The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-11-26
Periodicals.

HARPER's MAGAZINE for December is a strik-
ing number, presenting many novel features
The first instalment of the new American novel,
"Anne," by Miss Constance Fenimore Woolson,
is very promising. Its carly scenes are laid in
an island on one of the great western lakes-a
military post, and an old fur-trading station
The peculiar society of the island offers abund-
ant opportunities for novel and picturesque
treatment; and Miss Woolson rises to the height
of these opportunities. Her individual charac-
tiers also are very strongly developed. Remnants
illustration for the first part of this story is
avery strong picture.
The city of Pittsburg is the subject of an in
teresting and we'll illustrated paper.
Moncure D. Conway contributes the first of q
series of papers, entitled "The English Lakes
and their Geni."
Rose Terry Cooke contributes another of her
acteristic Ne England stories, with four
illustrations by Abbey.
'tThe Sixth Year of Quong See," also bcauti-
fully illustrated is an interesting description by
Catherine Baldwin of q NewYear's celebration
in Chinatown, San Francisco.
There are many other interesting and valuable
articles, and editorial departments are, as usual,
filled with well-written articles on various sub
jccts.
ST. NICHOLAS distinguished its Christmas is
sue of last year by an Illuminated cover bearing
a head of the jolly old Saint but it proposes
this Christmas to come out with still more
striking holiday cover in which the familiar
form of Santa Claus is to be seen driving his
reindeer team earthward from the moon, in q
cloud of snow, and standing up sturdily in his
sledge-a monthly number Of the favoritc maya
zine, opened wide. To this same December issue
Mr. Inness will contribute two fine illustrations
of life on the plains of the great Southwest; one
of these shows young herdsman leaping from
back to back of the buffnlocs of n vast stampcded
| drove.
OUR LITTLE ONES is the title of new, hand
| somely printed and elegantly illustrated monthly
magazine for little people, published by the
Russell Publishing Company, 149 A Fremont
street, Boston. Price S1.5O year
APPLEToN's JOURNAL is even better than
usual, which is saying good deal, for it rarely
fails to contain an abundance ofeXcelent articles
| selected from the best European magazines
| Among the more noteworthy papers in this num-
Der are to be included brief of Lieutenant
Woods memorable expedition into Central Asia
| two and forty years ago, when-almost the first
| European since Marco Polo's timc-hc saw the
OXus near its source and tIavcrsed the grand
| mountain region between the Himalayahs and
| the lIindoo Koosh that with picturesque appro-
priateness is style "the roof of the world" q
bright, sketchy notice of Alexander Dumas, in
which the lack of consideratc criticism is atoned
for by plenty of lively anccdote; Justin Nc
| Carthy's "second survey" Of the "Literature of
of the Victorian Reign"-a reprint from the
"History of Our Own Time" and delightful
as well as singularly informing paper by Grant
Allen, "The Dogs Universe" The number
contains also some clever fiction, some readable
verses and some good reviews.