The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-18
Magazines and ether Notes.


The irontispece to "Harpel's Magazine
for February viii be portrait OF Edwin
Booth, engraved by Frank French, from the
painting by John 5. Sargent, at the Players
CLUB, New York. A poem on Mr.. Sargeuts
painting, written by Thomas Bailey Aid
rich, will appear in the same number of the
magazine. The beauty of the Monterey
coast, the wonders of the Yosemite, the pic
tur Sque deserts Of New Mexico, and the
unique subllmity of the Grand Canyon of
the Colorado are the subjects treated by
Oh aries Dudley Warner i'll his article. en-
Titled The Heart OF the Desert" which is
to appear in this number. Introducing his
description OF the Grand Canyon, he says:
l went to 1t with reluctance. l shrink
from attempting TO say anything about it.
If you knew that there was one spot on the
earth where nature kept her secret of Sc
cretS, the key to the action of her most gi-
gantlc and patient forces through the long
eraS, the marvel of cons ructive and destruc-
tive energy, IN features of sublimity made
possible to mental endurance by the most
exquisite devices of painting and sculpture,
the wonder which is without parallel or
comparison, would you not hesitate 10 ap-
prOach 1t? Would you not wander and de-
iay with this and that wonder, and this and
that beauty and nobility of scenery, putting
off the day when the Imagination, which is
our highest gift, must be extinguished by
the realIty?"
The January number Of the New En-
SlhIlu dLtEt 10 IlS NullSliIdS uullUtI.
Most of the Christmas numbers of the maya
zines come to us so long before Christmas
that by the time Christmas itself really
comes we have almost forgotten them. 1t is
pleasant to open this number of the maya
zine i'll the Christmas days and hear the
bells ringing through is pages, for it may
well be called a special bell " number. Its
first article is on - Bells" and in it Mr.. E.
II. Goss tel S in most interesting manner Of
the great TART bells have played in the
.I.l Il .,..t
pies, the WIDE world over, the article being
illustrated by score of pictures of famous
bells, curious bells and big bells. Long
fellows beautiful "Christmas Bells " is
printed, following this article, fac-simile
of the first page of the manuscript of the
poem being given. And besides this is a
beautiful Illuminated reproduction of Poe's
famous poem, The Bells" occupying four
pages of the magazine. Other illustrated
poems are one on Trinity Church, Boston,
with full-page view of the noble tower OF
Trinity, and one by Hamlln Garland,
Music Land," accompanied 10y a fine copy
OF CIawiord's statue Of Beethoven III Music
Hall An article which will attract much
attention from lovers of art is that entitled
IAN American LandSeer," by Frank T.
Robinson. 1t is an account of the remark
able work of Alexander Pope the Boston
animal painter.
The January "Wide Awake" has de-
lghtfuliy iestal and holiday character; all
Tile stories, poems and pictures are oil a high
order. Susan Coolidge opens the number
with an Old World story, THE Wolves of
ST. Gervas," telling how particularly jolly
winter feast was partaken of by other than
the hidden guests. Mrs. Burton Harrison,
the author of "Angioma niacs," begins a
two-part girls story it'll the old fairy-,ae
title, Diamonds and Toads." Elbridge S.
Brooks has a long Christmas story. "'TwiXt
EDb and Flood" Mrs. Frances A. Hum
phrey tells true tale of old fighting times,
entitled How My Little Grandpa Found
His Grandmamma." Mrs. Adeline A
Knight has an amusing sketch, 1.-The Story
of a Year" showing how II little sister re-
formed her brother. The artistic feature of
the number is the article about 'Bos,oil's
Girl Sculptor Miss Theo Alice Ruggles
whose work attracted so much attention in
| the Paris Salon of 1889; two striking pOr-
| traits are given of Miss Ruggles, also photo
graphs of her work.
February number of Fashion and Fancy
Is singularly apropos ut this season. with its
| fashon-plates filled with exquisite fancy
| ball and evening costumes; its bright arti-
cles on such topics as Afternoon Teas. y
| Society Games" "A New Idea in Ia
bleaux," Color and Beauty in Dress" etc.