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HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 23 s A | I — ticular admiration. ' : esteem and for whose genius we have par- Held up tothe light | sufficient reason for his preference for the society of that uneducated, brilliant woman who at one time by her sheer na- tive wit controlled a vast portion of the European political world. How different were the circumstances in the | case of Nasmytn, the celebrated engi- neer and inventor of the sieam hammer, who, in speaking o! his wife, said: “Forty-two years of married life finds us | the same devoted cronies that we were at | the beginning”; an<d in that of Charles Darwin, who would probably never have been able to make his important scientific discoveries had he not vossessed a wife and children who saved him from trouble and gave to him the leisure of & happy home. Of the love letters of famous men our author gives us several curious specimens. A notable one is that written by Lord Byron and addressed to Lady Caroline Lamb, whose attentions bored him. To her he writes: 1am no longer your lover; and since you oblige me to confess it by this unfeminine per- secution, learn that I am attached to another, whose name it would, of course, be dishonest to mention. I shall ever remember with gratitude the many instances I have received of the prediiection you have shown in my favor. I shail ever continue your friend if your ladyship will permit me 5o to style my- | seli, and as a proof of my regard I offer you | this advice: Correct your vanity, which is | ridicu.ous; exert your absurd caprices ou others and leave me in peace. Your obeaient servant, BYRON. Another curious note is credited to the late Right Hon. W. H. Smith, who would frequently write to his wife from the treasury bench in Parliament amid the din of debate or the languor of obstruc- tive talk. Of the compliments both rizht and left dainty and delicate, and because the writer has given proof on every page that he could do perfect work if Le were so minded. The four sonnets, for instance, are gems, and it is to be regretted that Mr. Foote has not pub- iished more verse of the same description. These four sounets are entitlel *Shakes- peare,” “The Sphinx,” “Florence” and “To Henry Irving.” To have written them slone entitles the author to be considered a poet of no mean order. Then, ngain, the verses are all wholesome and clean, and althousn they convey no special message they are not erotic and will not do any harm. A LITERARY GEM. ETS OF JOSE-MARIA HEREDIA— 7iansiated by Jdward Robeson Taylor. san Francisco: William Doxey. Price $250. The literature of California has received a substanuial and valuable addition in Dr. Tas- lor’s translation of tne sonnets of Jose-Marin de Heredia. Herelia 1s a Cupan by birth, a Frenchman by education, and was born in 1842, His sounets possess an individuality that renders them almost equal in strength to those of Michsel Angwlo and Wordsworth, while placing them far above thos: of Roselti ie is undoubtedly entitled to being pleced in | & class by himself. In his preface Dr. Taylor vouches for iiis metrical fluency and for the form, the Itaiian, in which the sonnets are set. The thought in them will be apparent to | every reader. | However accomplished the translator, how- ever capable of writing polished verse him- self, unless the original is neariy flawless, it | THE SO | BY RIGHT OF SWORD — By Arthur W. Marchmont New York: New Amsterdam Book Company. Price $1 25. London. The printing was doue by the E. D. Taylor Company, to which firm and to the publisber, William Doxey, it cannot fail to bring fresh honors sud merited praise. A MARVEL OF NEATNESS. EDWARD THE THIRD— Smith. M. A. London: J. York: The Macmillan Co. Loxey, Palace Ho el. Price 45 cents. Lovers of beautiful books cannot but ap- preciate the appearance from the publishing- house of J. M. Dent & Co. of the Temple Dra- matists, following and uniform with their dainty edition of Shakespeare's plays. Books are got up so charmingly nowadays thatevery- body is willing to spena money on them. This edition of ‘‘Edward the Third”’ is printed on the very finest paper and is & gem in every sense of the word. Tue title page issomething to wonder at, and the engraving of the King is alone worth more then the sum asked for {he entire book. PLOTS AND @fi[RPLOIS- This is & rousing story of the fire-and-b’ood type and one calculated to interest readers | from start to finish. For reasons which are left to the author to unravel, 8 young English- man, Hamylton Tregethner, takes the place of | anihilist who finds it convenient to escape rom Russia. The fact that he risks his life v