Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-26
SOME LIrnRAnY NOTES.


For more than u hundred years the
London Times was owned and managed
by Il John Walter. son succeeding
father through three generations. An
account OF the Times, written by u
member of the stan and revised by
the third John Walter shortly before
his death, Will appear. with numerous
pictures, in McClure's Magazine Tor
october
The october Atlantic Monthly Is rich
In good fiction. Mrs. Wards powerful
serial A Singular Life, IL concluded
There Is further installment OF Gil
bert Pnrkers Seats Of the MIGHTY
which increases In interest with each
succeeding issue, Further chapters OF
Charles Fgbert Craddocks Mystery OF
Witch Face Mountain also appear one
of the most striking contributions IL
another Japanese study by Lafcadlo
Hearn entitled The Genius Of Japanese
civilization,
The conclusion OF DR.. Andrew d.
Whites paper, From the Divine Ora
cles to the Higher Criticism, in the
october Popular Science Monthly. VIII
contain the latest Views of scholars as
to the borrowed legends In the Bible
and the process by which some books
were compiled and recompiled, adorned
with beautiful utterances. strength
cned or weakened by the interpolated
Views Of transcribers, and assigned to
personages who could not possibly have
written them, The chance for n new
and better growth of Christianity Is
else pointed out
Godey's Magazine for October Is a
Southern number. A very nrtistlc
cover by NJ, de Lipman emphasizes this
and the two leading articles are upon
THE Cotton States Exposition" at
Atlanta. and "I<ing Cotton and His
subjects" The latter treats of cotton
picking in the picturesque and com
mercial aspects. Other finely illus
trated papers are upon Mr. French, the
sculptor: Types OF French Beauty"
Great Singers OF This Century" and
| The Experience OF an American at
| an italian Vintage" Among the va
| ried fiction Is a remarkable story OF
| society by Frances Aymar Mathews.
| entitled "a Confession of Success
! The fashion department. as usual, COW
ers the field OF particular interest to
women,
Miss Mllicent w. Shinn. formerly ed
ltor OF The Overland Monthly" has
been studying a subject that has lately
called out some speculation, Tho Mar
rage Rate OF College Women.'' She
has carefully gathered statistics from
all OF the womcns colleges OF the cnun.
try, and these she includes In an ar
ticle with the above title. written for
the October number Of The Century.
She hnds the ultimate probability OF 4
college woman's marriage to be belo,,
% per cent, against 90 per cent FOL
other women--not quite two-thlrds a,
great Location has something to dc
with the question, The college wonier
marry most In the Middle West. an(
least In the North Atlantic states
The reason IL not that college womer
crave public lie, Miss Shlnn declares
but largely because they are employee
us teachers In girlc' schools, statior
In life more lnimical 70 marriage thni
any other save that OF nun.
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly 10
October ia an exceptionally beautiful
number pic,orially. without any sacrl
flee OF that quality OF tlmplinass whicl
makes u unique amongst illustrated
magazines. The opening article 10 Al
idyllic description by Mra Leicester
Adds, Of summer holiday visit /
old England'a lovellcst county Surrey
with description OF the stately mRnu
OF Deepdene, upon which the prescn
American Duchess OF Marlborough hu
spent large sums OF money 70 goo
purpose, Apropos OF this years tcf
centennial Tasso celebration, There II
sympathetic and deliberately illustrate
paper on THE Last Days of roralat
Taaso,' by Marie walsh Another Itnl
ian contribution OF rare artintic Inter
est Ia miss Il. {, Vansltiart's descrir
tiQn ~ Monte ollvstQ. MaRgiorc. /
which are appended SHINE rsonvenir
Of siena" BY the late John Addingto
sNmonds. Other picturesque feature
nrei Women as Athletes" rs W. q
Wagsiane; Burmese Women" by h
Fielding: "Llght-Clvers." by Mary Til
comb Town md Cloth Halls ~ Fiar
DORIS by Alexander Anatcd; "NNid
owed Soeereigns,' by a. Onkey Hal
and 'Alnlne Soldiers" by Henry ~:
rel. This number also contains som
unusually Interesting short stories an
poeu8.