The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-13

text has been set in new type. and the initials
are printed In rcd and black. The work con-
tails an etching by FIR ancis Walker. A. II. y
r.. This su mptuous volume gives the romance
and life OF the abbey, and does not deal with
architectural details.
The Cambridge Press will publish two books
on the Pastoral Epistles. one by DIR. J. II.
Bernard Of Dublin. tho other by the Rev. A.
4. Humphreys, late Fellow OF Trinity College.
Cambridge DIR. Sweet of Cambridge is pre-
pairing an introduction to tho Ssptusgint. for
the use OF students.
Mr.. George Saintsbury. formerly Of Merton
College, Oxford. who has Just been nominated
by the Crown to the chair OF rhetoric and
English literature in the University OF Edin'
burgh. made vacant by the resignation Of
Professor David Mason, has completed his
volume on Nineteen Century Literature"
which contains some Of his most brilliant
work. The difficulties, not ulcne OF gcner-
alization and classification, but also OF selec-
tion ana proportionment. are infinitely
greater in the case Of writers of our own
century than in that OF earlier writers; yet
Mr.. Saintsbury has emerged very success
fully from his difficult task. and has produced
a work well fitted 10 uphold its authors rank
among the greatest OF living critics.
In Mr.. Hall Gaines early journalistic days,
long before he became known TO the public as
an author, he wrote certain stories and
sketches in newspapers. One OF these. written
for his own paper-a paper published in
Liverpool-and only intended to FIJI up gap
between "A serial by zola and serial by
ouida, has been the subject OF comment in
American newspapers since Mr. Gaines
arrival on this continent The story has never
been published by its author IN England,
first, because it was felt 20 bo an early. hasty.
and immature work, and. next. because IL
was used as a quarry out of which Mr.. Gains
took his material for subsequent and now
famous book, "The Deemster." But recently
an American publisher has dug mp copy and
has reprinted u without the authors permis-
sion or knowledge. On that fact has ensuad
the unfavorable comment that Mr.. Caine has
been borrowing from himself but this explain
alton of the circumstances sufficiently shows
that he has not been at fault.
THE CHRISTMAS MAGAZINES.
About the most beautiful pictures ever
prin ted in a magazine are the reproductions
OF the work OF James Tissot, a series repre-
sentng scenes in the life Of Christ, in the
Christmas Century. They are beautiful in
conception, and are reproduced exquisitely
from engravings by Cole. The Christmas
Century has its Christmas flavor chiefly in an
| occasional article of n Scriptural thome, the
unfamiliar Passion Play that is performed at
Vorder Thiersee being an interesting OPEN
ing paper, though Frank X. Stockton supplies
| a Christmas story-"Captain Els Best Ear
that however, would be just as clever a story
| II Christmas were not wrought into II. +.
| Hopkinson Smith begins his new story. Tom
| Grogan, which asserts itself breezily in the
| opening chapters. The new type that was in
trodaced in tho present volume. designed cx-
prossly for the Century. grows moro familiar
and more beautiful. though IL viii be n long
time before the "quotes" become attractive,
even If they arc artistic"
The cover % the Christmas issue Of Harper's
Magazine glistens with gold. The Christmas
pudding smokes ana the snow birds lift their
yoices-presumably; their mouths are open
at any rate-maybe for pudding. rather than
song. IL Is "a beautiful cover, and it was
drawn by F. :. Church. Mr.. Church didn't
draw the Harper poster, il is to be hoped.
That is nightmare. But the magazine cover
is beauty. And between the covers the
| magazine is rs crisp and breezy IS this
weather. dainty bit of color work is the
| frontispioce. by the versatile Howard Pyle,
who furnishes also a fine package OF pictures
and sketches "By Land and Sea-" william
ID. Howslls provides "A comedy. Of course |:
Brsrder Matthews, story. also, of course
Poultney Bigelow, a German paper, still of
course, and, best of all, william Black begins
new novel "Briseis." 1t is a wonderfully
fetching ana beautiful magazine, is the
December Harper's. and generous are its
pages with good thir rs that il would be un.
gracious to ask for more, although too much
could never be a.plenty.
The North American Review for December
is Christmas number " chiefly by virtue of
tho title of an article by Professor shaler.
"The Last Gift Of the Century" IL relates
suggestively to an international board of ar.
btration in the interests Of peace, and a
''peaco footing rather than a perpetual
"war- footing" within the nations, and points
out that the United States should take the
initial step. Timely as always, the Review
gives us the ideas OF several Congressman on
the work before tbs Bath Congress, with an
associated paper on the results Of the Boring
Sea arbitration, by Hon. John w Foster, and
an interesting comparison between our Lower
House and the British House Of Commons by
the clerk OF the latter. And this is only
part of the good things in the esteemed Re.
view for December, which concludes vol. clxi.
Lincoln pictures prevail in part of Miss
Tarbell's we'll assembled materisl in the
December McClure's. A particularly fine
Christmas article is that OF the Madonna
and Child in Art" by Will II. Low. who
gives us a delightful collection OF Madonnas,
with some interesting Information about
them. Elizabeti Stuart Phelps begins her
autobiography. Anthony Hope has story, Cy
Warman furnishes timely article, Through
the Dardanelles, and a mighty interesting
paper tells us about Bonnie Annie Lanrie,"
the delightful young person Of the delightful
song.
Rich, handsome and abundant in good
works is the Christmas Bookman. issued by
Dodd Mead & Co II has a stirring ilum.
mated poster-cover that is relief from the
quito general displays Of crazy looking fe-
males who monopolize the posters just now.
The Eookman ranks as n magazine OF litera.
ture far beyond anything we have happened
to come across, and il has shown constant
Improvement from the start.