so dofng does not scem to enter his head. He associates with all soris of law-and-order- defying people, learns the secrets of their so- English. After saving the Czar's life and ex- tricating himself trom the clutshes of his nihilist friends young Tregetuner leaves Rus- sia and finds good fortune awaiting him in England as the reward of his bravery. The buok is beautifully got up, and the illus-' trations are admirabi HOW WE ARE GOVERNED. THIS COUNTRY OF OUKS—By benjamin Har- rison. New Yori: Charles Scribner's Sons. Price $1 50. A series of articles appeared several months 8go in the Ladies’ Home Jourpal treatiug ou how our country is governed. The autbor of these articles was no less a personage than Benjamin Harrison, ex-President ot the United States, and one of the leading lawyers of the dar. The articles attracted considerable no- tice, not only on account of the celebrity of the writer, but because of the simplicity of his style and the clearness with which he ex- pounded the method by which the ship of state is manned and steered. Mi. Harrison | has now carefully revised these articles, has added much new matter to them and has pub- lished the whole in book form. Many volumes have already been written on this vast subject, but the trouble with most ot them 1s that they were not written for the comprehension of the mssses, but rather for students or lawvers whose training enabled them to penetrate a heavy style. Itis unhap- pily only too safe to assert that 75 per cent ol our citizens have only an indistinct idea of how they are governed. They may understand sometbing about the election of a Supervisor, a Stats Governor, or the President, LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES. Henrik Ibsen is said to beone of the vain estmen in the world, and he always carries a comb and a looking-glass in his hat. Before and after lunch he stealthily adjusts his locks, looking steadfastly into his hat and the Little mirror it enshrines. The wives of Milton, Byron and Dickens could notlive happily with husbands whom all the rest of the worid admired. Milton must bave been a trouble with his everlast- ing Greek ana Latin. Byron was egotistical, and his wite was not disposed to give him suflicient homage; and while Charles Dickens won the admiratios of his children it is said that his wife pronounced the “Pickwick Pa~ pers” “to be perfect nonsense.” Jerome K. Jerome recently gave a harvest home supper to the farmers in the vicinity of Goulds Grove, Oxfordshire, England. After supper two of the guests were overneard ar- gulug as to what made Mr. Jerome famous. ‘““He writes books,” sald one, deflantly. *No, he don’t,” was the contemptuous retort; “he rowed three men in & boat aud then won the race; that’s what he's noted for.” Lord Salisbury is not aan author, with the exception of writing one or two articles to re- views and magazines. This is all the more remarkable because he achieved some emi- nence & ascholar at Oxford. where he was elected a fellow of All Souls’ College in 1833 and is now chancellor of the university. The Saturday Review states that he is « man Wwith a singularly clear intellect. Herbert Spencer never accepts a college de- gree nor any other honorary title from any learned society. He says he wants to stand wholly on his own merits or to be forgotten. Professor Jowett was quaint and somewhat brusque in his speech. Oa one occasion when Jex Blake, formerly master of Rugby and then Dean of Wells, was talking very prosily, Jowett said® “I have for & long time known that law comes of lex, but I never knew till now that jaw comes from jex.” s called the ‘silly season,” hat portion of the year when society i t vet come back totown ared in a London e, “How to Be Hap- P! ories created column 1e editor who had aders. We have said ce revelation in the intimate aetails on the E i h wife. who so stirred up domest :e of the water has fol th a book home, U e Love Affairs of Some Famous »any, New York, and \cisco by Wiiliam | D It is a really well- | rily piece for the large | remarkable und it ¢ es the love as Mar vers, comprising s of such diversi tin Luther tied notables Johns Gar ) Sir Walt aleigh and Lord E don. ‘iove aftairs' e distinctly u the term 1n words or wi to i that he empl marry and' live happy ever after- t odor of en ed legal or ecclesiastical ir acknowledged called “‘the very devil when you take | e 1s; b : _"Yefl‘“;; i‘“'h;’j them on the wrong tack,” he married | of *How to Be Hapvy Thougn Married” | o,¢ who was able to be of considerable | llecred a vast amount of interesting | gqgiciance 10 him in his work. Neverthe- | many instances places the in aspe are accustomed to regard them. Throngh their 