Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-14

l. worthy IT eassfui seudy. ADoag III
asfieIes shieh b contains il one vsitssa b
Hon. Charles E. AIlen Of this county ,andei
she espsion "A 6hos1 Romance Of Arno6i
Ksnnebsc Expedffjen Of IT'S y =
nost <nfertainise article told IN Mr.. Aileu'i
ncse inimitabIe style Osher iutefesein(
assic3es sss cous.ibused By John Dsnnisoa
Champlain. Harry S. Hopp-r, and Hen
william Hunter. X. H. Tii1ey, Newport
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The Christmas number Of Frank Leslie
Popular Monthly comes 10 rs Ia nev anf
attractive cover, aod has lAfke and vassed
table Of cortenss. The short stories thsl
have always formed each an attractive
feature Of this publication are Of special In
terest- The froatispisce gives rs in eolofs
fwo Of .'ys lsai. Of ye oidss times N then
Colonial drsss ~ they come from their par.
ish meeting house. A number Of sne de-
seripslve sftieies lend iaserest to this issue
Among them are ITO Jerusalem by Rail.
by George c. Huribuf; The BAieaFis
Islands. /" By Charles Edvaries; In Fair
ess Floriix.v by an anonymous writer. and
other entertaining features. An illustrated
article upon fencing. by Richard B. Nal
chen, viii make thus issue Of special inter
est to all lovers Of sport. Mrs. Frzni
Leslie, no Fifth Ave. New York.
The Forum TO, December comes 10 "a
reduced Ia price from s5 20 % anf i'm
proved in value, No one desiring the val
nsble information which this publication
disseminates every month in the year, vii
feel debarrsd ,hersfrom fer pecun.ary rea
sons. Every topic discussed in this issue II
timely one and the writer's have beer
selected with great care. Are fresiden-
tisi Appointms nts for Sslef" by William ID
Faulke, Necessity for Immediate Tariff
Reduction" by A. Augustus Healey; "A
Plsa for an Automatic B0sinsss-Llke Tar
il" by Hon. W. j. Coomhs; " Need Not OF
More Money but Better Exchange By t
e ShsAman, "Hox 10 Deal With = Fiji
ha.t.ring Minority" BY John B. Meaastrr
Uses Of Rich Men in Republic" by Fred
eric Harrison these are national topics pre-
sented and other subjects are not By ans
means neglected rhe Forum Publishing
Co, Union Square. New York
The North American Review tits mont
had an espeeisl interest in the article q
Hon. John l.. Stevens which the JoCK
was permitted to reproduce in fall through
the courtesy of Editor Bryce. The Ha
ssiisn .itnstion wa. admiranlv discussed
other articles upon il being by Eugene II,
iSr Chamberlain and Hon. William NJ
Springer. Capt W. T. Sampson, L. 5. n.
Chief OF the bureau Of ordnance makes re
ply TO Admiral Colomb under the head The
Bsttleship of the Future" Senator Pehs
will be read for once with interest, as he con
tributes 20 this magazine description OF
what he considers The Mission of the
Populist Party" 'Are Our Patent Lavt
fniquitous?" is the question asked very per
tinently BY Hon. W f. Simonds. Kate Gan
nett Wells writes ehsrmingly on the evel
timely topic, The Servant Girl OF the Flu
tnre D." Other noted writer's contribute To
make the December number one that the
person desiring familiarity with important
events of the time cannot afford to pass BY
No. 8 z. Fourteenth street, New York
city.l
The New England Magazine for Deem
Der is plenteous in contents which are con
uibuted by writers of fame. The histori.
cal value attaching to this number is con
ii ierable. Mrs. II NJ. Plunkett writes Z
sketch, The Old Pittsfrld Church and III
Three Westinghouse; S. G. W. Benja.
mia has an article on witch
craft in Salem and Europe" Horatio
King has an article The Assassination OF
President Lincoln" that will be read with 4
great deal of interest and profit. MIR. King
VA. an eve witness of the terrible excite
ment that prevailed in Washington at the
time of the assassination and his thorough
acquaintance with the leading men of the
ii ne IL of peculiar value in come elton
with the sketch. Carlyle and Ruskin
and Their Influs me- on English Socisl
Thought" by William Clark; THE Colliery
Conf,i-t in England bv Stafford A Brooks
William II. Prescott" by Samuel Eliot are
among the many Interesting features OF this
number Warren F. Kellogg. Publisher
Patk Square, Boston
The most notable thing perhaps, about
the December magazines, ABIDE from the
general excellence of their literary matter
is the artistic merit of their illustrations
which are unusually fine.
The first to reach our table is Worthing
tons Magazine which presents varied and
attractive table of contents. The article
upon the "Life-saving Service of the
United States" by S. G. W. Benjamin, il
most interesting paper upon system
which displays. perhaps, more than any
thing the humane and phianthropic spiri
of modern civilization. Mary A. Liver
more givesus a most entertaining story
founded upon facts ard events connected
With the old California gold craze
under the title "One of the Forty miners.
Beautiful poems are contributed by Z,teils
Cooke, Clinton Scollard, and Katherine
stories. A novel o. ty Helen Gem 1be ]
under the caption IAN O'd-fashioned Love
Match" tells in most entertaining way Of
the l,se-life If John Winthrop, one of tie
old colonial governors. The departments
ar IN to their usual high standard, and
taken all in all, tie closing issue of thu
year of this popular magazine, will rank a.
one of the very best. A. ID. Woftbingtor
& Co., Hartford, Conn
Godev's Magazine is one of the very old
est in America. and also one of the very
best. r. is enterpr'siug and progrf ssive,
and keeps constantly abreast of the times
il al of it. departments. Its illustrators
rank with the very finest Of those of the
mage zines of thi. country. The December
Issue. which has just reached our table, is
full of good things. and contains list OF
authors amorg its contributors which sry
publication nigh, justly feel proud Of.
The complete novel If the issue ia a most
one. written with vivaclons
s, i.it. and full of charming incident and
graceful dialogue. II il by Theodore V
Wilson. and is admirably illustrated by
Florence X. Upton: in fact the artistic merit
of these illustrate ns il notably excellent
and they form most attractive feature Of
the issue. Olive Thorne Miller contributes
a charming little sketch under the caption,
THE Doves Doings." There Is an Illus
trsted article by Margaret Lemon. under
the title "A FLYING Trip tn Flori'a." Flor
ence Hull gives u,a charming short story
entitled Apple Blossoms There are
several other excellent articles, well illus
trated, also r number of fine poems BY
Frank Dempster Sherman, Edoah Proctor,
Clarke Dufield Osborne, Edward w. Bar
nard and others The articles are all up TO
a high standard of merit, and this volume
will take rank omong the best, perhaps. the
best of all of the many that have heen is
sncd SIEGE this sterling publication Was es-
in 1880. Cooley Publishing Co.,
II Park Row. NV York
Parts Ave. tx and sven of "The Book
pf the Fair" which il he ny Issued by the
Bancroft Compang. An lit"rlum Btil''ing,
Chicago. III fully sustain the magnificent
rel u'ation rtfainei by the orenng. Thee
part. retril for sl00 each and sre
genuine works of art. We do not
believe that anything finer in This
line hes. ever been i..ued in this 'un'ry.
It il vast wrrk spl. ndi lily carried for
Fsri. 1t c-n scarcely fail - commsnd
, spiend Il p,ironssa These parts ac-
,ompli,h fn- tie istory of the Column
ban Exposition ell, and more than
The C,mury W,r srti LES accom-
pIished for the history of I'll Civil
w., Yhni. ~, ln-savsr ia cnptinuous