The Chilhowee echo. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1899-19??, 1899-11-18
November Magazines

The November number of the La
dies Home Journal is the best
Thanksgiving Offering of good arti-
cles and good pictures ever pre-
sented to it's readers. Three fea-
lures which will appeal to the South
ern-bred man and woman are: "The
Anecdotal Side of Robert E. Lee"
"Those Stately Homes of Old Vir-
ginia" and "The Governors Last
Levee," the last by Sara Beaumont
Kennedy, of Memphis. The most
unique page is entitled, "Why we
never Married." giving the why's and
wherefores which stood in the way of
the matrimonial prospects of seven
maids and seven bachelors Sir Henry
Irving gives some valuable hints to
those who are ambitious to become
students of Shakespeare, and the de-
partment contributions are even bet
ter than usual.
The chief feature of the November
Century is John Morley's Life of Oil
yer Cromwell" 1t is to be continued.
Mark Twain describes his Debut as a
Literary Person." S. Wier Mitchell
contributes "The Autobiography of a
Quack;" Gustav Kobbe gives US a
peep at "Wagner From Behind the
Scenes" and the rest of the contents
is equally as varied and interesting.
In the November Munsey, Rev. John
Jay Lewis writes about the next years
celebration of the Passion Play-the
strange medieval institution which has
made a Bavarian mountain village
famous; Hazen s. Pingree, governor
of Michigan, presents his views on a
leading public question of the day
"The Municipal Ownership of Street
Railways" Albert Bigelow Paine and
Marguerite Tracy each contribute a
good newspaper story, and the remain
der of the contents is up to the usual
Munsey standard.
The contributors to McClure's for
November are: DR.. Frederick A. Cook
surgeon of the Belgian Antarctic expe-
dition, who writes entertainingly Of his
adventures at the South pole; Rud-
yard Kipling, Shan F. Bullock, William
Allen White, Sarah Barnwell Elliott
Helen Watterson Moody, story writers
and George s. Boutwell,, H. j. w. Dam
w. A. Fraser, Alexander Hume Ford
and Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, who
furnish the descriptive articles.
vember Frank Leslie is the complete
story by Stephen Crane entitled "West
Pointer and Volunteer" A paper o.
peculiar interest at this time is con
tributed by an Englishwoman wht
was for five years resident of little
B Huttuh -viiiiifagg IN the north q Cape Col
ony, close to the borders of the Orang,
, Free State. There are the usual mum
) Der of short stories and sketches and ;
touching description of "The Old Folk
, at Home in New England"
t Some of the best papers in the No
: vember Cosmopolitan are: "The Wo
!, man Question:" by Olive schreiner
: "The Educational Question:" by Presi
| dent Hadly, of Yale University; III
: the Engine-Room of War-Ship," b,
, H. Webster, Commander United State
Navy, and "A Transcontinental Road
way" by Julian Hawthorne. Their,
are also several excellent stories.
7 The Woman's Home Companion i
! one of the best publications of it's kline
| and the November number is one 0
: the best of the year. The stories, pic
: lures and departments are full of inter
! est-even the advertising pages ar,
| works of art.
The December number of the Delin
Gator is out and is beauty. It's fash
ions are always reliable, its depart
, ments always we'll edited. its hint
to the home dressmaker and MILNE
are ever instructive and easy of execu
ton, and its fancy work table Away
presents the right thing at the RICH