The Portland daily press., 1890-12-04
MAGAZINE NOTICE,

uteS the complete novel to the December
number Of Lippincott's Magazine. 1t is en-
titled An Army Portia, and is characterized
| by that dash and breezy style which make
all of Captain Kings stories such entertain
ing reading. Mr.. Joel Cook, of the Phila-
delphia Ledger, has a timely paper entitled
A Glance at the Tariff. Although the Nc
Kinley bill has become law, and has created
the greatest amount of discussion, yet very
few seem to have clear idea of its provis-
Ions. In this article the main phases and
principles of the tariff bill are set forth in a
COMPREHENSIVE and concise manner, so that
they may be readily understood by the gen.
osral reader. The Bermuda Islands form the
ubject Of an article by ii. Z. Walsh. As
the great majority of visitors in winter are
Americans, the islands are gradually falling
under the sway of American enterprise. and
DID Iair TO become among the most popular
9 81 winter resorts In Types in Fiction w,
w. Crane takes uD the cudgel against those
authors who select some particular locality
or district and take its inhabitants as speci-
mems OF type" Book Talk is contributed
ey Frederick Nj. Bird, who under the title of
Two Houses speaks Of two recent novels
That have attracted considerable attention
Signor Verga's House by the Medlar Tree.
and Thomas Janyier's Aztec Treasure
House. Under the title of The Autocrat of
tuo OidWiuS hOOm appears an lDclSlV6 ana
very amusing notice of Ward McAllis er's
book, Society as l have found 1t. Walt
whitman contributes fine and character
istic poem entitled To the Sunset Breeze.
The December Century contains Christ
mas story by Joel Chandler Harris, and a
Christmas poem by President Henry Nor
ton. of Stevens Institute, while the editor In
Some Christmas Reflections says that per-
hsps the readers may find as much of the
true Christian feeling in DR.. Abbott's arti-
Gle, Can Nation have Religion? and in
the article on the Record of Virtue, as in the
more ostensibly Christmas features" of this
number Of the Century. The frontispie ce of
the number is striking head, Daphne, and
the opening paper is Gen. Bidwell's account
OF Life in California before the Gold Dis
coyery. Here Is also published Ranch and
Mission Days In Alta California, The hun
dred.h t, anniversary Of the death Of Franklin
| CORY. T0mmaso Salvini gives his views on
acting. Two Illustrated papers are Laurels
| OF the American Tar in 1872 and the Border,
Land of China.
The December number of st. Nicholas has
for frontispiece Rembrandt's wonderful
portrait of himself, engraved by T. johnson.
His portrait Is referred to in Mrs. Dodge's
account of Holland and its strange features.
| Another important contribution is The Story
of the Golden Fleece, retold for American
boys and girls by Andrew Lang, with illus
trations by Birch. The serials of the num-
Der are by j. T. Trowbridge, Noah Brooks
| and Mrs. G. V. Jamison. Joaquin Miller
has an exciting tale of his early life, just af-
ter the discovery of gold in Idaho. The
der; besides this there are Sewing Song,
by Mary ]. jacques. jingle, by Isabel
Francis Bellows. pretty poem. The Little
Fir Trees, by Esaleen Stein, and various
| pictures, bright oratiOns and suggestions TO
be found in the usual departments.
| Rarper's Magazine for December is a
superb Christmas number. 1t opens with AS
You like 1t, the third of the series of arti-
Giles on the comedies of Shakespeare. The
comments on the play. written by Andrew
Lang, are accompanied by eleven beautiful
illustrations Including the frontispiece.
printed in tints) from drawings by Edwin A.
Abbey. Charles Dudley Warner, in an arti-
Gle entitled The Winter of our Content. re-
lates many interesting facts regarding the
climatic influences of southern California.
Theodore Child writes concerning Pre-
Rapbaelite MansiOn-the famous Leyland
residence In London-and describes the art
treasures which it contains. His article is
illustrated from pa intings by the distn-
eushed English artists Rossetti. Burne-
Jones and g. +. Watts. Pierre Lott con-
tributes an article auOut Japanese Women,
which is very fully illustrated from paint
ings by II. Humphrey Moore. The fiction is
| appropriate to the holiday season. 1t in
cludes Christmas Present, by Paul aeyse,
illustrated by g. s. Reinhart; Flute and
| Violin, story of Old Kentucky, by James
Lane Allen, with twenty-one illustrations by
Howard Pyle; P'laskPs Tunaments, by
Thomas Nelson Page, illustrated from a
| painting by j. w. Alexander; Mr.. Gibble
| Colts Ducks, by Richard Malcolm Johnston,
| with an illustration by A. B Frost; A Speak
in Ghost, a dialect story by Annie Trumbull
| SoseOn; and Jim's Little Woman, by Sarah
| Orne Jewett.
The frontispiece of the Magazine of Art
for December is an etching by James Doble
Of Gro. Frederick Watts's masterpiece, Fata
Morgana. OF this beautiful picture there
are two versions. Both were begun about
the same time, that is to say In 1S47. The
first was completed in 1870. and has been
seen at the special exhibitions of Mr.. Watts's
work In London, America, and Birming-
nam. That before Us, wa, only finished in
1865, having remained In fresco-ltke state
TIL again taken in hand, and when shown at
VIC ensuing exhibition at the New Gallery il
Created turore. Another notable illustra-
s'on oi snis number is A Distinguished Mem.
Der OF an Humane Society, engraved from
olr Edwin Landseer's famous painting of p.
hahdemann. 1t is the picture of Paul PRIV
splendid newfoundland dog, that we'll do
serves the honor Sir Edwin has done '' him i'm
ns Opening sa,g article Of the number is War.
fully illustrated. This is followed hu % .
paper on the English School of Miniature
Art which also Is fully illustrated. Claude
Phillips continues his papers on The Modern
Schools of Painting and Sculpture a. Illns-
trated by the Grands Prix at the Paris Exhi-
bition A most entertaining article is that
on A Great Painter Of Cats, by M. "a, S,,jel.
mann, being an account OF the Celebrated
Dutch painter. Nine. Henriette Ronner. Mr.
WIN. Black, the popular novelist, Contributes
an article on The Illustrating of Books. from
tne autnor's point Of view, which is not alto.
Rether dattering To the illnstratnrn w "i'o-