The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-01
CURRENT LITERATURE.
The January Magazines.

lures, the customary standard is main.
tanned.
THE CENTURY =" Half OF the his
tory of the world has been written in
stones and blood between the sea-line
and the ranging mountains" says
Marion Crawford in A Kaleidoscope
of Rome" which appears in this num-
Der. This is the first of three papers on
Rome and the Vatican which Mr.. Craw-
ford will write and Andre Castuigne
Illustrate for The Century. As both
Crawford and Csstaigne are Catholics,
they present the Sacred City in light
new 20 most readers
POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. -
Thousands of persons TO whom the
name OF the Smith olian Institution is
familiar, but who know little or moth
ing Of its origin, will be glad to read
the account of this estab ishment which
DIR. Henry Darlington Bolton gives in
Appleton'S Popular Science Monthly for
January and February. Both arti lies
are illustrated, the first containing views
of the exterior and interior of the build
ing, together with portraits of Smithson
and the three secretaries which the in
stitution has had.
ATLANTIC MoNTHLY.-The first is
sue for 1896 opens with all unpublished
Notebook of Nathaniel Hawthorne,
now printed for the first time. There
are also the opening chapters of new
three part story BY F. j. Stimson q.
S. of Dale) entitled, Pirate Gold.' 1t
deals with romantic Boston life 10 the
fifties. Two political articles will be
sure to attract attention, The Eman-
cipation of The Post Office" by John r.
Proctor, chairman of the United States
civil service commission, aud g Con-
gress out of Date" the latter being an
able statement of the evils Que to the
present system of converting congress
year after its election.
SCRIBNER s.-This magazine enters
upon its tenth year with several new
departments and most promising out
look for interesting features. What
most readers will Grsl turn TO is the
long-expected serial by j. NJ. Barrie,
his only fiction since the publication of
"The Little Minister four years ago.
In these times OF prolific noyelsts it is
unusual for one OF the most popular of
| them TO show the retcence exhibited by
Mr.. Barrie. A reading of this first long
installment of Sentimental Tom n.y."
twenty-five pages of which are given,
will convince every one that Mr.. Bar
RE has produced masterpiece. A
new portrait of Barrie, with several
full-page pictures by Hal herell, accom-.
panies The story.
MCCLURE's - The current edition
numbers 100000 copies, a circulation
equal to any two of the high-priced
magazines. II tells The story of Lin
coin as clerk in country store, study
ing grammar in the intervals of weigh
ing out tea and sugar and other gro
ceres s, which in that day included whis-
key, acquiring, by his native wit, wis.
don and honesty, a local ascendency
which emboldens him to announce him
self as a candidate for member of the
legislature; and then, to the sacrifice Of
his chance of election, leading COM
paDy of raw recruits to the Black Hawk
War. Much new material is furnished,
and twenty-five pictures, including
three portraits of Lincoln, and fac
SMILES of interesting documents written
and signed by him.
THE FORUM.-Following M. Leroy
Beauieu's notable article in the De.
cember number, the current number
opens with practical article entitled
"SOme Suggestions on Currency and
Banking" by Mr.. Adolph Ladenburg,
of the firm of Ladenburg, Thalmann &
Co., one of the largest and most i'm
portant International banking firms in
New York city. AS cure for our
financial ills Mr.. Ladenburg suggests
that the banks in every city or small
district combine and form sort of
| olo ri hon hot o1o
ing-house banks combine and form a
ate clearinghouse bank, and that
these state clearing house banks eventu-
ally form national clearinghouse
bank which would act as great CEN
trail reservoir from which, indirectly,
every little bank in the United States
would derive strength and be able to
supply their customers with currency.
LADIES HOME JOURNAL The New
Years number brings with it abundant
assurance that it has inaugurated the
red letter year of its existence-that it
will b. better in 1896 than ever. The
best known and most popular contem-
poraneous writers and artists are rep
resented in their best achievements.
On the cover page is reproduced Albert
Lynch's famous painting, 1.-The God
mother" in half-tone, showing the
great work of the modern master in ex.
quisite perfection of artistic detail.
The departments are bright, attractive,
instructive and complete. Drawings by
W. L. Taylor, Charles Dana Gibson,
William Martin johnson, Alice Barber
Stevens, Elizabeth S. Green and Abby
| E. Underwood are among the strong
artistic features of the January Journal,
which is exceptionally bright, fresh and
interesting in literature and illustra-
lions, and which carries with it the ex-
| nlanation of its universal ponularitY.