Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-12
LITERARY NOTES.

ana covers the whole field OF SEASON.
aole fashions with its accustomed
tnorouEhnesa. A very pretty ballad.
fnr above the ordinary rnagazIne con,
rlbution. begins the number. MS Roger
a. fryor concludes her admirable series
on The Socill Code" with n diecus-
SION OF the various ways of rettinr
INTO society. A well known New York
dentist has an article at tnce scientific
anu popular on the care OF the teeth.
Dr. Aimee Raymond schrocder brines
personal experience to bear In telling
OF the facilities and obstacles before
women VINO set out to study and prac-
uce medicine. Sara Miller Kirby ex-
plains the possibilities OF kindergarten
work at home. A handsomely illus
trated article by NJ, C. Frederick Is de-
voted 70 Mexican stamped leather. A
beautiful silk embroidered fan with a
romantic history dating bnck to the
rrgheh revolution is pictured and de-
seriDed. Emma Haywood begins in
struction for ccclesiastical embroidery.
ana also explains how TO make the
| new ana pretty embroidery frames for
photographs. How n house may be
artstieally furnished for the least
money Is told by Edna Witherspoon.
MIS-. a. b. Longstreot devotcs critical
attention to ndulterated and deterior-
nted foods. and the article on season.
able cookery supplements her conclu-
siohs with timely Illustrations as to
inc use OF canned goods. How broth
er ana sister organized and carried out
valentine party is told by Henry C.
WOOD. ana there arc the usual pages
devoted TO the new books, tea table
chat, knitting, tatting, erocheting. etc.
Part number OF 1.-THE Fishes of
North America" by william c. Harris,
edltor OF the American Angler. has
Just been issued Like that of the pre-
vlous numbers the text ~ exhaustive of
the natural history OF the flshes treat
Cd upon. The plates, colored Ms In life,
flze, l2NlS inches, are from specimens
caught on Mr.. Harris rod The large
mouthed black bass tcalled Oswego
bass In many sections) and the blue
iish are delineated true TO nature The
former was painted from n specimen
taken In Greenwood lake. N. Y, and the
latter from one caught OF Long
Branch; N. j, Both were painted in
oil on the spot OF capture. before their
color tints had faded. These iitho-
graphic plates are very fine works of
art. The reproduction of the oil ef-
fccts OF the original portraits Is espe-
olally to be noticed. We doubt II such
beautiful and artistic work has ever
before been Issued from a photographic
press either In this country or Europe.
THIS work, while educational TO the
student OF natural history, ~ peRling
directly to the tastes aud Intelligence
of every one interested In the literature
NJ animated nature. IS primarily Issued
for the craft OF anglers. of which the
author has been n member for more
than a third OF century, and no
doubt he will md generous support
among his brethren OF the fraternity.
The first edition OF the January Nc
Clure's is 100000 copics-an increase OF
10000 In three months, II Is easy TO
understand these great strides In cir
culation when one has read In this
number the remarkable story OF Lin
coin as the manager OF Denton Of
futts saw mill and country store at
New Salem, the victorious wrestler
against the champion OF Clary's Grove,
the student, between whites, OF kirk
hams Grammar, n candidate for the
legislature. and captain OF raw re-
orults In the Black Hawk war; and
when one has inspected the twenty-five
pictures which help to WITTY this mos,
engaging chapter OF Lincoln history.
10 further justify the 100000 there is
the beautiful article on Eugene Fields
intimacy with the children. reproduce
ing the best OF his child poems. with
portraits from his own collection, of
the real children to whom the poems
re'ate. Then there IL the first OF Mr..
VIII II. Lows papers on the great
paintings OF the century, In preparation
for which MIR, Low made special trip
10 Europe. gathering the best that the
galleries there would afford This pa
per treats Of the French painters at the
beginning OF the century-Davld and
his followers-and IL Illustrated with
reproductions OF sixteen celebrated
paintings by David Prud'hon, Gerard
and others. Ever since 1884 II has been
a matter of constant speculation and at
times OF hot dispute. exactly what rela-
tlon Mr.. Blaine bore TO his candidacy
for the presidency In that year, a pa
per by MIR. Murat Falstend in this num-
her must, one should think, set the mat
ter forever at rest Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps, continuing her charming auto
biographical chapters. describes with
the fullest sympathy, and yet with un-
failing vivaclty, the life OF "I'he An
dover of New England Theology the
Andover OF a peculiar people, the An
dover that held herself apart from the
world and all that was therein'-an
Andover which. she truly says, will
soon become an interesting wrath"
Other noteworthy features Of the num-
Der are a popular article by the emin-
ent astronomer. Sir Robert Ball, Civ
ing the latest Information regarding
stories by Anthony Hone and Herbert
D. Ward. S. S. Mcclure. Ltd. 80 La
fayette Place, New York
Foster on the Constitution IL the title
OF new judi ial treatise which Is the
first attempt at thorough treatise on
the constitution since Story's Conven-
tons. published In 1893 IL presents
fully the result OF recent researches
into the sources OF the constitution and
the Intentions OF Its powers. 1t dis
uusses at length the theories of multi
fication and secession, the constitutions
al history CT the Confederate States.
the reconstructiye measures. and later
developments bearing upon the inter-
probation OF the constitution, all In q
spirit OF judicial impartiality.
The North American Review opens
its 1920 volume with the initial paper
In series OF articles to be furnished
by the Rt. Hon. w. ". Gladstone. enti-
tied 1.-THE Future Life and the Condi-
tion OF Man Therein" The Hon. c. +.
Crisp, ex-spealer of the house of rep
resentatives, writes ON How Congress
Votes Money" the article being n re-
joinder 10 that by the clork of the house
OF commons in the December number.
'Foreign Missions In the Light OF
Fact" are eloqueDily considered by the
Rev. DR.. Judson Smith, foreign secrc-
tnry OF the American board of commits
sioners OF Foreign missions, while tho
Mexican minister at Washington en-
ters into an interesting review OF 1.-THE
Philosophy OF Mexican Revolutions "
The war rumors OF today render emil
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