The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-01-10
CURRENT LITERATURE,
The January Magazines.

THIS number of Godey's Magazine
has rich and varied table of contents.
The complete novel in this number is
by Franklin w. Lee, and is called
"Mam'selle Paganin." The illustra-
tions are by E. l.. Durand, and the
story itself is fascinating from the first
line TO the last l.. Clarkson has a
Christmas story, "Monseur Vigot's
Diamonds" julius Chamber. one
called "The Princess of Barren Island";
Conyers G. Converse contributes par
Tor comedy, It'll Luther Proposes,
in which is incorporated a sweet and
pathetic bit of music called" A Hearts
Song" with words by Albert Hardy,
editor of Godey's Magazine, and music
by Oh. Crozat Converse; Herbert Will
bur Greene writes of an incident in the
life of Ole Bull, and Florence Hull con
ducts The Home Department" All
the departments are up to their stan
dard.
The most timely article in the Re
vieU of ReuieUS is upon relief for the
unemployed in American cities. 1t is
from the pen of the editor, DIR. Albert
Shaw, and presents from data furnished
for the most part later than the middle
of December the steps which have been
taken in number of American cities
for the special relief of the unemployed
in the pre- sent winter. 1t is gratifying
to learn from this article that so much
has been accomplished and that the in
telligence as well as the charitable dis
position generally manifested is of so
high an order. This article will be of
the utmost value in all parts of the
country for the practical information it
complies. Many scores of towns,
larger and smaller, are beginning to APP
preciate the necessity of some special
eff Jrts to furnish work for the voorhees,,
and the presentation of methods con-
tanned in this article will quite suffice to
set any committee upon the right track.
IN 81. Nicholas is story by Rudyard
Kipling called Mowgli's Brothers, p
the tale of child-a "man's cub ~
who was rescued from tiger by wolf,
and adopted into the VOLTS family. 1t
contains number of clever ideas about
animal life in the jungle, one of which
is this The law of the jungle, which
never orders anything without reason,
forbids every beast to eat man except
when he is killing to show his children
how to kill, and then he must hunt out
side the hunting grounds of his pack or
tribe. The real reason for this is that
man. killing means, sooner or later, the
| arrival of white men on elephants, with
guns, and hundreds of brown men with
gongs and rockets and torches. Then
everybody in the jungle suffers. The
reason the beasts give among them
selves is that man is the weakest and
most defenseless of all living things,
and it is unsportsmanlike to touch him.
| They say too-and it is true-that man
eaters become NANCY, and lose their
teeth.
THE second paper on the Old Dutch
Masters" by Mr.. Cole, the engraver,
opens the Century, the subject this
month being Franz Halls, OF whose
work Mr.. Cole has engraved three ex-
amples, The Archers of St. Andrew"
"The Jolly Man." and the celebrated
CHESTER" the last being printed as the
frontispiece. Mr.. Coles notes inter-
estingly supplement the work of his
graver. The most prominent fiction OF
the number is the second installment
of Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Will
son." The short stories are A No
Account Creole" by Kate Chopin, il
Illustrated by Metcalf, and "Out of Her
Glass by Charles Belmont Davis, with
pictures by Gibson. In the "Lighter
Vein" department there is humorous
story by H. S. Edwards, author of "Two
Runaways," entitled Captain Jerry"
In the editorial department are articles
strongly supporting the new movement
for the abolition of the spoils system
and advocating free art and systematic
policy for the protection and cultiva'
ton of the national forests.
THE number of The Living Age fol
the week ending January 6 begins 6
new volume, new year, and new
series. After its successful career Of
fifty years, this standard periodical
seems as vigorous and prosperous as
ever. Always the chief, it is now the
only, eclectic weekly of the country
Its distinguishing characteristics are
that it presents in convenient form
compilation of the worlds choicest liter
ature, encyclopedia in its scope, charac
ter, omprehensiveness and complete
ness, and with freshness, owing to it,
frequent issue, attempted by no othel
publication whatever; the ablest essays
and reviews, the latest results of scien
tihc research; biographical sketches
stories of travel and exploration, liter
airy criticism and every phase of culture
and progress in the European world
making an amount of reading of thu
highest value, unapproached by an,
other magazine. Some Acquaintance
with foreign periodical literature is al
absolute necessity to every one witt
desires to keep abreast of the world o
thought, to be in touch with the bes
results of the intellectual activity of tn
times, and in no other way, that W
know of, can this be so satisfactorily
cheaply and conveniently secured a
through this brilliant weekly magazine
THE short days and long nights o
winter give the Atlantic Monthly quit
sufficient reason for making the jar
uary number particularly strong in it
fiction. Mrs. Deland's new novel
"Philip and His Wife," opens with tn
greatest promise of interest, not onl
in the power with which it is writer
but in its theme of unhappy marriage
indicated, perhaps, by the title, an