The Portland daily press., 1895-11-20

cluding part Of Yamoud, by Henry Will
lard French, gives picture of desert life
made dramatic by the capture of a slave
trader.
The frontispiece of the November
Century is reminder of the encourage
ment the magazine has given IN the
twenty-fv years of its existence to the
fine arts. This picture is figure from
Tit1an's Sacred and Profane Love, and
is engraved by Mr.. Timothy Cole who
has gained worldwide fame by his con-
tributions to The Century OF wood en-
cravings of the Old Italian and Flemish
Masters Other special art features of
this number are an Introductory article
on Mural Decoration in America, by
Royal Cortissoz, illustrated by reproduc-
tions of John La Farge's famous Assem-
sion, a part Of John S. Sargent's deco
rations for the Boston Public Library,
Thomas W. Dewing's Night, Dawn and
Aurora, Edwin A. Abbey's Bowling
Green (the two last in the Imperial Ho-
tell, and Edward Simmons's Justice,
painted for the Municipal Art Society
to embellish the Court of Oyer and Ter
miner in the Criminal Courts Building
of New York city, full-page illustration.
The Mjssionary's Story is, the first Of a
series OF reproductions of some of Jehan
Georges Vibert's famous paintings. The
descriptive text is supplied by the artist
himself, and this is introduced by an
auto biographical sketch in which the ar
fist assumes to be discussing his person.
ality with his good conscience.
Mr.. Hardys serial Hearts Insurgent
which has been running throughout the
year reaches it's conclusion in the Novem-
Der Harpers Magazine. The novel has
been issued in book form under the title
Jude, the Obscure Mr.. Howells resumes
his literary "reminiscences in paper on
Literary Boston Thirty Years Ago, when,
to use his phrase, there was something
like national literature" insNew Eng
land. In Out Of the World at Corinto,
Richard Harding Davis writes entertain
ingly of an enforced stay
in Nicaraguan port. An
animated story OF Washington life, by
Mrs Harriet Prescott Spofford, appears
in the November magazine un-
der the title A Thanksgiving Breakfakast.
The series of articles on India, by EoW1n
Lord Weeks, which have been appearing
IOI SOU6 IlIu6 tus1S III uAiO ANOVSAAAROA
number with paper on Recent impress
sions of Anglo-Indian Life, beautifully
illustrated by Mr. Weeks. Mr.. Poultney
BigeloW's history of The German Strug-
gle for Liberty reaches in the November
the story of Napoleon's inva-
sion of Russia.
Good Housekeeping is woman's jour-
nal, both in birth and being, born Of,
baptized by, and bred for women OF the
most intelligent and useful classes OF
their sex. But home interests, including
housekeeping, good or bad touch the
party of the other part, with equal force,
at once as vital, as sensitive, and as far
reaching, in the grand summing up OF
earthly happiness or misery, as with the
oentler sex. For these reasons
arrangements have been made to spread
the table for January, the initial issue
| of 1896, with viands prepared entirely by
| the men-folk, giving the men opportunity
| TO have their say as to what the elements.
makeup and outcome of good housekeep-
| ing should be, and what poor or indlffer-
| ent housekeeping should not be. The
mems of men, distinguished in the various
walks of life, into which they have been
respectively drawn, have been secured te
omen the ball, and the discussion will BIZ
continued throughout the year, according
to the time honored custom of giving
ssthe women the last word 7 The names
of the writers for January will be giver
in December, and it may be safely pre-
dioted that spicy and well seasoned viand'
will be furnished by both sexes in thu
course of later discussions on the subjects
treated of in the January issue, and i
cannot be otherwise than much good v il
| follow in the Homes of the World