1 s and in their daily condu they are exhibited to us, and the conclu- sion at which the thoughtful reader will rrive aiter a perusal of the book can best described in the lines from Chaucer: a rabble rout, o are out would fain get in; rs agoin the height of ! sion are necessarily es f brilliant articles e descended like t came home so made interesting read- commenting of the Notali of bfs eminent anctity whica is pre- tural concomitant of d in the broad light of uumber of them are Ie-| g, far more amusing episode on paper than bave had love affairs be-| tpey must have done in real lite. He was age; to otbers, again, the|g nan with the insuncts of a child and afforded no bar 10,4 temper of a fiend, and despite his for the society of me famous men before us milar to those in which we of day their faults appear magnitied out of proportion, their position loses much of its glamour and our respectdiminishes ac- cordingly. That ail the world loves alover is an axiom incapable of contradiction. It loves | him all the more, however, when he be- longs to the class denominated by Jeames | | ““the huppersuckles.” What Keats called ‘‘love in a hut with water and a crust” is doubtless interesting to the immature mind of the gushing 16-year-o!d damsel with romantic notions, after all it is the love of those in high places that er- ests us; otherwise whence the commotion attendant upon the marriage of some wealthy pork-packer’s daughter with the scion of a noble European house? Authors are proverbially difficuit men | to get along with at home, yet there have | been those whose domestic life was a model for the rest of the world. Take | the case of Alphonse Daudet, whose usion proved a most havpy one, *His wife h been,” says his brother, “'the light of his | hearth, the regatator of his work and the | “With all my worldly goods I thee en- | ental proverb. | we came to one chapter thus significantly handed passed between man and wife there are many examples in the love affairs of distinguished vpersonages. We have space for but one. Lord Bherbrooke at the time of his marriage was not very wealthy, and one day, itis said, he was criticizing the Eviscopalian marriage serv- ice, and especially the part which reads, dow.” “When I married,” he remarked, *I bad nothing to give to my bride,” Yes, Robert,” suggested Mrs. Lowe, “you had your magnificent intellsct.” “My dear, I did not endow you with that.” “The husband help the housewife; God help the bachelor.” So runs the old Ori- We were inclined to ac- cept the statement with the respect usu- ally accorded to the aphorism hallowed by time till in reacding the index prefixed to “The Love Affairs of Some Famous Men’’ headed, “HENPECKED,” And with much curiosity we read it. discreet counselor of his inspiration. There is not a pa that she not re- written, retouched and enlivened,” and her d bore witness of her devotion and | indefatigable collaboration in the dedi- but she would not allow this dedication to appear. With all this Madame Daudet excelled as a ho use- | wife. No Bohemian irregulariiy was there in her home, and Daudet's visitors when they lett have often been heard to ex- | claim, “What a ca wife he must have.’ al Then there was Dr. Johnson, who mar- ried at the age of 26 2 widow twenty years older than himse It is well known that | many husbands and wives are unhappy in the marrisge state simply because before | joining forces they were not honest with | B other. Joknson took no risks. He | told bis aflianced wife pla that he was | of .humble extraction, that he had no | money and that one of his uncles had been hanged. The good woman responded | that she had no more money than he, and that althouzh none of her relatives had been hanged, she had several who dught ! Bhe made John:ton a good wife. s is evidenced by the fact that when she was 51 years of age he addressed her y dear girl,”” and “My charming love. This to a woman who is thus de- scribed by Garrick: *‘She is very fat, her swelled cheeks were of a floria red, pro- | duced vy thick painting and incressed by the liberal use of cordials, glaring and fan- tastic in her dress and affected both in her speech and general bzhzvior.” The love affairs of Thomas Carlyle form contempt for women of genius whom he less the life he led Ler was not one to be | envied, and we find ner writing to a friend after the conclusion of her hus- | band’s book, “The French Revolution”: ““Quelle vie! Let no woman who values veace of soul ever dream of marrying an author.”” In the Jives of Mr. and Mrs, Carlyle we have an exemplification of the | truth that *“two of a kind never agree.” | | Both sufiered alike from impaired diges- tion and disordered nerve | What a record! | clined to weary of the single state, and | her reach and objected even to his visiting List, ve bachelors in- take note of the following instances fur- nished by history: Cecilin, the wife of the great painter, Titian, is said to have been a domineering, dicta- | torial woman, who insisted that her husband should render an account to her of every item of his expenditure. The painter wes very wealthy, but we are told that the poor man was often put 10 the sorest siraits tobuy a glass of wine without letting his wife know | anything about the transaction. In this noteworthy chapter is the germ of a plan that might be utilized with ad- vantage to-day, and that not a hundred miles from San Francisco: The wife of Wycherley, the dramatist of the “Restoration,” kept a tight hand on her hus- baud. She wished him always to be within the tavern, which was exacily opposite their house, “whither, if Mr. Wycherley at any time went, he was obliged to leave the window open that his lady might see there was no woman in his company.” To mention but a couple of many other unfortunaies cited in the book before us, there was Sir Richard Arkwright, the in- ventor of the spinning jenny, who sepa- rated from his wife because she used to break models of the machines he con- trived; and our own Abraham Lincoln, whose wife could never keep a servant for more than a couple of months. An amus- ing anecdote is told of him in this connec- tion. A man head called to discuss with Mrs. Lincoln her unceremonious dismissal of his niece. He was received with ges- tures so violent and language so emphatic that be was glad to beat a hasty reireat. He went and told his story to the unfor- tunate husband. Lincoln replied: “I re- gret to hear this, but let me ask you in all candor, cannot you endure for a few mo- ments what nas been .y portion for the last fifteen years ?” These words were ac- panied with such a look of distress that the man was complete!y disarmed. He expressed his deepest sympathy, and even apologized for having approached the President. EMANUEL Erzas. VERSES WORTH AR[ADING. ON THE HEIGHTS—By Lucius Harwood Foote. | Eest Aurora: The Roycroft Printing-shop. Mr. Foote’s verses having been going around the ccuntry for so many vears that his numer- | ous friends will be glad to hear that they have It is difficult for a critic, even for the vainest, to review the work of a living master. with a sense of shyness, as if the paltry criticism one dared make were, after all, rather a joke against oneself—a ridiculous thing, to be perpetrated from very wanton appreciation, Mr. James’ books do not appeal to the many; but to the few who feel their exquisite delicacy, who can linger over those written portraits of human teings again and again, and know them to be unique in the English language—in fact, the only specimens of the art that creates, without the aid of sensation, passion, romance—without even footlights, as it were, to throw them into a popular relief, they have a peculiar value that few authors can command. love, and can never forget—a little old lady, perhaps, or a servant; a sensitive child, a young tutor, a “Brooksmith’’ or a “Morgan’’—how they remain with us long after the thread of the quiet story may have passed from our mind! To these lovers of Mr. Henry James’ writings his last book, ‘‘What Maisie Knew’’ (Chicag sale in San Francisco by William Doxey), will be a surprise, even perhaps a shock, and assuredly with those others who have | not cared for his work it should be popular, for it is improper.” Oh! highly improper; yet so delicately put, so masterly written, with such infinite tact, humor and pathos, that a vile subjsct is drowned in its medium, and one closes the book with a laugh at the dexterity of the conjurer, and a deep appreciation for the beauty of its details, the subtle drawing of fine differences scat- tered over its pages, and, in spite of.monstrous situations, the tender humanity that bubbles up in the midst of very inhuman scenes, all of which Audacious and improper, but withal a great book. The story? Well—the story must be read. HENRY JAMES. is far beyond the mere conjurer’s ari. H. S. Stone & Co. One is apt to steal over the pages His living persons whom we know and A volume of William A. Dunning, Ph.D., professor of history at Columbia University, is announced for early publication by the Macmillan Company. The title of the book i8 “Essays on the Civil War and Reconstruction, and Related Topics,” and its chief purpose is to present in an impartial menaer the most conspicuous phases of the constitutional de- velopment of the United States during the troubled years from 1861 to 1870. “Men in