Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-11-14
LITERARY NOTES.

Wy hSpio Sultou Vi tul6 lHNOTlte
magazine, and this year is full of un-
usually good things, among them the
New Skirts of the Season, which EN-
body one of the most pronounced de-
partures of fashion in the matter of
feminine apparel, Of the general con-
tributions may have q distinctive fla
vor of the holidays, among them being
Christmas Cheer, Some Useful Gifts,
A Plantation Christmas and A Christ
mas Entertainment. In the Kinder.
garten Series the subject is Christmas
Work for the Children, and Chapters
ON Venetian Iron Work and Crepe and
Tissue Papers also treat of articles
suitable for presentation. Barnard
College New York City is the subject
OF an able paper by graduate of 1913,
and there is practical and helpful
article on Photo Negative Retouching
as an Employment for Women. The
initial chapter of series on The Re-
lations of Mother and Son opens the
subject interestingly, the second in
stalment of The House discusses SEN
sibly the matter of furnishing, and
the continuation of What to Do in III
ness will be of great benefit to every
mother. In the popular Tea Table
Talks is found gossip about seasonable
affairs, there is an article on Fur Rugs
and Robes, and The Newest Books are
noted. New Designs are shown in
Knitting Netting, Tatting, Crocheting,
Lace Making, etc. The Delineator is
the woman's favorite magazine, and
is issued by the famous fashion pub
fishers, The Butterick Publishing Co.
Limited, at 7 to II West Thirteenth
Street, New York, at the remarkably
low rate of 81 for years subscription
or fifteen cents per copy. OF all fami-
ly magazines it is the Great Caterer to
Domestic Needs, and can be recon-
mended for its cheapness, usefulness,
beauty, freshness and utility.
In THE Progress of the World" the
editorial department of the Review
of Reviews for November, the political
campaigns now "on" in the different
States naturally receive extended COM
ment, which is supplemented in the
Record of Current Events" by notes
on the issues presented and the nature
OF the contests to be decided on Novem-
Der 6 in the various sections of the
Union, together with q full list of the
gubernatorial candidates put in nomi-
nation by the four great political par
ties of the country.
The Review of Reviews for Novem.
Der, in its editorial department ("The
Progress of the Worldly has some sug-
gestive paragraphs bearing on the
present attempts at municipal house
cleaning" in the great cities of New
Yolk, Chicago and San Francisco, and
takes the occasion to emphasize GER
tain lessons to be learned from Euro.
pean municipal experience. In speak
ing of Glasgow's system of street cars,
owned and operated by the munich
pality, the editor points out that this
responsibility was not undertaken by
the city until the municipal govern
ment had been tested with many large
enterprises which it had shown its fit
ness to control and operate success
fully; it is now managing its street car
service, says the Review, as successfully
as the best of our American cities man.
age their fire departments.
The Progress of the World" de-
partment of the Review of Reviews for
November, besides covering a wide
range of political, administrative, and
constitutional topics of timely interest
toAmericans in viewof the approaching
elections, has come pertinent notes on
European politics and editorial tributes
to the memory of DR.. Oliver Wendell
Holmes and Professor David Swing. of
Chicago.
The November number of Scribner's
Magazine has for its leading article one
of especially timely interest on "Elec-
tion Night in Newspaper Office"
writteu by Julia Ralph, one of the
New York Suns most valued special
correspondents and newspaper man
of wide experience. He describes, with
his we'll known vividness and truth.
the exacting and laborious work done
by the staff of q metropolitan newspa.
per at suoh time, and gives relastic
impression of the excitement and rush
attending analysis and summarizing
ofthe immense volume of news received
during election night.
Prof. N. S. Shaler's article on 1.-THE
Horse" another of his popular papers
on Domesticated Animals, tells in an
untechnical and thoroughly interest
ing way of the development of the fine
animal, whose many admirable quail
ties have contributed so much to mans
advancem snt in civilization.
Joel Chandler Harris story of "How
Whalebone Caused Weddingn is full
of the spirit of the old South, and the
description of the famous Christmas
fox hunt is in this popular authors
best vein. 1t is is illustrated by R. F.
Zogbaum.
An article of peculiar interest to
artists, especially to the many young
women who aspire to study in Paris,
will be the description of "The Ameri-