Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-12-28
Literary Notes.

Ba6ylaHd for December (pub
lished 10y d. Lc,hrop Company
Boston, Mass IS probably one Of tn,
best numbers Of this excellent little
book ever issued. Apart from tn,
attractive wOodcuts, one Of which
represents santa Claus Littl,
Boy, " there Is a variety Of reading
for the juveniles. The selections
include 'Baby's Sad Christmas -
''The Story Of Baby's Pillow
mamma Molly, land "Baby Blunt.
ing's NeIghbors."
The National MdguzbJC for Janu,
airy announces two new and valu-
able dcpartments-'Biblicul LiteTa.
turev and "Pelag0gy-with Rev.
] c. Quinn, Ph.D., and J. :. Mills,
\. NJ, President OF Western Col
lege, rs editors. Agricultural readers
will be especially Interested in the
new .'Institute Of Agriculture, &" de-
I scribed ia this uumbeT-a part Of the
University Extension System Otthg
National University Of Chicago,
whose NONRESIDENT or CORE pond,
ence under graduate aud post grtdu-
ate cour-es have met with such
favor. Other articles are 10y Prof.
T.. \. Birse, Of the University OF
Wisconsin, and eminent specialists.
Published at Ii ThroOp Street,
Chicago, III. Subscription, 81 per
year. Sample copy, 10 cents. Three
cash prizes Of 50 each FOR the best
essays Oh "Our Common Schools :
''Study II the Bible,'' "HOw
to Keep Young Men OG
the Farm" are announced.
Publishing Office, ThroOP Street,
Chicago, Ills.
Scrl5Her's Magazine for January
begins the fourth year aud seventh
volume with the promise that dug
ing the current year il Will follow
its well-apprJved course. In the
present issue the subjects discussed,
in n bright, informal way, are "ILe
Barge Exhibition" "lhacSerays
Life - social Life in Print /" and
"rhe French as Artists" y few
mas are TO he added to each num-
Der 10 give sTacc for this new fea-
turc. "Water Storage in the Vest
by Walter Gillette Bates, Is 6 lucid
and comprehensive statement OF .
great material problem which Is
now engaging the attention Of .
congressional commission, n govern
ment photographic surveying party,
and many State legislatures. W. G.
BrowncIl, the author Of French
Traits, - contributes his notes and
impressions Of "The Paris ENpOsi-
ton"
The group OF African articles in
this magazine which has attracted
50 much attention i continued, with
sTripOli Of Barblry,' by y. +. ia
easy. The Electric series IS con-
tinued with the sixth article, "Elec-
tricity in the Household, by 4. l..
Kennedy, chief electrician in Mr..
EdisOn's laboratory. 4 new serial
in four parts, 10y Octave ThGuct, Is
begun, under the title "ENpiati0n.'
'sIn the Valley Harold FredGric's
serial Of Colonial New York, with
Howard Pyle's iilustmtionsl has
reached is fifth instalmeut. There
are two excellent short stories
''The Lost Plant, ''by John Piers0n,
mad ''rhe TOidville Rattle" by
Edgar Mayhem Bacon" The three
poems are contributed by II. &.
Runner, Graham T.. TOmsJn and
Edith NJ. Thomas.
The numbers Of Littelrs Lriag
Age for the weeks ending December
18th and 2lst contain Roman
Catholicism in America; Studies in
Character. by Rt. Hon. Arthur J..
Balfour, NIP; The Origin and
History Of Murray's HandbOoks FOR
Travellers, by John Murray; Chris
tianity and Socialism, by Dean
Plumptre; Timoleon, the Liberat0r
of Sicily; 4 Modern COrrespOn-
dence 4; Dick; C]uri0sities of Com
position The Scarcity OF Fine
Voices; Fisher Life il Scotland
Some Indian Insects; 4 Day in
Damascus; Notes for an Unsenti-
mental Journey; Folklore Of
Northern Portugal; The Oil Wells
OF Burma The Ballad Ofthe Kings
Mercy; with instalments Of Mrs.
FentOn,o by W. l.. Norris, and
&" Sir Charles DJnvers, " with poetry
and miscellany. Little & Co, BOs-
ton, are the publishers.