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s~Scribaer" For September.
The September Scribner contains the
unusual number of seven deliberately IL
Illustrated articles.
1t is well known that the late Samuel
j. Tllden beQueathed his great fortune
TO Trustees, with the intention of found
ing in New York a great library-confid-
ing all details to the discretion of the
three trustees whom he selected. Messrs.
John Bigelow, Andrew H. Green and
George W. Smith. The Court of Appeals
held that the discretion was too general
ana the will void; thereby partially pre-
venting the carrying out of one Of the
greatest and most Deneficent plans for a
public institution ever formed in this
country Dv a private concern. Dur
ing the long process of the law
suit eve the will, the lins of the
Trustees were naturally sealed as to
what were the details of the project; but
low that the decision has been reached
they are freed from any such restriction
more especially as, by a fortunate ar
rangement with one of the successful
heirs, they are still left in possession of a
sum large in itself and sufficient to carry
out an important portion of the design,
Ex-Minfster John Bigelow, one of the
trustees, has therefore now decided to
publish in this number of the Magazine,
QAQCI VIC UlbAc, LAG lIluGQ trust
Library; What Snail 1t Be2" the facts
concerning Mr.. Tilden's wishes as to the
details of the plan, and also a most inn
Dortant proposal for still carrying out a
large part of 1t by the erection of a great
library building in the very centre of
New York. The scheme, with its
| elaborate illustrations, is one of the most
interesting laid before the public.
1.-The Last of the Buffalo," MIR. George
Bird Grinnells article IN this number Of
the Magazine, is full of a true sportsmau's
feeling, and recalls with picturesque Wv
idness the days when the buffalo were
found on the great plains in un~numbered
thousands. The illustrations, by Ernest
+. Thompson and Otto q. Bacher, are
particularly fine.
Miss Isabel +. Hapgood writes of the
Nevsky Prospekt in the sixth article on
1.-The Great Streets of the World" and
gives a very clear impression of its char
acteristic aspects, and the historical and
personal associations of Russia's chief
city.
Mr.. w. c. Brownell, whose book.
French Traits" was received with So
much favor, contributes the first of three
articles on French Art. all to be Illus
trated. This one is on Classical Painting,
and is a careful analysis of the qualities,
national and social, that ave made
French art so distinctive, together with a
comparative estimate of the work Of the
artists of the classical period.
There has always been a special and
romantic historical interest i'll the Pueblo
Indians. both on account of the various
theories that have been advanced as to
their origin, ami their unique and very
interesting architecture and ways of liv-
ing. MI. Charles F. Lummis, who has
lived q number OF years at the Pueblo of
1sleta, writes with sympathy and enthusi-
asm of these indian In an article ON
THE Indian who is not Poor"
In close relation with other articles on
practical forms of philanthropy, which
have appeared in the Magazine, is Mrs.
ton of the Blind" Sue traces the history
of the various methods that have been
devised for helping the blind to under
stand and know OF the outside world. and
with the aid of novel illustrations shows
the wonderful progress that has been
made in this direction.
The Historic Moment" this month is
"The Attainment of the Highest North.n
3y Sergeant. now Lieutenant, d. t.,
Brainard. of the Greedy Expedition, who
with Lieutenant Lockwood and the
Eskimo Thorlip reached the most north.
ern point ever touched by man.
Origin of ITO Spend the Honeymoon
II wa the custom of the higher orders
OF ~Teutones, an ancient people who in
habfted the northern parts of GERMANY.
to drink mead, or m%etheglin, a beverage
made with honey. for thirty days after
every wedding. From this custom comes
the expression ito spend the honey
moon" Alta, King OF Hungary, drank
SO freely of this liquor on his wedding day
that he was found suffocated at night,
Huns.-New York Ledger.