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Show Literary XoUctJ. J'uilK Opinion, Uio ccJedlc weekly published In Washloglon and New Vork, oilers c first prize of S50..a Beeon-Jof 5SP, and a tuirvl of $9) for thebebt three essays on the Interest-esUns Interest-esUns imttlon: "Tho Industrial Future of the South." ThLi Is a timely topic, and great interest yU1 bu awalened In tho competition. Thcprlzebare U I swanled by a csmmiUee ai three laislnessTncn of national repute, -who will not kuonr the uamea of the writers until thu decision Is made. The essays must be limited to SOU) words, and mutt bo received by December 13- Full rarlleulars may I had by addrejo ing l'u&K Opinion. Washington, D.C. Tbe numbers orfcc JJrUa 0' for October lSlli and 33tn conuMu Tho I'rogrcta of Weather Study, Carthage, In a Sunny Imi, My Drrrt Ir-land, A !3Uuval Tcpular rreacher, Oa the Klghtlii:; Instinct, Goetliu's Lait Days, Carlylo nud Old Women, A Tragical Tertulla, Mahoininedans at the Doels, "Eh, but It's Queer Altogether,' A Prince's of I'oude. A Phyfciologlst's Wire. In Ceylon. John Bui! Aliroad, The Defeu-lvo I'oritlon of Holland, The LaitD-iysof Hrdue, Discovery of an Hotly t'hriHIan llonsa at Rome, All Oltl Ietter from tho Baltic, by Lady EnatLike, rstrallel rartses from Kuroneaii and Asiatic Asi-atic Wrlteni, Ober-Atnmergiia. Behind Be-hind the bctut-By and tbu usual amount of ciipiee poetry. Littell & Co., Bctun, are the imblialiers. TlieS. LixdtSJajadnc forCovcm-bcr, forCovcm-bcr, h-isthurpl)owini;exit:lIentUblQ of contents; Tlip Missing BUb 1,y Charles Crampon; SI.Ltches of Altec Life, Laura IJ. Parmer; A JsoveniUr ttiouht. A l'oem. Jury F. Tucker; Timely roplrft A I'ostal Card I'ojly- Slow But Sure Accident?, Acci-dent?, The Speculator Coionfee thS Topere Postnl Savings BauTvs Inappropriate In-appropriate t'orRet ElhloR and Iouomlcs, . A. Chevallier: Ap-propos Ap-propos of thought Telegrai hy, M. J. K. -McA skill; labor auj Capital, Ex-Mayor Joseph Brown; Health and Hygiene: Dan't Iitjt The Better Way I"or the Complexion-Taking Complexion-Taking Cold Etc., Wrinkles, 8. W. Dodds, M. D.-. Effector Civilization on Savages, Dr. J. II. Kellogi:; Metaphysics: Healing tho Sick in Chritiaii Science, Clara H.CIioate; QueryiJane Vaniall; Mental Vibration, Vibra-tion, Du Bnlce; Fear and ItsEOVt-ls, W. Varnell, Jl. .; Ritlonal Metaphysics. Meta-physics. Clia., v Close: Home and Farm: t''amu aud Eove Packing Fruit Etc.j A ModcJ Farmer, Jostjh Brown; "N'orlh and South, A Poem, M. J. K. McAsklll; The Typical American, J. W. Sheppanl; Attractive Eabor, A J,ougly; Pea-uuta, Pea-uuta, P. C , How to Get Employ meat, . D.; Apple?, A. M. 1., Blue Grass, Waldo F. Brown. The magaiine is published at 901 Olive etrect, St. Iruis, Mo. The lifes-tory of Dr. Samuel Urid-ley Urid-ley Howe is told by his daughter, Mrs. Ilorence ilonru Hall, in thu November linfe .i'rote. Thu ar-tlclo ar-tlclo takes iti title? "A Modern Hero," from Whlttiernob!opocni of nhlch Dr. Howe was the tUbjetL It U aecominnled by a portrait of thb great champion of the blind aud distrwied. painted in his jounger days by Miss Jauo Stunrt, daughter of Gilbert Stuart, the artist. ''Golden ''Gol-den Margaret." hy James Purdy, auppieoduof tbe civil war, is the Initial story of the number. Fu rllicr on appears a southern dialect dia-lect tele, ''Lucy Pcrvenr," hy Margaret Mar-garet Sidney. A western story, 'How Tom Jumped a Mine," is from the pen of M. XL S. btickney. Mi& Bisley Seward gives Part II. of a true ancestral war-romance, "A Story of flj," with Commodore Perry for ope of iU heroes. Mrs. Fremont contributes the. hut of her -eries, "The Will aud the Way stone.