Middletown transcript., 1894-12-29
LITERARY NOTES.

The Demorest has a tempting table o
contents for January. tHow to Make
Happy New Year. is discussed by sucl
noted characters as Mayor Strong, Conan
Doyle, DR.. Talmage and others. "The EN-
press of Japan" is the next in order of the
series of oriental nobility. New Years
stories. poems and household chit-chat, to.
gether with the usual number of unusually
fine illustrations make this one of the most
attractive of family magazines. Price So
per year. Taken with the TRANSCRIPT, both
for $3.50.
Girls who like to read about marriage
and what girl does not2-should buy copy
of the January Ladies' Home Journal and
read the excellent marriage article which
Mrs. Burton Harrison has written under
the title of "Heigh Hol for Husband"
Mrs. Harrison does not resort to trite re-
marks. She is fresh and vigorous in her
opinions. Eugene Field is not less inter
esting in his charming narrative of "The
Woman Who Most Influenced Me-" while
Edward Bellamy sketches. in his own way,
what he believes christmas in the Year
2000' will be like. John Kendrick Bangs is
deiciously funny in telling of woman's
attempt to smoke cigar. Frank O. Small
has very happy paper which will interest
thousands of lovers of magazine pictures
He tells How Make Drawing" show
ing the evolution of magazine picture
from its conception to its finish. Edward
w. Box is unusually strong in his answers
to a lot of Problems of Young Men {"
while Mr.. Howells gives the best INSTALL
ment of his literary autobiography which
he has yet written. Other article
there are-some twenty odd of them
all good and wise, making this issue of
the Journal one of the most evenly inter-
esting which the editors have made.
No magazine is certainly better worth its
price of ten cents. The Curtis Publising
Company of Philadelphia, issues it.
McClure's Magazine is one of the new
corners to our exchange table. In fact it is
new conner anywhere, comparatively
speaking, as it is now just entering upon its
fourth volume. But it has come to the
front with the great American magazines.
and is favorably compares with many
older and higher priced journals. The
paper is of beautiful quality,type excellent,
the arrangement artistic, and though so
young, it is one of the most popular maya
zines published. Among the notable fea-
lures of the January number are Napoleon,
a Law -giver and Statesman. A new jungle
story by Rudyard Kipling. Beatrice Har-
radin's story as to how she came to write
Ships That Pass in the Night" Mr..
Moody, as seen and felt by Prof. Henry
Drummond. DR.. Parkhursts recent work,
besides. many other articles all well writ
ten and interesting The price of the
magazine is only Is cents.
The little ones who read st. Nicholas
will find that the year begins promis
ingly for them. The January number Of
the favorite magazine is full of holiday
flavor, and there are sketches and stories
to suit every taste. c. F! Holder tells all
about "Rogue elephants" and describes
The exciting scenes that attended the kill |
ing of some of the most famous of them |
A frontier story, with a spice of danger |
and adventure, is Tim Sheridan and HI |
Christmas Goose" by Leonard NJ. Prince, |
U. s. A. The hero is brave young boy |
who succeeds not only in winning rare |
Christmas dinner, but in saving the life of |
an officer with whom he was hunting. |
The Cherry colored Purse" is the true |
story by Susan Fennimore Cooper, show
ng how little girl manged to buy eleven |
Christmas presents with her eleven pennies
"A Piping Pie" by Rudolph F. Bunner
md "Who seeks, Finds" by Judith Ray,
are two Fantastic stories. A new Sc |
'iai, intended especially for girls, is be-
gun. 1t is called '"Three Frenchmen.
Ruth Frau and Nathalie" and is writte..
BY Jessie NJ. Anderson. 1t is a bright and |
lively account of girl life at Smith College.
The other sereals, which are continued |
~ interesting installments, are "a Boy of
lie First Empire" by Ebridge S. Brooks;
Chris and the Wonderful Lamp" by |
Albert Stearns, aid Jack Balister's For
unes," by Howard Pyle. There are poems
n the number by Helen Gray Cone, Doro-
tha Lummis, Frederick Opper, Tudor
links, and Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge.