Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-02
Literary.


the current OF tn Christmas feeling With
number of Gestures. First Of sill,
it has q beautiful and sgpropr ste special
cover In addition to this there are five
full-psge engrsvings Of pictures by Ama-
rican artists on religious themes besides
a froutispieCe of beautiful "Madonus
and Child" by Dependencies, one of
the choices: of the French artists, and
leader in the tendency TO revive the
christian sentiment III art. The Ameri
can artists thus contributing are Sim
mons. DuMond, Thsyer, Miss Mscomher
and Blssh1el1.
The Christmas number of Scribuer's
Magazine is made notable by the great
richness and variety of its illustrations
including q novelty in magazine pictures
"a colored frontispiece reproducing in
fac-simile the rich effect of a wstercnlor
psinting. made for this magazine By L.
MarChetti. The literary quality of the
numb,r II indicated By the distinguished
lis of contr batOTs, including such name.
as Thomas BAILEY Aldrlcd, Archibald
Foroes, Gorge ". Cable, Frank D.
Mi let. Il H Boyesen. Octave Thauet
George a Hubbard, VIII r. Lo* epd
X :uyan Cox. The articles present IA
striking lryup on certain phases of
modern ari, bringing q the same mum.
uer discussion Of French wall pain
iGgs, American decorative art at the
worlds Fair. Norwegian painters Of the
present day. and brief discussion Of
why we paint the nude, by two eminent
American artists. with full page pc
ture by each to illustrate the text. These
art articles bring together wonderful art
reproductions, in black and white. or
original paintings By Bsudry, Puv.s de
Chavannes, Laureus, and Cabspel amol z
Frenchmen; Hans Dahl, Arbo, and Han
sen among Norwegisns; Reinhart, Weir,
Shirlaw. Bashfieid, Beck with, and Dodge
among Americans. Il is peculiarly ops
propriate tina Frank d. Btiilet, the direc,
tor in charge, should write the article on
decoration at the WORLDS Fair, that e
II. BOyesen should write OF the painters
of his nstive country, Norway, and thai
Will Il. Low, whose education and SYM
pathies are with French art. should dis
cuss modern French mura. painting, TIE
fiction OF tue nu nber is remarkably
bright and happy in tone. and full Of del
icate sentiment.
Columbian Entertainments. by Miss
Sarah L. Stocking, is one OF the timelies,
books of the year. Ia series of dramas,
coltcquies, poems, tablesux and panto
mines. the impressive facts and striking
personages Of our colonial and national
history are graphically depicted. As a
supplement to the current thought and
interest centering about the Columbian
ANNIVERSARIES the value of the work mus.
be very great. AS an assistant to the
preparation OF historic entertainments l
know of nothing which can supply the
place of these Columbian Entertain
ments." Beautifully printed on smooth,
heavy paper. and tastefully bound in
cloth, the volume will doubtless prove q
welcome one 10 many.
Among tn short articles ths. will sp-
pear in the Norm America Review for
December are, "Playwrights and Literary
Men," by w. I. Price. explaining ne
difficulties encountered By novelists and
poets in esssying the modern drama;
CRITICISM Criticised" being word to
critics. by E. Irene ls Stevenson; and
American Chauvinsm." by 8. Rhet
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