The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-28
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THE LATE MAGAZINES.

The September Century is water mum
Der. In a general sense, this may be said
to be apropos of tho International interest In
| the yacht races for the Americas cup The
special feature of the magazine is the first
of series OF four papers in which Captain
Joshua Slocum narrates in n humorous and
| lndi vdual style, the story of his successful
decentralization of the globe. alone, In a
forty-foot soop. the Spray, constructed by
himself This unprecedented achievemeut in
yolyed two crossings of the Atlantic and tho
rounding of Cape Horn and the Cape of Good
Hope In the opening installment Captain
Slocum takes tho Spray from Buzzards BAY
to Gibraltar and thence. In fony days "a
Pcrnambuco harbor, with IAN well ON boara
and a great easerness for the more periious
experience of rounding the Horn
The September St, Nicholas is not, like the
September Century, an aVowedly salt water
number" yet many of its pages are redolent
of the briny ocean and its sandy shores.
"pe!icaatewn." described by the naturalist,
Frank NJ Chapman. is little island on the
Florida coast. whittier thousands of pelIcans
resort annually to build their nests and lay
their eggs. Turner's famous picture OF u
battlcshp. 1.-The Fighting Temeraire," en-.
graycd by Cole. fills 2age facing brief
rehearsal of tho life-story of the artist. VINO
owes so much Of his renown to the e. apgre'ia,-
Salt" is a problem that has puzzled many q
mind; to Mary Bradley 1t Is seemingly very
simple, and she explains the mystery IN
string of ingling verses with striking Illus
In self-Culture for September the interior
views OF Homes OF tho Diplomatic Corps at
washington" are delightful In the sharpness
of every minute detail in these richly-fur-
nlshed mansions, Equally clear are the land
scape views in Historic Mackinac," THE
Land OF Evangeline," In Love pear ihrall
Boyhood Home of Admiral Dewey" and IN
THE Development OF the Canadian West;
In this last-named article the vast grain
fields of Manitoba, with their gangs OF reapers
and binders that travel days. Journey or
more In one direction. are handsomely de-
picted. as are vast herds of cattle IN the
winnipeg stock yards and on the open pral,
ries OF Alberta. as well as views IN the capital
city OF WintiIeg.
The September issue OF the Ladies' Homo
Jourpa, is an unusually attractive number.
On the first page Is given series of pictures
of THE Wayside Inn OF Sudbury Town.
made famous by Longfellow. Barton chey-
new contributes an Instructive article on Tho
Young Man and the rroiebs s otd ~ aei ,a
medicine. architecture, etc. Charles 7. Bgod-
head has an illustrated article on The East
Side Girl q New YerF ana pstt 60 ys Go
Every Year" Nellie Blanchan contributes her
seventh paper on Natures Garden" telling
Of the Wild flowers that bloom in September.
shomns rSS social o. SIDE Of the Troy
and there is also a double page OF pictures
OF The Prettiest Country Homes in Amer
lea"
In Frank Lesie's Popular Monthly for Sep
TENDER Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley.
IA Naval Hero OF To-day" figures at the front
in a capitally illustrated biographical sketch
followed by supplementary article, telling
what admiral Schley Said In his own
picturesque and energetic language. II. Hop
and who IL also by profession a practical
builder of light houses. tells OF The Build
ING OF the Race Rock Lighthouse" and illus
rates the vivid narrative with his own draw
irps In THE America Cup Defend RS"
Colonel Vim. u. Simmons reviews with Pic
lures by Frank Adams, all the International
yacht races from the Americas first victory
In England In 1851 down to this years con-
test OF Shamrock and Columbia. Some "Psia-
tiai Private Yachts" are described by Walden
fawcett,
The leading article in Aprleton's Popuia'
Science Monthly for septenber contains
very important discussion of the problem
TO all civilized countries by tho
providence OF the plague IN the Fact The
uagilitude OF the Eastern tr ide and the large
aumber OF steamships aui sailing vessels
which are continually coming and going make
mucn moro dirncuit to keep out OF coun-