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Literary Notos.

Literary Notos.
The Pacific railroads have made the
western coast of Mexico and Central
America almost an unknown land. In
Down the Vast Coast" in the February
Harper's, Charles F. Lummls will de-
scribe the months journey by water from
San Francisco to Callao, Peru, with It's
frequent stops and changing of scenery,
climate, and manner of living.
Harper's Weekly of January 10Th, 1895.
will contain an article by Henry LOOmiS
Nelson on the personnel of the Navy"
advocating promotion from the lowest
grade to the rank of captain by selection,
apropos of the bill for reorganization.
Frederic Remington has written and
illustrated an article on the policing of
Yellowstone Park which will appear in
the same number. Mr.. Remington's
article is spirited and interesting aC-
count of a trip through the park taken
by the author in company with Captain
Anderson, the superintendent. Another
noteworthy paper is that by Jacob Riis,
author of How the Other Half LiYe,"
who gives a synopsis of the report of the
Tenement House Commission, illustrat-
ed by diagrams showing the develOpe-
ment of the tenement-house, from the
lowest to the highest grade that is hoped
for
The first number of Harper's, Bazaar,
volume twenty-eight, will be published
on January 5th, and its leading feature
will be the opening instalment of Maar
ten Maarten's new novel, my Lady No
body" Those who have read Gods
Fool'' and THE Greater Glory" do not
need to be told of the least which awaits
them in this brilliant and charming story
of life in Holland. At once simple and
subtle, refined and strong, full of wit
and humor always held in leash by lit
erary conscience which demands elegance
of style, my Lady Nobody will be an
event in the periodical world of 1895, and
the Bazaar is to be congratulated on hav-
ing secured it for its first half-year.
Ursula, its heroine, is girl to whom
people will lose their hearts; but we do
not care to say more than this, nor to
outline the story beforehand.
In the same number of the BaZar, a
sketch of Mr.. Martens, from the pen of
his frieSd mr. N. H. Spielman, gives
pleasant impression of his personality,
while it is valuable for it's discriminat-
! ing estimate Of his previous work. 1t is
accompanied by fine portrait of Mr..
Martens. "My Lady Nobody" will be
hansomly and fully illustrated through
out.
An old fashioned sea story, full of in
! tereSt and adventure, with a strong love
motive, is begun by w. Clark Russell in
| the January Cosmopolitan. "Ouida'
succeeds FrOude, Gosse, Lang and other
| distinguished writers, with an install
ment of the Great Passions of History"
series, which has been appearing in The
| Cosmopolitan. A discussion is aroused
! by Mr.. Edward BOk's article on The
Young Man and The Church" which
will consume tons Of ink before it is set
| tied. just preceding the famous Char.
cots death, he prepared an article for
! The Cosmopolitan, on Pasteur, to be
published after PaSteur's death. But
| Charcot has died first, and so with the
consent of CharcOt's executors, the aFti-
Gle is given now. The present This
atrical Season in New York. is critically
considered by Mr.. James S. Metcafe.
editor of Life, and there are stories by
Tourgee, Howells, and the famous.
French writer, Francois Coppee.
A FIRsT-RATE MAGAZINE.
Girls who like to read about marriage
and what girl does not?-shoulG buy a
copy of the January Ladies' Home LORr-
nal and read the excellent marriage ar
ticle which Mrs. Burton Harrison has
written, under the title of "HeiSh Ho,
for a Husband" Mrs. Harrison does
not retOrt to trite remarks. She is fresh
and vigorous in her opinions. Eugene
Field is not less interesting in his charm
ing narrative Of The Woman Who Most
Influenced Me-" while Edward Bellamy
sketches, in his own way, what he be-
lieves christmas in the Year 2000'
will be like. John KendTick Bangs is
deliciously funny in telling of woman
attempt to smoke a cigar. Frank o.
Small has a very happy paper which will
interest thousands of lovers of magazine
pictures. He tells How Made Draw
ing" showing the evolution of maga-
zine picture from its conception to its
finish. Edward w. Box is unusually
strong in his answers to a lot of prob
lens of Young Men" while Mr.. Howells
gives the best installment of his literary
autobiography which he has YET. written.
"a New Evenings Entertainment' is
very clever, and will be immensely pop
ular since it is easy and picturesque.
Beginners of French and German viii
welcome a whole page of capital sugges'
tiOns on "When Studying French and
German by Professors lsaacs and For
tier. The author of the Journals novel,
"a Minister of the World" introduces
her clever young clergyman to New
YOrk's fashionable society, and brings
the story at once to its most interesting
point. Other articles there, are-some
twenty odd of them-all good and wise,
making this issue of the Journal one OF
| -. 80. t.rhs oh = L.
editors have made. No magazine is GER
tainly better worth its price of ten cents
The Curtis Publishing Company of Phil
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