The Jersey City news., 1892-01-28
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

"The Columbian Historical Novels ~
"The Columbian Historical Novels" a
complete history of the Uuited States OF
America from Columbus down to the
present day, which Funk s. Wagnalls
Company of New York announce, is in
the form of twelve complete novels. Mr..
John r, Musick is the autnor. Each vol
ume will contain about three hundred
and fifty. pages, and will be literally
illustrated with excellent half-tone en-
cravings by skilled artist The books
will be issued one every sixty days.
The plan adopted by the author in this
series is both practical and novel. From
Columbus down to the present day, II
divided into the ordinary period OF human
life, makes twelve lifetimes or aEes. BY
studying each of these. one will discover
that the spirit of the age or time changes
In about forty years. The author
having, by a careful study of his
tory, - deduced that with the
change of religious and political senti-
ment gradually came the wonderful evo-
luton of our government, by twelve
periods, ages, or changes, and to make
the whole united history, giving to each
period separate existence, and 50 link
the whole together as to connect age to
age, in the form of story, he tells. in
romance, the adventures of one fernando
Estevon, u Spanish boy who came with
Columbus on his first voyage of discovery.
and his descendants, tracing them down
through the various ages of progress and
evolutons to the present day, viz: 1st,
Age Of Discovery; Cd, Conquest; 3D., Big
otry: 4th, ColoniZation; 5tb, Reason; 9th,
Tyranny; 7tn, Superstition; 9Th, Conten-
tlon of Powers for Supremacy; 9tn, indie
pendeuce: 10th, Liberty Established;
18th, Supremacy Abroad; 18th, Union.
"Harper's Magazine" For February.
Harper's magazine for February con-
tains the beginning of remarkably at
tractive series of papers describing II
canoe VOYAGE In 1891 down the Danube,
"From the Black Forest to the Black
Sea-" The first article of the series is
written by Poultney Bigelow, and su-
perbly illustrated from drawings made.
during the voyage. by Alfred Parsons
and +. d. Mlllet. John Ralph contri-
butes to this number another OF his valu-
able ana entertaining papers on the
Great Northwest, and under the some
what enigmatical title of "a Skin for a
Skiu," describes the fur trading indus
tries of British North America and the
operations Of the once powerful Hudson
Bay Company. The article is accom-
panied by several striklngly original IL
lustratons drawn by Frederic Reming-
ton. Another paper of peculiar historic
AS well as local interest ls an account Of the
"Olu Shipping Merchants of New YORK;"
written by George w. Sheldon, and ap-
propriately illustrated from drawings by
c. d. Gibson and f. II. Schell and from
paintings by Eaton and Nagle. valu-
able article on 1.-THE Royal Danish The
atre," illustrated by Hans Tegner and
others, is contributed by William Archer.
The very interesting series OF Personal
Recollections OF Nathaniel Hawthorne"
paper entitled "Chicago-The Main Ex-
htbit," Julian Ralph gives graphic and
glowing account of the present aspects
of business and life in the great
metropolis of the lakes. In the depart
mept Of fiction this number offers the
following unexampled attract1ons:-The
new play by Amelie Rives, "AJhelwold. !"
tragedy IN five acts, beautifully illus
trated by Mary l.. Cow; 1.-The Little Maid
at the Door," story of the New England
witchcraft delusion. by Mary K. Wilkins,
illustrated by Howard Pyle: "Marie," an
other of William McLennau's irimitable
French, Canadian sketches, illustrated by
G. S. Reinhart: and Fin de Siecle,"a de-
lightiully entertaining character sketch
by Robert c. V. Meyers. John Hay
contributes Il poem. Might in Venice" F"
whish is accompanied by Il superb frontis-
niece illustration drawn by w. L. Smed-
ley. Another chnrming poem. ''The
Stone Women of Eastern Point" is bv
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. The Editorial
Departments are conducted. as usual, by
George William Curtis, Will IN Dean
Howells and Charles Dudley Warner.