The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-12-19

| asT bow the Aihambrs and bull fights can ex-
Isl On the same land-the one so attractive to
| u the other so entirely repulsive
lite says Of tbs museum at Madrid Spain.
! The day on which one enters for cha 6rsk
| time a museum like the one at Madrid Gorna
| a landmark IN a mans life. It is an inportant
event, IKE marriage or the birth Of a child.
or the entrance upon an inheritance; for one
! feels he eject Of 10 to the end of ones life
/ Md this - true because a museum like that OF
Madrid or that Of Florence or that Of Rome il
a world; day passed within its walls is a year
| OF He; year Of life in the enjoy
| ment that 10 gives, in the instruction that is
| Imparts. IN the thoughts thar il suggests in the
| pleasure 20 De derived from its memory in the
/ iutur"; year Of life in which one reads a
/ thou-aud volumes. feels thousand sensations.
| and meets with thousand adventures"
| With so ardent and enthusiastic a traveller
! one must enjoy the hours Of iournevjuz and
| sight seeing. In his descriptions of the piet-
ures IN the museum, Velasquez'5 gay living
| paintings or Murilfo's holy ones. he is strong
/ and truthful.
| In the Alhambrs he Is ecstatc-intoxicated
/ WHO the beauty; and he trembles and fslters
aAttis IN trying to say how beautiful it is. He
sees u ia all the lights and shadows OF the day
ana night, and one does not weary of the many
/ visits.
| But this delightful book on Spain muss avsnt.
| ualIy be closed with sigh, vet with another
glance over the beautiful pictures; for IL 10
illustrated with 40 80 fine pbotogravures,
clear, soft brown etchings that are best suited
to repent the delicate lace-like carvings slender
pillars, and graceful arches Of the Moorish
architecture. and the lights and shadows of the
great paintings that are reproduced. MurilIo'5
immaculate Conception is the FIRST picture and
IN another part we find another of his beautiful
Madonnas.
GOLDEN WORDS FROM RUsKIN: GLORY OF
dHE YEAR; FLOWER FACES. Published by
x iona Narv Ef,rL~
FOR sale by them, or at any booksellers.
For beautiful designing and printing Raphael
Iuck work 10 well known. These three cal
eudaTs are very dainty. Flower Faces ia
circle of bright-petalled flowers with a dainty
iafe IN the center of each-a baby i'm January'J
flower and a sweet-faced old dame in Deem
oers. The flowers wheel around and show
calendar for the month. 1t is all in the shape
OF big pansy, aud is hung by lavender and
pale-yellOw ribbons
The Glory of the Year" is a series of
panels with quotation and flower study for
each month Of the year. The viOets for Feb
ruary, the April azaleas, and the July carna-
lions are the gems Of them all but the other
months are pretty. The panel is some Is inches
tall, making a very handsome affair and one
that would make an acceptable Christmas Gift
Perhaps the gem of the three is Golden Words
fsom Ruskin. 1t has all the flower beauty
the hyaclnths. peoples. holly, and llacs being
especially danty-aud besides has sentences
from Buskin that we'll worth the quoting
Inc only clticiSm of these calendars would be-
that the first page is never so attractive as the
inner ones, and therefore is more or less de-
ceptIye. On the first page besides the flowers
aud Januarys calendar comes the name of the
calendar, and the advertisements of the pub-
fishers, which crowds them all. The inner
sheets are really beautiful and truly artistic.
The Christmas number Of McC7ures Maqazins
IS a superb double issue. leading of with Abra-
nam Lincoln's Youth, with many new pictures
and new facts. 1t has a fney-illustrated life Of
hall Game, and number OF stories, sketches,
studies etc Published at New York Price
10 cents.
TIE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. By shak-
spere. Published by Raphael Tuck ( sons
New York.
Everyone knowing the Merry Wives. Sir
John FslstaK the jealous Master Ford. Sweet
Anne Page and her lovers there is little to saw
about the play. Queen Elizabeth commanded
Shakspere to write a play in which the merry
knight Fastaf should fall in love- The fat
knight and Dan Cupid make a sorry pair but
Snakspere wrote the work. Therefore despite
Its disconnected and Disappointing parts, it ia
strong, humorous and dainty. AS
for the edition ITSELF we do not wonder that
Raphael Tuck & Sons are publishers to the
Queen. They do such dainty work. Bound
in dark red, which is 3 thousand times prefer
able to white with fine heavy paper, red mi
tal letters and wide margins The book is
made more beautiful by a host of clever
sketches and frequent colOred plates as delicate
as water coiOrs
Magazines and Notes.
lie Francois for December is, as usual, full Of
interest and profit for students of the French
language. The poems. fables. news and lessons
are exeeilently prepared Berlitz & Co., New
York
Wilson's Photographic Magazine for December
Is beautifully illustrated. All photographers,
amateur and professional, would do well TO
study it.
Ar Leslie J. Perry, who is a member of the
government Commission engaged i'm publishing
he War Records has gathered together a num-
Der OF interesting letters and Endorsements Of
President Lincoln relating to prisoners of war
md they will appear in the Christmas Ceatity7y
Inder the title Appeals to Lincoln's CIemencv
.t is said to have been almost impossible in the
Early days of the war to secure Mr.. Liucon's
consent to the execution of soldier for deser-
ion, but later he was obliged to give less stteD-
ion to personal appeals. "A Characteristic III
iorsement is one found on a large bundle Of
papers covering a single case and that unim-
,ortant: "What possible injury can this lad
work upon the cause of this great Union? [
ay let him goa. LINCOLN"
How TO Win at Football is one OF the inter-
sting features of the Christmas number OF
Frank LsSiie's Pleasant Hours for Boys and Girls.
Another valuable article is the Children Of
Korea, Dy a. Is. DO GusryllIe. Then there is q
christmas story by Judith Spencer several
,ther short stories, illustrated Christmas
,Oem by G. A. Davis. the continuation of A
'lucky Fight, by Edward 5. Ellis, and the
Three Little Heroines, by Jeanette H. Wall
Worth, and there number of puzzles.
Price 81 year. With The NATIONAL TRIB-
me $1.75.
The Overland Monthly for December has
christmas Stories and Poems. Banks and Bank
ng in California, Well-Worn Trails, Horse
Progress of the Year. and many other features
4 merit. Published at San Francisco. Price
5 cents.
The December number of the American JOurs
al of CiUics has strong array of papers on liy-
ng public questions. beginning with one on
he Multiple Standard, by Henry Wynn. Pub
shed at Philadelphia. Price 25 cents.
T0oCR Topics has issued special and very fine
christmas number of u pages, with a brill
AN illuminated cover. 1t is filed with
ood-no not good" but very bright-catCh-
ng stories. poems. jokes, sketches. and illustra-
ions Published at New York. Price % cents.
The Palestine, one of the brightest of the pub
catiOns of tO-day-a magazine OF protest
gainst whatever seems false or hypOcriteal or
polish in literature and society-is, as a rule,
Dicy in a Clean healthy fashion. The Decem-
er number deals with The Kind that Paul
organized charity-and has
,mething to say about The Song of Songs
yhieh is SolomOn's; thea there is poem OF
udyard Kiplings, and paragraph about that