Epigram,” & companion to “Women in Epigram,” is to be published soon by A. MeClurg & Co. “With & Pessimist in Spain, by Miss Mary F. Nixon, is another of the prom- ised books from the same firm. G. A. Henty is an English public school man and hails from Westminster chool, the home of many men of letters. This popular uovelist of the boy was a war correspondent in the very thick ot the Franco-German war; he was also a correspondent in the Abyssinian expedition. He is a genisl, gray-bearded man and it an immense favorite at the Savage Club, where he has & wonderful reputation 8s a raconteur. “Select Documents Illustrative of the His- tory of the United States, 1776-1861,” edited, with notes, by William MacDonald, professor of hisiory aud political science at Bowdoin College, is the title of 8 book announced by the Macmillan Company. This work is de- signed to meet the needs of teachers and stu- dents who desire to have, in a single volume of moderate size and cost, an accurately vrinted collection of important documents illustrative of the constitutional history of the United States. Some newspaper reader of Missouri has compiled a list of 0dd names of newspapers in that State. The list includes the Rock o' Com- fort, Unterrified Democrat, Hustler, Rustler, Buzz Saw, Silver Hammer, Eye-opener, Cy- ne, Biizzard, Whizzer and Comet, and then comes down to tne quiet Eye, Optic, Fly, Eli, Quill, Bee, and the businesslike Cashbook and Fact. Ian Maclaren (the Rev. John Watson) has finished the preparation of his volume ot studies, “The Potter's Wheel,” and 1t will shortly be published. Mrs. Mary Wood-Allen is a lesding physi- cian in the East and is a writer of force and ability. In her latest booklet, ““What & Young Girl Ought to Know,” she says some whole- some truths which every mother ought to pe- ruse. The volume should meet with & good sale and can be most heartily commended. —The Ver Publishing Company, Philadelphia. S S U LOVE’S MILLIONAIRE. Within my little cottage Are peace and warmth and light; And loving welcome waiting When I come home atnight, The polished xettle’s steaming, The snowy cloth is spread— And close against my shoulder There leans a smooth brown head! Her eyes are lit with laughter (They light the world for me)— “For how much would you sell me ? Now tell me, sir!”” cries she. *Tis then I answer somehow, Between a smile and tear: #Not for all the gold 1n Klondikel The gold in Klondike, dear!” When the cozy tea is over, With many a froiic fond, \ Isit and read my, paper; \ And trom the room beyond I near a clink of chins, The tread of nimble feet, And broken bits of singing Thatsomehow ripple sweet. 1 near a rush and rustle Behind my easy-chair; Short, chubby arms enclasp me And choke me unaware! Iuto my arms is tumbled A crinkled golden head, For would feiagetou’. | The main impression derived from read- ““The Love Affairs of Some Famous is that, as a rule, men of genius do not make good busbands; indeed, as our anthor remarks by way of introduction, there are two species of husbands difficult to live with—tLe genius and the fool—and in Men The perbaps the cbances of happiness are | review. Nelson wasa man who, it is said, greater with the fool! The statement ap- | suffered from that worst of inflictions, :; pears 1o be borne out from the experience nagging wife. A late biographer of b‘is. of brilliant men who have married women | Captain Mahan, has attempted to do him below them in mental status. It is possi. ble, too, that itis wise to investigate as treated in a but, as their friend Tennyson was a good thing that Carly. Cariyle did marry each other, for other- e there might have been four unhappy peovle instead of two.”’ love affairs of Lord Nelson are remarkably unprejudiced manner by the author of the book under if, but, after all, remarked: “‘It Je and Mrs. as justice in the matter of his relations with Lady Hamilton, little as possible the private lives of those | charged, men of gigantic mentality whom we holdin / ing variety, has his sponse was of the hen-peck- | rjical. One no been gathered together under the above title and published in charming book form. To readers of Pacific Coast literature especially Mr. Foote is well and favorably know, his writings having appeared in every jonrnal of prominence in this city and fn the State. His work has also been accepted by the most select Eastern publications, and it is safe to say that he has also many English admirers. The present book consists of a tew long poems, numerous shorter ones and four splen- did sonnets. The best sustained effort is un- doubtedly *‘Tent Life,” which contains many excellent lines. The majority of Mr. Foote's long poems, however, are not