The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-07

When . woman Is a. her best. mentally
and physically. Is question waicn
receives adequate answer IT the
as Ma Jalia wsrd Hove. Mary Z VIZ
kins, Mrs Amelia E Barr. Mrs. Burton
Harrison. '-0csavs Thanet, "..6ail Hamil-
ton, Mary Nspss D9dgs and Others In
he November Ladder Hom< Journal.
The November mum Der Of Romance opens
with ssasonabIe and thrilling story OF
Arios in China Among its other contents
are . touching lore story By Arsene
Wild Southwest aud in the forests OF
Maine; humorous tale from the German;
q strong plea for the birds. in the gulse OF
. charming tale BY AiDhouse Dancef; ana
q powerful narrative of love and guilt oy
Heilemsn Wilson.
In Hcrrer's Weekly for November 10 be-
gins foQF-pari story, entitled The fara-
site. by A. Conan Doyle. illustrated oy
Howard Pyle. Novembe there viii De
foar-page supplements devoted to the loan
exhibition OF ladies' portraits at the Ma
tonal Academy of Design: November 10
3 four-page supplement devoted 10 the new
north wing OF the Metropolitan Museum
of Art; November II will De the horseshoe
number, 9th an illuminated cover
The North American Reriew for Novem-
her opens with an important and timely
by Secretary OF the Navy Herbert He
controverts the opinioE that the issue OF
this battle shows that. instead Of battle
ships. We can safely rely upon cruisers IS
fighting vessels. The japanese minister
q. Washington City, Shushurino kurino,
also furnishes valuable paper on other
phases Of The War IN the Orient"
Among the important articles inthe
November Current Literature are Napo-
On
shoes Remuneration" from Henry Kings
ley's novel ''Rssenshoe;" The Night
Alarm" by Stanley J. Weyman:
Peters Sad Home Coming" q pathetic
sketch OF power and beauty from a strong.
new novel by 2. T., entitled "a Drama IN
Shutter" . Canadian story by Gilbert
Parker.
The ever pressing problem. How can
reforms be effected in the government Of
American cities? IL ably considered by
Mr.. III. C. Merwin in the November
atlantic. in paper entitled "Tanmany
Points the Way" wherein he urges that
the same agencies-eficient organization
and ieadership-whichh have assisted Tam
many 10 do evil. might be equally helpful
IN a good cause. Mr.. George Birkbeck
Hill, the editor Of the Life of Johnson"
reviews. in q very readable fashion. some
of Dos wells Proofsheets," which are nov
in the unrivaied collection of Johnsoniana,
belonging To Mr.. X. b. Adam, of Buffalo.
The magazines and the newspapers have
given a great deal of space to the war in
the East, but the views If representative
Japanese have not been heard. The arena
for November gives the place Of honor TO
Kuma 0ishi. A. NJ, Ph. D.. famous
japanese scholar, who considers 1.-THE
Causes Which Led to the War in the
East" from the standpoint of his nation
aiity. In view OF the possible European
complications as the ortcome of the con-
fiict, this paper will be read with interest,
both in the United States and on the other
side of the Atlantic.
according to Poultney Bigelow, In the
November Hdrper's. the Cossack is the
cowboy OF Russia, and, like the COW boy,
is disappearing, and for the same reasons.
Mr.. Bixeiow believes that in the event of
great European war the cars favorite
cavairyman would De unable To sustain his
reputation as fighter. This degeneration
is attributed by Mr.. Bigelow to the efforts
to civilize the Cossack, who has been sub
jectsd to a military discipline that recog-
nizss an official caste. whose numbers
have been diluted by the admission of out
siders, and whose spirit has been broken
by the necessity OF nIiing the soil. Mr..
Bigelow places the number of cavairymen
that the Cossack could muster at the pres
ent time ~ $50. oCo.
McCTa,e's Magazine for November opens
the promised Napoleon series with fifteen
portraits of Napoleon In early manhood,
most of them reproductions of famous
paintings, and portraits of his father
and mother, and other persons closely
related to or intimately associated with
him. accompanying an interesting account.
by Miss Ida NJ. Tarbsll, of his career down
TO the time he assumed command of the
army in Italy. The portraits are from q
very large and carefully chosen collection
made by the Hon. Gardiner q. Hubbard,
and Mr.. Hubbard himself introduces
them with a valuable letter describing
the classification and varying merits of
the existing portraits of Napoleon. 1.-THE
succeeding parts of the series maintain the
high level of this one-and there is every
reason TO believe that they will. for the
editors announce that they have $50 nota-
bic Napoleon figures yet TO present-the
series must make, as a whole, one of the
most attractive products thus far Of the
rsrent NanoiaQn raviyaf