The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-01-26
THE MIDWINTER SCRlBNER.

The current number of SCRIBNER, OF
which 100, 900 copies are printed, is call.
ed the "Midwinter Number" and il
thought by the publishers to exceed in
attractiveness the Midsummer number
of 1876 and 1877. Among the notable
features is a full page portrait of Lincoln
by Wyatt Eaton, from the last and little
known photograph. This view of Lin.
coin is here engraved for the first time,
by Cole, to accompany Mr.. Brooks's
personal "reminiscences of Lincoln" A
sonnet to Lincoln, by R. II. Stoddard,
faces the frontispiece.
This first paper of this number proper
is by Charles c Ward, on "Moose hunt.
ing" and is illustrated by Henry Sand
ham, by the authors and others. A hunt
with Indians in New Brunswick is
described, and there is story of bear
hunt told in dialect by one of the guides.
Mrs. Mary Halleck Foote, heretofore
only known to the readers of ScRIBNER
as an artist, in this number furnishes
both drawings and text for picturesque
paper on "a California Mining Camp"
with glimpses of the Cornish, Mexican,
and other elements there found. This
paper gives the color of most interest
ing phase of American life, where child
rem still sing Christmas carols from house
to house, and tree-bOxes are never rob-
bed of the meat wagons consignment.
The landscape of California is here de-
scribed as only an artist, who is also
writer could describe it. In paper on
on ''Recent Church Decoration" Clar-
ence Cook writes of the work by John
La Fargo and others in Trinity Church,
Boston and st. Thomas's Church New
York. Mr.. La Farge's plaster, and Mr..
st. Gaudon's panel of angels in the latter
church, are among the illustrations. Mr..
La Fargo also furnishes large illustra-
ton for a ballad by Boyesen-"Little
Sigrid." In "The Majolica of Castelli,"
bignor Castellani describes one of the
less-known kinds of ware in his collection
some fine specimens of which are repro
duced in the drawings. 1.-THE Humming
Bird of the California Water FALLS
bird that dives into the falls-is the SUBJ
ject of an enthusiastic paper John Muir
with illustrations. ''The New Rudder
Grange by F. R. Stockton, will be recog-
nized by ScRIBNER's readers as a contin-
alton of the sketches of domestic life on
a canal boat which appeared some time
ago. This paper is illustrated by Eytinge,
and both it and others to follow are
independent of the ones already publish
ed. Mr.. StOcktons relates q novel way
of disposing of tramps. Still another
illustrated article is Mr.. II. Stoddard's
poem, "A Wedding under the Directory"
in what is, for him new vein; Kaem-
merer's painting of the same title is en-
graved as an accompaniment.
Among the unillustrated papers are
"a Sunday in Limeburg' q story by
Rebecca Harding Davis; Following
the "Halcyon to Canada" by John Bur
roughs; "Washington's Only Sister"
by A. L. Bassett with . letter from
Washington, giving his opinion of slav-
ery); THE college Renk of Distinguished
Men" by C. F. Tswlng; "Twenty-six
Haa- q Day" the first Of several practi-
Il rxApers on subjects of interest to
women by Mary Blake; "The Palmer's
VISION" short poem by DR.. Holland,
and poems by Charles T.. Darcy, Charles
deKay and r. w. Glider. The serials
by Miss Trafton and Edward Eggleston
Are continued, and the publishers an
nounce for new subscribers, pamphlet
the previous installments of
Roxy" aud the two "Rudder Grange
stories heretofore published.
"In "Topics of the Time" DR.. Holland
discusses "Church Debts. Stanley and
iis Reward" and s'The Machine in New |
England" 1.-THE Old Cabinet" is about |
Unnamed Pictures" 1.-THE Injustice |
# Genial Criticism" and "Antony and |
Cleopatra" "Home and Society" is
. occupied with CHOW Man takes Care
# His Baby" In "Bric .. Brac" there |
. . "visit to the Asylum for Literary
Lunatics" The usual space is devoted
o books and industrial progress. I