Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-12-20
LITERARY NOTES.

The Delineator for January com
mences a new volume and is called tn,
Winter Holiday Number. 1t is an un
usually attractive issue, the fashion
being appropriate to the season, anC
the reading matter varied and interest
ing. The distinct holiday flavor il
contributed by helpful article enti
tied What the Shops Show, and an
other reviewing the books issued fol
the holiday season. Household Reno
walton deals with the cleansing OF
various articles and gives valuable in
formation about cleansing fluids
Child Life treats of Training a Boy
for Business, and Physical Culture
continues the instruction given last
month on the Physical Expression OF
the Emotions. Small Economies is a
particularly seasonable and valuable
article at this time and one that will
be OF service to every housekeeper
and much may be gained from the
second paper on Things that Should be
Left Uusaid. An illustrated article on
House and Street Gowns is of general
interest to ladies, and another appro-
pirate to the times is Fur Sets and
Trimmings. The Tea Table Talk for
the month is full of information, and
an unusually attractive assortment of
designs is given in tatting, knitting,
crocheting, lace making, etc. The
subscription to the Delineator is only
one dollar a year. Single copies fif-
teen cents. Address orders to Butter
ick Publishing Co. 40 East Fourteenth
Street, New York.
The Christmas Number of Scribner 3
Magazine contains five short stories of
unusual beauty in sentiment, especi-
ally chosen for their appropriateness
to the Christmas season. The authors
nre Robert Grant, Thomas Nelson Page,
Henry Van Dyke, Edith Wharton and
Herbert D. Ward. There is in addi-
ton a hitherto unpublished work of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 Lang. The poetry of
the number represents an equally
notable list of authors including
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Richard Hen
ry Stoddard, Edith M. Thomas, Dun
can Campbell Scott, and Graham R.
Tomson.
The illustrations represent the best
work of eminent artists, including j.
R. Weguelin, Edwin Lord Weeks, F.
s. Church, Howard Pyle, A. B. Frost,
and Irving R. Wiles. A. novelty in
magazine illustration is sixteen pages
of exquisite hail tone reproductions of
the Della Robbia sculptures, printed in
tint to suggest the delicate material of
the Robbia work. These pictures are
made from the unequalled collection
of photographs by Professor Allan
Marvuand, who has for years studied
the subject and who writes a delight
full description of travels in Italy in
search of Bobbias. Another unusual
feature is the music of Song by Gill
christ, entitled January and May"
which is decorated and illustrated by
Howard Pyle. Still another feature is
IAN Artist Among Animals" by F. s.
Church, the eminent animal painter,
who here tells in a charming way, his
methods of studying the habits of wild
and domestic animals, and illustrates
his anecdotes with his own sketches.
F. Marion Crawford, the distinguish
ed novelist, who in Paul Patoff''
showed his wonderful familiarity with
Constantinople and his exquisite
power of describing 1t, has written for
Scribner's two articles on "Constanti-
nople" which in themselves are per-
feet expression of all the varied life
and color of that wonderful city. Ed
win Lord Weeks, whose pictures of
Oriental life arc famous, made spec
ial trip to Constantinople 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.
Althogether the number represents a
a striking list of contributors, and
great richness of illustrations, there
being twenty full pages and forty text