The Portland daily press., 1891-10-27
MAGAZINE NOTICES.


The complete novel In the November lin
pincott's Magazine is contributed NV Mrs
Poultney Bigelow, author OF Beautiful Mrs
Ihorndyke, etc. 1t is entitled The Duke
ana the Commoner, and tells how brilliant
New York society woman is sought by two
lovers, one an English duke, the other an mn
titled, but clever diplomat. Mrs. Biee,au
knows New York society life well. and wbar
Is better, knows how to tell a story yary
well. Two articles that will be read with .
great deal OF interest are The Evolution NJ
Money and Finance, by ]. Howard Cowertb.
walt, and The Restoration of Silver, by John
A. drier. The first is strong plea for gold
only as standard measure of value. Mr..
Grier, from the bi-metallist's point of view.
attacks thls article and puts In plea for the
equal use OF both gold and silver as a meas.
ure of value. Octave Thanet. one of the
very cleverest of American short story writ.
ers, contributes an original and yeIv enter.
tanning story called The Return of the Re.
1ected. 1t is founded ON fact, and gives the
history OF the travels OF manuscript and
Its various reflections. George Alfred Town.
SEND, who. under the name of Gath" is one
OF the most famous of newspaper correspon.
dents, allows himself to he interviewed. and
gives the history of his journalistic expert.
ences in An Interviewer interviewed.
among other articles Of interest are Some
Colonial Love Letters, by Anne FL. Wharton
an article embodying specimens of love let
ters from William Penn, James Logon, and
other worthless; Association Football, by
Frederick Wier; and Modern American Hu.
NOR, by William S. Walsh. Poems are con
IIlouted by Clinton Scotland, Barton Hill
Harrison 5. Morris and others.
The cnhsariharo 20 tbo NFo~o.;.
who are so fortunate as to live in the coun
try will cut the frontispiece from the No
yember number of that magazine and frame
IL for their dining rooms. 1t is called The
White Cow, and is etched from the original
painting by Julien Dupre. by G. de Billy. II
was considered one of the best pictures in
last years salon. David Murray, A. r. A.,
Is the subject of sketch by Walter Arm.
strong, which is freely illustrated with en-.
cravings from Mr.. Murray's most character.
istic work. Claude Phillips discusses the
Sculpture of the Year. In the course of his
article the writer calls especial attention to
the work of two American sculptors, Mr..
MacMonnies of New York, and Douglas
Tilden. of California. An interesting paper
Is devoted to the late Charles Chaplin by
Marion Hepworth Dixon, In which we are
given number of examples of Mr.. Chaplin's
best work. The Comic Paper is the subject
OF this months paper on Illustrated Jour.
nalism and it is from the pen and pencil OF
j. X. Sullivan. Linseed Oil In Painting is 9
somewhat technical article by III. G. Stand
age. An altogether fascinating article is
Knole, by +. G. Stephens. which is descrip.
tive OF LORD Sackville's venerable seat neal
Sevenoaks.
University Extension, which is undoubt.
eddy fhe foremost educational topic of the
day, has the first place in the November
Popular Science Monthly. The article is by
Prof. G. Hanford Henderson, and embodies
the methods aud plans of the American So.
ciety organized iu behalf of the movement
Mr.. w. F. Durfee, 10 concluding his account
of the Manufacture of Steel, takes the reader
among glowing furnaces and the giant arms
of powerful machines, and embellishes his
impressive description with many striking
pictures. An essay on Ornament among
savage tribes, with many illustrations, Is
contributed by Prof. Frederick Starr. The
pertinent question, Do I'VE Teach Geology :
is asked by Robert T. Hall, who is inclined
10 think that much Of our demonstrating is
still unscientific. In Possibilities of Econ.
omic Botany, Prof. G. l.. Goodale describes
some OF the plants that might be cultivated
Tor food If any Of our present food, plants
should be lost. Mr.. Carroll ID. Wright, in
the second of his Lessons from the Census,
points out some serious defects in our mode
OF enumeratiDg the people, and proposes def
mite measures for its improvement. The
making OF Reef-not Nets Is described, with
figures, by William Churchill. There is an
account by w. g. Benton of the Ethics OF
Confucius, often miscalled a religion. M
Lazar Popoff ascribes the Origin of Painting
to belief of primitive man that he could pul
spells upon animals through pictures Of
them. There is an interesting sketch of the
doings OF mountain butterflies, under the
title High Life. An account of the career OF
James Curtis Booth is given. with full-page
portrait.
Scribner's Magazine for November con-
1ains several notable illustrated ARTICLES on
countries that are little known TO American
Notwithstanding the first OF several papers
by Carl Lumholtz the author of Among Can
nibals) on his explorations in the Sierra
Madre. There is also striking paper by
Napoleon Ney, the grandson of the great
Marshal of France, on the proposed Trans.
saharian. Railway which the French Govern
meht has approved. NJ. Ney was member
OF the Government commission. and is fully
qualified to write on the subject. ALFRED
Deakin. one Of the most influential political
leaders In Australia, writes of the great
federation movement in that country, which
bears so many points of resemblance to the
founding of this Republic. Another illus
trated article is The United States Nava
Apprentice System, by Lieutenant A. B.
Wyckoff. u. S. N, who describes the present
system. and pleads for such an enlargement
of it as will lead to the thorough American
ization of our Navy, where, at present. the
aailors are often composed Of the dregs Of all
nations. George Hitchcock, the American
artist who lives in Holland, writes third
paper on The Picturesque Quality of Rol.
land, this time treating of Figures and Cos
TUNES, and illustrating his points with his
own drawings. A sixth article in the Ocean
Steamship series, is John Ii. Gould's de
scription of the Ocean Steamship as a Freight
Carrier. Andrew Lang gives another install
ment of his Literary recollections, and there
Is an entertaining paper by Harvard grad
uate.. recalling MIR. Lowell as Teacher
The fiction includes another instalment OF
Stevenson's serial The Wrecker, in which
the hero sails away from San Francisco on
his most adventurous voyage among The
South Sea Islands after the mysterious
wreck. There is also short story by DC
tave Thanet, and poems by Duncan Camp
bell Scott, w. V. Moody, Julian Hawthorne
and Others