The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-12-31


n most charming number. with dnely-illum
mated cover, an amplitude Of Illustrations and
most excellent literary matter. Published in
New York. Price - cents
The WestaiiHstsS Rsrislr Cor Docem Der contains:
Effects OF the Doctrine Of Evolution on Religious
Ideas; Federation, che Poiity of the Future;
A Sermon 40 the Hlymarkets: Free Tradr;
The New York Reform Club; Outcasts Of Paris;
Military Enthusiasm as a Means Of Recruiting
Gothic and Saracen Architecture. etc. Pub
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| Broadway, New York. Price TO cents.
Tho December plumber Of the Citi0ic World
Is gotten up IN taking style aud il full Of profit
able reading matter. ID. A. AmBndoliue writes
I Of The BurmauS and Buddhism; W. seton,
/ The New Stone Ago in GauI: NJ F. Vi.hmil,
| The Jews i'm Early Spanish History Rev. G..
Simmons. The Labor Problem in Great Britain.
/ Published at 10 w. Goth st. New York City.
| The NeC England Ntgq-ias Cor January con
tains: Phillips Brooks by Julius VI. Ward
/ The Master Of Raveu's-Woe, Arthur l.. salmon;
/ George William Curtis, John w. Chadwieh
/ The BeacOnsiield Terraces, John Waterman !;
/ The Yellow Wall Paper, Charlotte Perkins Stet-
son The Author Of the Old Ouken Bucket,
/ Geo. NJ. Young Stories Of Salem Witchcrait
| Winfield S. NeyiHs
| The M,gi=ils Of american History opens its
/ 21th volume with the New Year. The COM
/ maudiug influence OF this periodical Of timely
/ excellence. rather than Of advertised lists OF
\ fine writer's and illustrations which character
/ ize ail new ventures. 10 is too well known and
/ highly priced % need continual booming; and
/ IL is always welcome 20 its hosts Of readers be-
/ cause il never fails 10 bring somethiug new and
/ valuable. The issue for January is Notably
/ good.
| Two new serial stories are begun in the Jan
/ uary S. Nich0iGs: Two Girls aud Boy, by
/ Lieut.. Robert Howe Fletcher the author Of
/ Marjorie and Her Papa, and When / was Your
L Age, by Laura h. Richards. Mrs. Richards is
a daughter Of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, and her
story is a record Of her own home lie and that
| OF her sisters II will remind readers Of Miss
| Alcott's Little Women.
/ The Overland Monthly announces for the open
\ ing issue Of the New Year, which will also be q
/ Christmas number, a profasiou Of illustrated
/ articles. The leader will DO called Mission
/ Bells, and will be a sketch by G.. II. Shinn on
/ tho legends history, and other lore Of the IA
| nous old bells and bell towers Of the California
missions. It will be illustrated with phOtogra-
| vures, and with aquarelles, drawings and deco
| rative initials by Elizabeth Curtis.
/ The Popular Science Monthly for January con-
/ taius: Recent Advances in the Pottery Indus
/ try. by Edwin Alice Barber; Theology aud PO-
/ Utica! Economy, Andrew ID. White, LID, l..
\ II. ID. Remarkable BOwlders, Hon. David A.
\ Wells iillustTated) Tail-like Formations in
| Men, from researches by Dr. BarteIs, Prof.
/ Ecker, DIR. Mohnike, DR.. Ornstein, and others
/ Communication with the Planets. VI. Amedee
/ Gultlemin; Our Population and its DistTibu-
| ton, Hon Carroll d. Wright Lessons from the
Census; The Aviator Flying Machine, 81. q.
i TrOuve The Population Of the Earth.
/ The North american RerieW for January con-
Il tains: Mr.. speaker, By Hon. Roger @ Mills,
/ and Hon. Thomas II. Reed; The Question Of
/ the Quorum, lase President Of the Spanish
| Chamber; French Novels and French Life.
/ Andrew Lang; Wages in Mexico, NJ Romero,
i Mexican Minister; The Pardouiug Power,
| Senator Hill, Of New York; The Darker Side,
Il Lady Henry Somerset; Ninety Miles in
/ Eighty-nine Minutes" The General Superinten-
/ dent Of the ". " Central X r. The First Cost Of
| Ships, Charles II. Cramp; The Best Book of the
Year, Sir Edwin Arnold, Gail Hamilton, Agnes
\ ReppIier. Amelia T. Barr Rev. DR.. G. A. Briggs,
Julien Gordon, and Dr. Wm. A. Hammond.
/ The January table Of contents of Current
l Literature furnishes rare intellectual feast.
/ Among the good things are Tie Dehasement
\ Of HumOr. The Light Reading Of Our Ancestors.
/ A School Of Literature, Authors Wives, and
| Tho VagabOnd Instinct. The readings from
books comprise: The Fiat Of Ambition, from
/ Archdeacon Farrar's Darkness and Dawn; The
/ Gypsy Marriage from j. VI. BarTie's Little
| Minister; and Dancin' Tucker at the Unfair, "
from Charles Egbert Craddock'5 In The
/ Stranger Peoples Country" The famous chap
| ter for the month is A Sledge Ride in GalCia,
from Theophilus Pisarenko, by Won Sacher-
Mas0ch. Published at 30 West Odd street, New
| York.
The Christmas number january Of Outing Is
second TO none Of the holiday publications in
elegance Of design and illustration, OF interest
| ing reading matter. 10 is certainly q credit to
the publishers as the finest number that ever
left their presses. The military article, The
/ Active Militia Of Canada, by Lieut.. John III.
| WOOd5ide, in which the author treats Of the
| Northern Lake Forces. A prominent feature
/ Is one OF a charming idyllic series entitled
| Horseback Sketches, by Jessie f. O'Donnell.
Sportsnen will find interesting reading and
valuable information IN Wakeman HOlbertOn's
| Trip to the White Hills In it the author tells
of wonderfully good sport enjoyed by himself
and friends on the we'll stocksd caribou barrens
| of Newfoundland.
The January number Of LippincOtPs Maga-
zine is marked by several new features; the
! first Of sundry stories and sketches illustrating
journalistic life and Iabors the first Of series
of articles on athletic subjects an editorial de-
partment headed As it Seems containing brief
| essays and comments on various topics Of the
times, literary and other and notices of several
recent books, given in the form of dialOg.
| The complete novel is by an experienced jour-
nalist. Young E. Allison, formerly of the Louis
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