Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-06
OCTOBER MACHINES.
Current Literature

for October furnishes most appesizing re-
past for all who desire to keep we'll in
formed upon the principal topics of the day.
Among the leading articles in this issue are
"Strong Spiro, A Mountaineer's Revenge"
Neil Wynn Williams; 1.-The Dance in the
Moonlight Told at the Inn" M. G. McClel-
land The Deemster's Confession, Re
nouncing Honors,' Hall Game, and "Csp
tain Timar's Ruse," Maurus Jokai. The
scope of the magazine can best be given by
naming number of the departments in this
issue: Contemporary Celebrities Current
Literary Thought and Opinion; General
Gossip of Authors and Writers; In the
World of Religious Thought; Library
Table; Matters Musical. Artistic, Drama-
tic; Miniature Essays on Life; Scientific
Problems, Progress and Prophecy; Sketch
Book; Character in Outline; Sotiologic
Questions of the Times; Statistic, Historic,
Legendary and General, etc. Current
Literature Publishing Co., 52-54 Lafayette
Place, New York;
Short stories.
The special feature of the October Short
Stories is Mrs. Cavazza's clever.told story,
1.-The Lady of Night" founded on Sicilian
super stition. The sketch is conceived and
written from the peasants standpoint and
is we'll carried out the illustrations also are
attractive and in keeping with the tale.
Pauline Wesley supplies New England
study of considerable merit, and there is an
exciting tale of adventure in Burmah called
"a Strange Capture" by L. c. Dixon.
Other good stories will be found in this
number of Short Stories by Anthony Hope,
Bret Harte, Blanche Lindsay, and Jose F.
Bremen. The famous story is a translation
of a powerful tale from the Hungarian of
Maurus Jokai entitled 1.-THE Siculian
Women" (Current Literature Publishing
Co., 52-54 Lafayette Place, New York
| Lippincott's Magazine.
The current number of this popular
magazine is an excellent one in all respects.
The complete novel " A Question of Cour-
age" by Francis Lynde, deals with a feui
in the mountains of Tenns ssee, and de-
scribes fully the characteristics of the peo-
pie of that section. The short stories in
this issue are unusually interesting and in
clude cat the Little Red House." Kate Jor-
dan; IAN Hour Before Death" Elizabeth
X. Carter; Goals Of Fire" Leroy Arm
| strong. and "a Tragedy of Trade Mar
garet Llngdon. The solid reading en-
braces a number of bright essays: "In
the October Woods" "Tne Ballad of the
Drum Localized Virtue" Japanese
and Chinese Porcelains and Their Imita-
TONS" and 1.-The Snub." A number of
bright poems complete a moot interesting
number. q. B. Lippincott Co., Philadel-
phia, Pa
Munsey's Magazine.
! The opening number of Munsey's Maya
zine for October is "Artists and Their
Work" illustrated with portraits of num-
Der of American and European painters,
and engravings of representative canvases.
One of the leading articles in this issue is
1.-THE Children of the Stage 1t is &C.
companied by Is portraits of the various
clever little sectors and actresses who have
been upon the stage in recent years. An
article of more than ordinary interest is
contributed by Henry w. Fischer, en-
titled, The Kaiser and His Family" with
portraits. Other Leading articles are David
Bennett HILL" 1.-THE Legend of King
Arthur" "The yanderbilts," and Literary
Chicago" The fiction in this number in
cludes "Kanahee, ""A Cherokee Claimant"
and installm ants of Corona of the Nanta-
hslas" and ''The Silver Thread" There
are a number of portraits of representative
actors and actresses. The various depart