Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-28
The MAGAZINES.

The Thanksgiving Ladies' Home journal
marks the fifteenth anniversary of that wide.
ly read magazine, which now sells $50 900 con.
les each month, and is editor reviews its
past under the unique heading, Fifteen
Years of Mistakes" revealing his plans for
its Improvement and for its greater useful
ness In the future. page of illustrations
admirably typifies "Thanksgiving in the
Country" and another of photographs IL fill.
ed with suggestions for decorations, etc. for
Thanksgiving in the Church." 1.-THE Anec.
dotal side of Mr.. Moody" reveals the chief
characteristics of the great evangelist in a
succession of interesting stories, and "My
First Fight in the Jungle" is Henry NJ. Stan
ley's narrative of the first of his journeys into
Africa. "How Richard Wagner Wrote IA 8
| operas" gives the nearest, clearest and most
interesting view of the famous composer that
has yet been written. In "a Polish lntasy"
is told, in beautiful and pathetic story, the
early career of Paderewsxi.
The recent threats of a new outburst of
Vesuvius give timeliness to an article by II.
J. w. Dam on "The Mystery of Vesuvius" to
| appear in the November number of Nc.
| Cures Magazine. Mr.. Dam and the artist c.
Il. Linson made II recent exploration of the
volcano for McClure's, and the article EN-
braces much new Information thus gained.
| IL Will be Illustrated from special drawings
made by Mr.. Linson on the spot.
The leading features of Harper's Magazine
for November are "Torpedo-boat Service"
, by Lieutenent J. e. Fremont commanding
the Porter illustrated by II. Renterdahl;
"Bismarck," by Sidney Whitman, with an en-
| craving by f. Schladt of hitherto unpub.
lished portrait; "With the Fifth Corps" by
Frederic Remington, illutrated by the author
{ Our SeabOard Islands on the Pacific" bv
John Z. Bennett, richly illustrated by draw.
ings by Orson Lowell, Henry McCarter and
Harry Fem; "Social Life in the British
Army" third paper, by a British officer, Illus.
trated by r. Cation WoOdville; Eastward Elk
pansion of the United States," by Archibald
r. Colquhoun; ana "Some Recent Explora.
TONS" by j. Scott Kettle, LII. D.. Sec. r. g. S
Only few of the men who went to the
klondyke "struck 1t rich" In the Sunday
NJ tgazine Frederick Palmer tells of the eX
perences of the lucky ones In an article call
ed IA Thousand a Day with Rocker" The
| wonderfully interesting novel, IAN Ameri
can Emperor" is continued, and the readers
interest, already keen, is increased. Synop
sis of II few chapters already printed enables
anyone to catch mp. Some London street
types have been sketchcd and described
and the manner in which the power of vii
helmina the new queen of Holland is cir
cumscrib6 Il Is entertainingly told. In every
issue one page IS devoted to humorous il.
mstration, and the department "For the Fun
of IT," is bright with original merriment. The
The Sunday magazine comes every week
with the New York Sunday Press without
extra charge.
The leading features of the American
Monthly Heview of Reviews for November
are: The editorial comment on the state anC
congressional campaigns, illustrated; an il
Illustrated account of the work of the Y. NJ. C
A. in connection with the arm V and navy
during the war with Spain. by Albert Shaw
an article on "The Newspaper Correspond
ents in the War" with numerous portraits
Mr.. Creelman's own story Of his Santiago
adventures; "Ouida's" "Impeachment OF
Modern Italy," with Signor Vccchia's reply
"The Nicaragua Canal in the Light of Present
Politics." by Prof. l.. NJ. Keasbey; and "The
Nicaragua Canal and Our Commercial Inter
ests," by DR.. Emery X. johnson.
In going "From Denver to the Pacific
Walter A. Wyckof reaches the end O.
his long journey across the continent a:
n n day ltborer. This installment, which
1closes 1.-THE Workers-The West" in the No
vember Scribner's, describes his adventure:
in the Colorado mining camps and across the
plains, and concludes one of the most strik
ing recent contributions to magazine lit
erature.