The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-11
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

The complete novel in the November
issue of Lippincott's, A Triple EnsangIe-
ment, by Mrs. Burton Harrison, has its
scenes mainly in Spain and England.
The hero is an American, whose course
of true love does not by any means run
smooth. h,,t leads him into safe harbor at
| last. 1,he tale is one of this favorite
authors best, and perhaps the longest
which has ever appeared in Lippincott's.
One of the important features OF the
November New England Magazine is an
article descriptive of Montpelier, tne
capital of Vermont, famous now as the
birthplace and home of Rear Admiral
Dewey. A rare portrait of Dewey, repro
duced from a photograph taken IN 1906
| forms the frontispiece of the magazine,
while fac smile reproduction OF a ietter
sent by Dewey to his brothsr in. Mont
pelier at the time the Spanish fleet were
held airport Said, appears in connectlon
| A. Huse, we'll known Montpelier law
yer. has made a thorough study of the
city's history. as his interesting paper
abundantly testities
The leading place in the November
number of Appleton's Popular Science
Monthly is given to the examination, by
Prof. E. S. Morse, of the eyer-interesting
question, Was America Peopled from
Asia? particularly with reference to the
origin of the aboriginal civilization of
America. The author finds the evidence
in favor of the affirmative of the question
insufficient. A topic of much economic
Importance Is presented Ly Mr.. Charles
NJ lad arfi o1a on pbs
Possible Fiber Industries of the United
States. In What is Social Evolution? Mr..
Herbert Spencer, reviewing MIR. w. II.
Mallock's book, Arisuocracy and Evoiu-
tion. gives an exact definition of social
Evolution, and distinguishes between it
and Social Sustentation.
The leading features of the American
Monthly Review of Reviews for Novem-
Der are: the editorial comment on the
State and Congressional campaigns, Illus
trated; an illustrated account of the Y.
III. G. A. in connection with the army
and navy during the war with Spain, by
Albert Shaw; an article on The Newspa-
per Correspondents in the War, with
numerous portraits; Mr.. Creelman's own
story of his Santiago adventures /;
|"Ouida's'' Impeachment of Modern Italy,
with Signor Vecchia's reply; The Mic
ara9ua Canal in the Light of Present
Politics, by Prof. l.. NJ. Keasbey; and
The Nicaragua Canal and Our CONNER
oial interests, by DR.. Emory R. johnson.
Richard Harding Davis, who was one
of the few war correspondents to follow
the army from Cuba to Porto Rico. and
who was with the advance from the time
of landing until the close of hostilit les,
gives his impressions Of The Porto Rican
Campaign for the November Scribner's
He pays high tribute to the generals and
troops who made the closing campaign of
the war seem more like triumphal pa
rade than an aggressive advance through
an enemy's country. and shows that both
regulars and volunteers did the work be-
fore them in way to satisfy the most ex-
acting military demands. The article
also gives vivid and clear impression of
the country and people, and describes
many picturesque and amusing incidents
that give Mr.. Davis's work SO much hui
man interest. The illustrations are all
from photographs.
The leading features of Harper's Maya
zine for Novemb Der re- Torpedo Boat Ser
vice, by Lieutenant J. G. Fremont, COM
manding the Porter, illustrated by FL.
Reuterdahl Bismarck, by Sidney Whit
man. with an engraving by L. Schladitz,
of hitherto unpublished portrait; Win
the Fifth Corps by Frederic Remington,
illustrated by the author; Our Seaboard
Islands on the Pacific, by John =. Ben
nett, richly illustrated by drawings by
Orson Lowell, Henry McCarter, and
Harry Fem; Social Life in the British
Army, Third Paper by A British Officer.
illustrated by r. Cation Woodville; East.
ward Expansion of the United States, by
Archibald r. Colquhoun: and Some Re
cent Exploration, by J. Scott Kettle,
LII. D., Sec. K. g, S.