The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-13
AMONG THE MAGAZINES.

In red covers that instantly challenge
attention The Philistine for December ar
rives with an unusually readable array or
contents First. there's Kipling's rousing
ballad, "The Dlpsy Chanty," reprinted
from the Pail Mall Magazine for June
1893 (now out Of print because OF io; then
there's poem by StepheI Crane (whom
the Philistines, under lead OF II. p. Taber
and Elbert Hubbard, intend next week
to honor with q banquet at East Aurora,
N. Y, 1.-The place where the sun risesD;
followed by quatrains by Philip
Becker Goetz; a tribute to Eugene
Field by Francis Wilson, the COM
edian for whom Field wrote many of
his cleverest Horace translations. with a
study of his poetry by Mr.. Taber; and an
essay on 1.-THE Song of Songs" by Mr..
Hubbard, who has recently edited an ex-
quisite new edition Of this noble work
and writes OF 1t in the key Of eulogy. Tho
Philistine is steering clear Of the ruts
and hence deserves Its marked success.
II H H
Here, by the way, Is dainty bit of verse
from last Saturdays Chips:
In Doubt.
tried to kiss, her and she challenged me.
But not the ghost of an advantage lies
In choice Of weapons since | cannot md
One that will match the daggers in her
eyes.
II Cupid was my second I might beg
Or steal from him one little potent dart:
Though I'd not be surprised to find the
rogue
Has emptied his whole culver in my
heart.
Are they in league? Or has he aimed too
Half-blinded by the brilliance Of her
And lodged two arrows there that mis-
take
For hostile signs of anger and surprise?
Edward w. Barnard.
The Christmas McClure's carries Miss
Tarbell's increasingly interesting Life of
Lincoln from his residence In Indiana to
his removal to Illinois. and to the begin
ming of his career as fiatboatman and
clerk. The frontispiece Is a notable por
trait Of Lincoln in 1858, reproduced from
a rare ambrotype owned by Miss Hattie
Gilmer. of Pittsfeld, Ill.,, and taken just
after Lincoln had replied to Douglas on
Oct. /, 1858. The fiction In this number
Is contributed by Anthony Hope, Robert
Barr, Ella Higginson and Collins Shakel-
ford; ana next to Mrs. Phelps autobi0gra-
ply, which has Its beginning in the De-
cember issue. Robert H. Sherard's illus
trated character sketch of Hall Caine is
the most interesting OF the several good
general articles. 1t Is interesting to know
that the circulation of McClure's has
reached the 100000 mark, which, in two
years. from nothing. is not bad.
OF the articles In the December issue of
the Metaphysical Magazine j. Emery Nc
Leans paper citing the Evidences Of I'M
mortality" and the new department OF
Psychic Experiences" In which collec-
tion IL to be made monthly Of singular
episodes susgesting the operation Of oc-
cult forces will doubtless attract the readi-
est attention. This magazine IL replete
with contents provocative Of profound
thought and serious speculation.
The Christmas cosmopolitan has stor,e.
by Robert Louis Stevenson. Zanwiil,
"Ouida." James Lane Allen and Sarah
Grand. and also has portrait OF q lady
in several colors which IL about the neat
est bit Of artistic printing We have yet
seen. The number a. whole ID excellent.
Assaulted In Raymond Court.