Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-28
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.

"Bluo end Gray" 10 the title OF q
patriotic monthly magazine. the pros
pectus of which is before US. On the
front page Of the cover beautifully
Autographed in several oolors) 10 pic
ture Of . typical wartime federal SOL
der and . confederate soldier, clasping
hands. around whose figure 10 drsped
tho flag of the Union. The magazine
will certainly prove . boon 10 the
younger generation, making all forget
the color of tho uniform in appreciat-
ing the great reason for pride in the
glory won by the old soldiers; all were
Americans, all our own countrymen.
Their deeds, irrespective of the uni
form, belong in common 70 all-no
north, no south.
James Whitcomh Riley, in addition
to being the best dialect poet we have,
10 one Of the best story-tellers in the
world. He has given away thS secret
of his success both ~ poet and as .
story-teller ia an article in the Decem-
Der Forum on "Dialect in Literature"
in which he tells the difference (which
10 . radical and important ,';Herence)
between . man who knows the people
that speak dialect and the man who
tries to thrust dialect on people
whose speech and character he does
not know, for dialect is deeper than
more speech; it 10 . report Of char
acter.
The Christmas number Of Scribner's
Magazine 10 made notable by the great
richness and variety OF it illustration,
including novelty in magazine pic
tures-a colored NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ducing in ac-eimile the rich effect of .
water-color painting. made for this
magazine by l.. Marchett,. The liter
AIRY quality Of the number 10 indicated
by the distinguished list OF contrlbu-
tors, Including such names ~ Thomas
Bailey Aldrich, Archibald Forbes,
George w. Cable, Frank d. Miller, III.
II. Boyeeen, Octave Thanet, George A..
Hubbard, Will II. Low and Kenyon
Cox.
Mr.. Stoddard says eff the lovers Of
fiction pure and simple are ~ weary 90
We are of the multitudinous manufac-
lures Of English and American novel
| lists, they will occasionally read the
| translations Of stories of foreign origin
| issued in the Sunshine Series OF the
Cassell Publishing company, the last
three of which exhibit the beet charac-
teristics OF the modern school Of fic-
| ton. They are The Child of the Ball,
| by Pedro Antonio de Alarcon, and "A
| Christian Woman and The Swan OF
| villamorta.' by Emelia Pardo Bazan.
Neither time, thought nor expense
| will be spared to establish Worthing-
tons illustrated Magazine as an ideal
home magazine, whose coming Jan
uary !, 1898. shall be looked forward
to with eager interest by all. 1t hopes
TO make itself indispensable in every
| family and TO be received by the read
ing public from its first appearance
with cordial aud appreciative friendli-
ness.
While Mr.. Howells will not, during
1892, continue bis literary work to any
| single periodical. il may be authorI.
tatlvely announced that he has en-.
tered into contract with the Ladies
| Home Journal whereby his most i'm
portsnt work will. for some time IL
come, first see print in the pages oil
that magazine.
JEDCE WAxew'S PROVERBS.
You can't always tell a statesman BY
the length OF be speech.
man be an offensly partvzsn NJ
still bet asin hIs party.
! Wimmen ar too luvly to vote.
A boeehten vote is likely 10 spile.
The bigger the skoundrel the bigger