Omaha daily bee., 1894-12-17

/ Niou duVuN n knoNH TO eNtfAnouN IN
his public words and works but hitherto
scarcely at all known in his private life and
| history. There is also series OF portraits
| OF Archdeacon Farrar, who contributes a
Christmas article The Christ child in
| Art" embellished with reproductions OF
famous paintings Then there is an excellent
| Christmas story. and a story which. while
! not Christmas story in point Of time. s
pre-emlnsntly one in spirit and conclusion;
/ and. finally. dramatic story of the
| Napoleonic era by Conan Doyle More
/ dramatic. though. than any story Is Cleye-
! land Mofett's history. drawn directly from
the archives Of the Pnkerton Detective
| bureau, Of THE Overthrow Of the Molly
I Magures." Bert Hartc. IN a conversation
reported by IL. j. w. Dam, relates his ex-
/ periences as gold digger, express mes
/ sanger, school teacher and editor in the early
/ days in California. and tells how he came
to write the stories which have given him
fame series Of portraits of Mr.. Harte
and other pictures accompany the article.
s.. s. Mcclure Limited, New York.
| In addition to his regular department in the
! December Overland Monthly Mr.. Widman
contributes another Malayan sketch-"The
"Rivals"-that is fully on a level with his
former tales of that strange cid peninsula.
/ Joaquin Miller's great poem-"The Song of
| the Balboa Sea"-is in It's third installment.
II is feature OF magazine literature fer the
year, and is commanding the attention of all
lovers of high class verse in the English
/ speaking world, MIR. Scanland has paper on
/ The Decline Of the Mission Indians" which
lays the blame for their extinction on the
Padres. Overland Monthly Publishing Com
! pany, San Francisco.
With the Christmas number the Midland
Monthly closes its second volume. Its index
shows large increase in number and variety
| OF themes. The twenty-six contributions in
clude charming Prairie Queen" picture
and poem: christmas Among the Ghost
Dancers" by Elaine Goodale Eastman; "The
Isle of Wight" by G. w. f, nlll; Concord"
by w. w Gist; drawings by "Zim," the
famous caricaturist of Judge; poem on
Holmes by Major Byers; a delightful Christ
mas romance, by Mrs. Patchin; "Old Shady"
with portrait in the popular Midland War
Sketches:" a war story, Private John Tomp-
kins;" IA Practical Remedy for Labor
Troubles" by Grand Secretary Daniels of the
Order Of Railway Conductors; beautiful
description of Mount Shasta, by that master
of descriptive art, Hamln Garland-and the
| half has not yet been mentioned. Johnson
Brigham Des Mones la.
The North American Review for December
| contains as usual number Of articles on the
| leading topics. Thus, THE Catholic School
System in Rome is described by the Most
Rev. Apostolic Delegate Mgr. Satolli; the
| comptroller of the currency. Hon, James II.
Eckels, deals with "Our Experiments in FL
nancIal Legislation;" Adjutant General Rug
giles writes on THE Proposed Increase of the
Army" and the United States commissioner
OF railroads. Hon. Wade Hampton, furnishes
suggestive paper on the recent epidemic CT
train robbery, entitled "Brigandage on Our
Railroads" In other papers Sergius Stepniail
tells How the Cars Death Affects Europe"
and Or. Louis Robinson continues his inter-
esting papers on "Wild Traits in Tame Ami
mails The literary work of Froude and
Holmes forms the subject of two critical ar
| tcles by Prof. Goodwin Smith and Senator
| Henry Cabot Ledge. which are bracketed to-
gether under the title of 1.-TWO Great Au-
thors.' North American Review, New York.
May Man Conduct His Business as He
| Please" an article on the most pressing as
! poets Of the labor question, growing out of
the Chicago strike investigation, is discussed
| in the December Forum by Colonel Carroll
| ID. Wright; misunderstanding as a Cure for
Labor Troubles" by Mr.. Louis r. Enrich
of Colorado, proposing the plan of employees
| holding stock as means of insuring their
loyalty and the bringing about of better
| understanding. rs the West Discontinued ?"
| study of local facts in Nebraska, to as
| certain the kind and the degree Of discomfort
| by Chancellor j. ii. Garfield of the Uni
| verSity of Nebraska; "The Baltimore PLAN.
of Currency Reforms" an explanation of
and argument for the plan for an elastic
| currency that was recently approved at Bal
| timore by the bankers convention by Mr..
| A. B. Hepburn. formerly comptroller of the
| currency, and president of the Third Ma
| tional bank, New York City; Mr.. Purusho-
tam Rao Telang the Bombay Brahman who
recently wrote in the Forum about child
| marriages in India, contributes an article on
christian Missions as Seen by Brahman,"
who thinks missionary money and energy
wasted; on the other hand, in Christian
Missions as Seen by Missionary" Bishop
Thoburn, Methodist missionary bishop to
| India, who has seen long and devoted service
there, describes the success of the work in
redeeming India. The Forum Publishing
Company, New York.
The Christmas Harper's has a striking
| cover, and the contents are simply feast
of good things. Thomas Hardy gives the
| first installment of "The Simpletons." 1t
| promises we'll and will delight those who do
not already know Hardy. w. ID. Howels
contributes eleven short poems ,entitled:
Stops of Various Quills." They are sym
pathetically illustrated by Howard Pyle.
"Paola in Italy" is rather a weird story by
Gertrude Hall. Ruth McEnery Stuart is at
her best in humorous and quaint story
| entitled: 1.-THE Dividing Fence" Richard
| Harding Davis. aided by c. ID. Gibson, tha
artist, makes us see and know "The Show
Places of Paris" Other stories are: "The
| Mother Song" by Julian Ralph. Illustrated
by C. Carleton; 1.-The Peddler's Peril" by
l.. b. Miller; "Richard and Robin" by
Robert Grant. and "The COlonel's Christ
mas by Harriet Prescott Spofford, Illus
| trated by w. H. Hyde. Harper & Brothers,
New York.
The Review of Reviews for December
brings to the attention cf its readers q re-
| markabie state of things in South American
! international relations. 1t has been known
| for years that Great Britain has persistently
encroached on territory belonging to the
| little republic of Venezuela but few Ameri-
cans have been aware CT the extent Of those
encroachments, The editor proves, on good
| authority, that England is now occupying
a vast region which on.y a few years ago
she acknowledged to belong to Venezuela,
| and that in fact she has no lawful claim to
| any territory whatever west OF the Esse-
| quibo river, although she has acquired the
| coast line as far west the Orinoco 1.-THE
| Progress of the World" the editorial depart
| ment, sums UP the significant results Of the
| November elections discussing the probable
| action of congress on the Baltimore plan"
| of bank note issues. comments on the pro-
| gress of the civil service reform movement,
and again emphasizes the extent Of Eng
| lands encroachments in Venezuela; the de-
| partment also chronicles important move
ments in European politics, and the history
| Of the war in China Is brought down to date
| The Review Of Reviews, New York
The relation which price bears to quality
in literature Is made obscure by the Christ
| mas Cosmopolitan. Stories by Rudyard
| Kipling, William Dean Howells Mrs. SpGn-
Ger Trask, Mrs. Burton Harrison and Albion
| fntn x.-itl