The times., 1899-10-01

Light" The two short stories in this num-
Der are Through Old Rose Glasses a
romance of Virginia. life. by Mary Tracy
Earle, and "The Apatheosis of Pitt jean
by Helen Choate Prince
The Century for October Is particu-
| larly good as regards illustrations. There
are several articles which are rich in this
respect One illustration which will be of
peculiar interest to the public appears
above little poem entitled "A Bayou
| Blossom by Constancs G. Alexander. 1t
is view of Louisiana swamp and the
| signature in the corner is Joseph JET
| ferson. There is an interesting paper on
! The Streets of Peking" by Eliza Ruha-
nah Scidmore, with pictures of street
scenes, and there are some portraits of the
diplomats of Franklin's time, in the con-
cluding number of Paul Leicester Ford's
| THE Many Sided Frank in which cannos
fail TO interest. Other papers of timeii-
ness and Importance are The Oregon's
| Great Voyage" by Lieut.. Edward Eberle,
U. S. N; "A Pioneer Boyhood," by James
| Burton Pond; Sailing Alone Around the
World" by Capt. Joshua S.ocum, and
John Morley: Study" by member
of Parliament who does not sign his name
Tudor jerks contributes a little comedy
entitled AT the Door, and there is an
Irish story by Seumas MacManus called
The Strong Weakness of Oiney Kittach.
There are poems by Martha Gilbert Dick
inson, Arlo Bates, Clinton Scollard, and
| Paul Dunbar
"Scribner's Magazine" for October is an
unusually fine number, from every point of
view. The leading article is THE Water
|
Jams, and no one is better qualified to write
on anything that concerns New York. The
| first paper of Mrs John Drew's autobiog-
raphy appears in this number, with an in
! PRODUCTION by her son, John Drew, and bio
! graphical notes by Douglas Taylor. There
is an extremely interesting analytic article
on The Vaudeville Theatre, by Edwin
Milton Royle. Joel Chandler Harris
| Chronicles of Aunt Minervy Ann" are two
in this number. telling How She and Major
Perdue Frailed Out the Gossett Boys and
How She Joined the Georgia Legislature.
Other stories are "The Man From the Ma
chine by Judson Knox, and THE Royal
Intent" by William Maynadier Browne.
There is poem by Bliss Carman entitled
THE Silent Wayfellow,' and one by Arthur
Cotton called The Herb O. Grace.
from a fiction lovers point of view. There
| is a story by Zangwill, entitled "Bethu-
| lah," and one by Mary Hartwell Gather
wood, called THE Indian on the Trail"
Seumas MacManus, the ubiquitous. writes
! of 'Misther McCran, of Belfast" and the
third of Stephen Cranes Whilomville
stories is called 1.-The Lover and the Tell
tale" The articles of serious interest are
! four. Sir Martin Conway writes of The
Ascent Of Illimani," Frederic Bancroft dis
cusses Stewards Proposition of April l,
| 1861, for Foreign War and a Dictator
ship" there is an article on Admiral
| Dewey, by Hon. John Barrett, and one by
G. W. Stevens on France as Affected by
the Dreyfus Case" Another extremely in
teresting illustrated article is Armand
! Dayots paper on ttJohn w. Alexander"
! which is accompanied with several fine
reproductions of the artists work. The
poems are Winter; a Quatrain," by Hill,
| degarde Hawthorne. The Cage" by Rob-
ert Loveman, and fThe King of Ireland s
Cairn," a ballad by Ethna Carbery The
Introductory story OF THE Drawer" is
by William McLennan, that clever story
teller of French Canada.
'The Forum for October contains a
number of interesting papers, on widely
varied subjects. Russia, England, and
the United States by A. Maurice Low, is
a sketch of the relations between the three
countries in recent years; "a Century's La
Dor Legislation in France" by Walter B.
Scaife, is discussion of certain elements
in the French social system, and James G.
Whiteley writes of THE Relation of Eng
land to the Transvaal.' Other articles of
IN.
the Presidential Election,v by Senator ]. C.
Burrows; Commercial JAPAN" by Oscar p
Austin; The Civil Code of Germany by
Prof Rudolph Sohm; Liquid Air." by
Stephen H. Emmens, President of the
Liquid Air Company, and Literature of
the Pacific Coast by Charles H. Shinn
"McClure's' for October is the Dewey
number" and contains fine portraits of
Admiral Dewey his officers, his crew, and
all that is his. The portrait which forms
the frontispiece is one of the finest pic
lures of the Admiral yet published. Thers
is an article on Dewey by Governor Rooze-
welt, and one entitled with Dewey in the
Mediterranean, by Joseph l.. Stickney.
Another timely article is "The Racing
Yacht Its Points and Its Places" by Ray
Stannard Baker. 1t is illustrated with pic
lures of the Columbia and other yachts,
and with diagrams. Booth Tarkington's
novel, THE Gentleman from Indiana"
reaches it's conclusion in this number, and
THE Man for Sheriff is story of Dakota
life by Frank B. Tracy. G. w. Stevens
writes of Scenes and Actors in the Drey-
fus Trial" and Samuel Z. Moffett con-
tributes an article Mark Twain with
portrait. 1.-The Killing of the Mammoth
is a story by H. Tukeman. William Allen
Whites Boyville story for this number
is called Much Pomp and Several Circum-
stances"
1.-The Pail Mall Magazine" for October
contains several features of interest. The
photogravure which forms the frontispiece
is from "The Wood Nymph," by Burne-
Jones Some of the names which adorn
the table of contents are those of Gilbert
Parker, George Gissing, Flora Annie Steel,
William Archer, Mary Angela Dickens, and
Fl. G. Wells. These names alone should
insure a rich feast for the lover of fiction
and miscellaneous other things.
The finest article in the October Cos
mopolitan' is that of Mark Twain on
Christian Science and the Book of Mrs
Eddy The world has waited long for
this, and it is not disappointment. There
is an interesting illustrated article on THE
Stage in Mexico by Thomas Brown, and
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