The record-union., 1897-12-13

Time" Dallas Lore Sharp; "The Be-
devilment of John Discombe" (story)
Francis LyndR; starting. The Burnt
wood Breeze (serial, with pen and ink
drawings). Hayden Carruth; An AZ
ternoon With Ruskin," Joe Mitchell
Chapple; The Patriotic Societies Oh
America" Marion Howard; THE First
American Congress" Barry Bulkley;
Christmas in Merrie Old England. as
Seen by Cruikshank, Flynn Wayne;
Busted" (poem), Ellis Parker Butler;
"A Modern Fable Percie w. Hart;
Usefulness in War" Tom Hall; "Too
Soon," Ellis Parker Butler; 1.-The
Picture of His Wife, Winthrop Pack
ard: Dancing as We See 1t" (draw-
ing); when the Christmas Bells Ring
(story), Louise Crockett Henderson
Club Women and Their Work" Mrs.
NJ. D. Frazar; THE National Question
Class" conducted by Mrs. NJ. d.
Frazar.
The magazine number of THE Out
look" for December tNew York; is its
ninth annual book number. 1t con-
tains great variety of illustrated mat
ter relating not only to the books of
the season but to topics of general in
terest to all who care for books and
reading. A leading feature consists OF
three articles on The Making of
Books" In these articles Theodore l..
DeVinne writes of 1.-The Printing of
Books; Ernest D. North, an expert
bibliophile of 'Bookbinding as a Fine
Art" and George Wharton Edwards.
the artist, of THE Illustration of
Books The pictures accompanying
these articles include some unique
specimens of title pages, antique types,
and fine bindings. while as Illustration
to Mr.. Edwards articles there are
printed ten full-page pictures showing
by fine examples the typical work of
many successful American illustrators.
Many pages are devoted to a considera-
tion of the holiday books of the year.
Other illustrated articles are the final
installment of Justin McCartys The
Story of Gladstone's Life" and an ex-
tremely readable paper on Miss Jane
Barlow, the writer of Irish stories, il
lustrated from photographs. In fic-
ton the notable feature of the month
is story of Western life by Hamln
Garland. An important paper of seri-
Gus interest is that by the Rev. DR..
George A. Gordon, called The Theo-
logical Problem for To-day"
The December issue of the New Eng
land Magazine (Boston) comes in an
attractive holiday cover and is full OF
interesting material The frontispiece
of the number is a reproduction of a
photograph of James Russell Lowell.
taken by Oliver Wendell Holmes in
1864. This accompanies an article by
Charles Akers entitled Personal
Glimpses of Our New England Poets"
George Willis Cooke tells the inter-
esting story of Brook Farm, the COM
munity founded in West Roxbury by
George Ripley in 1871. Ashton r. Will
lard, whose article on college Archi-
lecture" in recent number of the mag
azine will be remembered, supplements
it with an equally valuable description
of the various college Libraries in the
United States Ludwig Richter. the
German Peoples Artist" has full JUS
tice done him by w. Henry Winslow
in a careful study of his life and works.
''The Municipality, Old and New" is
discussed by James Phinney Baxter.
Henry c. Lahee in his Organs and Or
gan Building in New England" shows
a thorough knowledge of his subject.
There are several excellent stories and
sketches in this issue of the magazine,
with a number of good poems as we'll,
and many illustrations. The Editor
Table" bears message for the Christ
mas season. drawing lessons from the