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THE MAGAZINES.

The Atlantic Mouthly for December j, one Of
the best numbers of this excellent magazine.
1t closes the thirty eighth volume and nineteenth
year of the existence of the Atlantic The con
tents are "Interludes,' poem by Thomas Bailey
Aldrich; Municipal Indebtedness" by Charles
Hale; The Canvasser's Tale" by Mark Twain /;
"City Windows" by Edgar Fawsett "a Colorado
Road, - by ii. H.; TOO Fine for Mortal Ear
by Helen Barrow Bostwick; "Danie Deronda-
Conversation" by Henry James Jr.; 1.-The
River Raldivvr," by John G.. Wilson; Crumbs Of
Travel" by J. De Forest; "Old Womans Cos
sip" by Frances Annie Kemb,e; Garden Stat
ues," by Maurice Thompson "Sir William Phips
Attack on Quebec, by Francis Parkman; Char
acteristics of the International FAIR" "An ode
for the Fourth of July, 1876" by James Russell
Lowell The review of Literature, Art and Alu-
sic is interesting as usual. The Atlantic Monthly
for the coming year offers special inducements to
subscribers
The Eclectic Magazine for December presents
its readers with an excellent portrait Of Gen. Jo-
seph r. IIawlcy, President of the Centennial
Commission. The portrait is accompanied by a
brief sketch of Gen. IIawley's life The literary
contents of the number are unusually various,
there being no less than seventeen articles be-
sides the four wcll-flled Editorial Departments
A mere list Of these Articles will be sufficient to
show their value. interest, and variety "Automa-
tsm and Evolution" by Charles Elan NJ ID. !;
Daniel Deronda;" "The Two Chancellors ::
Prince Gortschakoff and Prince Bismarck :" CAS-
tronomy in America" by Richard A. Proctor, B.
A., F. II. s.; "Primavera, by w. w. Story "Ka-
G.. l. l. =
charlotte Bronte Monograph "The Amer
can Centenary" by Horace White "When the
Sea was Young" "The Story of Life !" "Fairy
Plays; "The Byways of Bookmaking;" "Islam, :
by l.. Mason; "The Planet Saturn's Dark Ring :"
by Richard A Proctor b. A F. Il. S.. can Amer
lean Cooperative Community" and "The Wait.
ing Angel"
Scribner's Monthly for December is received
I. Robinson Warrens bay Shooting, the Sec
ond Of the series of papers on American Sports,
is in a somewhat lighter vein than Mr.. Wilkinson 5
"Salmon-fshing." Other humorous papers are
"Mr. Quatty's Great Speech" by VIM. NJ. Baker
and James L. Fields clever sketch of Cyrus j.
Muchmore who is appropriately described as "a
Peculiar Case" Charles Barnard writes of TOAD
Lane, Rochdale" and its cooperative stores. Don
aid G. Mitchell describes the attractive and grow
ing institution, Lafayette College," in we'll
illustrated paper. Mrs. IIerrck writes popular
science paper about "Singlecalled Plants" draw
ing her own wood-cuts on the block "An Amer
lean in Turkistan" is the title of an article from
Eugene Schuyer's new book, portraying with pen
and pencil the life of the lttle-visited tribes of
Western Asia "Our Diplomates and Consuls,"
by Albert Rhodes, contains some wise suggestions.
Mr.. Haes serial philip Nolan's Friends" is
completed, and That Lass O Lowrie's" is con
tinued. This number also contains the first install
ment of DIR. Hollands new story, "Nicholas Min
turn The poetry of the number is by Annie r.
Amman "a poem of rare beauty, entitled maiden
hood Rose Terry Cooke, May E. Bradley, and
Ellen NJ. ii. Gates (author OF "Your Mission