Show LITERATURE Magazine of American History The November Magazine of American History has a superb frontispiece the very finest of any of the magazines of the month It is the notable portrait almost unknown in this country of Governor Thomas Pownell from tho celebrated Lord Orford palntin in England It is accompanied W an admirable study on the versatile character char-acter statesmanship and works of tbe I remarXablePownell as theleading article I of the number by Robert Ludlow Fowler This clearly and concisely prepared pre-pared personal narrative is the more noteworthy at this time because of its wealth of fresh informationit presents much that is aew even to the oldest and wisest of our historians and men of lettersand it is furthermore delightfully delight-fully readable Two of Pownells pencil drawings of American scenery about the middle of the last century are renro duced among the unique illustrations also his home while governor of Massachusetts Massa-chusetts and an original letter of his never before published disclose the facts of his refusal of the the governorship governor-ship of New York The second article of the number The Hermitage a North Carolina home of great ace belongs to the popular series of Historic His-toric Homes for which this maicztae is famed Then we have a succession of bright and interesting papersThe First Anarchist by Arthur Dudley Vinton Braddocks Defeat by J T Chapman A 31 Virginias Conquest of the Northwestern Territory bl JC Wells The Split at Charleston in lSGOby A WClason From Cedar Mountain Chantilly the third paper in the valuable Civil War studies of General Lee General Pope Again a sharp criticism on Popes article in the Century by Colonel Allen Stonewall Jacksons chief of ordinance in the campaiens under review Margery Corbin a poem by George Houghtou and the several departments filled with choice and varied reading There is not a dull line in the whole number This i periodical has fairly and justly earned Its high position as the best publication publica-tion of its kind in the world Published at 30 Lafayette Place New York City The Southern Bivouac The November issue of the Southern bivouac is full of articles of general and varied interest The article by Hugh N Starnes on the Bice Fields of California Cali-fornia describes vary graphically one er the most picturesque features of southern agriculture James W A Wright contributes a second paper on War Prisons and War Poetry in which he gives a number of the songs popular during the war in prison and out Lafcadio Hearn has a charming character sketch entitled The Last or the New Orleans Fencing masters Thomas M Boyd who has a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute when General Stonewall Jackson was proCessor proCes-sor of natural philosophy and instructor in artillery tactics gives some personal < < reminscences of the great soldier which are of more than usual value in forming an estimate of his character 0 B Mayer has a story of the Revolutionary War entitled The Two Marksmen of Ruffs Mountain Ethelbert D War fied writes BirdLife in Recent Literature Lit-erature G C Conner closes his valuable valu-able paper on Mexico Horace D Warner War-ner ba a short paper on The Summit Or the South and altogether we have a number of unusual merit Address The Sjuthern BioKlfC Louisville Ky Tbe Century The November Century marks a new era in the history of that magazine in beginning the publication of The Life of Lincoln by his private secretaries John G Nicolay and Colonel John Hay Two prefaces one cditoral and the other by the writers give ample account of the work and call attention to the exceptional opportunities which these gentlemen have had to prepare what is certain to be the fullest and most authoritative au-thoritative work on the subject A time paper for election day is contributed contri-buted by Theodore Roosevelt on Machine Politicsin New York City An illustrated paper on another far reaching question to which The Cent ry has lately given much attention is Ttue Need of Trade Schools by Colonel R T Aucbmuty On the side of art and archaeology there is an illustrated papery b paper-y Dr Charles Waldstein on The Temple of the Ephesian Artemis and the Ancient Silver Patera from Bernay The fourth illustrated paper is contributed contri-buted by Dr B E Martin on Old Chelsea and consists of chat about the literary and other localities and celebri ties of that fast charming quarter of London The climax of the war is reached in the militaryseriesat the battle bat-tle of Gettysburg which is to be descried > descri-ed by Generals Hunt Longstreet Doubleday Law and Alexander The part of General Hunts contribution which deals with tho first days battle appears in the present number pre faced by a paper onHookers Appointment Appoint-ment and Removal