The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-11
The October Magazines.

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THE complete novel in Lippincotts
is I" The Hepburn Line" by Mcs. Mary
J. Holmes. 1t is pleasing tale of an
old Kentucky family and a neglected
heroine who comes to her own at last.
The eighth in the series of Lippncott's
Notable Stories is GA Deed with a
Capital D." by Charles M. Skinner
Other short stories are 6 Poor Yorick,"
by Robert N. Stephens, and "The
Pass'n's Grip" by Roswell Page; both
are illustrated. Running the Block
ade," by Emma Henry Ferguson, is an
interesting account of a lady's expe.
rience on what was perhaps the last yes
sci to escape from Wilmington to Ber-
muda. 1t is illustrated. The poetry of
the number is furnished by Kathleen
r. Wheeler, Carrie Blake Morgan,
Lucille Rutland, DR.. Titus Munson Coan
and Wilbur Larremore.
UNUSUALLY bright and varied is this
number of WOrthingtOn' Mogazine.
There is never any falling off in inter
est and value in this exceptionally =
tractive periodical. 1t always comes TO
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tinctly its own, and possesses in an I'M
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For firs-class, clean, vigorous, bright
and breezy magazine, we give it very
high commend alton. 1t has taken a
firm hold on the fife ctions of its already
large constituency, and it is pleasure
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deserves the success it has won.
BETTER than ever is GOdey'S MAJ
Uzine. The contents are varied and the
illustrations are up to this magazines
high standard. The compile novel this
month-the feature of this publication
is by Sophie Frances Baker, and is
called 1.-The Real Tom Brownson."
1t is strong in coloring, treatment and
plot, and is brightly aud Interestingly
tod. This number also contains "The
Clocks of Paris" written and illus
trated by Eleanor E. Greatorex; A
Princess in Bohemia" charming
short story by Sewall Read; cod
Prints" sketch by John Sheridan
Zelie, and "A Plea for the Pay
writer" by Fannie Aymar Mathews.
All the departments are uniformly in
teresting and carefully edited, and the
exquisite water color portraits are those
of Mrs. Robert L. Henry and Mrs. A.
Shreve Badger of Chicago.
THE number of Current History for
the second quarter of 1898 has come to
hand. Like each of its predecessors, it
is well-stored library of useful infor-
! nation. 1t opens with an interesting
and timely article upon the monetary
question. The portion relating to the
crisis in the United States gives many
important facts and figures relating to
the expectation of gold, the gold re-
serve, and the total currency of the
country. There is, also, an interesting
item regarding the temporary disturb
ance of the regular business of the
country by the Worlds Fair. Current
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the form of the magazine, and have
fully maintained the former high stan.
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: Garretson, Cox q Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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: cents.
I THIS number of The Forum is nc
/. less entertaining than instructive, being
filled from cover to cover with articles
of absorbing popular interest, which
i keep well abreast with the current oil
+ modern thought. David A. Wells, the
: eminent economic authority, contrib
= utes an important paper on "Tht
: Downfall of Certain Financial Falla
cies," throwing a flood of light into al
the dark corners of the silver problem
! DR.. Carl Peters, the African explorer
0 and friend of Emin Pasha, writes pic
}, turesquely of the Prospects of Africa
1 land, the well-known realistic novelist
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