The record-union., 1896-12-11

The Christmas Ladies Home Jour-
nal" (Philadelphia) surpasses IN gen
eral excellence and attracuvenesS any
previous issue. Its delicate toneu co'er
most artistically symbohzes Cnrlsriiias'
An appropriate opening Is characler-
ization of "Scrooge," from Dlchehs
Christmas Carol" the first OF Charles
Dana Gibson's series OF sketcheS OIL Tue
great novelist's best known characters
In sharp contrast is an article by Lady
Jeune. What Christmas Means TO
Queen Victoria" delightfully."- Illus
trated article on the Creoles OF New
Orleans, by Ruth McEnery Stuart; as
interesting Is THE Garden Party OF an
Empress" an American womans de-
scription Of a great social funct1on
given annually by the Empress OF
Japan. Rosa Bonheur contributes The
Story of My Life and special draw
ings and photographs. Mrs Henry
Ward Beecher recalls when Mr..
Beecher Sold Slaves In Plymouth Pull
pit" The fiction Is inviting; the open
ing chapters of a serial-"The Burglar
Who Moved Paradise" by Herbert d.
Ward. are given. Love at Valley
Forge" by Sara King Wiley, lis story
of dramatic interest Edward w. Box
editorially points the sure way to
happy Christmas ex-President Harri-
sons theme is The judicial Depart
ment of the Government" and Rev.
Charles H Parkhurst, D. D., writes of
1.-The Young Man on the Fence"
Dwight L. Moody gives his second les
son to his Sunday school class, and
''Droch" writes about books. There
are, besides the usual departments,
poems by James Whitcomb Riley,
Frank L. Stanton and others, articles
on Christmas gifts, Christmas dafnties,
Christmas entertainments and festivals
and the home.
The Coming First Lady of the
Land" is the leading feature Of the
December Midland Monthly Oes
NIodnes). Before the recent campaign
closed the publishers commissioned
Mrs. C. F. Mclean Of Cincinnati to visit
the McKinleys at Canton and obtain
pictures and data for a sketch Of the
then probable First Lady in the Land"
StlQ VI llS4 ldliiAIy SaaA0 Alo3i1S- A~G fASbe
was entirely successful, and the we'll
written and profusely illustrated ar
ticle in the December Midland is the
result. A description by N. Tjernagel
with full page pictures Of Gethsemane
and the Mount of Olives; an illustrated
sketch Of Fairhope, the Alabama colony
of single takers, by j. Bellangee, the
we'll -known single-taxer; a Christmas
sketch Of fifty years ago, prize poem,
stories Of love and adventure, and an
editorial sketch Of Ian Maclaren'' are
included in this number. Thus brill
iantly closes the sixth volume Of the
representative magazine of the Middle
West"
The Kindergarten Magazine is
worthy the Christmas season, with the
following table Of contents: AS sup
plement it brings a lithograph repro
duction Of Edwin Blashfield's Bells" !"
The leading article. well illustrated, is
on japanese Kdndergartning." The
editor contributes a sketch Of the
Brookline, Mass, schools, listing them
as we'll equipped, well developed and
we'll poised. "a Christmas Wonder
Story" telling why the chimes rang, is
an exquisite and seasonable bit Of lit
erature by Raymond Macdonald Alden,
Other interesting articles are. How the
World Made Ready for the Christ
Child" "a Twentieth Century Ger
trude" several Christmas carols with
music and words, as we'll as a thor
oughly valuable literary department.
kindergarten Literature Company, Wo-
mans Temple. Chicago.
Dodd, Mead & Co. CNew York; will
begin with the new year the publication
OF an American edition Of The Expos
:tor," the well-known scholarly theolog-
ical monthly which is edited in Eng
land by DR.. W. Robertson Nicoll. The
new volume will contain series Of
articles by the Rev. John Watson Dan
Maclaren). and contributions by Ameri-
can scholars may in future be expected.
The "Bookman" for December (New
York; has as leading papers. in addi-
tion to the Reviews" Novel Notes -
"Bookman's Table" Book Mart" and
Holiday Publications" these papers:
Chronicle and Comment; American,
English, Miscellaneous" with portraits; :;
THE Books You Used to Read" by
Osman c. Hooper; THE House Of For
giveness," by Francis Sherman
Lines-After Stephen Crane" by w S.
Bean; THE New Child and It's Picture
Books" by H. T. P; Days With Mrs
James T. Fields and Her Friends" by
NJ. A. de Wolfe Howe; Living Critics. -
William Crary Browneu, by George
Merriam Hyde; Prose Poems-"The
Face in the Mirror; II. A Perfume. -
by Lily Lewis Rood; Some Notes on
Political Oratory' by Harry Thurston
Peck; THE Present State of Literature
in America" by w. Robertson Nicoll;
Paris Letter." by Alfred Maniere.
The January or holiday number of
Short Stories" (Boston) provides it's
readers with an abundance of good fc-
ton both original and translated Espe-
cially worthy Of mention among the
former are the two sketches or etch-
ings by Anna Mcclure Sholl and Ella F
Mosby, entitled THE Guest" and The
Making Of a God" both of which are
models of condensation. A somewhat
gruesome bit Of imaginative work is
THE Gargoyle" by Livingston B. Morse
and Shackelford Collins contributes an
interesting story of a prospector's Won
derful find in the Rockies. There are
also several stories with q Christmas
setting by writers such as W. e. Nor
ris, Grant Allen, Paul Areue and 9TH
ers. Edward Everett Hale's celebrated
and stirring tale, '"The Man Without a
Country" is reprinted as the famous
story Of the month