carefully exet cuted. They lack finish. His rhymes are some- been | jmes forced and his lines are not always met- es these defects the more ve- one finds in the circumstance | cause the majority oi his shorter poems are . connot adequately be rendered into another fdiom. Dr. Taylor's lines are so univer-aly even, and the thought they convey so clear, that one instinctive y feels that in the original they must be as near to perfection as it is pos- sible for poet to attain. As for the translator’s part of the work, it is but justice to say that his efforts re as praise- worthy as if the sonnets were hs own. He has a large vocabuiary and knows how to choose his words; he has a keen sense of vowel values and must be as much at home in the Spanish tongue as he is in the English. Passing on to its typographical worth the book 1s one of the handsomest ever published in San Fruncisco and can compare with the very best work turned outin the Eastorin ciety, and is only saved from death by Provi- ‘dn-nue. Men are made eway with as though they were so many insects and the reader ‘ never knows who is goivg to die next. Of are women in . the story even more interesting than the men. A love affair is also in- troduced, and one woman murders her husband because she loves another. But there is so much that is blood-curdling about the | story that a little incident like this goes by unnoticed. Finally an attempt is made on the life of the Czar, who is only saved by the extraordinary courage of the young English- man. The chapier wherein all this is de- picied is a fine piece of work. ana shows Mr. Marchmont to be a writer of clear, forceful course there and they are but turther than that they seldom go. Of the different governmental departments and of their workings they know little. Of the ju- | diciary they are in ignorance except as to the doings of the Justices of the Peace and Police Court Judges. Mr. Harrison has treated his subiesct in a manner that will be understood by the boy who has just left the high school. Of especial interesi to-day will be found his remarks on Federal j urisdiction and on the workings of the United States Suprewe Court. The constituiion appears #s an appendix to the volume, which will be printed on good paper and bound in & handsome and substan- tial cover. William Black, the novelist, is also s por- trait painter, an enthusiastic botanist and an + all-round sportsmen. Aball of fluffy whiteness That ought to be in bed. She asks her mother’s question— 1kiss the answer clear: “Not for all the gold in Klondikel The gold in Klondike, dear!” In dim and dusty office 1 dig my bits of gold; 1suffer not with hunger, Nor perish with the cold. My nuggets needs be tiny (Iaig them with & pen), But the Yukon’s golden gravel - Ileave for other men. My treasure lies exhaustless, My claim is staked with care; What is all the gold in Klondike, Since I'm love's millionaire ? s delicious story, “The Sardis,” is brought to a satisfac- o in the November Harper's. ington tale, ‘‘Joshua Good- h's Old Letters,” with illustrations by the r, is a fine piece of fiction, and the draw- e beantifully executed. Richard Harding butes an article entitled “With the ek Soldiers,” whick cannot fail to interest 1mbers of people who want to know more rlovtthe late war than was vouchsafed them be columns of the daily papers. The articie iccompnnied by clever illustrations taken vbotographs, William D. Howells con- tXiutes a charming sketch, **A Pair ot Patient Lover and another well-known writer fur- nishes an interesting paper on “The Century’s Prozressin Biology.” The lighter matter is all up toits ustal standard. THE CENTURY. Chester Bailey Fernald, author ot “The Cat and the Che¢rub,”” has written a companion story for the November Century. The story isentitled “The Cherub Among tie Gods,’’ and contains many of the old familiar oharacters, Frank tory Stockion contributes a clever sketch called *'The Romance of a Mule Car,”’ and a well-known Swedish journalist, Jonas Stadling, who accom- panied Andree to Danes Island, gives some in- teresting thoughts on *“Andree’s Fiight Into the Unknown.” This article is illustrated and will appeal to many readers, Other contributions from well-known writers help to make up a bud- get of literature well calculated to please the most critical purchaser. SCRIBNER’S. There is an unusual variety of exceptionally interesting matter in thie November Scribner’s. The opening paper is by William Allen White, and deals with “The Business of a Wheat Farm.”” Itisthe first adequalte account of the great bonanza farms of the West, and is well illustrated. Two papers on *‘The Unusual Uses of Photography’ are novel, and will find