The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-12-12

one Of the most expensive book exsf
published. will be The Life Of Christ.
soon to BE- issued at Tour. France +
will have nearly four hundred illustra-
tons reproduced in color from the paint
lngs by lanes lissot. upon the proiue-
ton which the artist las been engaged
for the past ten years. The first twenty
copies of the book will sell for $1,000
each. and the remaining copies, 40 III
all, for $500 each. Tie publishers an
no less than Sl2 for a single specimen
illustration, BY u special conces sion
t.om the arti.t and publishers TO the
Century, that magazine is enabled 70
reproduce twelve of the choicest OF these
pictures in its Christmas number.
Two very important facts in conuec-
ton with the new era Of magazines are
illustrated in the December Cosmopoli-
tan. Its fiction is by Stevenson. the
last story written before his death.
"Ouida,. Sarah Grand Fang Mill. aud
the beginning of james Lane Allen
new kentucky realistic story. Butter.
flies Probably no stronger array of
fiction has ever been presented in any
agazine-mOney could not buy better.
Nor has any magazine ever had a larger
number of really distinguished artists
engaged upon the illustration of a single
number. The reader might be puzzled
to know how such number eau be
made at the price of ten cents. But the
magazine itself affords the solution.
Lewiston, Maine. Is one of the most
thriving manufacturing cities ia View
England, aud Bates College, Of which
Lewiston is the seat, is one of the most
useful of New England's smaller col
leges, having graduated notable mum
Der of men and women who have gone
on into the work of teaching. The city
and the college together form the theme
of a careful article, Lewiston and Bates
College by Clarence Augustine Chase,
in the December number Of the New
England Magazine. The article, which
is devoted no more to the busy present
than to the historic past. IS fully illus
trated, and will be read by multitudes
of people beyond the borders of Maine.
The December Forum has for its lead
or striking article by VI. Paul Leroy
Beaulieu, the distinguished French econ
omist, entitled conditions for Ameri.
can Commercial and Financial Suprem-
acy. From the point of view of a syn
pathetic European observer. NJ. Beau
lieu discusses the financial problem now
confronting the United States govern
ment, and points out its only possible
solution. His article contains many
observations of profound Significance To
Americans, and it is probably the clear
est diagnosis of our financial troubles
that has yet appeared. Hon. Theodore
Roosevelt writes about "Ihomas Brack-
EFT Reed and the Ffty-tirst Congress. 3"
describing the conditions which con
fronted Mr.. Reed when Speaker Of that
Congress, and commencing him fer thu
course which he took to suppress filibus-
tcrlng.
The Christmas spirit runs all through
the December number of st. Nicholas
"llow IA Street-Car Came in Stocking"
is told by Harriet Allen. 1t was not
little toy affair. but one chat had carried
passengers in a great city for many
years. Just how happy it made the re
cipient every little boy can imagine.
Sarah Orne Jewett. in Betty Lecester.s
English Christmas gives further eX-
perences of heroine who has already
made many friends There is almost
touch of pathos in a Christmas White
Elephant" by W, \. Wilson, Jolly as
the story is. A little girl falls in love
with her Christmas tree, which she i'm.