The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1893-11-08

SuOulu the economies lnklSt on cutting Oil
the YOUTHS Companion.
new volume of Tie Century starts in
November with an extraordinary table of
contents, including the names of Ralph
Waldo Emerson, Jan es Russell Lowell,
CHARLES Eliot Norton, Col John Hay, Geo.
KEENAN,, Mary Hallock Foote Mrs Schuy.
Ter van Rensselaer, Edith NJ. Thomas, Chas
Egbert Craddock, and many others. AS to
the contents themselves, these include
nothing more absorbing than the second or
concluding par, of the diar, of the Admi
rails Secretary describing NapoleOn's voy.
age to st. Helena Emerson's name is at
tached to a recently discovered unpublish-
ed poem written to Lowell on his fOrtieth
birthday, which furnishes a most fortunate
preface to the last and final series OF Low
ellis essays to appear in Tie century dur
ing the coming year, and the first one of
which is printed in November.
In this number the frontispiece portrait
of Edwin Booth in his younger manhood
is accompanied by the first paper of Mem
cries and Letters" of the great actor by his
friend and executor, William Bispham.
The Christmas number of Harper's Maq
az1ne will be noteworthy even in the histo
ry of that periodical 1t will be profusely
illustrated A sympathetic study of "The
Old Dominion" by Thomas Nelson Page
and contemporary view of The House
of Commons" by Thomas Power O'COnnor,
are among the attractions of the number
It will contain nine short stories.
new and cheap Bible Dictionary,
spoken Of as extremely compact and rich
in recent typographical and archaeological
information, has been added to the cata
logue Of the Harper publications. The
author is Rev NJ. G. EastOn, M. A, d. ID
nf "a 10
in which the "higt er criticism" is interest
ed is characterized as strictly orthodox
A very popular feature of HarDey's Y0unq
People is its Portrait Gallery. These are
portraits of famous Americans, supeGbly
engraved on wood, and printed on paper
suitable for framing The portraits for
1894 are to be Henry w. Longfelow and
Washington Irving. They are just the
thing for the library and the school room.
LITTELL's LIVING AGE-Lovers of choics
literature should certainly avail themsevee
of the opportunity which this magazine
presents of having put into their hands
the very best productions of the greatest
minds Of Europe. A spe linen copy and
its prospectus for 1894, with specially gen
erous propositions to new subscribers NAV
be obtained for ID cents. The subscription
price is s. a year. ddress Littell & Co.,
81 Bedford street, Boston, Mass
LA MoDE DE PARIS, American edition,
published monthly by a. Mcdowell d. Co.
4 West 18th street, n. York, Just received
for November; also, PARIS ALBUM OF
FASHION for December, from the same
publishers These are beautifully illustra.
ted fashion journal The price is single
copy, 30 cents; $3.50 per year.
Nothing can be more attractive i'm the
way of fashion
Mr. Charles Francis Adams has written
a book Ell titled Massachusetts It's Histo
rians and It's History" soon TO be pub.
lished by Houghton, MiGlin & Co. He
cOnyicts the State of a long practice of re
ligiOus intolerance and some historians of
ignoring the disCreuitable fact
Mr. Howells has given the title Of "My
Passions to his literary autObi-
ography which he has written for 1he La
dies Home J0urnai, and will begin in the
next issue of 1at magazine.
WORTHEGroN's ILLUSTRATED MAGAzrvE
for November has the following con
tents:
The Pomona Indian School.
A Culm Flower. a Story.
The Lover in Feathers
Married bv Accident. a Story
Genius Poem
LiGs" A Character Sketch.
Random Notes on Hawaiian Life
The Wind Among the Maple Boughs.
A. ID. WOrthingtOn s. Co., publishers, /.
Hartford, Conn. $3.50 per year.