Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-12-25
LITERARY NOTES.
Washington Star.

III viz JANUARY NUMBER OF Ameri-
can Homes, Hon. Henry r. Gibson
has very interesting article on Cen
trality, with a map; Kate Bissell has
Some Ideas on Decoration, illustrated;
o. W. Mathewson tells "Something
About Painting" Van d. Hite Smith
tells About Cement Walks-How Best
to Lay Them; j. Morton Neal writes
entertainingly about Hotel Music
Body Brussels" tells about American
Carpets; Chas. Hite.Smith has retro.
spectiVe article on Two Short Decades;
and there are numerous beautiful House
designs and Plans, together with the
entertaining miscellaneous and Hu.
morous articles. This magazine has
met with wonderful popular approval
and in spite of the large mum Der of
very expensive engravings and the su.
periority of its matter and Typography
is sold at the popular price of ten cents
copy, or one dollar year.
The last story Stevenson wrote, and
the one on which he was still engaged
when death overlook him, he called
"a Tragedy of the Great North Road. y
The first installment appears in the
Christmas number of The Cosmopoli
tan. James Lane Allen begins his new
novel, Butterflies, (which promises to
be among the best works of that author.
"Ouida," with one of her inimitable
character sketches, Sarah Grand, and
Zangwill with Stevenson, make the
fiction strong and almost incompre
hensible feature of ten cent maga.
zine. Nor is the illustration of The
Cosmopolitan behind the fiction. A
long array of artists, no less personaget
than Alfred Parsons, the famous illus.
traitor, Rossi, Alice Barber Stephens
Reginald Machell, r. B. A, B. West
Clinedist, F. o. Small, F. G. Atwood
Eric Pape, Jose Cabrinety, R. c. W,
Bunny, Dan Beard, and G.. H. Bough
ton, A. R. A., contribute original illus
trations.
The January number of the Define
ator is called the winter holiday mum
Der. The fashion articles for the month
are timely and complete, covering the
entire field of styles for Ladies, Msse,
and Children, Millinery. Lingerie
Dress Goods and Trimmings. The ricf
Holiday display in the shops is inter
estingly described. Mrs. Roger A. Pry
or's article on The Social Code relate
to Society Balls and to Balls and Par
ties for Children. The space devoted
to Women's Work and Advancement
includes thoughtful conversation be
tween Edith NJ. Thomas and DR.. S. r
Elliot on Woman in Business, an inter
esting paper by Miss Margaret Nc
Naughton discussing Architecture as
Profession for Women, graphic de
scription by Lucia NJ. Robbins of Wo
mans Work at the Atlanta Exposition
Harriet Keith Fobes' directions fo
Burnt Decorations Upon Cardboard
and the continuation of Sara Mile
Kirby's kindergarten Articles. Th
first of brief series of Papers on Tn
Care of the Teeth, by well know
New York dentist, will be found eS
ceptionally valuable Mrs. A. B. Long
street describes the Carving of Meats
and in Seasonable Cookery Imprompt
Luncheon Menus receive attention.
Mrs. Witherspoon's Teatable Gossi
are noted some new Home Made Hol
day Gifts. The review of Holiday Put
locations includes mention of man
particularly intended for young reaC
ers. The novelties in Knitting, Tattinl
Crocheing and Lace Making are illul
tratec and described. Butterick Put
fishing Company, to- West Thi
teenth Street, New York, at the r,
markably low rate of 81 per year {
10 cents per single copy.