Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-01-26
LITERARY NOTES.

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The February Issue of the Delineator
is called the Midwinter Number, and
is full of entertaining matter and
seasonable Styles. Festivities peculiar
to the season are considered in paper
on Church Fairs, one on A Valentine
Shadow Party, one on A Whis Party
with illustrations of favors, score
cards, ETC.. !, and description of the
new Empire Drill, with the figures in
appropriate costume. The Second
article on Crepe and Tissue Papers
introduces more pretty ornaments of
this class, and A Box For Party Dress
es is suggestive of useful contrivance.
The Dancing Lesson are continued,
Child Life treats of Precocious and
Pert Children, and the Papers on Form
ing Library are concluded with one
on Fiction. In addition to the usual
fashion articles of the month, there is
special one on Plain Costumes for
Walking Shopping, ETC., that will
prove very interesting. The Physical
Culture article concludes the subject
of Department, and the series will be
closed with two Papers on Vocal
| Culture articles. In Lace Making Tat
ting, Knitting and Crocheting, some
movie and original designs are given,
with full explanations for making
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Harper & Brothers have nearly ready
several works of fiction which will
commend themselves to all novel
readers. Among them are William
Blacks new novel, Wolfenberg; a
volume of short stories of Southern
life, entitled A Golden Wedding, and
Other stories, by Ruth McEnery Stuart;
Katharine North, by Maria Louis Pool,
author of Roweny in Boston; a new
tale by David Christie Murray, entitled
Times Revenges; and From One Cen
Grafton to another, by Henry Seton
Merriman.
Does devoting to letters and learn
ing unfit woman for domestic duties?
This interesting question will be pleas
antly and adequately discussed by Col
onel 7. w. Higginson in an article on
Literary Women as Housekeepers" in
the next number of Harper's Bazaar,
published January 2Sth.
The nextnumber of Harper's Weekly,
published January 25th, will be in a
double sense a midwinter number,
containing numerous illustrations of
winter scenery, of the ice jam on the
waters surrounding New York, of the
frozsn Ohio at Cincinnati, and of Nj
agara in winter. Among other features