-".'' Au excellent school tale, "Herbert Pender's Translation,-' 13 by WlllUtm . Chisholrn. MIs MtyEeod--! Arradiau ttoryt "'Hoy Bluu of Grand Pre," Is one of the most interesting of the CannJiau series. "CrinoId." by H. H. Ballard, Bal-lard, 'Thanksgiving at the White Houfe," by M. S., Mrs. Clallin's "Margaret-Patiy Letter," "A Mother Moth-er Goose Plain PiidJfng.'' and ev-eral ev-eral poems, together Willi the-'Mcn and Things" ige of aneedote,con-iludu aneedote,con-iludu a first-class number. D. Jotli-rop Jotli-rop Company, Boston, arc the pub-Jiehcrs. pub-Jiehcrs. The complete novel issued with V&ford't Magattac for T'ovember, Pears the tfllu "Julia Da Trecteur." It is written hy Octave FeullUt,tlic trsnalation being, undertaken by Frederick 1", Jones.. The number gunually is an cxtre'mely good one, embracing s wide rsugv of subjects. Subjoined iJlheJist: Tile Story or ChnMofiher, bv J. A. More, Jr.: The Flight of the I'alcon, A Poem, Laura F. Hinvlalc; The Truth About W'inu ChamIen Blsell; Music, A Poem, William Chadwlck Olmsted; The" liovely Game, Juhau iiatthonie; Thu World of the Deep, A Poeraj iloaanl Hall; Early Dis-coveriesof Dis-coveriesof AnicFIca. Part II., (con-" tln-ioni Capt-tin-W. H. Parker; I.hics in a dictionary, A Poem, Albtrt Bigelow Paine; Celebrated men of the Day, VJT. Edyard I'itz-gerald I'itz-gerald Translator of Omar Khay am, Tt. ll StoddanJ: A Shadow-, V Poem, Clinton hcollard; The JiigLUc' oar IS aturllzed Citizens Abr.iail, Marais J. Wright; Protec tion's Ea't Di: A Ti Edgar Witon; Ono -IlalroAtiSj A Poem, Eclgh Harold; Popular Science, Felix E. Oswald, M. D.; Indrpeudcnt De-lurtment. De-lurtment. Xlie itights of Property, John Bill, Jr.; Loyalty to Party, George Hindmau; Municipal Mis-government, Mis-government, Lenox Compton; Editorial D-ptirtuieiit! Th United States Senaie &ud the House of Lordr Confer-ing Uitir Weakues, Tho War on New York Citv; Pawing Notts and Hnc-a-Brac; Book Notices Belfonl A JJo. lS.i: East ISth EtreetteornerBroadtray), .New York. SariimcT't Mayaa-ic for Novem-lier Novem-lier contains three illustrated article of travel and adventure of widely dltlcring characteristics, embraciug V'lephaut hunting iu Africa, a perilous peril-ous voyage through the Canyon of the Colorado, and cruising with the Whltu Squadron along the coast of France. There Is a long Instalment of tho anonymous Serial -'Jerry," and a short story hy P. J. Stimeotl, tho author or ".Mrs. 'iiiollye.'" Tjitre are two Bonnet" on Cardinal Newman. A melodious anonymous anony-mous poem, '-In Broceliaude," and the last of Prof. Shaler's papers on "Nature and Man in America," are atnonsj the oilier features or tho usue. -Fredorlc VII-licrs, VII-licrs, the Engli'h war artl-t. It. F. Zogbauni and Frank. French Illustrate rlngle articles;: Jtobcrt Brewster Stanton, civil engineer, tells In "Throngh tlie Grand Canyon Can-yon cf the Colorado" tbe story of the railroad surveying expedition which he led along thu course of the Colorado river, from Grand forks to the Gulf of California, adUtance or twelve hundred miles. Tho narrative nar-rative details many stirring adventures adven-tures In shooting the rnglds, and is Illustrated from a scries of photographs photo-graphs made by the author mid au assistant. Herbert Ward, the Afri can traveler, tells the "Tale of a Tusk of Ivory," and Frederic Vil lien illustrates the article with spirited drawing1". "A Day with a Country Doctor."by I'rank French, is the record of the amusing, pathetic path-etic and vexatious incidents which I make up the life of a benevolent old physician iu a rural-district. "The Training of a Nurse," by Mrs. Frederick Ithluelander Jones, is an account of the education for what has been called the new profession for women. "WitlTYankee Cruis-j era in French Harbors" Is the lastj of Itufits FairrhilU Zogbaum's papers on the cruiu of tho While Squadron. Prof. Shaler's final paper treats of the physical features of the section of English North America West of ths Mllsslprd. 'air. Stimton's storyy 'Dr. Material! j-rauV'is j-rauV'is vigorous iitece of writing. "The lYiiut of Vie-" t!fcuce3 "The Memoty of tho War," Mechanical Me-chanical crlilcism," and "The Hnartan Virtue," H-riber & Sans New York j |