The herald., 1894-11-11
The Magazines.

Last week we made mention OF som
OF the earlier arrivals OF the November
magazines, especially the Atlantic and
the Overland. AS to the latter, one who
has watched with interest its career
cannot help sorrowing over the with =
drewal of Miss Sbinn from it's editorial
management. Hampered az she was by
lack OF means, met at every turn by dis.
coursgement, tempted, sorely tempted
to admit the "write-up" into it's COL
umns after the manner of the Californian
Illustrated. she worked on like the
brave and devoted little woman that
she is as long as she had the field to
work in. Never for a moment did she
fail to keep up to the idealH of literature,
although the community's standards
were very low. it would seem, ii it be
judged by the support it has given to
this most creditable periodical that was
ever presented to San Francisco or a
Pacific coast public. Though there is q
visible falling off in critical quality, the
magazine Is deserving OF support under
its new management, and we sincerely
hope for its success. 1t would be a
calamity if it were to fell. and it will
not fell if it insists on being taken
seriously.
We have quoted from Harper else
where in this weekly review and find
the November number generally quite
up to the mark. Mr.. Warmers The
Golden House is fnishsd and will now
60 out in book form. 1t is not brill
liant story but fits into the times well
and will be reasonably successful.
The Century has the usual able lead.
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familiar but full treatment of the Refer
endum, which we advise everybody tc
read.
OF the heavier magazines the Forum
continues in the lead both in variety
and work OF its essays. Its only rea
rival is the North American Review, but
this is losing ground. relatively we judge
both because il keeps to it's old-time
price of so cents number and because
it apparently relies still on the name
and fame OF its contributors. The ira
diEions OF the Review have led it into
the "tuft-hunting" business, and thii
field it has cropped oyermuch. 1t is mo-
likely that it will ever again attain the
peculiar lead which it once held-nota'
bly, soon after it's purchase by Mr. Altar
Thorndyke Rice.
N0Iy Hodf w buo tAO bOllI
monthlies must be reckoned the Ameri-
can journal of Politics, now and hence
forth TO be under the control OF the
American Institute of Civics, a very
strong organization that is beginning tC
make itself felt in public affairs.
The Cosmopolitan leads the cheaper
monthlies in enterprise and interest
with McClure's good eecond. The lat
ter has narrative by Chas. F. Lum-
mis- which 10 Of great interest to anyone
VINO knows now he conquered his bod
lily ills by care and remarkable will
power. This ia neatly told in My Friend
VIII, little story that many will like
to read, in the light of this mint.
One of the most interesting features
OF the Dial the past six months has
been its excellent series OF papers on
College and University English, now
just closed with English at Wellesley
College. No more faithful and valua BILE
educational work has ever been done
by any of our periodicals.
The Peary expedition controversy
drags on without doing much towards a
settlement OF the dspute as to whether
Mrs. Peary WAS drag upon the party.
But it has brought out the fact that she
was undoubtedly out of place. and that
is all the critics at first insisted upon.
And now, as a bad omen for all this un-
profitable business, the old Falcon, go