by An officer at Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac revealing the political aspects as-pects of those events In fiction besides be-sides the tenth part of Mr Howells novel The Ministers Charge there h a short story of the east and west by Mrs Mary Hillock Foote The Fate of a Voice with an illustration by the author and the first part of a new novel by Frank R Stockton entitled The Hundredth Man in an entirely new vein Among the poems are CleveMon Church apropos of Anthur Hallams grave by Andrew Lang The Questioner Ques-tioner the Sphinx by Miss M Virginia Vir-ginia Donaghe The Reformer by Paul Hermes and one on Tne Life Mask of Abraham Lincoln by R W Gilder Among theBricaBrac mit cellany is a satire by Bill Nye entitled Documentry Proof of Selfdefense New York The Century Conpany Salt Lake Dwyers Bookstore Wide Awake The November Wide Awake which doses the twentythird volume is notable nota-ble for its fine historical article The Story of Two Names It relates to Pocahontas and the Rolf as It was written by an old friend of the Rolfesof Heacham Hall the undoubted birthplace birth-place of the husband of PocahontasThe paper settles many disputed points beyond t all peradventure and is accompanied accom-panied by a fine engraving of the painting paint-ing of the Indian Princess and her little son which hangs ia Heacham Hall In this number the serials The Crow of the Casabianca Pamelas Fortune andPe jy and her FamUvcome to an end There are some delightful short stories in this nnmber A Child of the Sea Folk an historicaljmermaid story by Susan Coolidge Joel Jack sons Smack a story of the blockade of 1S13 by Mrs Mary Bolles Branch The Christmas Ball at Eliotsdale an antebellum ante-bellum Kentucky story by Salley L Young Mrs Alfred Macy in her Nantucket Nan-tucket paper describes the wax Dauphin brought over to the island from France and Mrs Sherwood concludes con-cludes her Royal Girls and Royal Courts with a delightful paper Two Royal Widows relating to Eugene of France and Christina of Spain There are many tine illustrated poems That Things are no Worse Sire one of the last poems written by Helen Hunt Jackson Jack-son Muriels Thanksgiving Mary K Bradley Olaf the SeaKing by Kate Putnam Osgoodand many others A new volume begins with the December Decem-ber issue for which remarkable attractions attrac-tions have been secured D Lothrop fc Co Publishers Boston jos BOYS AMD How THEY Tonxzo OCT A sequel to Little Men By Louisa SI Al colt Boston Roberts Brothers Salt Lake Dwyer Bookstore Price lm Miss Alcutt probably stands at the head of those who write for the entertainment enter-tainment and instruction of the youth Thousands of boys and girls have been made purer and better by reading her Little Women Eight Cousins Jack and Gill SpinningWheel Stories or others of ner bright and wholesome books Her happy faculty of writing so as to interest and enchain the attention of the young mind and at the same time inspire it to noble deeds is a rare gift Jos Boys is a worthy successor of a long list of books all of which are standard It is full of merry stories and laughable incidents and the samemoral elevating 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is profusely pro-fusely illustrated The price of these memoirs is 50 cents a part Address Belford Clark S Co Chicago Chi-cago publishers orJDuoing Co San Francisco agents TilE CASTINO AWAY or Ma LEGES AXD MRS ALriiilSEbj Frank KStockton New York The nury Company Salt Lake DiryersBoothore Price 60 cents Frank R Stockton is one of the most original and clever authors of the day and pert ot his new contributions to current literature increases his popular ly The Casting Away of Mrs Lccks and Mrs Aleshine bus been running through late numbers of the Century where its delicious absurdities have been enjoyed by all readers of the magazine The two ladies with a gentleman friend make their escape in a small boat from a sinking steamer in the Pacific then the boat goes down and the party are left floating on life preservers The man swims and the ladies with the oars paadle after him During their novel and exciting cruise they lunch on Bologna sausage warned down with whisky and water which Mrs Leeks had stored in her pocket in case of emergencies subsequently they land on a deserved island wbere they find a well appointed house kitchen garden etc awaiting them Other castaways afterwards after-wards join tem and they finally getaway get-away together Anything funnier than the matter offact way in which the two ladies for the first time leaving their native villages accept all the incidents of their cruise as ordinary traveling experiences and comment upon and adapt themselves to them is seldom found in books It is a decidedly racy story and those who have not read it will do well to do so |