Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-09-13
Among the Magazines.

Since attention has been directed so
much of late to Canada and all things Cana
adisn, the New England Magazine extends
for Septic mher an adm irahle historical and
descriptive account of the city of Quebec, by
Mr.. George Stewart, resident of that place
The article comprises the story of Quebec's
and is excellently illustrated with fully a
score of views in and about the city. War
rem +. Kellogg, Park Square, Boston, Mass
September is the month for fishing and out
door sports, and is the beginning of the hunt
ing season in Canada and in Maine. Scrib-
ner's for September has a number of articles
with an outdoor flavor to them It opens
with an account by Frederic Irland of what
he calls "the finest canoeing country in the
world.' He made five hundred mile Jour-
ney from Mattawa to the head waters OF the
Ottawa and Ganitneau rivers, through region
Astounding in fish and moose It. has been
for centuries and is movable home of the AL
gonquin Indian. The rSgion through which
Mr.. lrland travelled with Algopquins for
guides is the best sportsman's haunt left in
America. Much of the wilderness is as yet
unchartered. The illustrations are made
from the authors abundant photographs.
One is sure to find in the pages of the Co.'S
mopoitan some topics OF immediate interest,
and in all the output of the September m sga-
zines no article SO holds the reader as M.
Saint Just's detailed description of the or
garization of the French Secret Service.
The writer knows his subject, as he was for
mer Chief of Division in the intricate organi-
cation. The reader lays the article down be-
wildered at the conception of the web which
l..,rl -r., oI<,a
French people since the days of Napoleon.
The reading public have evinced great in
terest in The National Magazines recent of.
fer Of four months trial subscription for %
certs, and the names have been pouring in
rapidly. The offer is still open for the bene-
fit of those who have not already availed
themselves of it.
The September St. Nicholas is not, like the
Century, an svowedly saltwater number"
yet many of its pages are reGolent of the bri-
ny ocean and its sandy shores. The fronts.
biece illustrates the lines,
"Hey for a bucket, and hey for spade,
Hey for the silver sea!'
from"A Song OF the Sea-" by Eric Parker,
it'll which the magazine opens. "Pelican-
town. &c. cribed by the naturalist Frank M
Florida whittier thousands of pelicaDs resort
annually to build their nests and lay their
eggs.
One of the most interesting features in the
September Harper's is an article entitled
"Behind the Pink Walls of the Forbidden
City," by writer signing himself GCathay."
l. tells as none of the dispatches told, the de-
tails Of the drama which has been played
4.l- |. Al
light on the character of the d0wager en-
press. Tie number also contains powerful
article by Mark Twain, in which he discusses
the present position of the Jews and its I'M
DERIVING causes.
John Kendrick Bangs has never written
any thing more thoroughly amusing than the
first chapters of "The Enchanted Type
writer" which is now appearing in Harper's
Weekly. In it Mr., Bangs again ventures
across the Styx for his material, and num-
Der of the famous "shsdes" whom we met in
the "Houseboat" are introduced. Mr., Bangs
story will be followed by romance entitled
with Sword and Crucifix," by e. s. Van
Zile.
Never has the practical usefulness of Har-
pers Bazaar been more thoroughly proven
than in its recent numbers. Among the most
useful features may be mentioned DIR. Grace
papers on First Aid to the In
iured," Mrs. Birds lessons in "Bonuet
and Miss DeForest's letters on
the European fashions. There is always a
plentiful supply OF short stories.
That there are five thousand theaters in
America, and that one million and half people
attend them each weekday night, spending
seventy millions of dollars year on theater-
going are the surprising facts with which
Mr.. Franklin Fyles, the dramatic editor of
the New York Sun, will open an important
series in the next issue of The Ladies, Home
Journal. The series will be called "The
Theater and Its People, and will run
through seven numbers of the magazine, Law
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