Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-02-07
LITERARY NOTES.

ocTlDner Magazine 1Or te0ruary
opens with one of the richest articles it
has ever printed-a charming study of
the work OF Edward Burne Jones, by
Cosmo Mohkhouse, the distinguished
English critic. Twenty of Mr.. Burne
Jones S most striking designs and pic.
lures are reproduced by his permission
and that of their owners. A number
OF sketches are here reproduced for the
first time, and the whole series, with
the accompanying text, gives and ia
depreciation of the exquisite quality of
thisimaginative artist such as has never
been pub ished in a popular article.
An article of unusual interest has re-
suited from an expedition ON behalf of
Scribner's Magazine, made by Joel
Chandler Harris in company with a
skilliul artist, Daniel Smith, to the
scene of THE Sea Island Hurricanes"
off the coast of South Carolina. 1t was
this strange gion which was devas
tated by the great storms last autumn,
which killed 1000 people and left 3O,.
900 homeless and suffering. Among
them for the past few months Miss Clara
Barton, with a staff of workers from
the Red Cross Society, has been dispen-
sing much needed relief. Mr.. Harris
viewed all the interesting features of
this work, and his we'll known ccncep-
tion of negro character has enabled
him to present such a picture of the
disaster, the suffe ing, and the work in
progress as no other writer in the South
could give. The illustrations present
realistic picture of the curious life on
these islands. The article in this nun
Der is devoted largely to description
of Devastation Another article in
the March number will describe 1.-THE
Relief"
The methods of an actress are al
ways interesting, and they are particu
tarly so when an actress of such re
nown as Adelaide Ristori consents to
tell them as she does in the February
Ladies Home Journal. The Aberdeen
Waltzes, by Mrs. Frances j. Moore, to
which was awarded the first prize in
The Journals Musical Series last year
for the best waltzes. are given in the
full piano score, and are as melodious
as they are danreable. A most inter.
estiDg article on My Tabooed Playmate,
Adelina Patti, is contributed by her
one time child playmate, Katherine B.
Foot The concluding paper of Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnetts series of
How Fauntlerov Really Occurred will
be read with mingled pleasure and re.
greet, A more beautiful story of sto-
ry can not be imagined than the author
of Fauntleroy has given here. The
quaint Pomona continues her European
travels and writes in her characteristic
manner with Frank 'Stockton's s assist.
ance. William Dean Howels contin-
ues his literary biography under the IT,
tie of My Literary Passions. The bet
ter appreciation by the husband of the
wife s devotion is advocated by Edward
Box, and Rev. 7. Dewitt Talmage is
eloquent on the subject of aged women
who are sometimes overlooked in the
home. This valentine month is cele-
brated by description of A Dainty
Valentine Dinner, by Mrs. Burton
and the Social Side of Life
Is represented by suggestions for feasts
and modest home entertainments. Pal
mer Cox gives a page of his inimitable
Brown as they shoot the Lachine
Rapids and otherwise enjov shemselves
i'll Canada. Sketches, with portraits,
are given of the daughter of Sir Gar
net Wolseley, General Grants eldest
granddaughter, the daughter of Mrs.
Alexander and Doctor Talmage 8 eldest
daughter. Mrs. Mallon's pages, Black
Costumes OF Today and the Art of
Dressing tor Business, are charmingly
A particularly valuable
article is that by Elizabeth Robinson
Scovil on Care in Infectious Diseases.
Mrs. Lyman Abbott discusses many
questions in Just Among Ourselves.
Altogether this midwinter number, with
its daintily illustrated cover by Henry
and its attractive table of
contents, is worth many times its price
of ten cents, and no woman can afford
to be without it. Published by The
Curtis Publishing Company of Phila.
delphia tor ten cents per number and
one dollar per year.