The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-05

on Notable Women. ~ Mr.. Archibald
Forbes follows up his paper on the Paris
Commune with paper on War CORES
pondence as a Fine Art, illustrated with
portraits of William Howard Kusseli,
DR.. Kiister, Kingston, Henty, M1liet,
Colonel Graut, and Mr.. Forbes hlmself.
These four articles are accompanied by
interesting portraits
The December Culver has colored
frontispiece for surprise. is called
The First-Born. and is from the painting
by M. L. Cow, R. /. The opening art
Gle is about the Philanthropists in Parlia-
ment, and gives the portraits OF SIX.
Following this come the opening chapter
of a new serial, The Manager of Mansion
Mills, by S. Southall Bone. The Blank
Cheque is short story which points
moral. With Healing in His Wings IS
particularly adapted for Sunday reading
though it is in the nature OF history
That AWkwark Youth is an amusing bit
of fiction which is followed by a more
serious paper called Playing the Fool.
The Wilful Willoughbys is the title OF a
piauant serial just begun. The Recrea-
lions of John Wesley is most readable
paper, and the illustrated poem, Baby,s
First Prayer, will touch every mothers
heart Some Powers of Love is sug-
gestive paper by the Lord Bishop OF
Ripon. This is followed by a story,
Peggys Golden Fleece, and bundle OF
Short Arrows.
The Review of Reviews for December
sustains with remarkable enterprise and
ability the great reputation this maya
zine has won for timeliness, exact peril
nency and wide range of interest.
Among its almost countless illustrations
are groups including some thirty OF the
newly-elected Governors of States. No
other magazine could possibly have Sc
cured and made such illustrations and
| actually embodied them in It's De-
cember number. for in many instances it
was not definitely known until the
| middle of November who were actually
elected as Governors. The editors re-
| view of the election and his discussion OF
| tina results will attract wide attention.
| The editorial department entitled The
Progress of the World is unusually eX-
4 tended this month.
The December St. Nicholas has MT a
dull page in it. Howard Pyle has an
illustrated Revolutionary story. Mrs.
Dodge touching and beautiful bit OF
poetry inspired by the Christmas season,
and W. J. Henderson has novel ac-
count of very queer Christmas tree,
made by sailors to comfort a little girl
rescued at sea. Frank M. Chapman tells
how they cut down the giant trees of
| California, in an article fully illustrated
4 by striking pictures. Kirk Munroe ex-
plains the meaning of railway signals,
and there are besides three or four ex-
citing and bright sto ries of adventure
and one or two full of good humor or
| clever nonsense. The pictures, ranging
from artistic engravings OF serious OIL
paintings to the most entertaining non
sense, are of the high quality always pre-
sented by the Century Company's publ
cations. 1t is a delightful Christmas
present.
Harper's Magazine is a superb Christ
mas number, unexcelled in the quality OF
its contributions and in the beauty of its
illustrations. 1t opens with an impor-
tant descriptive article, "a New Light on
the Chinese by Henry Burden Mellow
ell, fully illustrated by Theodore Wores'
Among it's many other striking features
is play by Mary E. Wilkins, entitled
Giles Corey, Yeoman, recalling the trag
edies attendant upon the strange witch
craft delusion in Salem, Mass, 200 years
ago. A series of five illustrations of the
ballad of Lord Bateman, drawn by Viii
| liam Makepeace Thackeray, and herr
published for the first time, will also at
tract much attention. A timely ant
thoroughly readable article on Some
Types of the Virgin, by Theodore Child
presents an interesting history of thu
Madonna in art, and is accompanied b.
eight Illustrations from the old masters
/ Constance Fenimore Woolson contrib
utes an entertaining story Of A Christmas
Party, and there is also charming
Christmas tale. entitled LIE Reveillon, b.
the distinguished French writer, Ferdi
nand Fabre. Both these stories arr
handsomely illustrated. Julian Haw
thorne contributes sonnet entitled Tit
Mystery, and Mary E. Wilkins series Of
four delightful pastels in prose. In thu
Editors Study Charles Dudley. Warner
presents some interesting thoughts con
corning the development of American
1itaratnre and pleads for more vigOr