The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1901-11-06 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

AND SERIALS FOR NOVEMBER.  iFIRST NOTICE).  v The Captain" this month is quite up to psi standard. Mr. C. B. Fry gives an westing comparison of the respective :eits snd methods of American and EngQi athletes, and recommends the introduc7. ate England of the inter-sclhool ath7, meetings, which are so popular in the A capital school story " Antniste 6toe' • is contributed by Mr. Fred Swainson„ m interesting tale" How Hans saved the -lithir" represents Mr. Geo. Thomas. Mr. A. gay's admirably illustrated essay OD J.3looiiing" will very likely awaken interest that much neglected hobby. Quite an extong time is provided for readers by Mr. J. gswe's narration of " Famous Prison I:s-op," Mr. Harold MacFarlane's descriptoe review of the operations of the National Difigiest Institution is one of the features the magazine this month. There are furtw iastalinents of the two serial stories— •i Cavalier Maid" (Clifford Mills), and " In pop Water" (Stacey Blake and W. L Hodgin both of which the interest is gaining groaltlY.  "The Early ROlll6B and Haunts of Robert wee Stevenson" is the title of a delightful od beeutifully illustrated article by A. 0. th,Dewild in the" Sunday Strand." and ad'saes of the great novelist will spend an oterithieg half-hour in reading this plc: torfoqUe description of the places in which seetitheel passed the days of his boyhood thd young manhood. The work of Jan Ten /the, the Dutch artist, is discussed by Rude Cordova in an appreciative article, oluelt is made the more pleasing by a series ei reproductions of Ten Rate's most famous tares. Mies Adeline Sergeant contributes &powerful story 'The Price of Sucabss" and the rest of the contents is LS agreeable as thael. The serial—" Tregarthen," bY Mr. Feert. M. White, is concluded in this number.  Sherlock Holmes story in the "Strand" is being rather too long drawn out, and as : s consequence is not very interesting, and cat at all exciting. Mr. Harry Furness, a caricaturist of much talent but not always exceptionable taste, contributes some ..Coafessions," with appropriate illustraWe "Things of most price in the British beam" contains a quantity of curious iniarrastion, and the same remark won.kl apply to the articles on "Some Wonders of the abet." Mr. Fredk. Holman contributes an "IlluArated Interview" with Mr. Stanhope a Forbes, A.H.A.  Although possessing no exceptionally striking features, "The Wide World Magaaine" containing the usual miscellany of exciting "'ventures, supplies enjoyable reading. "The Great Yukon Murder Case" is unfolded by tier Henry Woodside, and Colonel Julius G. Tucker tells of his adventures amongst a wage tribe of dwarfs inhabiting one of the Mexican States. Mr. A. Burkholder's quaint description of the little city of St. Joseph, in Michigan, which has blossomed out is kind of American Gretna Green, come, as a pleasant relief from the decidedly thrilling clement which prevails in most of the other contribution'.  "The Silent Speaker" is one of the best items in the "Royal." It describes, with interesting illustrations, how the Rev. F. W. G. Gilbey preaches to the deaf and dumb. The Banjo King" tells of the amazing teats of Mr. Franco Piper, who alums banjoes to rotate and plays a tune on them at the same time, plays a tune on six banjos simultaneous, and performs other amaiing if ennewhat rimless teats with that instrument. "A Champion in Miniature," by E. N. Jamieson, is the best item in fiction.  Poßening on the sensational supercesaion et Buller, Newnes penny booklet in which the life story of the popular General is reload, is sure to have an extensive sale. The eighty pages of the booklet contain • welltold account of Sir Redeem' doings, and are largely devoted to his South African career.  Ile second and third parts of the " gfith Century Citizen's Atlas" include a useful travelling map of Central Europe and the Mediterranean. a reduced survel map of Western Scotland, a new commercial chart of Australeaia, together with long instalmerits of an exhaustive general index. The maps are very clear, and, ea far so we have been able to judge, are accurate.  "Britannia's Bulwarks," Part X (Newnes) eontains the usual supply of well-executed Pictures in colours. On one page is the capture of the French "Reunion" by the 'Crescent" 888 ton frigate. in 1793, and on the onneite page the cruiser "Crescent" 7,700 tons, launched at Portsmouth in 1892, in given by way of oontreak An even more striking contrast is presented in the twin Plaints of the first warship "Queen" launched in lta and the latest namesake 'launched in 1830. When completed this will make a remarkably handsome and interesting work,