, and was fora dozen
years the supervising architect of the Capt.
u
Der of the New England Magazine, however,
which will pro Yoke most discussion, are two
OH the Southern Question, one by Rev. A. d.
Mayo on The Third Estate of the South, de.
failing the remarkable growth in the South,
OF new Democracy. permeated by living
ideas, and destined srapidly to become the
controlling power; the other by Professor
Charles ii. Levermore of the Massachusetts,
Institute Of Technology, discussing the
dreadful mockery Of law still prevailing in
great sections of the South, especially as wit
messed by himself during recent residence
In North Carolina. Edward Everett Hale
contributes to this number stirring article
entitled The Professor of America. sharply
criticiZing much in our present college
methods. and urging that we ought to have
everywhere special professors to teach young
men adequately the new things which
trated article, Fifty Years Of Canadian
University, will interest all who have been
reading the various valuable articles on
Canadian matters which the New England
lows article on Japanese Popular Art, illus
trated by beautiful reproductions of pictures
from the common Japanese sketch-books, Is
another reminder of the world of interest
which Is being revealed in this wonderful
country of Japon.
wv ANAShoioo h~o SOAupiCbVu oCNoutccu SUE
cessful years, and begins its eighteenth with
the November number. From the first 1t has
had policy of its own and has adhered TO
1t without wavering. The magazine seems
to stand alone as representative of the
growing modern conviction that influence
and example are better than preaching and
that cultivation of good taste is no less i'm
portant than training the intellect. The new
volume will, it Is announced, contain a num-
Der of serials by prominent writers for the
young. j. T, Trowbridge, author of The
Tindham Brothers Tide-Mill, continued
story of great interest and lasting popular
ity among boy readers Of ST. Nicholas. and
their sisters. will contribute a long serial en-
titled The Fortunes of oby Trafford; and
Noah Brooks, whose exciting book, The Boy
Em'grants, is well remembered, will write a
similar and yet different serial, The Boy
Settlers. the scene of which is the Territory
OF Kansas during the border trouble. Both
OF these stories begin in this number and are
full of wholesome interest. John NJ. EllicOtt
an Ensign In the Navy, describes an imagin-
airy fight between David and Goliath in
types Of torpedo boats, including our brand
new and solitary representative, the Cush-
ing. A very artistic drawing, by FL. l.. Bird
well, follows MIR. Ellicott's article, and shows
the contrast between the Victory, Nelson's
flagship and q modern man-Of-war. w. j.
Henderson tells pleasing story of the
"Long-lOst kind, called Found In the Fore
castle, which Is excellenty illustrated by
Hill.
The November number of Harper's Maya
zine contains the first of short series of
papers on Southern California-"Our Italy"
by Charles Dudley Warner, describing the
climate, resources and scenery of that most
interesting portion Of our country. E. w.
Mealey describes the. quaint old town of
Rothenburg, and gives an account of Der
Meistertrunk, the festival play which occurs
there annually. The series of articles on
South America by Theodore Child is con-
tinued in Urban and Commercial Chill. The
illustrations. which are numerous, present
views of objects and scenery in and around
Santiago and Valparaiso. Lafcadio Hearn
describes "a Winter Journey to Japan by
way of the Canadian Pacific Railroad
ami the Pacific Ocean. S. Fl. M. Byers con-
tributes an article on Switzerland and the
Swiss. Princeton University Is the subject
o. a timely paper by Professor W. M. Sloane.
Daudets inimieable story Of Port Tarascon
Is nroughtsto conclusion. Twenty character.
isuc illutrations from drawings by the distn-
g9lsned French artists, Mrybacb, Rossi and
MSntegut accompany this instalment. The
b Su Wi nctlon INCLUDES A Halloween Wrath,
| ~ dMi,,lam Black, with five illustrations:
Gr aurlit T or, the Festival of the Dead by
nraner hing; and Portraits, by Ruth Dana
charmio, VI, .. Weir Mitchell contributes a
0 U,h;nh poem entitled The Quaker LADY
wni Il is quietly and beautifully ILLUSTRATED
Vsmber by Ayiei Other poems are In No
by Julian Hawthorne; The Worid t Rmn Lac ave
BY Rose hawthorne hawthorne Lathrop; On Wak En'
from a Drsamiess Sleep, by Annie Fields.
The complete story in Lippincott,s Maoo
zine for November is entitled A Laepard IN
Love. and is by JEANNE Gwynne Bethany
author of The House of Rimmon, etc. II ia
written with considerable power, and some
of the situations are strongly dramatic.
Other papers of particular interest are /:
Heroines of the Human Comedy, critical
review of de Balzac's heroines, by Junius
Henri Browne;. Some Experiences Of a