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ton, a member OF the commission. setting
forth its objects and extent, and the
methods of establishing historically the
lines OF battle, etc., in which there has
been the most cordial cooperation be-
tween the veterans OF the Union and
Confederate armies. ballad by Mau-
urice Thompson, Confederate veteran
OF this battle, accompanies the article
which has also maps and portrait OF
General George Ii. Thomas. Apropos
OF the celebration, there is an editorial,
art on the Battlefield" criticising the
management of the Gettysburg field, and
making practical suggestions concerning
the other three national parks-Chicka-
mauga, Shiloh, and>~Antietam. Two in
teresting papers OF memories OF the T1il-
leries under the Second Empire are contri-
buted TO the September and October NAM
bers of The Century by Miss Anna l..
Bicknell. The writer was an inmate OF
the palace, ana in significant incidents
and comment she sets forth the day-to-
day palace life under the Third Napoleon,
with pen sketches of the leading person
ages OF the court, whose portraits, from
photographer the time will also be given.
There is new portrait OF Henry Clay,
accompanying paper OF family recol-
lections, collected by Miss Madeleine Me-
Dowell, a granddaughter OF the states
man.
Mrs. Humphry Wards new novel,
upon which she has been nj work for
the past two years, will be called "Sir
George Tressady." IL will appear as a
serial in The Century, beginning with
November.
The September number OF the North
American Review presents a table OF con-
tents wide in range and most authori-
tatively treated. The opening article is by
the Right Rev. William Croswell Doane,
Bishop OF Albany, who for chilly illus
trates why Women do not Want the
Ballot" Admiral p III. Colomb, of
the Royal Navy. discusses ''The Evolu-
tion OF the Bluejacket," while in "Remi-
niscences of Prof. Huxley" Sir William
H. Flower throws charming light upon
the private life or the great scientist.
''The Christian Endeavor Movement"
is prominently brought before the public
by the Rev. Francis L. Clark, ID. d., presi-
dent OF the United States Society of
Christian Endeavor, and in a thoughtful
paper, entitled, "Trend of National Pro-
gress, Prof. II. Ii. Thurston, of Cornell
University, asserts that the tendency of
our own nation Is toward n future of
large and well distributed wealth, cul-
ture, and content. Henry Farquhar, as
sistant statistican of the agricultural de-
partment, writes interestingly OF Crop
Conditions and Prospects, Max O Rell
very wittiIy gives his opinion OF THE
w. Blyden, Librarian minister TO the
Court of st. James, eloQuently dwells
upond "The African Problem" The
Hon. James III. Eckles, Comptroller Of
the Currency, writes hopefully Of "our
Reviving Business, y while in "a Brush
with the Bannocks" Major General Mel
son A. Miles, U. $. A., favors The Re-
view with chapter from the advance
sheets of his book "From New England
to the Golden Gate, soon to be publish
edd by the Werner Company OF Chicago.
The ninth instalment of the Personal
History of the Second Empire" by Al
bert ID. Vandam, deals with the "intri-
que and corruption" of that eventful pc
rod. "The Situation in Cuban is de-
scribed by Senor Don Segundo late Mayor
OF Havana, who, OF course, views affairs
from a governmental standpoint. A most
important contribution to the political
literature of the day 10 that on ''The Out
look for Ireland " by the Right Hon. the
Earl of Crewe CLord Houghton), late
Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland under the re-
cent Liberal party.
Among the features of The Writer (Bos-
toni for September are a practical article
on Chow to Write Stories for Boys by
William .. Stoddard the popular juve-
nile writer, and an article equally practi-
cal and timely on "How to report Yacht
Race" by William T.. Robinson, the
yachting editor of the Boston Globe. In
the same number series of Editorial
Talks with Contributors Is begun by
William Hayes Ward, the superintend-
ing editor of The Independent, who tells
what The Independent wants, and does
not want, in the way of MSS. This series
will be continued iE The Writer month
ly by the editors of other leading Ameri-
can periodicals., and will be Of the great
est practical value to all periodical con-
tributors. .,t
OF the manuscripts left unpublished by
Robert Louis Stevenson at his death mot
many, ny the way), the first to reach the
public is a collection Of very original
"Fables" in the September number of
McClure's Magazine. One of them Is a
conversation between John Silver and
"Cap'n" Smollett, OF Treasure Island, -
which Is as delicious in its way as any
thing those worthless do or say In "Treas-
ure Island" itself. In the same number
Anthony Hope relates another adventure
Of the ever-charming Princess Osra, an en-
counter in the forests of Zenda with an
attractive and most courteous highway
man. There Is also a romantic tale of
court intrigue by Stanley J. weymsn,
and a new Drumtochty Etory by Ian Nc
Claren, the author OF "Beside the Bonnie
Briar Bush. " Elizabeth stuart Phelps
supplies an admiring review OF an earlier
story of Ian McClaren's, "Afterwards," b"
which appeared N McClure's last spring.
OF the illustrated articles, Cleveland
Moffett's interesting account of the artist
Will III. Low, and his work with the
beautiful reproductions Of drawings and
paintings, must be mentioned first; but
In the nature of things, greater thrill
Is TO be derived from Mr.. Garrett p. Ser
viss' account OF the experiences OF an
amateur mountaineer in climbing the
Matterhorn. In addition TO these there
are timely articles, with plenty OF pic
lures, on the Americas cup and the con-
tests over II, past and soon to come; an
account of John kelly's resuscitation
OF Tammany as a political power, from
the dissolution in which 1t had been lett
by Tweed; a story from the Pinkerton
archives OF long mysterious express
robbery; and an account of Edmund
Kirke,n derived largely from Garfield
himself, of Garfleld's ride at Chickamau.-
ga mp perfectly exposed hillside, under
the enemy's constant fire."
"Sun and Shade" now In the course
OF completing its seventh volume, Is one
OF the most artistic publications amid
large number of very excellent works OF
q SIMILAR character. What renders each
number OF "Sun and Shade very attrac-
tive and interesting is the great variety
I'm the character OF its plates Studies