The November Century.

The leading article in the Century for November is the first part of the Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson. As might be expected it is extremely interesting, containing, besides a sketch of his remarkable career on the stage, many anecdotes of Power, Wallack, Macready, and in fact all the great American actors of the last half century. The first of the Present Day Papers is written by William Chauncy Langdon, the subject being "The Problems of Modern Society." Seven of the most sociological critics of America have formed a group for the purpose of discussing social problems, in a series of essays of which this is the first. Miss Susan N. Carter contributes a paper on "Street Life in Madrid," with several picturesque illustrations. Another of Frank R. Stockton's amusing stories is begun in this number, called "The Merry Chanter." Mark Twain publishes some extracts from his new book, "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court," which have all of his old humor. The new serial is "Friend Olivia," by Mrs. Amelia E. Barr. The history of Abraham Lincoln by Nicolay and Hay is rapidly drawing to a close. The present number describes the second inaugural and the last battle of the war. The other articles in the number are "Adventures in Eastern Siberia," by George Kennan; "The Case of John Van Arsdale," by Ernest Crosby, and "The Newness," by Robert Carter.