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SEPTEMBER MAGAZINES.
Lippincott's Magazine.

Lippincott's Magazine.
The complete novel in the September
number of Lippincott's is Captain Molly"
by Mary A. Denison, and deals with the
philanthropic work of the Salvation Army.
The three short stories are of unusual
merit. "Josef Helmuth's Goetz," by Fred
erick r. Burton, is a weird tale of too
| imaginative musician and of violin which
imprisoned human soul. Will N. Harden
does his very best work in "The Sale Of
Uncle Rastus," a slave whose devotion to
bis master assumed a unique form.
"On Second Thoughts" by Lalage
D. Morgan, is love-story with an
uncommon ending, for the young lady's
heart was finally controlled by her head.
Laura A. Smith writes of "Songs of the
Battle field" and gives specimens of them,
music as we'll as words. from many lands.
''How Found the Baron" by Edward
political history, including q dangerous ex-
petition through the wilds of New Guinea.
"The Evolution of the Heroine" is pleas
ant literary essay by Professor H. H. Boy
eson. The "Human Horses" treated of by
Walter Rogers Furness are the jiurickisha-
bearers of Japan. The poetry of the num-
| DeE luCluutS q eUuueb ny Illus
Coan, and quatrains by Frank Dempster
Sherman and Charles g. d. Roberts. II.
B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, Penn.
The Arena
for September is filled with articles of in.
terest. The number opens with paper by
Rev. Minot J. Savage on 1.-THE Religion of
Walt Wbitman's POEMS" which will lead
many to open their Whitman in new
spirit. Judge Walter Clark, Associate JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of North Carroll
ma, writes in favor of the election of sena-
tors by popular vote, and the limiting of
| the power and patronage of the President.
| Charles S. Smart, an eX-state superintend-
ent of the public schools of Ohio, makes
tenn in a paper called "Publc Schools
for the Privileged Few" B. o.
Flower, the editor of the Review,
in Home Life" protests against the unwrit-
ten social code which keeps young people in
dangerous ignorance of the true functions
contributes ga Review of the Chicago Strike
of '94." Thomas E. Will, A. M. and DR..
Lucius F. G. Garvin write on Municipal
and interesting paper is 'An Astrological
Forecast of the Administration of President
Cleveland" made at the moment Mr..
4, 1898. G. L. Mexican writes on 1.-THE
True Basis of Money" Will Allen Drom-
goole contributes story, sole Logan's
many interesting articles which make up
OF oI,xoh 10 ,hnr puhl CHI inn
Co., Boston, Mass.
The Forum.
The September number of The Forum
(Which begins it's XvIIIth volumel opens
with an instructive article on 1.-The Lessons
of Recent Civil Disorders" by the Hon.
Thomas M. Cooley. Mr.. Edward Akin
son writes on present Industrial Problems
| in the Light of History The Rev. DR.. j.
H. Barrows, who was chairman of the
Parliament of Religions held last year in
Chicago, sums up the ''Results of the Par
Lament of Religions" DR.. George F.
Shrady writes on THE Pay of Physicians
and Surgeons" telling what fees doctors
| receive in this country and other
countries, contrasting them with the
fees earned in the other professions; Pro-
fessor Francis G Peabody of Harvard, gives
the results of are search showing 1.-THE Pro-
| portion of College Trained Preachers" that
were turned out by 81 leading American
| colleges in the last % years, and draws
| hopeful conclusions therefrom; Frederic
Harrison, the eminent English critic, con-
| tinues his studies of the great Victorian
writer's with brilliant article on "Mac-
aulay's Place in Literature" summing up
Macaulay as "glorihed journalist" and
not great historian; Purushotam Rao
Telang, a high-caste Brahmin of Bombay,
shrewd observer and great scholar, con-
tributes an article on "Home Life in India;
! Child-Marriage and Widows" In all the
Forum for September contains eleven val
uable articles by the most distinguished
writer's of the day. Forum Publishing
Co., Union So, New York.
The Eclectic Magazine.
Among the principal articles in the Sep
TENDER number of the Eclectic Magazine are
Frederick V. Fishers ''Social Democracy
and Liberty" J. r. Seeley's History of
English Policy" 1.-THE King, the Pope, and
Crispi," by the Rev. H. r. Haweis, and the
able discussion, by Walter Trevelyan
Thomson. of 1.-The Miners Eight Hours
Question" OF interest to journalists is a
proposal to form ga Fourth Estate" from
the Gentleman's Magazine, and the success
full London playwright Bernard Shaw gives
his views in the paper "a ID Dramatic Realist
to His Critics" Among some practical and
valuable articles reprinted from the Lon
don Spectator is a proposed remedy for in
temperance-worthy of consideration-un
der the head of Reformed Publics." There
are several literary papers, some bright
notes on travels, a good essay on "Sleep-
! lessness," by A. Symons Eccles, and three
or four short stories of various types. re.
Il. Pelton, IA Eighth Street. New York
LitteIrs Living Age.
| Recent issues of this ever popular weekly
contain some magnificent articles notably
one by Gladstone in the issue of Sept. Sth,
on 1.-THE Place of Heresy and Schism in
the Modern Christian Church." and "The
Poetry of Robert Bridges" by Edward Dow
den in the number dated August %. cal
SAGE and Lorraine" "Competitive Examina-
tons in China" History of English Policy"
Iceland Today" and many others equally
good. No better opportunity was ever of
fered for subscribing to this magazine, for