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new PUBLICATIONS.

The November number of "Harper's s
Magazine' is the concluding number of
the eighty-seventh volume. 1t opens
with the second installment of Edwin
Lord Weeks richly illustrated account
of his journey across Persia by caravan,
which grows in interest as it proceeds,
and must stand as an important contribu
ton to the literature of travel. William
Blacks novel, 1.-The Handsome Humes,"
is finished in this number. Richard
Harding Davis writes of London in the
Season." and there are strong papers on
the Indian Territory, by Rein W. Nc
Adam, and 'Arbitration." by Frederick
r. Coudert; a description of Acadian
Louisiana, by Julian Ralph; a discussion
of 1.-THE Decadent Movement in Litera-
ture," by Arthur SymOnS; a description
Of "Riders of Turkey" by Colonel L. A.
Dodge and four short stories, including
an imaginary portrait" by Walter Pa
ter, called 'Apollo in Picardy." 1t also
contains three short stories: 1.-The Frog
that Played the Trombone" by Bradner
Matthews; "Vorbi," by Annie Nathan
Meyer, and Emily" by owen Wister.
Daniel Roberts contributes brief reni-
niScence of Stephen A. Douglas. There
are poems by John Hay. Anna G. Brack
EFT, Alice Archer Sewell and Robert
Burns Wilson. The editors Study"
contributed by Charles Dudley Warner,
treats on the financial stress, under the
guise of Public Mind Cure": of phys
ical training, and of naval power. The
Editors Drawer" is introduced by a
short story by Thomas Nelson Page,
called Her Great Grandmother'S
Ghost" and contains humorous sketches,
verses and illustrations.
Frank r. Stockton's narrative, which
opens the November Ladies' Home
Journar' (Philadelphia). tells how he
conceived and wrote his famous story,
The Lady or the Tiger?'' what came OF
it's writing, and the condition of his own
mind at the present time of the correct
solution Of the story. Rev. Morgan Dix,
d. D., portrays "The Society Woman of
To-day" Amelia +. Barr answers the
question, "Why Do Not Literary Women
Marry ?" which Octave Thanet cleverly
supplements in But They Do Marry"
Robert j. Burdette points out what is
1.-THE Taskmistress of Woman" Will
captain Youngs Thanksgiving" Ma
thaniel Hawthorne's daughter, Mrs.
Lathrop, displays her hereditary gifts in
a story, "How Love Can HIDE" Palmer
Cox has his funny "Brownies' in the
polar regions. With this number the
journal is ten years old, and the issue
is made. in a sense, a jubilee. An inter-
esting illustrated sketch of the history of
the magazine is given the number being
clothed in a decorative panel cover by A.
B. Wenzell.
"Worthington's Magazine" for No
vember Hartford, Conn., fully sustains
the reputation gained by previous num-
bers. In the competition for popular
favor this magazine holds a leading place,
being bright, fresh and enjoyable in
every detail of its makeup. Its flavor is
distinctly American. The leading ar
ticle for Novem ber is John II. Whitson's
interesting paper upon the Ramona In
dian School" !" located near Santa Fe, n. NJ.
A third paper upon life in the Hawaiian
Islands, by G. b. Rogers, NJ. D., treats of
the famous volcanoes, Mauna Loa, Mauna
Kea and Kilauea. The fiction Of Worth
ington's" for November is noticeably
good, and that enthusiastic student of
bird lore, Mrs. Olive Thorne Miller, con-
tributes a most entertaining article con-
cerning the curious ways of birds in
mating time entitled The Lover in
Feathers"
The November number of Current
Literature" New York. gives in its 160
pages very full and complete reflection
of the progress of the world. The new
departments, "Sport, Recreation and ADJ
venture" tie New Education, and "Me ed
ical, Surgical and Sanitary" show a
strong grasp of the best vital thought of
the time in these lines and will do much
to increase the interest and entertainment
already given by the magazine. This
number gives five of the best parodies
received in the Raven contest. The best
one, the judges decide, is The House
Keepers Prayer" by Mrs. E. p. Hunter
of Pittsburg, Pa. The author has caught
the spirit of Poe's meter and perpetrated
some daring rhymes in Poe style. The
comprehensive scheme of Current Lit
erature'' covering nearly forty depart
ments in prose and verse every month
enables it to provide something for every
mem Der of the family.
Romance New York; for November
presents these short stories-not one of
which is weak: down the Road to the
Emersons,' by Mary Z. Wilkins: "Old
Hornus," by Alphonse Daudet; "The
Death of the First Born" by l.. Cleve-
land; "Mother, Sister and Bride.' by
Marie Krysinska 1.-The Rock OF Kazim,"
bv f. Chapman; "Caughtin the Enemy's
Lines" by Clarence +. Cobb; 1.-The
Wandering Willie," by Julia Ditto
Young; "a Great Awakening." by James
Franklin Fits; '"The Perpetual Light"
by Karl Heisel; "a Tight Boot" by c..
W. Chestnut; My Sister Guinevere," by
Eliza Lynn Linton; "'Shorty' Lochin-
var" by r. l.. Ketchum; "An Indian
Summer Wooing." by Mira Clark Par
sons: Madame Hermit" by Guy de
Maupassant; The Call Before the Ball, :"
by Hans Arnold; My Friend Patton"
by Julian Hawthorne; 'tHe Sailed