The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-07
Current literature.
December Magazines.


f. MARION CRAwFoRD's fascinating " Don
Orsino " comes to an unexpected and strik-
ing close in the atlantic MOnthlv. The chief
attraction of this number is a collection of
letters that James Russell Lowell addressed
to w. j. StillmaD, which are very delightful
reading-full of the genial, sunny DISPOSE
ton, and the quick touches OF humor and
feeling which were so characteristic OF the
man.
The complete novel in Lippincotts Mdqd-
zine, "Pearce Amersons WILL" is by Col
onel Richard Malcolm Johnston, and will
be admitted to be one of his finest produc-
tons. Major Moses p. Handy tells how he
was present at the surrender of the "Vir-
ginius," having got ahead of all the other
special correspondents. The usual quota of
interesting papers fill out the remainder of
the magazine.
MARY Il. WILKINS contributes a play,
"Giles Corey, Yeoman," to Hdrper's Mdgd-
| zine, and has also written four charming
pastels in prose, species OF composition
seldom attempted in the English language
The holiday number of this stanch old
magazine is a superb Christmas greeting,
richly illustrated, and containing an at
| tractive variety of stories, poems, and de-
scriptive articles especially adapted to the
demands and tastes of holiday readers.
THE REVIEW OF REVIEWS contains a re-
view of about everything of current human
/
| give an adequate idea OF the rich table OF
contents. If man is limited to one maya
zine month, he can afford to miss any
rather than this valuable publication. The
most important article is on the Maybri
controversy. The American public has
heard good deal about the circumstances
under which Mrs. Maybrick, a young Amer.
lean woman, was convicted in Liverpool
where she is now slowly dying in prison.
EX-SENATOR EDMUNDs, who recently came
home from six months visit to Europe
has one OF the few papers that he has writ
ten for the magazines in the Forum, on
" Politics as a Career" The investigation
of the school.room work in the public schools
OF our principal cities has provoked vol.
ume OF comment and correspondence per-
haps unequalled in periodical literature
The Worlds Fair comes in for good share
OF discussion, and half-dozen other val.
liable papers make up an especially power.
full number of Americas foremost magazine
in its line.
The COSMOPOLITAN is full of good things
among which are seven portraits of Tenny
son and interesting views of his late homs
and surroundings. The Cosmopolitan will
mark its first edition of 10000 copies-tha,
for January-by the offer of 1000 free
scholarships. In return for introducing the
Cosmopolitan into certain neighborhoods
the publishers offer to any young man OF
woman free tuition, board, lodging anC
laundry at Yale, Vassar, Harvard, or any O.
the leading colleges, schools of art, music
medicine or science. They send out a pam
phlet on application, telling how to Obtain
one of these free scholarships.
In it's Christmas number the Century be
gins a series of papers on notable womeI
with one on Jenny Lind Salvni begins thu
story of his early struggles as an author il
Italy. Wolcott Balestiers posthumou!
novel, Benefits Forgot" a graphic tale o
IL al
trait of the young author, and Rudyard Kip
ling, his brother-in-law has written one o
his most striking poems, 1.-THE Gypsy
Trail" Mark Twain has settled down fo
the winter, with his family, at Florence
Italy. He has just sent story to the Cen
number. 1t is called "The 81 ,0O0, 900 Bank
note"
CHRISTMAS STORIES OF ALL NATIONS ;
form the distinguishing feature of Romance
nearly every country which celebrates the
greatest Of festival-days being represented
in this remarkable collection. Here arr
stories of Christmas angels, and stories o
Christmas beggars; stories with laugh IL
every line, and stories which touch the foun
of tears; but all of them pure, strong anC
fascinating. There is also large variety o
other tales for those who do not care for tn,
Christmas element. This magazine is ISSUED
by Romance Publishing Company, Clinton
Il
cents a number, or $3.50 year; and tn,
Christmas number will be sent free to sub
scribers for 1898.
A GLANCE at the December number o
Current History reveals an amazing breadth
OF scope and variety of topics treated. TIL,
first portion of the work is an able and ex
haustive exposition of the great interna
tional questions of the day which concern
the relations Of powers in all parts of thu
world, from Behring Sea to Central Asi;
and Africa. The reader is next carried
through the development of the events il
Europe, the results of the British elections
a history of the cholera plague, the Colum
bus celebrations, political movements il
every country of the continent, etc. Affair.
in Asia and Africa are treated with similar
comprehensiveness Under American af
fairs we find an impartial review of the pc
litical situation in the United States, an ac
count of the cholera visitation, compre
hensive summary of the important labol
movements of the quarter such as tn,
strikes at Homestead, Buffalo and in thu
mining regions of Tennessee and Idaho
etc. Affairs in Canada, Mexico and Cen
trail America, the revolution in Venezuela
ceive full attention. The results of Lieu
tenant Peary's expedition to Greenland
and other scientific developments, musica
and dramatic interests, etc, are then given
followed by full neurological register
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