The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-09
six pages devoted to winter fashions and
an article forecasting the dramatic sea-


The main feature Of the November.
Ainslee's is novel entitled "a Mercenary
Marriage, by Ethel Waits Mumford.
Mrs Numford has evolved some very dra-
matte situations, and at the same time
has peopled them with characters that
talk and act like human beings. The lead
. inC comedy parsonage in the story is a
ton1boy. drawn with delightful freshness
and humor In all Ainslees has thirty
nine distinctive features. including in Its
list of names Robert Kitchens, Lloyd Os-
bourne Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Caroline
Duer. e. S. Van Zile. Joseph c. Lincoln.
Carolyn Wells Duftleld Osborne and oth-
ere.
AS good brief as the South can well
put forward in behalf of its universal
rclicy Of disfranchsjng negroes appears
6 IN Les,ie.s Monthly over the signature of
| ment is in answer to denunciation Of
/ the system by Congressman Crurnpa cker,
/ which appeared in the same magazine
!. some time since.
Colonel Curtis Guild Jr.'s. article. enu-
| tied 1.-The Spellbinder." in the November
/ scrhner's, Is a very practical human
document on public speaking. There are
many amusing anecdotes of incidents
| that occurred during recent campaigns
1 and much helpful information regarding
the hest ways of attracting and retain
| ing the attention of large audiences. 1t
] is illustrated by lyrical camraign scenes
| from drawings by Edward Potthast-
Miss Julia A1agruder's story in the Mo-
| vemher Scrihner's. Harry. of England"
| is delightfully."- full of old-fashioned sentt-
ment and romance, and centers about an
incident at ona of the New York Horse
Shows.
An article Of peculiar interest in The
| Pilgrim for November is entitled Home
srun and Cord uroy.,' and In its course
! sehoo1master's life among the Kentucky
1 nountaineers Both this article and
another. entitled THE Making OF a Must
cal Comedy" are lavishiy and originally
| illustrated.
Ncc1ure's appears with permanent
! addition of sixteen pages OF reading mat
| ter In a Striking and memorial BILE number.
i Undoubtedly the most important maya
/ zine article of the month Is the first in
4 stalrnent Of Ida NJ Tarbell's long an
rounced History of the Standard OH
I Comcany... which#it is safe to wager Will
/ be the most wide,v-read serial of the
/ year Following Miss Tarbell comes a
/ tale bv Conan DOVE. seductively baited
with the title 1.-THE Leather Funnel and
with gorgeous illustrations hv A. Cas-
/ taigre. There is No need for picking and
/ choosing among tn" stories: every one
i is first class. Booth Harrington con-
/ cludes his Two yanrevels.''
The strenuous life IS the KEY Of the
| November .'Everybodv's.'. The maga-
! zine is hrirrrning with movement. incl
i dent and doing IT represents the most
/ diverse phases of living and working. and
t has not a dull nsse. The frontispiece is
1 a rortra,t Of the Presidents mother
."Tre Round Table OF Dodge City, Is an
! exciting recital of the deeds Of the bad
| rre,1 WHO f1our'shAd there during the MO
neer period Of Western life. An inteili-
gent ard penetrating study Of the career
OF David B. Hill. by David Graham
| Phillip. is 4 feature OF timely interest.
The hctinn is good and the illustrations
are ia keeping.
The November number Of the south-