The Century Illustrated Montly 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).
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
