The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-01
THE OCTOBER MAGAZINES

w. Story, the eminent American sculp-
tor and writer, who has spent the most OF
his life in that city, writes or 'Ihe Corso
of Rome" recalling its medieval glories
and giving many personal eminiscepces
of his sojourn there, with picturesque
descriptions of the street as it exists at
the present day, its palaces, monuments,
churches aud public buildings, and a
vivid account of the carnival IN its gayest
days-the races of the Barberi and the
closing night, when thousands OF wax
tapers are lighted and carried about the
street. The illustrations for this article
are by Ettore Tito. u Roman artist, VINO
has caught the spirit of this most historic
street. There are also several very enter
aiming out-of-door articles-Archibald
Rogers adventures in"Hunting American
Big Game,'' and with it DIR. j. N. Halls
short paper ON The factions of wounded
Animals" which sportSmen Will nnd OF
very practical interest; Edward y. VIII
sons Biography of the OYSTER" from
the planting of the seed to the market;
and Major j. w. Powell's account OF the
origin and probable effects OF the new
lake in the Colorado Desert. The fiction
of this issue includes q long and amusing
instulment of the "The Wrecker,' by
Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Os-
borne; a detective story" Captain Black"
by Charles E. Carryl; and 4 tale of the
classic days of Greece and Rome by Dr.
Ernst Schot5ky, n German resident OF
New York, who originally wrote this tale
in his mother tongue. A paper on Car
lyle,s Politics." as revealed in his essays
with poems and the Point of View-com-
pleteS a strong number.
The artists represented in this issue are
notable, including Ettore Tito, A. B.
Frost, Kenyon Cox, William Hole. Carl
ton I. Chapman n B~rOughton.
Mr.. Rogers hunting article is the out
growth of many years's sport and adven
ture in the nelghborhood of. his Wyom.
ing ranch. He tells remarkable tales OF
hunting Rocky Mountain sheep. elk, and
grizzlies The article is notable among
sportsynan's narratives because 1T com
bines both enthusiasm and rich ex-
p~erience. The Illustrations from the
authors own photographs ana trophies
have been drawn by A. B. Frost-htm-
self an eager sportsman. *.
1.-The Actions of Wounded Animals
puts in a very compact wal such knoWi-
edge for the sportsman as will enable
him to tell by its actions whether the
game which he has hit has been fatally
wounded, aud where he should aim for
the best results.
L. Wilson, the author and photographer,
describes the life and industry at the
1ourisbing town of Bivalve, on the
Maurice River, Southern New Jersey,
where most of the vessels employed IN
the New Jersey oyster traffic congregate.
! IuI, w llSOA tISluCh LAO AkA@ A~AS
camera and notebook at various seasons
of the year, and saw every process OF
oyster cultivation. His account OF IL Is
10 the form of a narrative, with the
quaint characters of the oyster mon In
PRODUCED. The unique Illustrations are
from the authors own photo graphs.
Harper's.
Harper's Magazine for October opens
with the first of two papers ON Cairo IN
| 1onN y, hv (Snncf,nra EauipOnra WnOtCnu
This article, which. comprises the best de-
scription OF the Egyptian capital yet
written, is ~copiously illustrated after pho.
tographs ana from drawings by the most
ACCOMPLISHED artists. DIR. John G.. Van
Dyke contributes TO the same number an
appreciat;ve article on "The Art Stu
dents League of New York"-the
"pluckiest art school in the world"-re-
lating It's brief history and describing Its
methods and purposes. Ten illustrations
drawn by pupils of the school accompany
the article. Montgomery Schuyler's
"Glimpses of Western Architecture
(third paper) includes his Impressions
of the architecture of ST. Paul
and Minneapolis, with views of
a number Of characteristic buildings in
those cities. Franz u. Millet. In "A
Courier's Ride" relates the story of an
adventure in Bulgaria while serving as
war CORRESPONDENT in the R~usso-Turkish
war OF 1877. His stirring narrative is
graphically illustrated from his W
sketches. some of which were made at the
time of the occurrences he describes.
Walter Besant's paper on London de-
scribes the life of the common people in
the Plantagenet period-tneir trades, &C
equations, amusements, festivals. home
life-and is by far the most interesting
chapter of this series that has yet
been published. 1t IS appropriately
illustrated from drawings by Harry Fem
and IA. ID. Nichols. Among other important
articles are the Letters of Charles
Dickens to Wilkle Collins" (second in
stalment) edited by Laurence Hutton,
and "a popular and mighty interesting ar
ticle on "C-ommon-Sense Surgery" writ
ten by Helen H. Gardener. The fiction
OF the number includes the continuation
of George du Maurier's peter lobetson,'
with fourteen characteristic illustrations
by the author; the conclusion of Mr..
Howells' IAN Imperative Duty d strik.
ing short story, entitled "a Legend OF
Sonora" by Hildergrade Hawthorne, and
IAN Unfinished Story" by Richard
Harding Davis, a remarkable piece OF
literary conception. which will appeal &c
the advocates of realism in fiction nc
less than to the lovers of romanticism .
In the editorial departments, conducted
by George William Curtis, William Dean
Howells and Charles Dudley Warner,
taere are discussions, as usual. on u va
riety of entertaining topics relating to So
clety, manners music. arr anu libcrheulS'
The Forum,
The principal topics of the month hav
been the free coinage agitation, q propo'
of the platforms OF the different Stats
conventions; tho death of Lowell; the
banking system, since the United States
bonds are nearly all redeemed, and thu
condition of the farmer and the great
crop outlook.
The Forum for October presents dis
cussIons OF ali these in three notable arti-
Decentralization Farmer writes "AL
English Estimate of Lowell" Edward
Atkinson on "The Real sMeaning of thu
Free Coinage Agitation" the Hon, M. ID.
Harter, member of the Congress from
Ohio, explains "a Plan for u Permanent
Bank SYSTEM by substituting gooc
State. municipal and railroad bonds OF
Government bonds-a plan that deserves
the attention of all students of finance.
Certain ether subjects are always witt
us, such AS Municipal Misgoverninent, {
remedy for which Is presented by Pres
idenJ Eliot; Prison Systems, about which
w. p. Andrews, for forty years clerk o.
the Criminal Court at Salem, Mass
writes to show that the "reformatory'
system of management has doubled
crime IL Massachusetts,; the status ant
needs OF our Army and Navy, and Coas
Defences are explained by Colonel Theo
A. DODGE and by Commander Miller, 0
the N. Y. Naval Militia; the agitation o
| Stafs or church conErni IF Snh0ols in thi