Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-12-07


stespiioas, ~ lhis puuo4s. Thsy ihsFsfoss
represent IN ne best rssnnsf his sinking
esnlut Me- Monthouss has writer . esrsfal
ssd intiHais asroan' u Ne sns,'s nsfhoa,.
"Ths Story q aDOssrusss" BY Mrs. N. o
W. OIlphanl. saihos - "a Ross IN jane" snd
squire Arden. gutil,si ny Y. .. fsnso a
CO., iis Thh svssas. Sev yost, u 4 veil.
printed imtsisatial and haadsomsiy bouad
volume u nearly four hsndrsi psg.s oith
beu family sandAd hsdon. Ma. Oilphsst's
novels afs clean asd u hfsbovs ne aysrsgs
literary ssesllsncs. she u ne aulhos o.
so'k on ne "vicio,lsa Age aEaglish Liter
a,ufs."
The last POEM, ofJamea Russsll Lowell"
IL q bssutfful gilt volume containing the last
ten poems written By the creates, msn Of
letters produced In our eountfy The past half
century. II has Tor q irontspiece an etching
u the poet made from = late photograph. II
contains The Oracle Of the Cold Fishes"
and the las, poem. "Ona Bust u General
Giant" are among the masterpieces Of this
writer. Gil, TOP and nw edges. Hough,on,
Mmih & Co, Boston.
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To the student Of hypno,ism. The Charla.
tan, by Robert Buchanan and Henry Murray.
jus, issued by r. 7. Nsely. will be mos, fas.
einsiing. combining as 1t does q story Of grnu.
inc hypnotsm with the irregular mOnsy.get.
ting methods Of pretending iheosophiss. The
expose Of Madame Blayatsky in the character
Of MADAME Obaoskin" is fearless and unmis.
taxable. II isa work Of dgor and power
and marvelously sustained Interests.
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Following is the first verse Of "St. Michael
the weigher." in the little volume Of James
Russell Loweli's last poems;
Stood the tall Archangel weighin
All mans dreaming. doing, saying,
All the failure and the pain,
All the triumph and the gain,
In the uninagIned years.
Full Of hopes, more fall ofteau,
Since old Adams hopeless eyes
Backward searched fr Paradise,
And, instead, The hame-blade saw
OF inexoTable Law.
The November kindergarten Magazine
maintains It's high standard as the text. book
Of the new edition. Il has for a leading fea.
ture "Art Privileges for School Children"
All the leading articles are devoted to that
much neglected subject. There is a thought
ful article on the recent public school art
exhibit in the new Chicago Ant Museum by
the arr lecturer, George L. Schneider. Kin.
dergarien Literature Co, Pubs, Chicago.
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William Black starts another Of his upper
middle-class love stories in the last HaPer's.
or course "Bdesis" is ~ravishingly beautiful,
and, in S,raying About on a Fine Estate.
Meets the Young Heir all Unattended, etc.,
etc., and the whole plan seems cast along the
lime-wom channels Of novel writers for the
last Fifty years. Il seems like a waste Of fine
writing on architecture and botany to drag US
through such commonplace.
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A literary Find" Of peculiar interest is
reported by kilograms from England, record
ing the discovery Of sermons and poems by
Charles Wesley, one Of the founders OF Meth
odism. This reveals the fact that he differed
from John Wesley ana did not believe in the
right Of the American e~olonists to attempt in
dependence but called down on them the
wrath Of God.
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The Monthly illustrated and Our Home
and Country Magazine, published as %One'iOr
s2.oo a year, presented a remarkable variety
for November, both Of reading matter and
illustrations. 1t combines the best efforts Of
scores Of writers and artists in each issue and
promises an excellent Christmas number.
i49, 1853 Leonard street, New York.
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John Dicks, 3I3 Strand, W.. e., London, is
the publisher Of complete political works Of
Ton Hood and Shelley. from a4o to 500 pages.
beautifully illustrated, biographical sketch
and portrait. for six pence a volume, or post
free for 8 n pence. Woo says with truth we
are not living in an age Of mar vslously cheap
books.
Among curious things which a London Ii.
braHan bookseller eonfesses to having found
in returned books are included GS notes, love