New-York tribune., 1896-12-09
LITERARY NOTES.

The seventh volume Of THE Century Masa-
Eire" embracing tho six months erding win Octo-
ber 1896 has Just been receved. and our scrni-
annual allusion 10 the appearance OF bound VOL
ume OF this periodical must he repeated IL -
never unwecome duty. The Century NAM
tains Its standard unswcryingiy. and year ai'er
year the text and illustrations show the untirng
enterprise md wise judgment which have long
been recognized as among tho best forces OF con-
temporary pictorial Journalism. in thls 'oiuHio
there the concluding parers In the Napoiooi
SERIES tho fragments relating 10 Glavcs Uaveis III
Africa. important artistic siudies. such as MI W.
FMS discussion Of John Sargent and. OF course an
abundance of dvert.ng fiction IT is pleasing 'oo'
to note the assduity with which the magazine mas
given space to the treatment Of political and eco
nomic questions Of the day.
From the same publishers como tho TWO 'ou''e'
which contain the twelve numbers or ST ->'0"o-
las for 1896 This companlonablc miscellany see'''
70 bo edited with every inch as much cure "' '"o
period!cal for older readers which issues from INC
same press. The stories by tried writer's ana
the pages abound in instruction that Is never dui''
Here. furthermore as In The century '"e wv
ures are always fresh and artistic
"Harpers Round Table" for 1895 arrives In one
stout handsome volume. prefaced by portrait VI
General Grant. This frontispiece strikes iarliar
and valuable note In the management OF tne H''o
magazine 1t Is rich in historical matter. mos
art This serious portion Of the Round Iaoe Is
balanced by plenty Of good fiction plenty OF mir'h-
provoking rhymes and prose. ana py many an a."
sorbing tale OF boysh venture Books IKE th's arc
calculated 10 touch old heads with a deep gladness
that the boys and girls OF to-day are SO we" p'o'
vided for IN the way Of current literature
The International News Company sends us as
usual an armful OF Christmas numbers from Ems
land-.The Graphic" Figaro lin its Enghsh
form) .The Iady's Pictorial" The Illustrated
London News" and "Chatterbox. with these
Journals there comes mass o, supp'eme"''i'
matter huge reproductions In colors OF a'rac.'c
paintings With THE Lady's Pictorial therc Is Il
vivid Oriental picture by Conrad kicsei. ana WIN
"The Graphic" there Is offered n fine reproduction
of the late Lord Ieighton's Flaming June, one
Of his most gorgeous and most graceful compost
tions All these holiday numbers are hiIed win
interesting Illustrated stories and with iaugh"o'e
cuts THE Graphic rcjoiccs In the cooperation
OF Bret IIarte. Rudyard Kipling. W. f. MOTIFS
o." and Stanley Wcyman. In THE Illustrated
London News there arc good stories by Thomas
Hardy and Marion Crawford To give An account
In detail Of the feast OF Christmas literature an"
pictures before US would be too long task put
II may lie succincy described az In the last degree
up-to-datc and amusing. The wonder OF 1t Is that
with so many periodicals striving TO make hfili-
liant appearance at this time. there should ne au-
thors and artists enough TO 20 round me! 40
go round and they do their work so well ihat no
matter how great in bulk these publications may
be- they do not weary the reader.
Duprat & Co. have issued their "Book-Lover's Al
manac" for 1897. 1t is a dainty little puphcanoh'
which wakes stronger and more artistic Win each
year The text is by various competent hands the
bookish themes are well chosen and the few illus
trations with the decorative border on every page.
are appropriate and artistic. Printed at the 'e
vnne Press and tastcfully bound this Is an annual
upon which the publishers to be congratulated.
With the expression Of a hope that they may con-
tnue it every year for many years TO come. for as
long as there are book-over left in New-forK
Under the title Of "Ninety-Nine Woofs from
Truth the publishers of that vivacious journal
print between limp a selection from tho
carcatures by of the ceveres artists OF present
dav Journalism Mr. Woolf has fun and pathos.
He mingles the two with great skill and throws over
his work an unmstakable originality. The booklet
into which some of his best sketches have been
gathered will be cordially received.
The Christmas number OF Life" begins 10 be
artistic and beautiful its very cover which bears
n sparkling design by Mr. a. r. Wenzell. Within
the issue is packed with timely squbs clever fiction
some genial morallzing and a lot OF good drawings.
Life might be said to have surpassed itself in this
number If it not that from years end to years
end 1t is OF the brightest and cleanest and most
artistic of comic journals.
Among the literary periodicals The Bookman,
published by Dodd, Mead & Co. and The Book
Buyer" published by Charles Scrbner's Sons. are
BILE for liveliness Of and richness OF illus
traon in their Christmas numbers. Both journals
have drawn largely upon tho holiday books for their
subjects and their pictures. The result in both
cases is summed up in the observation that the
articles readable. useful to the prospective
buyer Of books and the more readable because so
well Illustrated