The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-06

scrihing his experiences IN Africa ~ Is
entitled ''Giave'- Journey to the Living.
stone Tree" being an account OF nus traN
els from the north end Of Lake VISA 800
very little explored to the fiat lands south
OF Lake Bangweolo, where Ut, INt.ne
stone uied He found the tree under which
l.ivingstone's heart was buried ana on
20 trunk Of which an inscription was
carved by Jacob Wauwrlgs, fhe Naiick
follower Of the explorer. In tnis Journey
fore seen a white man and his account.
which nbounds In character ana tnciuent.
II profusely illustrated by photographs
taken during the Journey
w p Trent. professor Of literature IN
the University of the South Sewanee,
Tenn, contributes TO the September At
lantic discriminating paper on Teaching
the Spirit of Literature. Professor Trent
is favoispbly known as the author OF
William Gilmore Simms. IN me Amer
| lean Statesman Series, ana Whatever no
has to say about literary subjects carries
the weight OF authority with It, lie takes
rather novel ground ~ ms uisciss'oh'
insisting on the value OF literature as APP
realing TO the Imagination OF children,
and stating his belief that 1t would 10
wise to do away with examinations IN the
! subject entirely. He believes II 10 he the
| teachers duty TO enable the student 10
appreciate literature first, and criticize it.
If at all. afterwards
Among some OF the valuable features Of
Mccures Magazine for September are
Mr. Lows recolections OF his art-stu1ent
days in Paris and one of the notable
painters whom no came to know more or
less intimately there Mrs. Mortons in
| innate account of the heroic labors OF
her husband. Or. W r. G.. Morton, in
overcoming incredible prejudice and OBJ
struction and getting his humane dis
coVery of anaesthesia perfected and In
| troduccd and giving painless surgery
to the world; the vivacious. yet sympa-
| thetic account of the painter Whistler
that most picturesque of mem and his
eccentric ways and witty speeches; and
Elizabeth Stewart Phelps account of her
| life down among the Gloucester fishermen
al OF these are the very best of good
reading in their several ways. All are
| fuzzy Illustrated with portraits and other
pictures.
The Hypnotic Magazine the new
monthly publication devoted to the in
vestigation of the science OF hypnotism,
has dropped it's Subscription price from
20" 10 tlOO per annuiu. The first number
of the Hypnotic Magazine was issued last
month AugusD by the Psychic Publishing
company Chicago, and was very favor
ably received by the press and public"
The Cosmopotans September number
opens with II. G. Chatded Taylor's Ora
''hu1 ana inc Aihambra." a brightly writ
ZEN nut not very novel bit Of travel the
most valuable part of which is the illus
iralons. Mrs Lew Wallace describns
". w. Story, the poet sculptor, with
Nhom she seems to have been nuiie lnti-
mately acqualutei Camille Flammarion
bad one OF his fascinating new ecicntlio
articles called THE Wonderful NV t,va
II Science alluding to The use of he
lamara iu astronomy Na,Irira r't,o,,,,n,'
sUn's "The N,twhI"r,,o1 p W. n"inp-
humorous and rti',,hi'' Iit,la "o ,[e Is a
tf.ude Han has a .,uri me sto,, a. ''fr
t. r,stlnF enIitl"d '.ho o9 r'hrdy npI uhin.
aealing Win medievaI r,nri iu ~ ,,' H.
Witches of Inn, ,s,,., ING 'N anu the
The September Arena contains "a panar |