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departments are exceptionally good and 

 the illustrations superb. 



M'CLURES'S MAGAZINE. 

 Nothing could be more timely than 

 three of the articles which go to make up 

 McClure's Magazine for November. Wil- 

 liam Allen White, in his inimitable stsle, 

 analyzes Hoosevelt in a way which shows 

 this unclassified man in a new light the 

 tru* light. Kay Stannard Baker explains 

 "What the United States Steel Corpora- 

 tion Is, and How It Works." The "true 

 story of a recently discovered 'Treasure 

 Island' " is told by Sturgis B. Rand in 

 "The Romance of Christmas Island." A 

 very irtriking Western tale of adventure is 

 "Why the Hot Sulphur Mail Was Late," 

 by Chauncey Thomas, with splendid pic- 

 tures by Charles S. Chapman. "The 

 Tipster," illustrated by W. R. Leigh, is 

 the last of Edwin Lefevre's Wall-street 

 Stories some think the best. M. Quad 

 has written in his merriest vein of an in- 

 cident in the life of one ''Colonel Josyln, 

 U. S. A.," for which story A. I. Keeler 

 has supplied the illustrations. Kate M. 

 Cleary, whose story, "The Stepmother," 

 attracted so much attention, contributes 

 a pathetic Thanksgiving tale, "The Mis- 

 sion of Kitty Mal-tne." Henry Hutt's 

 beautiful pictures catch the true spirit of 

 N. V. McClelland's dainty sketch, "Nan- 

 cy and I and the Girl." There are poems 

 and other features, all of which make the 

 November McClure's a notable number. 



THE FORUM. 



The November Forutu opens with a 

 timely character sketch of "Theodore 

 Roosevelt," from the pen of A. Maurice 

 Low. It is followod by a paper, ''Pre- 

 serving a State's Honor." in which Wil- 

 lard Saul-bury explains how it has come 

 to pass that Delaware is at present with- 

 out representation in the United States 

 Senate. "Sugar and the New Colonies" 

 .is the title of an article by Charles A. 



Crampton on the economic significance of 

 our recent expansion. Hon. Martin 

 Dodite, writing on "The Government and 

 Good Roads," reports what has been done, 

 by the Washington Oflice of which he is 

 Director, for the improvement of the 

 highways in various parts of the country. 

 Karl Blind, who himself took part in the 

 organization of the Sicilian insurrection of 

 1860, reveals a page of its inner history in 

 an article on "Crispi and Italian Unity " 

 Price Collier contrasts ''The Ethics of 

 Ancient and Modern Athletics." Presi- 

 dent C. F. Thwing discusses the respective 

 merits of "The Small College and the 

 Large." Hon. Charles Denby, a former 

 minister to Peking, contributes a descrip- 

 tion of the peculiar methods of "Agricul- 

 ture in China." ''The Political and Com- 

 mercial Future of Asia" is forecasted by 

 W. C- Jameson Reid. Walter S. Allen 

 argues against the imposition of ''Taxes 

 on .-creet Railway Franchises." "Prefer- 

 ences and the Bankruptcy Law" is the 

 t-pic of a paper by Harold Remington. 

 In the concluding article S. P. Verner 

 wiites optimistically, not to say enthusias- 

 tically, of "The Development of Africa." 



THE NOVEMBER DELINEATOR. 



A seasonable atmosphere rises from the 

 various useful and valuable features of the 

 Novembr DELINEATOR. The styles 

 shown are those for early Winter; the 

 dressmaking article tells about the making 

 of coats: the fancy needlework article 

 bears upon Thanksgiving and Christmas 

 gifts; the crocheting articles are those of 

 a Winter character; the gardening article 

 deals with the pruning and protection of 

 rose trees throughout winter. Every wo- 

 man who wishes to get splendid value for 

 her expenditure should buy THE DELINE- 

 ATOR for itself. It. in turn will help her 

 to economize in household matters at 

 every point. 



