Literary Notes

The November nuraber of the Forum contain8 threearticlesihattreatof three phases of agí cultural deprension. One is by Mr. C Wood Duvis, the Kansan student of our agricultural development, wbo, under the title ol Probabilities of Aiiriculture, write r reply to the recent 'article by Prince Kropotkin on The Poïsibilhies of Agriculture. He predicis that f od will beeome dearer and dearer. and that in a few years we shall import food into the United Siate. In unother article Mr. Daniel K Goodloe, of Whington, present the startlin statibtics as nearly complete as tliey have heen made, of the firm mortgdges in all of the most important we.-rn slaies; and in the third article, the Rev. Dr Washington QMdeo reviews the organiza' iuiis of farmers, recites tlieir motives and points out the valuable part of their wurk and iiifluence. The November nnmber of Uarprr's Magazine contains tlie fin-t of a Biiort Eenesof papers on Sutliern California -Our Ilaty- bv Charles Dudley Warner, descnbing the ulimate, rei-onrees and scenery of ïliat most interet-tinu' portion "f mr couniry. Nuuierous ilhittrations frotn photograplis umi irom drawings bv liiMinuUlblied Aniencui arliMs give Bdditional v.ilue to this inleresiing paper. E W. M'aley describes the qnaint old tun of Bothenhurt; and irives an account of Der Meietertrunk, the feiival play which Ocuura there aminally. Tlie eries of anieles on Bontb Ameiica by Tlieodoie Cliild is conlinued in Urban and Commercial Chili. Princeton Universiiy is the subj jct of a timely paper by Prof. V. M. Bloane. D,iudet' inimitable story of Port Tarascón is bronglit to a conclusión. One of the most notable IHer.iry event8 of the pre.-ent year is the publ:cati-)n in bis couniry of Henry James' translation ol Daudet's new story. Port Tarascón; the Lafct Adventures of the lliuBtrious Tartarin. By tpecial arranjfement with the autlior, it is brought out by Harper & Brothers simultaneously with the publication of the original French ver.-ion in Paris.' The text is adorned with more than one hundred illustrations by drawings by notable French artists, in the style already made famous in Daudet'searlier work. The volume will be ready for publication about the lart of October. Scribner's Magazine tor November oontains three remarkable illustrated articleR of travel and adventure of widely diflering characteristics, euibracing Elet.tiant 1 1 11 ii t i 11 tr in África, a Periluus Voyage through ihe Canon of the Colorado iilie tírst trip ever made froni the source to the month of tliat river), and cruising wilh the WhiteSquadron along the coabt of France. Another unusual feature is an article (A Dhv with a Country Doctnr) wrilten, drawn and engraved by the Bame mau - Frank French. I Hert, rt Spencer has Ihe opening article in the Popular Science Monlh'y for November. He writes ot the Orijrin of Mubie. A pOj ular account of the RootTip of a plant, written by Frederick L. ëargent, is fully illustrated and will be uure to interest all. School Life in Relation to Growth or Health is the title of a paper by Prof. Axel Key. of Stockholm. D. Appleton & Co., New York City. Captain Charles King, who recently visites St. Paul and Minneapoüs for the Cotmopolitan Magazine, prepared for the 'October number of that monthly an illuslrated article, entitled Twin Cities of the Northwest, which will prove interesting reading, not only tothe cilizens of these two cities, but also to a great number of readers scattered throughout the couniry who have watched with astonishment the inarvelous grow h of thete towns. The Cosmopclitan, New York City, N. Y. The leading article in the November Eclectic, by J. Stephen Jeans, discusses in a very interesting way the relations of American II til way s and British Farmers, which will coran home to all American. Mr. Goodwin Smith attacks the new lariff f rom the Freo Trade side, and presenta the argument with remarkable force. Published by E. R. Pïlton, 25 Bond St., New York. Ternas, $5 per year. The edtor of the Magazine of American Hiitory, in the second article of the November number, covers a broad field of critical inquiry in her paper on American Outgrowths of Continental Kurope. It is based upon the narrativo and critical himory ot America and u handsomely illustrated. $5.00 a year, 743 Broadway, New York Citv. ('ampanini, the famous tenor, bas written a striking article on How to Train the Voice for Iht Ladies' Home Journal, and it will appear in the November number of that periotMcal. Ladies' Home Journal, Philadelphia, Pp.