The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-11-29


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The sparkle of bright music, in a
new ballad by Sir Arthur Sullivan,
entitled "Bid Me at Least Good BY e."
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mas Ladies' Home Journal, in which
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gwen. Frank Stockton opens one OF
his cleverest tales with an equally
clever title "As One Woman to Anoth-
er )" Eugene Field is particularly hap.
ply in striking bit OF character verse,
to which whole page with illustra-
tons is well given; Frances Hodgson
Burnett is delightfully."- reminiscent in
telling OF 1.-THE Man Who Most Iuhu-
enced Me-" who, she says, was an
enemy of hers John Kendrick Bangs,
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ton. The serial, "A Minister OF the
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ionable religious life in New York City.
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The Observation-Disclosures of Scribner'
Magazine presents a remarkable lis
OF popular writer's, including RudyarC
Kipling, Robert Grant. H. G. BunneI
' Brander Matthews and George W
Gable. In illustration it shows mum
! Der OF novel features. Oliver Herfor,
produces series Of fantastic drawing
which are curiously interviewer will
the text OF Brander Matthews story il
a manner new to magazine illustrs
I ton. Another notable feature in j
4 ustration is the three frontispiece
I showing the best work of A. B. Eros
;, Albert Lynch and Emile Friant, eac
drawing being very original in senti
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i The number opens with a nobl
r poem by Rudyard Kipling, entitle
d "McAndrews' Hymn" which gives III
philosophical reflections of the oil
Scotch engineer OF an ocean line
! In elevated feeling and stately rhythl
Mr.. Kipling has meyer surpassed th
poem.
III. @. Bunner contributes another
. his suburban sketches, in which
quantity tells "The Story of Path
II from its origin to the present day.
70 Robert Grant (whose story IA Bacl
elor's Christmas" was the great gu
cess of the last December numbe
= contributes another Christmas Ia
which should meet with equal favo
It is entitled "The Matrimonial To,
n tine Benefit Association" There is
} novel idea suggested in The stol
which will probably be utilized in
"a practical way. The illustrations q
d by A. B, Wenzell. Other fiction is 9
amusing railway story by Franc
Lynde entitled "By Special Invit
ton, "the pathetic tale of spiritualist
70 medium entitled "Minnehaha,"
u Eva Wilder McGlasson the story
sensational discovery in Egyr
0. 1.-THE Mantle of Osiris" by Walter
Is Palmer and the concluding chapte
o of "John March, Southerner," N
Cables dramatic novel OF life in
;. southern town during the period Of
- "boom." Other poems and the Poi
~ Of View complete one of the me
II entertaining and artistically attra
tive numbers of this magazine.
:, The December issue OF the Arel
:. opens the eleventh volume of til
7 leading Liberal and Progressive R
10 view. 1t contains over 200 pages
litk rarv matter. nv Some ~ the gras