Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-02
LITERARY NOTES.

HARPFP'S BAZAR-Harpers Ba2ar'
iee1ed on November 30th, presents
anorr other attractive fashion features
% Deerlfqr'v distingu shed reception toll
le5te from the Maison Worth engraved
bv Charles Baude. The first install
uout OF Molly Miners Foil, serial
bv Marion Harland, is given in the same
number.
THE NEW BOHEMIAN.-The De-
cauber number is adorned with front"
.spicce OF the lameDted, popular poet
Freene Field. a splendid table OF con-
tents. embracing poetry, fiction and III
era.ure make up the Christmas nunDsI
Of this new and poGlar periodical me
New Bohemian '.s now on the nigh
WAY to- success and viii soon take rank
among the older publications n point
of merit and excellence.
ROMANCE. The December number
of Romance. with its new and handsome
cover. makes q very attractive appear
3nce. There are. as usual, good original
stories. TRANSACTIONS from foreign Ian
gu3ges and careful selections from the
hest English and other magazines.
Among the more prominent authors
whose names appear I'm the table Of con-
tents are Frcllmann-Ch8tr.an. Edgar
Fawcet- Paul B0urget, Edith Sessions
Topper. i. c.. Philips and Helene SJoki.
THE COSMOPOLITAN-Two very
important facts in connection with the
new era of magazines are illustrated in
tine December Cosmopolitan. It's fiction
is by Stevenson, the last story written
before his death, "Ouida," Sarah Grand,
ZangWiu. and the beginning of James
Lane Aliens new Kentucky realistic
story. Butterflies" Probably no
stronger array of fiction has ever been
presented i'm any magazine-mOney
could not buy better. Nor has any
magazine ever had a larger number OF
really distinguished artists engaged
upon the illustration Of g single num-
Der.
THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL
| Mary u. Wilkins has done something
now in the piece of work just completed
and given by her to the Ladies Home
Journal for publication. 1t is a series
of "Neighborho0d Types These
types" are the most unique characters
and are TO be found in a supposed New
England village; TO the portrayal Of
each type Miss wilkins deyotes @
separate sketch. Thus she pictures a
striking male character in THE Wise
Man of the VILLAGE one of the most
natural of children i'm THE Village
Runaway @ familiar figure in "The
af rr~ff }, hn
other characters equally distinct. There
are six types, and an are illustrated.
/ GODEY'S 1IAGAZINE-Goley's Mag
aEine for December is q Christmas num-
Der. plentifully spriuked with yuletide
fiction and verse. besides such season
able articles gs Holiday Decorations. -
Christmas. Past and Present" and
"Chris,m Day in q japanese Co
I Down this latter richly illustrated by
I c. d. Weldon. There Is also an extern
sive account of the Federation of Wo-
mems Clubs q f0rerunner Of the Jan
uary issue, which is to be a special
women 5 number" Beaumont Fetch
/ er contributes a cyiuque Of Hamlet" as
interpreted by great actors. and there
is pr0.Usely illustrated articles on Mas
terpieces of French Sculpture"
HARPEB'S ROUND TABLE-Har-
pers Refund Table for November 26th
contains a story OF the Cuban insurrec-
ton. entitled. I'm Front Of q Spanish
I Cruiser. by William Drysdale: the first
ius,allment of a three-part story emit
/ tied, "The New Life" by Florence Hol-
/ lowell Hoyt;' What Girls Can 10 With
I CbafDg-dishes. an interesting descrip-
/ ton Of how various delicacieS can be
1 cooked daindly. contributed by Chris
/ tine Terhune Herrick; ''Bagged I'm Mid
stream. q hunting story, by J. MaCdon-
/ aid ONley; and "The Story of King Ar
/ thur as Told by Sir Henry Irving by
John Russell Davidson. Among the
papers othe rfeatures viii be found its
usual we'll known departments
/ McCLURE'S MAGAZINE. The well
written story cf SIR. L;ncon's iife en-
/ b-3cing the period Of his residence in
| Indiana and his removal 90 Illinois. is
continued and viii be found IN the cur
/ rem number Of McClure's. A Christ
mas sorry entitled "a Point Of Kuuck-
/ Eng Down. by Ella H;gginson. is q
/ very interesting story. "The Suns
| Hc7t.' "N5 Ehb0r King" and
! Through the Eardanelles' are al high
| IS interesting sketches. A Christmas
/ ricle Of great beauty. as well as inter
est. Is Mr. VIII II Lows Madonna and
| Child' with reproductions Of thirty
cvo celebrated paintings specially chos-
en- by Mr.. Low during a recen. v.si.
20 Europe. These. with numerous OH
/ er productions. make q charming Christ
/ mas elt.cn.
/ JENNESS MILLER'S MONTHLY
/ The oid-time Christmas number of q do
nestle magazine was O good thing. fair
/ ly adapted for use at the Preside and in
/ The home, but the Christmas number OF
to-day as is wei typiled in Jenness
/ Miller's Monthly, Is a tltting illustration
! ri the development oflitercry work and
taste In the last few years. especially
/ rs it applies generally and in detail to
what might be called the kingdom OF
/ women. From the cover the bright
/ eyes of a pretty child peep cut shyly
/ at the behOlder, a merry Christmas par
/ -y. "Under the 1iistletOe. - greets the
/ reader from The frOnuspiece. and MANY
other equally attractive illustrations
sprinkle the book from first cover ia
last The reading matter is especially
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