Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-10
ART AND LITERATURE.


Martinsburg often regret the absence oil
/ sights. studies and lectures in art, science
and literature with which zeal city life
is blessed. The lecture room. the arr
gallery and even the theatre have edu-
eating influences equal to years of private
study. No one whom we know of has
done more for Christian art and litera-
ture than Miss Eliza Allen Starr, whose
lecture course opens in her studio, in
Chicago, Oct. 18th, and embraces paint
ing, sculpture, under the great masters,
studies in Dante and other branches of
literature. Her own works are models
of the good and beautiful in literature.
Her life of Isabel of CASTLE is an appro-
pirate work at this anniversary period of
new world discoveries. Pilgrims and
Shrines takes the reader back through
the ages of faith to the dawn of christi
anity. Poems of Life Time reveal the
interior life and thoughts of the soul and
betray peaceful mind and a happy
heart. Christmas Tide and What We
See are her latest works, just out of press,
and deserve a large circulation. We
cheerfully recommend her books for the
christian home. Address 299 Huron ST..
Chicago, Ills.
ST. NICHOLAS FOR OCTOBER st. Mich.
olds seldom publishes number without
some decided novelty. Here in the Oc-
tober issue we find an account by Mar
garet Bisland of "A Curious Relic. -
namely, part of the forehead of the old
frigate Constitution, Andrew Jack
son was the figure chosen by some of his
admirers, and one of his opponents stole
the head from the bow of the ship. Its
after adventures were curious, too. Low
ers of ancient history will welcome this
paper. which is illustrated from photo
graphs. Another but minor novelty is a
short letter from Meredith Nugent ex-
planning where grass hoppers and crick-
cts tried to hide their ears until Sir John
Lubbock rummaged them out for us.
1t would be knowing boy indeed who
would not be surprised to find a grass
hopper's ears on his foreleg
j. II. Dolph, the we'll known painter
of cats, dogs, and such small deer, fur
nishes to Mr.. Fresher of The Century Co.
many interesting details of his art work,
and some amusing experiences with fe-
line models.
AS this number ends volume the SER
ials all come to conclusion, and the
tables of contents are cleared for many
good things promised for the Nineteenth
Volume.
THE CENTURY For OCToBER.-The
opening article of The Century for Octo-
Der is the closing one of Mr., KEENAN, g
series, and is entitled my Last Days in
Siberia. The promised article by Hiram
S. Nahum, the inventor, on - Aerial
Navigation appears in this number.
and considers particularly the question
of the power required for aviation. The
paper in the Gold-Hunting Series is en-
titled - Tarrying in Nicaragua, and is
a record of the California trip in 1849, as
told in the letters of theNlate Roger S.
Baldwin, Jr., one of a party of Yale
graduates who went to the Pacific by
this route,
Colonel e. V. Sumner, of the army,
gives graphic account of the Indian
massacre of 1879 under the title Be-
sieged by the Utes. In the series OF Ital-
ian Old Masters, Mr.. Stillman writes
briefly of Lorenzo di Credi and of Peru
gino, the master of Raphael, and an en-
craving by Mr.. Cole of work by each
accompanies the text. There is also a
creditable essay by Edmund Gosse on
Rudyard Kipling, which is in the nature
of review of his literary work in prose
and verse. A portrait of Mr.. Kipling is
the frontispiece of the number.
j. G. Nicholay writes of Lincoln s
Personal Appearances" and General
II. V. Boynton discusses The Relation
of the Press and Public Men " from the
point of view of veteran Washington
Journalist. noting particularly the re-
lations of the later Presidents with the
press.
In its November number the Cos
tiers written by Gen. W. T. Sherman
to one of his young daughters, be-
tween the years 1865 and covering
most of the important events of the
war of secession.
Some idea of what the illustration
of magazine means, may be obtain
ed from the announcement that the
publishers of the Cosmopolitan paid
Madeleine Lemaire for the illustra-
tions "Three Women of the Come
die Franchise - ten times the amount
paid for the article.
Amelie Rives' striking story "Ac-
cording to St. john" is brought to a
dramatic close in this number. No
other piece of current fiction by an
American author has attracted so
wide attention as this tale of Paris
life.
A new feature of the Cosmopolitan
and one which is original with that
magazine. is the publication each
month, in the forms of foot notes, of
number of little portraits with brief
biographies, of the writers of the vari-
Gus articles.
An unusual magazine feature, and
one which will be read with avidity
by women who are curious regarding
Turkish life, is an article on Modern
Women of Turkey" a beautiful des.
cription of Oriental life by Osman
Bey, a distinguished Turkish gentle
man now visiting the United States.
The chief feature of the number
however is an article on Cincinnati
by the man who is most capable of
preparing something interesting on
that city-Murat Halstead-illustrat-
ed by sketches by Jacassy, who visit.
ed Cincinnati for that purpose.
TO DANCE BEFORE THE QUEEN.
Four Pretty americans to Entertain Her
Majesty With a Minuet.
NEW YORK, Oct. Questionable cir
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