Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-01-06
LITERARY NEWS.
Notes on the Some Latest Books and
Magazines.
No1Es On Id MAGAZNEs.

HE NuFltbUlds NidbbpioyA h".N -"
unusual array Of foreign scenes and
interests portrayed in its beautiful
pages Of illustrated matter. Estes x
Lauriat, Boston. so cents a year
The serial stories in Scrlbner's for
1897, are by Howell's and Richard
Harding Davis. The January num-
ber on the management Of a great de-
partment store should be read by
every progressive business man.
The great feature OF the Ladies
Home Journal for the New Years
number Is the Prince Of Wales visit
10 the United States 80 years ago.
LISA long time but many who are
the least bit tainted with a fOndness
for royalty want 20 read all about 1t
once more and have re-endcted before
their eyes the scenes that then eX'
cited the most staid and Democratic
Of our people. That Will be done In
the coplOus illustrations.
One cannot realize what IL means
TO be dead yet still to live, speak and
charm thousands without reading the
installments OF the last story from
the pen OF Du Maurler In llnrper's.
The chapters are fresh aud crisp With
his peculiar style and vitality and his
genius walks before one In the Illus
tratlons from his own pencil. Another
delightful feature, Of this number, is
the comedy "1ndlan Giyer" by How
ellis, most delicious social satire,
though It's name will Tea mystery to.
ordinary readers.
"a modern fairy tale--the wish for
political power" is most searching
sarcasm on journalism and politics In
the January Cosmopolitan, by Theron
G. Crawford To bc continued In the
next.
A critical review of Prof. William
Mllllgan Sloan's new life OF Napoleon
will appear in the February Bo0kman.
The author Is professor In Columbia
college aud is now In Europe to ar
range for German and French editions
Of his work. IL will be the most
noted biography since Abbott's life Of
Napoleon was printed In 1854.
The kindergarten Magazine OF
January is again a number OF great
historical Importance and significance,
There are able papers on Henry
Barnard whose s6th birthday will be
observed al Hartford and other cduca-
tIonal centers on the cath of this
month. He was the founder of the
school systems OF Massachusetts,, Con-
nectlcut aud Rhode Island, was the
first national commissioner OF educa-
tion. His greatest work Is an s0O-page
volume on Kindergarten and Child
Culture"
"ENGLIsH SOCIETY"
This is the title OF beautiful print
album OF about hundred OF Du
Maurler's society drawings, including
several OF the most famous 'of the
Trilby sketches. The latest picture
OF the artist-author is given as IA
frontpiece, and the plates are intro
duced by criticism from the pen OF
VIM. ID. Howells. He defines his
literary attitude AS loveable conf
dence from beginning TO end. This Is
the peculiar trait of Fielding
aud Thackeray and Sterne, but
he ranks the author OF Trilby
as their superior While the many
will read Trilby because they
hope TO fnd In II immoralities, the
real merit OF the book is that n
teaches morality In the broadest
catholic spirit OF humanity and
christianity as Christ taught. "lt isin
his tolerance, his tinal pity OF all life,
that Du Maurier takes his place with
the great talents; aud u Is In his
sympathy for weakness, for the ahased
aud outcast, that he classes himself
with the foremost noyellsts ot the
age, not one Of whom Is recreant TO
the high ONCE of teaching 10y pam-
ble that we may not profitable de-
splse oDe another" But We wander
from the sketches before us, The
Fun aud Satire Is all keen and yet
kindly. The Censor OF Manners, not
Morals, the former being In the
language OF Lord Chesterfield, 10 his
son, the flower of the latter. This
collection viii be delight for many
generations aud no prettier half hour
can he spent than for one To turn over
these pages with running witty COM
ment Harper aud brothers, New
York. Sold by all book sellers,
Few critics know where or how 20.
classify Rudyard kippling. His lat
est poems are Ia volume entitled
''The Seven seas IL Is published
by Appleton 4 Co, New York aud
really gives many readers their first
insight Into the author aud his meth
DDS. The verses are Ia varied form,
treating an manner OF subjects, but