Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-14

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tains an unusual number of illustra-
lions, including large half tone por-
traits Of all the newly elected state
governors and other important per-
sons chosen for Office in last months
election. The departments of
science and finance are easily the
most interesting.
Jerome K. jerome has written a
series of short stories for the Ladies'
Home Journal. They will be pub
iished during the ensuing few months
under the caption Of ..Stories of the
Town" Mr.. Jerome portrays well
known types or characters in these
stories, the first OF which he calls
'.BIase Billy" The series is inter-
esting from the fact that it consti-
tutes the first short stories that Mr..
Jerome has ever written directly for
IN American periodical.
The Forum for December will con-
tain an uncommonly interesting ar
ticle by Albert d. vandam. (author
Of IAN Englishman in Paris'0 emit
tied 1.-The Trail of .Trilby.'" He
makes "Trilby" peg for his Own
recollecti0ns Of the QUARTER Latin
and Bohemian haunts during the
second empire. giving the places and
characters in ..Trilby" their real
names. The author of Confessions
ola Literary Hack replies to his
critics in the December Forum.
Two very important facts in con-
nection with the new era of maya
zines are illustrated in the Deem
Der Cosmopolitan. Its fiction is by
Stevenson. the last story written be-
fore his death, "Ouida." Sarah
Grand. Cangwill and the beginning
of James Lane Aliens new Kentucky
realistic story. Butterflies. Prob
ably no stronger array of fiction has
ever been presented in any magazine
money could mot buy better. Nor
has any magazine ever had larger
number of really distinguished ar.
lists engaged upon the illustration of
a single number.
Outing for December is full of the
hearty vigor of these early winter
days. The contents are as follows:
"A River Between" by Florence
Guertin: 1.-The Cream of the Vale, +"
Charlie" by Ralph Bergengreu;
Skating" by Ed W. Sandys; Hunt
ing the Caiman," by Edward French;
1.-Two Hours Over Decoys." by f: A.
Shepherd; IAN Outing in Labrador, -
by K. G. Taber; Caribou Hunting in
Quebec" by the late E. P. Rogers;
"a Flying visit to Havana" by An
META Hslliday-Antona; .sSalmon
Fishing on Snake River" by Frank
G. Read; ..Lenz's World Tour
Awheel;' "A Turkey Hunt;" .sUp to
the Show in a Oak Gharri;" "Tour-
ing Bermuda Awheel." by Thomas
B. Dowden;" ION the Frontier Ser
vice." by Lieut.. G. W. Van Deusen
characteristics of Canadian Foot
ball." 'sNew Hampshire National
Guard" by George H. Moses. and
the usual editorials, poems aud rec
ords.
| McClure's says that "St. Ives" the
novel left substantially complete
and unpublished by Robert Louis
Stevenson at his death, is purely a
romance of adventure. 1t is the
story OF a French prisoner captured
in the peninsular wars. who is shut
up in Edinburgh castle; there he falls
in love with Scotch girl who. with
her aunt. frequently visits the pris-
oners. There is early in the story a
duel under extraordinary circum-
stances between St. Ives and fell
low prisoner. After various cpl
sodes. a dangerous plan of escape is
decided upon. and the daring St.
Ives finally becomes free man. The
perils that he undergoes while in
hiding about Edinburgh, his adven-
lures on the Great North road with
strangers and robbers, his final es-
cape across the border into England,
his subsequent return to Edinburgh.
and many other incidents of this
splendidly conceived story are told
in the spirited, vivacious and won
derful style of which Stevenson was
a master.
The complete novel in the Deem
Der issue Of Lippincott's is the ..Old
Silver Trail" by Mary E. Stickney.
1t deals with Colorado mining life,
with strikes. plots, and various un-
background proceeding. as well as
with scenery and mountain breezes.
The hero loves his enemy's daughter,
and his pluck and manliness triumph
over many obstacles. The scene of
..Bennett's Partner" by James
Knapp Reeve, is in a wild and lone
some part Of the great west, which
lends itself naturally to exciting ad
ventures. Harry Stillwell Edwards,
in striking tale, shows where the
Clues Met" which was in Georgia.
Three Fates." as outlined BY virna
Woods, are varying fort unes which
would. or might, have befallen the
California heroine. according to
which of three suitors she married.
The End OF Captain Ferguson by
Beulah Marie Dix. is q brief but
vivid sketch, in the modern heroic
manner. from old wars in Germany.