Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-12-22
WITH PEN AND INK.
BY L. H. v.
x1oazrxz NOTES.

The Californian celebrates its first
birthday as we'll as Christmas in the
December number, and the pretty cover
is worthy Of the double festival. spray
Of the California pepper-tree is delicateIy
traced in gold lines upon a background
Of deep cream-color, which in connection
with the lettering in gold and chocolate
brown has an extremely pretty effect.
The first article, California Wild
Flowers" is illustrated with charming
reproductions from photographs Of wild
flowers in which the individuality Of the
flowers lie admirably represented.
"a Passionate Pilgrimage" by Grace
Ellery Charming. is sympathetic ac-
count of journey to sbeIley's grave and
to the places associated with his last DAYS
The Lippincott's have decided to have
their Christmas treat in the January
number Of their magazine that it may be
fresh during the holiday season The
December number has for its novelette,
rather pokey old-fashioned story by
Richard Malcolm Johnston. Colonel
Johnston ought never to stray from dia-
lect stories Of that little middle Georgia
town that he knows 80 delightfully."- well.
I. is better for the bird Of but one plain
passage Of few notes" to sing 1.-THE
simple passage DER and o'er," to trying
new songs beyond its range.
Moses p. Handy contributes rather
interesting account Of how lac saw the
surrender Of the virgnius. 1t il one of
the Journalist series that have been run
ming for several months in the magazine.
The December Cosmopolitan contains
the opening chapters Of prettily illus
trated story by Henry James, called
"The Wheel OF Time" The situation il
an amusing one, and il one dared hope
m interesting denouemen. of James, it
would be pleasant 70 look forward to the
concluding chapters in the January num-
Der.
Mr.. Howeils and the Altrurian are still
hard at it, comparing and defending their
contrasting national customs, and the
Altrurian has the best of all the argu-
ments. There is a shrewd humor in
Howells making his criticisms upon
modern life through his Altrurian and
representing himself as hushed and
snubbed by a logic which lie Can invent
but cannot answer. The within is clever
enough to carry good deal Of heavy dis
course that would be quite intolerabIe if
put to US with the dull didactism of Hale,
for example.
A fairly well written article by George
Stewart, the Canadian journalist, upon
Tennyson il heavily enough padded to
be suitable for the midwinter number.
Maurice Thompson writes rather af-
fectedly of "Where the Mocking Bird
Sings" 1t would be interesting to know
why writer's are most unnatural when
writing Of nature. They seem to say to
themselves, $50 to! Let US besympa-
thetic and PASTORAL" with result famil-
ASt W Oil uuaSdLihC iCduCIcs
Light on the Black Art, , is but rush
light. 1t would be unfair, however, to
expect Hermann TO throw much more.
upon mystic, les he has SO laboriously con-
trived. His claims are modest and the
article decidedly readable.
"The siIent Monks Of Oka," by Thos.
r. German, gives an account Of a
trappist monastery in Canada, and is in
teresting as an evidence that curious
out-growth Of asceticism is still thrusting
out strong new roots to bear the golden
fruit Of silence.
"Duck Shooting in Australia" is slight
and slangy, but there is a certain enthus-
iasn in the telling that makes it pleasant
reading.
"The Scandino." by Henry TyrrelI, is
. pretty thought prettily developed in a
few lines.
contribution to the December Allan
tic, by W. ]. Stillman, called "a Few
Of Lowelps Letters" is worth the whole
Of an ordinary monthly magazines table
Of contents. 1t ID hard to decide whether
the humor and quick sympathy of the
letters themselves or Stillman's own
words Of gracious ampli6cations do most
toward breathing life once more into the
genial loyable- personality Of Lowell.
The spendthrift quality that made
Lowell willing to scatter thought about
clothed in the dishabille Of those word,
that happened to be within easy reach,
made him one Ut the most delightful Of
correspondents. Think how poor thought
penurious Pope would have kept the
jewels lavished in these letters near him
year after year, polishing and resetting
until each facet caught the light at it,
most effective anglo. His pathetic ridi-
culous little figure seems the very type OF
the miser, unloved, unloving, the anti.
thesis Of the tender generous friend
spending at the moment, without
thought, all that he had Of inspiration OF
whimsical fancy for the passing pleasure
Of a friend. Lowell recommended but
never practiced the art Of making the
best Of ones self. and though he wrote,
"Though old the thought and oft expressed