St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-28
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III viz 1Sas1sVLlicS.
The second numberof thew hole Fam
lily is in every way up to the high stand
ard announced i'll the first one. The
design of the publishers is to pros ide
something for every member OF fam
lily. and glance at its various depart
mcntS assures one that that design is
being carried our. The Christmas mum
Der will contain a complete Christmas
story by Ella Whee!er Wilcox, called
"Painela'S PLAINLY which the pOetesS
herself describes as one OF the best she
has ever written. 1t will be ILLUSTRATED
by beautiful wood engraving by F.W.
Frecr. There will also be charming
! portrait Of Mrs. Wilcox. and biog-
. rapily in the Our Contributors depart
, ment.
$ .ch names as these among its con
: tribut0rS give some idea Of the quality
OF the matter presented every month:
! Anton RubiRatine, W. i. Adams IIeze-
: kiah ButterWorth, Julien Hawthorne,
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Sophie May,
sua score OF Others equally well kiiOWii
to the reading world.
The December number OF PetcrSOn'S
; Ma 5azine begins a new year, improved
ana enlarged, and will now be called
the New Peterson Magazine. The New
Peterson will occupy a unique place in
American periodical literature and art
Its FIST of contributors is a warrant that ii
must, from il literary point Of view,
equal the highcSt-pliced mOnthliPS. Its
Illustrations. paper and typography will
I've i'll keeping with the galaxy of talent
which has joined its ranks. Edgar
FaWcett, Ruth McEnery Stuart. Octave
Thanet and Howard Seeiy will each
In ~ Al t,tf Ff,,.
year. The names of contributors OF
short stories are equally Well-kn0Wn.and
all together the New magazine will be
all that its oldest patrons could wish it
to be.
The Ladies' Home Magazine for
December is distinctly Christmas mum
Der, and is full of good things as
Christmas number E0uld be. Robert
j. BurGette tells Of christmas When |
Was Boy" in his own inimitabIe way.
Mamie Dickens chats of the blessed day
that her father loved so we'll and wrote
about SO beautifully. She of how the
great novelist spent the day, giving his
childr Ell presents, joining III their play
and dances, always the merrieSt of them
all. Mrs. Hamilton Mott describes the
best way to conduct a musical during
the holidays Ruth Ashmore tells her
girls how to make Christmas gifts, and
Maude Haywood, how to prepare them
for presentation, claiming that the
manner of giving is of rs much as the
matter Of the gift. Elizabeth Robinson
Scout talks OF children at Christmas
time. aud so on through the Whole
number.
10 one whose time is closely occa-
pied, magazine like the Current
Literature, where Il great deal oil the
best i'll both periodicals and books is
condensed, and conpactly arranged so
as to get the most together, for c0ntch,-
plation i'll the least time, is emiuentlv
acceptable.
The contents are so arranged into spe-
ciaI departments that one has only TO
turn to the one that contains such matter
to find what he wants. These depart
ments, Current Literature Comments,
Famous Chapters, Gossip OF Authors,
Historical, Statiseal, General, Life.
Death and Immortality; Literature of
the Drama, Pen Pictures, The World
Over. Random Readings, Readings
From New Book. Science, Invention,
Industry. The Sketch Book, Vanity
Fair, Poetry-Surely one can find ones
needs among all these.
! HarperS' Monthly Magazine. The very
name is charm To conjare with. What
visions OF beautiful Things it evolves;
and then with what anticipation we cut
the leaves. The December number is
full a5 it can be with beautiful things;
from that pathetic frontiSpieee. But
He'll Come in the Morning. Sure an
illustration for Crazy Wife,s Ship" to
tie Editors Drawer. one cannot choose
anliS. Henry Burden McDawell gives
us what we seem To need, "A New
Lghton the Chinese "fryste Noel
a Christmas carol. by Imegen Quincy,
is delightfully."- illustrated by I. V. Du
Moid. "A Christmas Party" by Con
stance Fcniniore Woo!soil. is lust what
a Christmas story should be. Theodore
Child, Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Eva
Nielder McGiaSSnn, and score of other
writers, equally we'll known. make up a
literary feast that VIII surely please the
most eXacting.
The complete novel in Lippincott's
Magazine tor December. "Pearce Amer
sons WILL" is by Col. Richard Malcolm
Johnston. and will be admitted TO he
OH. of his finest productions. 1t has
perhaps less than his usual htinor
Though Mr.. Flint's dealing with his
Jaws" on page rs. is unSWpaSsed),
but it is solid and conscientious piece
of work, and most life-iike story of
middle Georgia in The Old days.
Lin the Journalist Series, Maj. Moses
P. Handy tells how he was present at
The Surrender of the Virgiaius, having
got ahead of all the other special carre-
spondeatS.
Edwin Alice BARRIER gives the his
tory Of An Old American China Manu-
factory: Cha; vi tucker Il iltnfphii. of
-i'hiiadeip,lia, from iS-, 10 lS.Sl, ami
t'inyl b. Wi.s,iA ti'-c!i.sr> his researches
'Iii ir tr nfh Cn:t.l i,ae!.t. Country
Inrsr altieies are iliustrattd, as is that