The Dickinson press., 1894-10-06
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
The publishers Of II .rper's Mag.
zine announce for early numbers of
the Magazine descriptions of travel
in Northern Africa, by Poultney Bige.
low, with pictures by Frederick Rem.
ington; more illustrated papers on
modern India, by Edwin Lord Weeks:
and. by no means least, series Of II.
Illustrated stories of Chinese life, to he
written by Julian Ralph, who has un-
dertaken a special journey for the
purpose.
Woolen goods for autumn wear are
light in weight, desirable feature
as skirts of dresses are now so gen.
orally lined and interlined that they
become too heavy for comfort even
in midwinter, if made of weighty
fabrics. Plain c0lors, mixtures of
two or three colOrs and clouded Of.
fects are seen among the new goods.
Small figures are preferred to large.
Marrow stripes lengthwise. bayadere
and Diagonal. neat checks or blocks,
and some plaids are shown in dull and
light colors though not in Scotch tar.
tans.-From the Mcdowell Magazines,
4 West l4th street, New York.
The publishers of McClure's Maga.
zine have secured the use Of the Hon.
Gardiner G. Hubbard's great collec.
tion of Napoleon prints. This is one
of the most important collections of
it's kind in the world and represents
the results of many years of collect.
ing. One hundred and fifty of these
pictures have been selected and will
lie published in six issues of McClure's
Magazine. begining with November.
Most of the pictures will be full page,
and the series will constitute the
most important and most c0mpletec0l.
lection of Napoleon prints ever pub'd
The life of Napoleon will also be told
with especial reference t. the mass of
new material which is now available.
The pictures and the text will present
Napoleon in q most complete and ac-
curate manner. The series will be
completed in SIX months.
"An Intra- Mural View" Il very ar.
tistic brochure, has been received
from The Curtis Publishing Compa-
ny, Philadelphia, publishers of The
Ladies' Home Journal. AS the title
indicates, the booklet gives us glimps.
es of the interiors of the Journals
offices, and some idea of the work car.
ried on there. The first number, of
the Ladies' Home Jgurnal was
issued in December 1883, so that less
than eleven years have elapsed since
Mr.. Curtis conceived the idea which
has developed into so vast an enter.
prise. In this short time merit and
steady improvement in all depart.
ments have received such recognition
that the circulation has reached the
enormous average of about 100000,
the largest magazine output in the
world.
In reply to your question. we look
upon boys and girls us equal in brain
and ability for almost every sort Of
work except manual labor. Girls
should be equipped with such training
us the schools and colleges afford
that they may have an even chance in
the race of life. For home and social
positions this training is specially i'm.
portant, rs their influence in many
ways exceeds that of the b0ys.-E,l.
mund p. Platt in "Shall Boys and
Girls Receive the Same Education?'
in Demorest's Magazine for October
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly is
now issued from the new Frank Les
lie building, in historic old Bond
street, in what may he termed the
midway publishing quarter of New
York. The October number of this
unique and deservedly popular maga'
zine has for its fronticepiece fine
portrait of Mrs. Frank Leslie, the
head and informing spirit of the larg
est publishing business in the world
owned and conducted by woman
This business is described and illus
trated in an article entitled "Moderr
Magazine Making which is full oi
information and entertainment fol
everybody interested in the artistic
and literary progress of the times.
His sympathy is boqndless, and lie
has flung the mantle of his oritica
cordiality over many writer's whom ;
less genial judge would leave to the
doubtful shelter Of their own thin die
tion. No one has been kinder to the
minor poat on both sides of the At
lantic. But while he bends to do this
he never seems to sacrifice his equi
librium. His patience with tn,
"stained.glass poets," as he named
them, of the Victorian era has never
diminished the value of his analysis
of their hetters. This is due to a yer!
great extent to tha classic strain il
his temperament, to the impersonal
animus of all his judgments. That is
to say, there is no trace of time or O.
place in his dealings with the literar!
topics which have occupied SO much
Of his time. He is cosmopolitan t
the core.-"Edmund Clarence Sted
man" in Century for October:
St. Nicholas for October opens mos
appropriately with a frontispiece
"tfathering Autumn Leaves" from
painting by William NJ. Chase. Thel
follows the usual variety Of stories
sketches, poems, and jingles, all o
them illustrated. Tappan Addney
in "Billy: The Story of Bear" tell
Of a pet cub that developed such mis-
chievous traits as stealing bread ant
} pies, and drinking molasses out of th'
. family jug. Tudor jerks writes O
"Jack's Literary Efforts" whicl
proved to be composition that neve
was written. w. T. Hornaday'
chapter of natural history this montl
deals with the seals and sea.lions, on
|; of the most interesting families in ou
fauna.
The Delineator for October con
taips in addition to the regular fash
| ion matter special article of mucl
,, value to mothers called Fitting Ou
the Family for Autumn and Winter
There are also articles for the house
| Loanor on CeaaOnah1o COOkarv Hint