The Portland daily press., 1896-10-15
. MAGAZINE NOTICES.

The October number of Ecribner's
Magazine ID strong in American subjects
of immediate interest, including In its
contents a powerful and satirical essay
By f. l.. Godkin on The Expenditure Of
Rich Men; broad and thoughtful dis
oussion of the great problems that I'm
derlie The Government of Greater New
York, BY Col. F. v. Greene; paper on
the way in which The New York Work
ing Girl has organized to take care Of
herself; a sympathetic essay on the work
of OIin Warner, the eminsnt American
sculptor who recently died land descrip-
tion Of the picturesque and romantic
features of the Light House system along
the North Atlantic coast. The Ameri-
oanism of this number In subject and
authorship 10 its most pronounced feat
ure Il is a notable fact that there is not
single foreign contributor on the liter
airy side of the number except Mr.. Barrie
and his remarks BILE serial.
The foreign clemens, however, is not
neglected in the subjects OF some Of the
articles. MIR. and Mrs Blashf1eld open
the number with \ learned and pictur-
esque account Of the artistic and histori-
Gal attractions Of the famous Italian
CITY, Siena. This paper is deliberately
illustrated by scries Of Mr.. Blashfleld's
pictures, the whole article being won
derful Welding Of artistic appreciation,
historical research and graphic desorip-
ton by artist and writer, equally skill
full in pen and brush.
The complete novel in the Ooto Der is
sue of Lippincott's is The Crown Prince
of Rexania. by Edward s. Van lille
The prince visits America, falls in love
with New York girl, il rescued, and
goes home to fight for his throne on
news of his fathers death. Bullwinkls.
the History 0f Poor Student, BY Eliza
Gold, Is a longish short STORY, or charac-
ter sketch with good deal OF humor and
observation in it. The hero was an
amazing variety of student, and " is
has seen few 0f bis kind.
The contents Of the Arena for October
are as follows: George Fred Will
Hams, frontispieos; Silver-A Money
Metal, by United States Senator ].
T. Morgan; The Religion Of Jesus
Christ in its Relation to Christianity and
Reforms, by Rev. G. D. Coleman; Mu-
nioipal Reform, by VIM. Howe Tolm ali.
Phi. D.; What the Reconciliation Of
Silver Would Do for the Republic, By
U. S. Senator J. P. Jones; How Prince
Edward Island Settled it's Land Ques-
ton, by j. Fl. Hassam; Dual Suffrage.
4 Mrs. e. @. Norton; Tho Peril OF En-
cUuraging the Prosecuting Spirit, B. O.
Flower: Japanesque Elements In The
Last Days Of Pompeii, by Ernest ".
Olemsnt; Free Silver W. Free Gold,
Prof. Frank Parsons; Three Travellers
Question Of Genius, by Sophia McClel
land; Are Our Christian Mission sries IL
India Frauds? by Rev. J. 81. Mueller
The Divine Af1atus Of the Etruscan Cole
Spinners, by Mary 8. Lockwood; Son
Evolution. BY John F. Clark; The Ju
ture (Poem). by GottfIid E. Hult, A
NJ; Between Two Worlds. serial, by Mrs
Calvin Kryder Rsifsnider.
Tho Bookman for October 10 full of In
terest. In Chronicle and Comment Their
is reference to new books in EnRlant
and the United States, with portraits o
Jane H. Findlater, Miss Crockett. one o
the "Sweethea.t Travellers" Stopfort
A. Brooke, Anthony Hope. Coulso,
Kernahan, Clement K. Shorter, etc
Poems nre contributed by Harry Thurs
ton Peck, Virginia Woodward Cloud
Paul Lawrence Dunbar. Louise Imoael
Quincy, John r. Babb. Robert Adge
Bowen. Stephen Crane. Katharine Pear
son Woods. Especially noteworthy ar
johanna Ambrosius, with portrait, b!
Frank Sewall; The Gentleman in Amer
lean Fiction, by James Lane Allen
} The New England Primer, with IA
| SMILES Of title pages, alphabet and al
, phabet verse papers and illustrations. by
Paul Leicester Ford. Kate Carnegie, by
Ian Maclaren, is continued. In the
London lotter there ia an account of Mr.
, Shorter's Charlotte Bronte and her Cir
Gle, by W. Robertson Nicoll. The re
views OF new books is very full and in
cludes Studies in Ancient History, Rich
ellen, Nephole, The Paget Papers, TIL
New York Ghetto (Yekl,) The Washer o
the Ford. Life and Letters of DR.. Holt
The Green Graves of Bnlgowrie. Cinder
Path Tales, MIR. Buner's Posthumou
Volume