The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, April 1888

The Century Magazine for April 1888 was an historical based literary magazine that provided full-length feature articles, poetry, Civil War Battle stories, topical short stories, open letters and a wide assortment of period advertisements (front and back sections). The April 1888 monthly issue of The Century Magazine contained 168 pages plus 80 pages of advertisements in Vol. 35, No. 6 that was lavishly illustrated. Authors include: Henry James, Theodore Roosevelt, George Kennan, Thomas Nelson Page, Abby S. Hinckley; Edward Eggleston; Richard E. Burton; Emma Lazarus. Fascinating Reading and an excellent historical material for the Researcher, Genealogist, and Historian.

Table of Contents

Feature Articles

• Bird Music, The Bluebird and the Robin by Simon Pease Cheney
• Dan, From, To Beersheba by Edward L Wilson
  Illustrations by Otto H Bacher, J. D. Woodward
• The Graysons: A Story of Illinois by Edward Eggleston (Part XVL)
  Author of "The Hoosier Schoolmaster," "The Circuit Rider," "Roxy," etc.
• Abraham Lincoln: A History - The National Uprising by John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Private Secretaries to the President
• Mulford, Elisha, The Works of - By T. T. Manger
• Ranch Life in the Far West: The Round-Up by Theodore Roosevelt
  Illustrations by Frederic Remington
• Russian Penal Code, The by George Kennan
• Stevenson, Robert Louis by Henry James
  With portrait engraved by J. H. E. Whitney, from a drawing by J. W. Alexander, and autograph
• Telegraph, The American Inventors of the by Franklin Leonard Pope
  Illustrations by Henry Fenn, A. M. Turner, S. F. B. Morse, and from photographs and dagueerreotypes
• Two Kentucky Gentlemen of the Old School by Jones Lane Allen
  Illustrations by E. W. Kemble

Poetry

• Carmen Sylva, To by Emma Laurus
• Lazarus, Emma, The Last Poem of
• Love's Imagining by Hopestill Goodwin
• Marse Phill by Thomas Nelson Page
  Illustration by E. W. Kemble
• Motherhood by Abby S. Hinckley
• Realm of Reverie, The by Louise Vickroy Boyd
• Song of Life, A by Richard E. Burton
• Struggle, The by Danske Dandridge
• Surprises by Julia C. R. Dorr
• Thefts of the Morning by Edith M. Thomas

Battles and Leaders of the Civil War

• Atlanta Campaign, The Opening of the by Col. Wm. C. P. Breckinridge
• Chancellorsville Campaign, (Letter) On the by General Joseph Hooker
• Chickamauga, Strength of the Confederate Army at by Major E. C. Dawes
• Fredericksburg, Kershaw's Brigade at by General J. B. Kershaw
• Hooker on the Chancellorsville Champaign by General Joseph Hooker
• Kershaw's Brigade at Fredericksburg by General J. B. Kershaw
• Sherman, General W. T. "The Grand Strategy of the War of the Rebellion (Part 2)
• Strategy, The Grand, of the War of the Rebellion by General W. T. Sherman (Part 2)
• Victim of the War, The Last by W. M. Dickson

Topics of the Time

• Fortunes, Shall They be Limited by Law
• Kennan's (George) Siberian Papers
• Postal Savings Banks
• President or King?

Open Letters

• "Ach" School, The, of Literature by Willis Boyd Allen
• Christian Union by C. A. Wright
• Diplomacy, An American by Leonard Woolsey Bacon
• Teaching, Moral, In Our Schools by Mary E. Beedy

Bric-À-Brac

• Compensation by Kemper Bocock
• In Bondage by Robertson Trowbridge
• Love's Dilemma by N. P. Babcock
• My Songs by Chas. Washington Coleman, Jr.
• Postman, The, St. Valentine's Day by Mary Ainge De Vere
• Stevenson's "Underwoods" by Edith M. Thomas
• To A Fir Balm Cushion by Alice Wellington Rollins
• Words, Words, Words by Margaret Deland

Publishers' Department

• The History and Mystery of Corsets

Advertisements (Sections)

• Books
• Schools
• Jewelry, Precious Stones
• For the Toilet
• House Furnishings
• Architecture & Art Decorations
• Furniture
• Stoves, Ranges, Etc.
• Toys and Games
• Sporting Goods
• Sports and Pastimes
• Hardware
• Seeds and Plants
• Newspapers and Periodicals
• Shoes, Etc.
• Miscellaneous
• Proprietary Articles
• Insurance
• Carriages, Etc.
• Live Stock
• Wearing Apparel
• Writing Machines
• Cards & Stationery
• Food Products
• Railroads
• Sewing Machines
• Electric : Brushes