The times., 1899-10-31
Noremher Magazines.

The November Century is an unusually rich
and inviting number. The first ot a series OF
articles on oliver Cromwell IS the piece De re-
sisgance aHd the cover presents a handsome por-
trait OF the great Puritan The biography Is
BY John Morley. and is fully Illustrated from
portraits and from sketches Of scenes about Crom-
wells home. Another feature Of great interest
Is the first part Of Ernest SatOu-Th0mPson' ''Bi-
ography Of a Grizzly" entitled The Cubhood OF
Wahb. Il il, Of course, illustrated by the
author and both the story and tie pictures are
among the very best things he has done, still
another FIRST instaIIment' Is the beginning Of >
Weir }litchells autobiography o. a QlacE
which promises TO be- as attractive as the author
previous books which have appeared IN tins m1sa-
zine Other articles Il general interest are lhe
Golden Crown Sparrow OF Alaska By John Bur
r,r,c-bs. The Making of a Mural Decoration,
bv RovaI Corti=Oz, which deals with Mr. Robert
Blum'5 paintings for the Mcndeissonu 9lee Club'
ard Wagner From Behind the Scenes ~ GuS
tav kohbe The irrepresIble Theodore Roosevelt
writes OF Military Preparettnes and npreparet-
ness and the knowing Cue VIII begin thls paper
with the expectation OF finding some thing ratilF
spicy A rich bit Of entertainment VIII pc
found in MY Debut as Literary Person, BY
Mary Twain. There = hitherto ullpulll--efl
poem by Lowell. Verses Written IN topy OF
Shakespeare The fction Is choice The emnl-
present Seumas M1cAIaugs is 0f course. repse-
seuted in The Wisdom 0t Dark PaJhr1ek
story in Irish dialect; there is a tale entitled
The AposJate Of ChgEO-Chegg- ~ thaL c-eser
Young Hebrew. Abraham Cai4n- There Is aiso
.-Our Lady Of Antilles" by Ella D'Arcy. An
original bit Of tun appears in the nelanse oI
lighter verse az the end 8f the magazine, IN the
shape Of four drawings by Henry Mayer.
The Atlantic Monthly" has as its leading ar
ticle ssThe Case Of the Negro" by Booker T.
Washington 1t Is a presentation Of the race
problem in Nr. WazhinSton's usual calm and
straightforward way. and cannot fail to be in
terestiug to those who are concerned in the
solution Of his problem. RolIin Lynte Hartt
writes of The Oh0ans' in a considerably more
laudatory spirit than that in which he described
New England bin towns He describes the past
history Gf Ohio. its cities and It's prosperous
Va slIevs Th. article e eutertI.uingiy written
and full % miscellaneous information. The
Good Government OF An Empire Is thaugnttll
and Interesting paper by William CUNNINGHAM
Bradford T1rrey writes of ''Iharedu.s At-Irude
Toward Nature and Charles A. CouaHt dis
CIs5as the question Can New Openings BE found
for Capitalz' Orher articles gf interest are
"A Lesson From tue NIiay States, by Hugh elf
f1rdi "Goethe.s Message i1. AlnercI, 9y hgno
Fraucke. and '-Iustics for the Bow" by Jacob A.
Riis. There is a story by Charles W. Chesnutt
entitled The Bouquet and one by AIxIIHi-lln
Foster called a ildlb1r Feud-
The Review Of Reviews" for November con-
tains. as one would expect an elaborate article
on the war in south africa, giving both sides
Of the controversy. There is also a character
sketch Of Cecil Rhodes by William T. stead
'.The Results Of the Peace Conference in Their
Relation 20 the Monroe Doctrine Is an article
by Frederick vs. Hollis. President Schuuau's adj
dress 10 the Cornell students ON The Problem
of Territorial Expansion appears lu this NUM-
Der, in a revised FORM President B1rroas o.
oberiiu College, writes 90 the WORK or lhe
Toledo Manual Training school There IS no
better or more useful publication than the 'ke-
view Cf Reviews
The November Harper contains two inter
es.ing descriptive articles, fnliy illustrated
..Bc-tou at the Ccatury's End" by Sylvester
Baxter. and .'The First American. His Homes
and His Households" the third paper Of the
series 10y Leila Herbert This number deals with
Washington in Philadelphia The fourth Of
Stephen Cranes '-Whil0mviIe Stories appears
under Jha title shown OF f" and VII appeal
with peculiar force r1 every man who remembers
when he was small boy and admired snail
girl II Climbing Mount >alltl Is an article ay
Sir Martin Conway, and Is Illustrated from photo
graphs bv the author Julian Ralph WHITES 90
'.InGil-s Th-eshold''- !i9maIz-lHI Hon. John
Barrett discusses America ln -Ee Pacific and Far
East. The alri1a ine.uds "Grr Volts
Daughter Lv an .lutler Ei-l the end zrrI.ie1I
name .f Hlu1uS-NtIv.- hllrlta th1lel De t1rar-
"The Path 0f th= >arH. Dg Marie Van tzr-ts
THE Traub.r B--tEaI5- BIZ and --e Ne.L'
Ly Frederic Remington. srd 'Ihe BARRIERS Woo
ing" by Katherine $ N-eQae-d-
.'Tbe Crrlt November s-a.u r- IsS." by SFl-
yczter Baxter is the lsatsae arlis.a ie -a.h
uers" President Halg ei Yale University
writes q -Tra Formation and Control % Te-s---
Benjamin E.-= Martin ard tar---e N Martin
descIiJe .-Il- Paris ei Honor. Bszi- Che
conclusion Of S--vec-.Hs Letters alael-s ia
this number. a'-5 raa l1-d and r1c--af,n- eH,'-
Ter oi Nss JlAH Dew A--. .hIe-l
Among the stories are --i-s Nlu ar Hara-
back" Eg William Alien White. aad iac
Real One" b7 Jrsse Lyucb Williams ll9 >a
eide" is o r-l,f poem by Edwin }.l-.h1m. -ll
there is a 'Ilnaussa tlLeNs- song ay r. d.
$ .ddlrd. with Illustrations ia ce.-z IS Harvey
Ellis
The -rerrm'- las Or its Ia+iar an article
headed .il5v shall Puerto Eiea Es Governed
br Hon H. E Carroll. sperll UH--d ss-ss
commissioner to .le island 0-her articles o
interest are --Su1u. Living ~ Dying. hy DR.
] H. st. Curry. former Minister ~ spaln- -'il-
Fianfsh Question" by Rudolf Egeaen % the
University ef Jena, ''Thc Problem Of an Aecr-
lean Marine by A. r. smith, "AiA Chimes De-
yeiaumeut Eeueht She Western Worldly hy John
r. Youug managing editor OF ihe san francisco
Chronicle and THE Atumd- O.: tkc Workers
in Europe and America" by T Mann