Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-12-27
THB REVIEW TABLE.

TEE REVIEW TABLE.
As the New York Daily Herald is one
OF the best $40 dailies in the country
in fact the most enterprising newspaper
on earth-so is the Weekly Herald one
Of the best 81 weeklies in the country.
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The Chicago Evening Journal, one of
the staunchest republican newspapers in
the country,will be fully up to the stand
ard of excellence the coming year. It's
daily edition costs but Sc and it's weekly
81 per year.
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The Northwestern Agricultnrist is by
all odds the best monthly published for
the farmers of the northwest. It is filed
with useful information, particularly for
the North Dakota farmers. For few
weeks we can make the following valua-
ole clubbing rate: The Bismarck WEEK
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Certain newspapers are announcing q
series of articles on the civil war, by Lord
Wolseley, which it is said twill appear in
an American magazine" They have ap-
peared. They were begun in the May
number of the North American Review,
and are concluded in the December
number Of that periodical. More than
this, they have been comprehenslvely re-
viewed by Gen. James B. Fry, in the
same magazine, and have been noticed
by almost every paper in the country.
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Three popular humorists-Robert J.
Burdette, Bill Nye and J. Armory Knox,
witty combination-contribute to JAN
uary Lippincott's composite story of
great originality and unique humor en-
titled s'Kinks in the Skein." This re-
markable and striking tale is divided
into three parts, each one of the three
great humorists contributing part. The
three keen wits are thus brought into
contrast, as each one treats his part from
his own humorous point of view. The
tale is profusely illustrated by w. W.
Denslow.
A flll-length picture of Jefferson
Davis and several excellent views of his
home in Mississippi, we're special attrac-
tions in Frank Leslie's Illustrated News
paper last week. Other illustrations are
type of Southern beauty, Mrs. Robert
Gage of Mobile; holiday scenes in the
dry goods districts of New York; feeding
the baby hippopotamus at Central Park:
pictures of life in Tangiers, Morocco, and
portraits of Speaker Reed and others.
The special literary features are the FASH
ion, insurance and Wall street articles,
all very interesting. For sale at Frisby's
news room.
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The Art Amateur winds up the year in
a royal fashion, giving as one of it's two
colored supplement plates superb pic
ture of pears, over foot high and two
and half feet wide. It is perfect fac
simile of the original oil painting, aad
framed it would deceive any one. No
more suitable Christmas or New Year
present could be found than a subscrip-
ton to The Art Amateur, which is really
invaluable to all having homes to furnish
or decorate, or wishing to learn oil,water-
color or china painting, wood-carving,
brass-hammering, book and magazine IL
Illustrating and art needlework. Price, 81
9 year. Montague Marks, Publisher, %
Union Square, New York.
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The Russian general who is to give an
account of 'The Russian Army" in Har-
per's Magazine for January will, it is
said, present the Cars empire in an al
together new ight-eve in this day of
Russian revelations" His article is not
only notable contribution from a mill
tary point of view, but also important
both in it's political bearings and as an
ethnographical study. The surprising
incidents given to illustrate the points Of
the article have the air of being related
by an eyewitness even by an important
actor in them-and will whet popular Gu.
riosity to learn the authorship. T, de
Thulstrup has made sixteen drawings tc
accompany the article.
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The National Magazine for January
announces two new and valuable depart
ments-"B Biblical Literature" and "Peda
gogy"-with Rev. J. G. Quinn, Ph. D.
and J. S. Mills, A. M, president of West
ern college, as editors. Agriculture
readers will be especially interested il
the new Institute Of Agriculture" de
scribed in this number-a part of tn,
university extension system of the Ma
tional university of Chicago, whose non
resident or correspondence under-gradu
ate and postgraduate course have me
with such favor. Other articles are b,
Prof. E. A. Birge, of the university o
Wisconsin, and eminent specialists
Published at 147 Throop street, Chicago
III. Subscription, 81 per year. Sampl'
copy, 10 cents. Three cash prizes of $5l
each forthe best essays on "Our Common
Schools" !" "Study Of the Bible" How {,
Keep Young Men on the Farm" are an
nOunced.
The Youths Campanion double Christ
mas number is charming souvenir. It
delicately colored cover encloses wealtl