The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

Kept His Last Christmas at Drumtochty," q
story, Ian Maclaren. I'm the First Christmas
tide" poem, Harriet Prescott Spofford. 1.-THE
Early Life of Ulysses Grant" Hamlin Garland.
Bread Upon the Waters a story, Rudyard
Kipling can Unwilling Neighbour" a story
Frank K. Stockton. Captains Courageous, y
story of the Grand Banks chapter III, Rud-
yard Kipling. "Of This Generation" story.
Henry Seton Merriman. 'The Inquisition,' a
poem, William Canton. Bethlehem" with
pictures, most of them from photographs taken
expressly for McClurc's Magazine, S. S.
Mcclure.
The near approach of Christmastide is sig
nalized by the appearance of the December
St Nicholas, for this issue of the magazine is
full of Christmas stories, poems and pictures.
OF particular interest to boys and girls is
Edwin s. Wallace's description of christmas
in Bethlehem" Mr.. Wallace tells of the
famous old Church of the Nativity, built above
the grotto where the Christ child lay in the
rude manger. Frances Cole Burr tells of
ga Snow-bound Christmas that was duly
celebrated in stalled train on a Western rail-
road. Ella +. Mosby makes q tradition of
Belgium the basis for little story, Santa
Claus Pony" In the wsy of Christmas
poetry the contributions are varied. The
other features of the number will also please
boys and girls. Laurence Hutton, in "a Boy
Knew" begins a series of recollections of his
own boyhood days in New York about the
middle of the century. ]. T. Trowbridge
writes a sea story, which is out of his usual
line. 1t is called "The Voyage of the North
ern Light" Isabella Graham Murdoch has a
sketch of school life In which sac introduces
an interesting unpublished letter by Oliver
Wendell Holmes The three new serials,
Master Skylark," by John Bennett; The,
Last Three Soldiers" by William H. Shelton,
ana 'June's Garden" by Marion Hill, grow
in interest as the plots develop.
The December Century continues to empha-
cize the Christmas traditions of this magazine.
The frontispiece of the number is a "Study for
the Head of Christ" from the painting of THE
Last Supper" by Dagnan- Bouveret, exhibited
at the Salon of the Champ de Mars last spring.
"The Christmas Kalends of Provence" by T.
A. Janvier, with illustrations by Louis Loeb,
is the product of intimate acquaint ance with
the charming life of the South of France.
There are poems in the Christmas spirit by
James Whitcomb Riley, R. W. Glider, Edith
M. Thomas and others. "a Painter OF Mother
hood" is the title given to paper on Virginie
DemontBreton, daughter of Jules Breton.
This paper is by Mrs. Henry Bacon, and pre-
sents a view of the homelife of the painter,
together with three examples of her attractive
pictures OF children. Light in Dark Places"
by JdcOD A. RlS, Is study Oh the better New
York, presenting hopeful as poets of tenement
house work ID the metropolis. A unique arti-
Gle by William A. Coffin, the artist and art
critic, presents souvenirs of Veteran Col
lector." Samuel P. Avery of New York, accom-
panied by hitherto unpublished drawings
made for Mr.. Avery by famous French artists.
Besides the serials by DR.. Mitchell and Marion
Crawford, there are short stories by Mrs. NJ G.
Van Rensselaer,, Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye
and Margaret Collier Graham.
The Christmas Scribner contains among
other good things: "Autumn Leaves" painted
by Sir John Millais, frontispieee; ''Sir John
Millais, Bart, +. r. Az Cosmo Monkhouse;
"The Phantom Governess,'' T. R. Sullivan;
1.-THE Magic Ring" Kenneth Grahame; "The
Last Ride Together" a sketch containing
three points of view, Richard Harding Davis;
"a Practical Reformation" James Barnes;
"Little Pharisees in Fiction" Agnes Repplier;
"There Is Such Love-" Martha Gilbert Dickin-
son; ga Law-Latin Love Story" F. J. Stimson;
"Stevenson's Birthday" Katherine Miller; "a
Magic Gift" II. G. Bunner; Glover o. the
World,'' Nathaniel Stephenson; "Sleep,s Ar
thur Willis Cotton 1.-THE Lonely Man." J.
West Roosevelt, NJ. D.; THE Sanctuary Lamp"
Julia C. R. Dorr; sThe Square Diamond Gin
ton Ross; "Songs Tor Two" Arthur Sherburne
Hardy; 1.-THE Drought at San Anton" william
Henry Shelton; "Mont Saint Michel" Julia