many readers, and sportsmen will appreciate A. B. Frost’s inimitable pictures illustrating the gun in the field. The fiction and pcetry in this num- ber are varied and exceptionaliy good. THE LADIES HOME JOURNAL. Among th: leading features of this popular monthly are “The First Thanksgiving Dinner.”” by Clifford Howard; ‘First Days in London,” by Lillian Bell, and an article enti:led “When Dr. Whitman Added Three Stars to Our Flag,” by George L. Weed. Another paper, “Inside of a Hundred Homes,” is rich in suggestions how to fit up the residence in the best of taste, and Mr. Bok’s own suggestions are well worth study- ing and following. Magician Kellar writes und tells his readers how they can perform his tricks, and a new authoress, Clara E. Laughlin, weaves astory of strong human interestin “The Revela- tion of Christopher.” Many charming poems also appear in this number. “WHAT TO EAT.” ‘“How to Sleep” and ‘‘How to Keep Young * are the titles of the two leading articles in this bright and instructive month!y. The rest of the mugazine. is chock full of pictures and contains a fine assortment of articles on dining, wining, rare recipes and good livinz generally. CURRENT LITERATURE. The November number of this excellent maga- zine 1s a most entertain:ng one. The editorials are forceful and to the point and deal with top- ics of all around interest. Special readings are S‘(? o6 :)u‘: Vit ) g SN given from the leading latest publications and one whole page is devoted to the hitherto un- published poetry of Tennyson. Austin Dobson, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Joaquin Miller and olkers are represented in the poetry columns, and writers of like standing are to be found in the prose departments. FRANK LESLIE'S MONTHLY. The levding article in this magazine is de- voted to Andrew Jackson. Much lightistbrown on the general’s private life, and the paper isthe first of a series on the times and compatriots of the popular hero. Then there is a paper on “'The Fisherfolk of Scotland’ by M. E. L-icester Addis sna another on “Some Curious Duels’’ by J. Cuthbert Hadden. The short stories are both numerous and clever. McCLURES. For this number of McClure's Mark Twain has writlen something in the style of *The In- nocents Abroad,” which will certainly be appre- ciated by all admirers of our great humorist. Edison’s Iatest and greatest discovery is also described and fully illustrated from special drawings and pnotographs, Ferdinand Brune- tiere, editor of the Revue d-s Deux Mondes, gives his impressions of America, and the first instaliment is also given of the late Charles A. Dana’s “‘Reminiscences of Men and Events of the Civil War.” Altogether a very interesting number, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY. The November number of this magazine is the first issue of its forty-first year. [topens with a fine review of the new life of Tennyson, by Hamilton Mabie, one of our most discrimi- nating literary students and graceful writers. Other articles of literary interest are entitled, “The Co g Literary Revival’”’ and “Forty Years of the Bacon-Shakespeare Folly.”” The Contributors’ Club will be found in this number again and many other papers of general excel- lence besides. THE REVIEW OF REVIEWS, Arthur McEwen contributes an interesting article on the late Henry George to the Novem- ber number of this American magazine, and the first political campaign of the Greater New York is fully described by a writer well up on his sub- ject. No such coutest as this has ever been known in municipal politics; the issues involved are tremendous and the personnel of the leaders has a unique interest. Stephen Bonsal writes on “The Situation in Spain’’ and another writer makes some interesting remarks on the subject of the Bayreuth plays. THE PHILISTINE The November number of this bright little magazine contains its full quantum of good things, among which may ibe mentioned John Morley’s article on *“Truih Speaking,’’ and the Phulistine Sermon, No. 7. Some interesting re- marks are also made on the subject of Jews and Christians, and can be recommeanded to the latter for carefui peru al. LIPPINCOTT’S. Adeline Knapp has a powerful story in the November issue of Lippincott’s Magazine en- titled “For His Own People.” 1I: is a tale of Hawaiian sacrifice and will appeal to a large number of readers. The complete novel in this number is “The Price of a Wile,” by John Strange Winter (Mrs. Stannard), and depicts English domestic life. Francis J. Ziegler writes on ‘“Banquets of the O!den Time” and Frances Courtenay offers a wholesome little sermon on *Small Courtesies.”” The poetry of the number is by Ella Hiezinson and Susie M. Best.