ers, is begun with John Bidwell's paper, fully and curiously illustrated, on " The First Emigrant Train to California." Another important series of papers herein begun is Mr. Rockhill's illustrated account of his journey through an unknown part of Tibet, — the strange land of the Lamas. A notable and timely contribution to Dr. Shaw's series on muni cipal government is his interesting and thorough account of the government of London, with its warning for American municipalities. A picto rial series begins in this number, — " Pictures by American Artists," — the example given being Will H. Low's " The Portrait." The first of two articles on the naval fights of the War of 1812 ap pears in this number. The fiction of the number has as its most striking contribution the beginning of the first long story written by the artist-author, F. Hopkinson Smith; it is entitled " Colonel Car ter of Cartersville," and is accompanied by a num ber of pictures by Kemble. Mrs. Anna Eichberg King has a story of old New York, with a dozen designs by George Wharton Edwards; and Frank Pope Humphrey has a ghost-story entitled " The Courageous Action of Lucia Richmond." The frontispiece is an engraving of a photograph of Lincoln and his son " Tad," accompanied by an article by Col. John Hay on " Life in the White House in the Time of Lincoln." In the prison series is a paper descriptive of adventures " On the Andersonville Circuit." W. C. Brownell makes note of the work of two original French sculptors, Rodin and Dallou. The complete novel in the November number of Lippincoti's Magazine is contributed by Mrs. Jeanie Gwynne Bettany, the clever author of "The House of Rimmon." The story is entitled " A Laggard in Love : " and the scene is laid in Eng land, principally in what is known as the " Black Country." Junius Henri Browne contributes a clever and appreciative article upon Balzac's wo men, entitled " Heroines of the Human Comedy." A sketch of Balzac, who is altogether too little known in this country, and a description of his peculiar methods of work, is weaved into this very entertaining paper. Ex-Senator B. F. Hughes, in "Some Experiences of a Stump Speaker," gives some entertaining experiences, and tells a great many good stories. In " A Philosopher in Pur ple " Mr. G. Barnett Smith exhibits Lord Chester field in a better light than is usually thrown upon
him, and gives him credit for some admirable qualities. " Bond's " is a clever sketch of a summer hotel-keeper, signed by M. P.; and fol lowing it is an entertaining article by William Shepard, entitled " Accidents and Trifles." In "British Side-Glances at America " Miss Anne Wharton points out the many curious mistakes and misconceptions regarding us that our cousins across the water are continually indulging in. Mr. William J. Henderson — himself an experienced newspaper man — contributes an article, " Jour nalism versus Literature." Some excellent poems are contributed to this number by Charles Wash ington Coleman, Charles D. Bell, Mrs. E. W. Latimer, and Rose Hartwick Thorpe.
Scribner's Magazine for November contains three remarkable illustrated articles of travel and adventure of widely differing characteristics, — " A Tale of a Tusk of Ivory," "Through the Grand Canon of the Colorado " (the first trip ever made from the source to the mouth of that river), and '•' With Yankee Cruisers in French Harbors." An other unusual feature is an article (" A Day with a Country Doctor ") written, drawn, and engraved by the same man, — Frank French. " Training Schools for Nurses " are described by Mrs. Fred erick Rhinelander Jones, who has been interested in their organization from the very first. There is a long instalment of the anonymous serial " Jerry;" and a short story by F. J. Stimson. the author of "Mrs. Knollys." Two sonnets on Cardinal New man are by the aged Irish poet Aubrey de Vere, and by Inigo Deane, a disciple and friend of the late Cardinal. A strikingly melodious anonymous poem " In Broceliande," and the last of Professor Shaler's papers on " Nature and Man in America," are among the other features of the issue. Frederic Villiers (the English war artist), R. F. Zogbaum, and Frank French illustrate single articles.
The new serial, by Frank R. Stockton, author of " Rudder Grange," which opens the Atlantic Monthly for November, is entitled " The House of Martha." It abounds in that dry, whimsical humor, which is so difficult to analyze, and yet so easy to enjoy. The romantic title, " Along the Frontier of Proteus's Realm," comes rather
