The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-14
THE OCTOBER MAGAZINES.

The October Atlantic opens with an able paper
by James c. Carter, entitled "Mr. Tilden." He
gives an interesting resume of Samuel J. Til
den's place in public life. Mr.. Carter considers
him the most distinguished example of our bet
class OF statesmen. At the present moment,
when Mr.. Tilden's bequsst 10 so much talked of.
this will serve TO show the manner of man be
was, and will perhaps throw some light as 10
the way he would have wished his bequsst 10
have been used. Mrs. Deland. in "The story OF
Child" gives some delightful passages in tho
life OF her heroine, and the scene in which she
and her playmate worship an idol is very ciev.
erly written. We are glad to see that she intro.
duces our old friend MIR. Tommy Dove aud Miss
Jane In a manner which leads US 10 believe that
his wooing, as pictured in a former story. will
be brought to a successful termination in this
Alexander Brown, author of the "Genesis OF
the United States, has paper on 1.-THE Eng
hsh Occupancy OF North America" and Incl.
dentally endcayors to put Capt. john Smita
back into his rightful obscurity. There 10 also
Calabrian story by Elizabeth Cavaxza, called
"Rocco and sidora," aud this, with Mr. Craw-
ford's don Orsino." completes. the fiction Of
the number. VIZ. Hale's amusing papers on "a
New England Boyhood" are continued, and
Boston Common aud his associations with Is
forms the subject OF this new installmenl
Prof. shaler writes on a subject OF the day
namely, "The Betterment of Our Highways"
anu Mary A. Jordan has an article on "The Col.
lege for Women"
Very well informed people have but little Goa.
ception OF the ten great railways, whose net
work OF rails covers the United states-several
oil them have a length OF more than TO- C0 miles
each- How these systems camo TO exist in their
present vast Dimensions, the territory which
they cover, the Causes which have led to their
development. and their future possibilities anu
probabilities will form the subject of a series Of
papers which will appear in the Cosmopolitan
Magazine. The first of this series il by President
Plant, the head of the extensive Plant system OK
railways and steamers, and appears in the 0e-
tober issue of the Cosmopolitan, covering the
system OF railways east OF the ALE.
ghanies and south of the Potomac.
1t were possible TO shut all the strong
interest OF the month between the light covsrsot
mouthly magazine. the October Cosmopolitan,
would do II. As usual. the illustrations arc
more numerous and varied In character than
those of the other leading magazines: the
articles are as short and as much to the point as
Is consistent with literary finish; and one has
the sense OF vigorous and newly appreciatys
grasp even of subjects which i'll themselves are
familiar. Perhaps this quality OF vgor and
freshness is most eonspicuousiy displayed in
the three articles contributed by Henry Cabot
Lodge, John A Cockerili and Murat Halstead.
OF which the themes respectively, "As 10
Certain Accepted Heroes" "Phases OF Con.
temporary journalism and "Liberal Tend.
encies in Europe" Ia these, we venture to sar,
the reader Will find new thought, in phrase tbas
cuts its way and insists on being quoted.