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ment worth the portfolio or the frame.
1t is a fine engraving OF Scheffers
painting of Christ and st. john
The Century Magazine" for Decem-
ber Century Company, New York; is
holiday number and a rich one in text
and illustration. The chief features are:
Study for the Head of Christ" frontis-
piece; "a Group of American Girls
Early in the Century" Helen Evertson
Smith; "One of the Twelve" Christ
mas carol by Roumanille, Edith NJ.
Thomas; "A Rose of Yesterday" +.
Marion Crawford; Hugh Wynee." Free
Quaker" S. Weir Mitchell; "A Painter
of Motherhood: Virginie Demont-Bre-
ton" Lee Bacon; campaigning With
Grant," Horace Porter; Souvenirs of
Veteran Collector: Samuel P. Avery"
William A. Coffin; Breaking His Own
Will" Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye; I'm
Bethlehem of Judea," Richard Watson
Glider; 'The Christmas Kalends of
Provence" Thomas A. Janvier; "One
Man Who Was Content" Mrs. Schuyler
Van Rensselaer,; "Abashed," Clifford
WeStmore Lake; Them Old CHEEKY
Words" James Whitcomb Riley; For
Value Received" Margaret Collier Gra
nam; The Blossom of the Soul" Rob-
ert Underwood Johnson; Our Great
Pacific Commonwealth" Study of u
innate California" William E. Smythe
and Agnes Smith Lewis; What Lam
guage Did Christ Speak," William
Hayes Ward; Topics of the Time" :"
Open Letters" "In Lighter Vein."
"St Nicholas" for December Century
Company, New York; is richly illustrat-
ed and is pervaded by the atmosphere of
Christmastide. Among the more prom
inent features are Christmas stories,
poems and pictures. OF particular in
terest to boys and girls is Edwin S. Wal
lace's description of christmas in
Bethlehem Frances Cole Burr tells
of "A Snowbound Christmas" that was
duly celebrated in a stalled train on
Western railroad. Ella f. Mosby makes
q tradition of Belgium the basis for
little story" Santa Claus Pony" In the
way of Christmas poetry the contribu-
tiOns are varied. There are the follow
ing: ''As They Danced Them a Meas
ure on Christmas Night" by Mary
Mapes Dodge; THE Best Tree by ia
net Sanderson, and "A Christmas Cob
lin," by Susan Hartley SWEET The
other features of the number will also
pleas boys and girls. Lawrence Hut
ton, in "A Boy l Know" begins a series
of recollections of his own boyhood
days. j. t. Trowbridge writes a sea
story, 'The Voyage of the Northern
Light" Isabella Graham Murdock has
a sketch of school life The three new
serials, Master Skylark,' by John Ben
nett, 'The Last Three Soldiers by
William Fl. Shelton. and "Jume's Gar
den," by Marion Hill, grow in interest
as the plots develop.
'Harpers Magazine" for December
CNew York; is choice holiday number
by one of the foremost periodicals of
the world. It's illustrations are MANY
and strong and its papers quite too nu-
merous to be catalogued here. The
leading papers are: Joseph Asking
Shelter for Mary" from the painting by
Guy Rose; "ChriStmas Carol" Nina
Frances Layard; "A Middle English Ma
tivity," four illustrations, John Corbin:
The Romance of an Ambrotype," thir-
ten illustrations, Howard Pyle; white
Mans Africa. Part H. President Kru-
ger" four illustrations, Poultney Bige-
low; The Martian," Part Ill, George
Du Maurier; How the Law Got Into
the Chaparral," seven illustrations,
Frederic Remington; THE Hundred" a
story, five Illustrations, Gertrude Hall:
The Defeat of Amos Wickliff," a
story" one illustration, Octave Thanet
Wild Ducks and Tame Decoys," seven
illustrations, Hamblen Sears; "Oliver
Wendell Holmes" eight illustrations.
William Dean Howells; Sunday Sans
Statute of Limitations a story. Henry
Gallup Paine; Electricity Direct from
Coal, five illustrations, DIR. William W
Jacques; CLAWS" a story, Annie
Trumbull Slosson; Editors Study"
Charles Dudley Warner
A strong list of contributors is nra-
sented in "Appleton's Popular Science
Monthly" for December CNew York,
David A. Wells resumes his naners on
the Principles of Taxation" Herbert
Spencer contributes an article on "The
Relations of Biology, Psychology and
Sociology. DIR. Andrew D. White gives
a synopsis of the recent book by Pro-
lessor Il. T. Evans on animal SYM
bolfsm in Ecclesiastical Architecture.
An article on Botanic Gardens" is
contributed by Professor D. T. Mac
dougai. A copiously illustrated arti-
Gle by Mabel L. Miller describes "The
So-called California 'Diggers'" Right
Hon. Leonard Courtney, NJ. p. gives
a brief statement on 'Individualism VS.
Collectivism." In Possession and Me-
diumship" the psychology Of demonism
and spiritism is set forth by Professor
w. r. Newbold. Under the name of
Idiots Savants," De. Frederick Peter
son describes some of those arith-