Middletown transcript., 1898-01-01
LITERARY NOTES.

THE CENTURY MAGAZINE FOR THE COMING
YEAR.
The Century Magazine. with its November
number, enters upon its twenty-seventh
year. During its long existence, by reason
of its many notable successes, it has won
an assured and commanding position. Dur
ing the coming year The Century will
maintain its exceptional position as mag
azine of entertainment and as a leader in
art and thought.
Its pictorial features will be notable, and
it will command the services of the fore
most ratists, illustrators and engravers of
this country and of Europe.
Nothing like complete announcement of
its literary features can be attempted now
DIR. Weir Mitchell, whose novel of the
American Revolution, Hugh Wynne," is
the great success of the year. has written q
new story for the present volume. It bears
the piquent title: 1.-THE Adventures of Fran
Fencing Master during the French Revolu-
tion." The tale is full of romance and ad
venture Mrs. Burton Harrison contri-
butes new novel of New York life, called
"Good Americans" in which contempora-
neous social types and tendencies are
brightly mirrored and described.
There will be group of clever stories
about horses and people who like horses,un
der the general title of "Gallops." "a Wo-
mans "reminiscences of the French Inter-
vention in Mexico" will be given in a Sc
ries of graphic and highly picturesque pa
pers by Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson. Further
contributions to the interesting series of
Heroes of Peace" will be made by Jacob
A. Riis. Gustav Kobbe. Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps Ward, and others.
For the benefit of readers of The Cen
tury an unusual combination offer is made
for this year. There has been issued "The
Century Gallery of One Hundred Portraits" !"
made up of the finest engravings that have
appeared in the magazine, and represent
ing total expenditure of nearly $30,000
These are printed on heavy plate paper,
with wide margins, like proofs. The re
tail price Of the gallery is $3.50, out this
year it will be sold only in connection with
a subscription to The Century, the price of
the two together being $3.50.
THE NEW VOLUME OF ST. NICHOLAS.
st. Nicholas conducted by Mrs. Mary
Mapes Dodge, enters upon the twenty-fifth
year of its successful career as the leading
magazine for boys and girls with its Noyem-
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tractive list of features has been secured
for the coming year, including contributions
by several of the foremost writers of the
day.
Rudyard Kipling's first "Jungle Stories"
were written for st. Nicholas, and this year
he will contribute new series of storios to
the magazine, called "Just-So Stories"
witten in a new vein-fantastic stories.
Some stories. Mr.. Kipling says, are meant
to be read quietly, and some are meant to
be told aloud. Some are for rainy mornings
and some for long, hot afternoons and some
are for bedtime. These stories of Mr.. Kip
ling's are meant to be told "just-so, "and one
must not alter one single little word. They
are stories about animals queer, very queer
animals.
Mr.. Frank r. Stockton will contribute
"The Buccaneers of Our Coast" This is
series of narrative sketches in which will
be treated the origin, characteristics, adven- |
lures, and exploits of that wild body of sea-
rovers, calling themselves 'The Brethren
of the Coast" who during the greater part |
Of the Seventeenth century ravaged and al |
most ruled the waters and shores of the |
West Indies.
Mr.. J. T. TroWbridge has written serial, |
Two. Biddicut Boys, snd Their Adven-
lures With Wonderful Trick Dog" This
is marked by his best qualities and is full of |
effective interest. A lively story. of track |
and field is "The LAX erin Athletic Club" |
by Rupert Hughes, which will telf--of a |
year of sports carried out by a party of |
real boys" Mr.. w. o. stoddard writes a
stirring romance of chivalry. "With the
Black Prince" telling of the fortunes and
adventures of an English lad who fights at
the battle OF Crecy. A fairy-tale of science
Through the Earth, ,"by Clement Fezandie,
As SSAa0A - sHS = uISS VERNE Ofu1I- IL teliS
of the daring conception of scientist of
the next century, who by the enormously
increased power of electricity succeeds in
boring hole through the earth and send,
ing boy in cigar-shaped car through
the tunnel
There will be the usual number of artic-
les Of instruction and entertainment, short
stories, poems and iingles, as well as hun
dreds of pictures by leading artists. The
price Of St Nicholas is 25 centsa copy, or
$500 year.