The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-12
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.

The opening article Of Frank Les
lies Popular Monthly for January
will give general pleasure. The
House, the Halls OF each House of the
Irish Parliament; the prominent men
who figured on the floor, are all
drawn graphically with pen and pen
Gil. The Children Coming Home"
is a poem that will touch hearts in
many a household. Anna L. Ward
takes US along the Southeast coast
of Nova Scotia in q very pleasant
way. Those fond of the theatre will
be entertained with "reminiscences Of
the Wallack family by Walter +.
McCann. One Of the curious crater
lakes of our Western coast is we'll
worthy of reading. The National
Sports ofCanada'' are well described,
and chime in with the season for our
neighbor seems to enjoy herself
more in Winter than in Summer.
Italian Schooldays" is something in
a new vein. introducing us to the
well-drawn characters in De Amicis's
book so as to interest young and old.
A vindication Of Australia and in-
cidentally of our own continent, from
the charge of being New World,
when we are really the oldest, will
be found in "A Fossil Continent"
The stories are varied fnll of interest
for young and old, and the wonderful
novel, prince Lucifer," by Eta v.
Pierce, deepens in its intense and
absorbing hold on the reaeer.
The January number of Tile Ec
lectic, beginning new volume, has
fine steel engraving Of the Interior Of
the Coliseum at Rome. The number
presents to the readers number of
strong and readable articles. The
leading paper, by Enilio Castelar,
the great Spanish statesmen. whose
name is so widely identified with lib
eral movements, is on The Papacy
and the Temporal Power" and dis
cusses the question in a temperate
but able manner. THE Story OF
Zebehr Pssha'' is completed, and tue
succeeding paper, on French Socia,
lism," by NJ. Kaufman, will be found
to touch current problems in a very
important degree. The well.known
Scientist. Alfred Russell Wallace,
contributes study Of The Anti
quity of Man in North America" and
presents views of great interest. ''On
Some Differences between Colleges
and Castles is pleasant essay. }.
A. Farrer throws light or one Of the
great religions of the world in The
Religion Of Micthra, a study of To-
wartraniem." A writer in the WeSt
nainester Revieer gives US brilliant
and entertaining social study in The
French Womau Of the Century" II.
G. keene writes Of Omar khayyam,
the great Persian poet and moralist,
who has recently been made widely
known to English readers. H. NJ.
Hyndman, the Socialist, answers Mr..
Mallock's recent articles in q short
paper on Wealth and Ability" The
Nerve Cure Rest" by James Muir
Howie, ought to excite the interested
reading Of thousands of readers in
this nervous and tretful age. There
is striking short story by }. H.
Shorthouse, "A Teacher of the Vio-
lin" The poetry of the number con
sists of several admirable new trans
lations from Schiller. by Sir Theo
dore Martin. As this number begins
q volume it offers favorable time to
begin subscriptions.
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