The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-02
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The December GALAXY opens
With the first chap:ers Of = new story,
Reuben Dale" by Miss Annie T.
Howells, whose brother is the editor of
the Atla'atic, and which is an enter
tanning picture Of American life.
MY Friend Phil George Cary
Egglestone, is a sketch Of plantation
life, in which the negro dialect is ar
tlstically studied. A. II. Guernsey
contributes the first Of a series of ar
ticles on the brilliant but capracious
Walter Savage Landor. 'The Mar
riage Question is discussed at con-
siderable length by Albert Rhodes,
himself a bachelor and apparently
t tnid about changing his condition.
We give a brief extract from his ar
tlcIe this week. H. James, Jr., gives
a delightful sketch of thegr French
novelist, Honore de Balzac. and of
some OF the more prominent charac-
ters in his books. It is very grace
fully written and is one of the most
attractive pieces in the number. Rich
ard Grant White, using as shield a
new word Of his own getting together,
"Cynicasterism,' makes a valiant
defense against the critics who have
ben disposed to make so much of his
trippings on a word or two ,in recent
magazine articles. Capt Goldman is
apparently very nearly Through
Utah. There is clever and thrill
ing short story, with good supply of
poetry, miscellany, reviews, gossip,
etc.
The second installment of Bret
Harte's new story, Gabriel Conroy,"
in Scribner for. December fully sus-
tains the favorable ant;cipations Gre
ated by the opening chapters and
whets the appetite for more. DR..
Hollands "Stery Of Seyeaoaks" is
/ concluded in this number and there
is a short Norwegian story by d. II.
Boyeseu. p "A Tour of the Nile"
@The Last of the Norwhale;" :" "some
Pictures from Japan" being art stud
ies) !: ".The Ancient Province Of Tus-
ayan," in Arizona Spanish Sketch
es, and the ''Site of Solomon's Temple
Discovered" are all incrt ased in in
terest by the profuse illustrations
! which accompany them. An article
on sOur Domestic Service" is by Gen.
Francis A. Walker; and there is a
paper by the late Amasa Wa ker, on
French and American Currencies."
There are number of. poeticaI con-
tributions. The various departments
are we'll filled, and we quote DR.. Hol-
lands article on "The Way We
Waste" entire. The publishers an.
nounce that in the January number
Edward Everett Hale's historical ro-
nance, Phillip Nolan Friends" will
begin.
| st. Nicholas for December has for
its trontispiece an entirely original
and most charming portrait Of "Hans
Christian Andersen" surrounded by
several Of the representative creations
of his fancy, which are set forth with
almost as much delicacy as IN his own
word-pictures. OF the other contribu-
tions to the number, perhaps the most
noticeable are H. HIS poem of "The
Legend of St. Nicholas" with its ex-
quiSite illustration: the article enti-
tied "Something About Railroads."
from which we take an extract this
week and the long contribution on
One Hundred Christmas Presents,
aud how to Make Them" This last
is emphaticaily useful article, Mr..
Brooks serial, 1.-The Boy Emigrants, -
grows in interest and power as We
; make our slow advance with the boys
! across the Western prairies: SANDY,
the Hunchoack," gives US a pathetic
picture Of poor, MANNED boys life
among the braes of Scotland farther
still we 60 to witness the interesting
} and peculiar observance of ''St. Mich
olas' Day in Germany and on our
return we stop just short Of our na-
tives shores to meet Mr.: Trowbridge's
sporting characters, "Joe" and 'Bon-
wig" and experience the delight Of
hunting ducks with them, upon q lit
tie island. To simply glance through
the December number of st. Nicholas
i: is at least to confess that never before
has literature for children reached 80
high level
The fact that LiHeWs Living Aqe
soon entersupon its thirty-third year of
continuous and successful publication
is a remarkable one in the history Of
periodicals. And as it is the only
thorough and fresh compilation Of a
current literature which embraces the
productions fthe ahlest living writer's
in science, fiction, poetry, history.