The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-19

ventures of Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn
and Jim, in their wild journey to Africa
by flying machine; and Dan Beard S
pictures are as fascinating as the text.
Dr.. Charles Alexander Eastman, an
educated Sioux Indian (the husband of
Elaine Goodale Eastman), begins in this
Christmas number a set of papers that
will describe his daily life, adventures
and experiences when with his tribe he
led what he calls 1.-The wild life" Here
is an opportunity for all boys to know
just how it seems to be real Indian.
The papers are delightfully."- interesting,
and his experiences anything but tame
or commonplace. A poem by Edmund
Clarence Stedman, Cousin Lucrece, ex-
quisitely illustrated by Albert E. Sterner,
is another one of the features that help
to make this a notable number. OF
more amusing style is the story of Gen
eral Sherman's Bear, humorous account
of what became of a bear cub that was
presented by some Indians to General
herman. Boys and girls will especially
enjoy. the story OF the bears raids upon
the cooks galley, after he had scared
away the cook by a pretended furious
growing and showing of teeth. John.J.
a Beckett, in a story entitled This is
Sarah Jane Collins, explains the device
adopted by little girl in order that
Santa Claus should not overlook her
Helen Keller, the blind deaf mute.
went to the Worlds Fair, and she now
writes for st. Nicholas better account
of what she saw" than could be given
by most little girls without her dis
advantages
The illustrated aticles are an import
ant feature in the December Popular
Science Monthly. The number opens
with an account by President Jordan, of
Stanford University, Of the behavior OF
South Sea monkey in the various sur
roundings of human civilization. 1t is
called The Story of Bob and is a delight
full mixture of scientific observation and
comical incident. The Modern War Yes
sells of the United States Navy are de-
scribed by Wa. Dobson, their:means of
defense and offense being fully explained.
The article is illustrated with views of
the cruiser New York, the monitor
Miantonomoh, and other typical vessels.
Another copiously illustrated article is
The Fruit Industry in California, by
Charles Howard Shinn, The pictures COM
prising views of orchards, specimen trees
and branches of fruit Prof.G H. Per-
kins contributes a paper on The Calu-
met in the Champlain Valley, in which
thirteen forms of Indian pipes are
figured. Prof. Huxley's Romanes lecture
on Evolution and Ethics is concludedsin
this number. and is followed by critical
letter. from Robert Matthews. This lee.
ture also furnishes Leslie Stephen with
a text for discussion of Ethics and
the Struggle for existence Prof. Warren
Upham tells what answers are given to
the question How Old is the Earth?
Miss Abby L.Alger contributes myth
of The Creation, told to her by Peneb-
scot Indian. Subjects suggested by the
closing days of the Worlds FAIR receive
editorial comment, and the other depart
ments contain their usual quota of minor
scientific items. New York: D. Apple
ton & Company. Fifty cents number,
So a year.
The Christmas. Harper's comes clothed
more handsomely than usual, in cover
of white and gold, while extraordinary
attention.has been given to the illustra-
tion of its contents. Nine pictures by
Edwin A. Abbey, three by A. b. Frost,
sixteen by Howard iPyle, eleven by C.S.
Reinhart, ten by Frederic Remington,
three by W. 7. Smedley, nine by A.E.
Sterner, two by Clifford Calrton, two by
W. H. Hyde, and one each by F.V. Du
Mond. George Du Maurier, Guy Rose
Peter Newell and 0. HEREFORD, are among
the attractions of the number. Nine
movement in American letters, and
these tales are varied sufficiently to in
clude all branches of the art which has
reached so high an excellence within
recent years. To these nine short stories
may be added tenth, Rachel's Lovers,
by Thomas Nelson Page. which intro
duces the Editors Drawer.
The Christmas number of Scribner's
Magazine contains five short stories of
unusual beauty in sentiment, especially
chosen.for their appropriateness to the
Christmas season. The authors are
Robert Grant, Thomas Nelson Page,
Henry van Dyke, Edith Wharton, and
Herbert d. Ward. There is in addition a
hitherto unpublished work Of fiction by
Sir Walter Scott, which is here printed
by arrangement with Mrs. Maxwell Scott,
and introduced and edited by Andrew
resents an equally notable list Of au-
thors, including Thomas Bailey Aldrich,
Richard Henry Stodslard, Edith n
Thomas, Duncan Campbell Scott and
Graham R. Tomson. r. Marion Craw-
ford, the distinguished novelist, who in
Paul Patof showed his wonderful IA
niliarity with Constantinople and his
exquisite power of describing it, has
written for Scribner's two articles on
Constantinople which in themselves are
a perfect expression Of all the varied life
and color. OF that wonderful city. Edwin
Lord Weeks. whose pictures OF Oriental
Constantinole to collect the material for
illustrating these articles. The pictures
which accompany the first article in the
christmas number are as successful in
their way as Mr.. Crawford's unequalled
text. Altogether the number represents
richness of illustration, there being
twenty full pages and forty text pic