The Portland daily press., 1899-10-10
THE MAGAZINES.


prominent place In its octobsr issue, ss
in its September number, to articles hav-
Ing special connection with the Bos-
ton meeting Of the International Congre-
gatiouai Council. Rev. Morton Dexter's
account Of CongresAtionalism In Ameri-
on, Is well supplemented by an article on
Ccngreaationalism In England, by DIR.
John Brown Of Bedford. Englsnd, trae-
Ing the growth of the denomination back
to It's initiative steps. This article. like
the previous one, is fully illustrated, and
is accompanied by reprint Of the two
accounts Of The First Visit to Scrooby,
written Dy Dr. Henry N. Dexter In 1851
and 1851, describing his visit TO Scrooby
soon after Its Identification as the cradle
OF the Pilgrim church.
Bishop Potter contributes the first artI-
Gle In the October number Of Applstons'
Popular Sciencs Mvnthly; 1t is entitled
The Help That Harms, aud is 9 discus
sion Of the charity question from the
moralist's point of view. Prof George
A. Dorsey, of the Field Columbian Mu-
scum. IL the author of an illustrated ac-
count of The Hopi Indians Of Arizona. a
curiously isolated relic of the early mer-
loan civilizations. Comptroller Bird s.
Q oler follows his article exposing The
Abuse OF Public Charity In New York
City tJune, 1S99), by SONS sug xestions
looking toward the Reform OF Public
Charity, which he believes will save the
city over million dollars year aud
work no hardship to the deserving poor.
Christian Science from Physician's
Point OF View Is the title OF an article by
DIR John y. Huber. which describes his
aff .r.ta f. af o.
He was not able IN any case 10 find any
evidence warranting a belief In the gsnu-
ineness Of its claims as healing agent,
and he calls attention to many aspects OF
IL which, to say the least are strongly
Indicative of charlatanry. purs ami
simple.
Scribner's for October, contains the
first part of Mira. John Drew's Autobi-
ographical Sksoth-ths charming sum
mary of her career which she prepared
a few months before her death for her
children and grandchildren. Her stage
cover almost three-quarters
of a century and she was associatsd with
most of the interesting characters in the
theatrical history of this country. This
memoir is full of anecdotes and incl
dents OF them. 1t Is also enriched with
a remarkable selection OF portraits, old
play bills and other memorabilia from
the collections of Peter Gilsey, John
Drew, and Douglas Taylor( who has made
interesting biographical notss TO accom-
pany the illustrations) The whole
memoir is pretixed with an introduction
by John Drew, the son Of Mrs Drew.
The "Reminiscences will be completed In
the November number
AS the October Century appeared ST.
multa1eously with the reception to Ad-
miral Dewey In New York, the timellest
of Its contents is Rear Admiral Samp-
sons hearty tribute to the hero Of Ma
nila, whom he ranks with Nelson ana
Farragut. This ia preceded by an article
Of cognate interest-Lieut Edward W,
Eberle's account Of the Oregon's great
voyage. The frontispiece of the magR-
zine Is portrsit, drawn by John W.
Alexander, Of the Hon. John Morley, NJ
p, whose historical study of Crom well is
70 begin next month. A study Of Mr.
Morley himself, by an anonymous NJ. p :,
accompanies the portrait. The mum ber
opens with profusely illustrated paper
on Fascinating Cairo, by Frederic c.
Penfieid, late Diplomatic Agent, and
author Of Present Day Egypt. From
the pages of his well-nlled diary the Hon.
John Bigelow has extracted q series of
phsbdRes r5lhbiVo 10 un6 herman sGabeS-
man Won Bunsen, his friend and CORE
spondent for many years, and to the
group Of celebrities to which Won Bunsen
belonged.
The October number of ST. Mic cholas
marks the end of the magazines six-and-
twentieth year, and brings to a close
several serials that have been running
for six months or more. Trinity Bells,
by Amelia E. Barr. is one of these; 9TH
srs are Carolyn Wells's Story OF Betty and
Rupert Hughesss Dozen from Lakerim.
These are works of fiction; but besides
these there are in this number several
short stories, In which fact and fiction
ARE mysteriously mingled, and others
that are founded upon fact and built up
OF the same material. Such is The Walk
ing Purchase, which tells the truth about
deal with the Indians that did no cred /.
1t to the name of Penn, by whose sons 1t
vas carried ont In way to swindle the
peiawares of two hundred thousand acres
of good land; and such is the sketch of
Searchiights, q mascot at Manila. The
Southern Cross Is described and dfa-
grammed by Miss Mary Proctor, daught-
or of the popular astronomer. An Octo.
ber magazine without an article on Ad-
m'ral Dewey would seem anomalous, and
st. Nicholas pays due tributs to the hero
OF Manila through the pen Of Tudor
jerks.