The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27
SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE.
1t Is One Of the Best and Cheapest
Magazines PubIished---The Con-
tributOrs are Among the AbIest Liv-
ing Writer'S.


ScR1BNERs MAGAZINE for December Is a
! Holiday number Of striking beauty and at,
| Effectiveness in It's Illustrations. and the text
of the articles viii appeal to the fancy and
sire Ior instruction In practical affairs. With
| the exception of the fourth instalInent Of
| Harold Frederlcs serial, each article Is com
pete In this issue. The contents include q
sympathetic study OF life III the poorest quar-
ters of New Hori's tenementS; vigorous
end paper, sure to provoke discussion, by Ed.
ward j. Phelps. Esq, ex-Minister TO England
a genial and discriminating review of the
| whole field of American humorous drawing
by J. A. Mitchell, the founder and editor 0l
| Life; another story by Mr.. III. &. Bunner, edi
tor of Puck, whose "Hadoc Pine" and Squire
Five.FaLholn." In previous Christmas issues
will be recalled: Il vivid and plcturesques ac-
count of some characteristic Breton festivals
and Il sunny picture of life and eccentric char
actcr on some of the least frequented OF the
Bahama Islands.
this number are VIII Fl. Low. Howard Pyle
Kenyon Cox. Herbert Denman, j. III. Twacht-
man, +. II. Blashfield, A. b. Frost, and G. d.
Gibson, and besides, almost all Of the promi-
ncnt humorous artists of this country.
| How the Other Half Lives" by Jacob a.
Riis, for many years police reporter OF the
Associated Press, should appeal strongly TO
everyone Interested In practical charity. The
authors long familiarity with the many
phases of New York tenement life prevents
| his colorng the article with any Of the false
sentiment WnlCn 30 OlLeIl "OTk III
this field. He sees the slums Us they are. ac-
curately and clearly, and at the same time
preserves the ready sympathy OF one intense
iy interested in his felow.mun. The many IL
lustrations in this article are not fancy
sketches, but are made from instantaneous
photogra phs taken by Mr.. Riis in his strange
adventures, often at considerable peril.
Ex-Minister Phelps's remarkable paper, at
the end Of the number, Will no doubt arouse
as much discussion as approval. Under the
title "The Age Of Words he presents, EN-.
phatically and with the ardor OF one who has
felt the evils of an age In which the opportu-
mites to speak in public and to print are
practically unlimited and unrestricted. Con
temporary journalism and fiction are CRITICS
ed without reserve. Many OF his singing
tersey expressed what sensitive and fair
minded people have long felt.
There Is surely no one who can write OF
contemporary American Caricature" with
fuller knowledge than Mr.. J. A. Mitchell, OF
Life, under whose guidance many of the best
humorous artists have been developed. His
article is filled with generous appreciation OF
the work done by caricaturists on all the lead
ing American papers, and Is the first recogni.
tlon of distinct class of artists who are pro-
ducing some OF the most original work In
this country: Seventeen Of them contribute
sketches to illustrate Mr.. Mitchelrs paper
DR.. William Perry Northrup (whose "1n the
Steamers Track" In this Magazine will be re.
membered) has given his Impressions of a
summer trip in Brittany, describing most ap-
preciatlvely and with plenty Of color the re.
| iIglous festival known as "The Pardon of ST.
Anne d'Auray" This is the most richly IL
lustrated paper in the number, containing
pictures by six of the most skilful Of Ameri
can artists, and fine engravings from paint.
| ings by Jules Breton and Dagnan Bouveret
"Noles of O Suh-troplc Study" reproduces
! the humor and Incidence OF the life of the ne
groes on the Bahama Islands. The jllustra'
tons, from the authors sketches, are bright
and tropical.
Mr. Bunner's story, Mrs. Toms Spree" is a
social picture of rural summer resort" in
what the author calls the "Jlm Fisk Era" oil
American life. Professor Henry A. Beers con
winter Nights Dream" The serial, I'm the
Valley" describes a journey In the last CEN
tnry through the wilderness of central and
western New York, to the Lake country
| Howard Py les fnll-page pictures ure q fine
Interpretation OF the text.
The poems are Evening" by A. Lampman
| |UlluStrated); "Montauk Point" by Lloyd
McKim Garrison Ullustrated); "Happiness.'
| by Edith Wharton; and "At Les Eboule-
ments," by d. c. Scott.
HAPPINESS.
What words are left, still sacred for our use,
That have not suffered the sad worlds abuse
| And figure forth u sladness dim m ed and gray ?
| Let us be silent still, since words convey
| But shadowed images, wherein we lose
The fulness of loves light; our lips refuse
The fluent commonplace Of yesterday.
Then shall we hear beneath the brooding
| wing
or silence what abiding voices sleep,
| The primal notes OF nature that outrlng
Mans little noises, warble he or weep,
The song the morning stars together sing,
The sound OF deep that caIleth unto deep.
| Edith Wharton. in December Scri0ner.