The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-30
The Magazines.

lit Ddlllt vi lbS DlIbHB. II
appears as serial in the Atlantic
Monthly, the first installment in the
number of January, 1898. Ii will be re-
menbered that the Atlantic printed M.
Parker's successful ''Seats of the Nigh
ty." With Mr.. F. Hopkinson Smith :
serial Caleb West, now running, and
Mrs. Wiggin's Penelope's Progress, the
Atlantic is now, and promises to be.
particularly rich ia good fiction. Mr..
John Muir will contribute TO early mum
bers of the Atlantic series of articles
which are likely to become the classic
descriptions of, first, the Great Govern
ment Reservations, second, The Vel ow-
stone Park, third, The Yosemite Park,
and fourth, The Sequoia Parks.
A character sketch of Mark Twain ~
Robert Barr is an attractive announce
ment made for the January number Of
McClure's Magazine. Mr.. Barr is a msn
who himself possesses the secret of "
vising humorous and grotesque tags,
and as he has been the close persC1al
friend of Mark Twain for long time he
is sure to give us an interesting stud yiof
him.
Mark Twain's new humorous sqry,
which he is now writing in Vienna, 1 TO
go to The Ladies' Home Journal, Which
magazine has also secured F. MRion
Crawford's new story, which is a tae of
the unreal. with the striking unanny
title of "fhe Dead Smile"
Scribner's Magazine begins its selfth
year with the January number ADD in
the opening pages gives a foreta5te of
Al. % Ia rk.t.,l tya
months. The frontispiece by ClhbdiDst
gives characteristic scene in Virginia
mansion on the night of a party in NE day
before the war. This is from hOmas
Nelson Pages serial novel, "Red Rock.
The leading article is Senator lodges
great historical narrative, "The fory of
the Revolution" This Is the jrst his
tory of the Revolution by qan who
unites the literary qualities of \ skilled
historian with actual experienceIof gov
ernmental machinery. The Illustration
of this great series has been ulher way
for many months.
Rudyard kipling contributes to the
January ST. Nicholas the seeopd of his
''Just-So Stories" The present one tells
Chow the Camel Got His Hump" and
Oliver Herford furnishes a plumber of
illustrations for it. There Is the first
chapter in new serial, "lhrough the
Earth" by Clement Fezsndie. The
other serials have interesting install
ments. The lively boys who make up
''The Lakerim Athletic Cpb,' in the
story by Rupert Hughes, take up hooked
on the ice. Frank X. Stockton, In The
Buccaneers of Our Coast" 'recounts the
surprising adventures of the noted pirate
Bartholemy Portuguez. The 1.-Two
Biddicut Boys" of MIR frowbridge's
tale, begin their exciting chase for the
remarkable trick dog that lis one of the
/ leading characters in the story. The ro-
nance of chivalry, with the Black
Prince by w. o. Stoddird, deals with
the campaign of the English army in
Normandy. A timely article on the
Greater New York, by Ernest Ingersoll,
is called "Reasoning Out a Metropolis, :"
and gives the reason for New York
supremacy. As usual, the number is
overfowing with pictures and poems.
The Century has the opening part of
DIR. Wier Mitchell's new novel, The
Adventures of Francois; Founding,
Thief, Juggler and Fencing Master dur
ing the French Revolution" which is
illustrated by Castaigne and is expected
to be a worthy successor OF Hugh
Wynne." Other contributions on Eng
fish topics are "Scenes from Huxley's
Home Life" by his son, Leonard Hux-
lev, with a new portrait engraved by
johnson, and a graphic account of the
curious features of "The Lord Mayors
Show by Mr.. and Mrs. Pennell.
Among the French subjects is an article
on French Wives and Mothers by Miss
Anna l.. Bcknell, The American ma
terial includes "RecOllections of Wash
ington and his Friends as preserved in
the family of Nathaniel Greene, con-
tributed by Martha l.. Phillips and
daintily illustrated by Macolm Fraser ;
Every Day Heroism," paper in the
"Heroes of Peace group, by Gustav
Kobbe. Other fiction, in addition TO DR..
Mitchell's story, is the third part of Mrs.
Burton HarrisOn's GOOD Amer leans, y
and three short stores-"The Courtship
of MIR. Phillip Johns" by Elizabeth
Carroll Shipman; miss Stacy's
Buryin'- Money" by Alice NJ. Ewell ;
and MADAM Buttertlv,'a story of I'M
usual interest and pathos with an at
tractive japanese heroine, by Luther
Long, illustrated by Weldon.
!
An interesting paper by Laurence
Hutton Is prominent feature of Har-
per's for January. In it he repeats some
new and aud some good old anecdotes, in
addition to personal "reminiscences, about
Booth, Barrett, Wallack, Montague,
Florence and Mccullough. Elsie j.
Allen describes Stuttgart in paper
which is admirably illustrated by Joseph
Pennell, and w. ID. McCrackan has a
paper on "Frescoes of RunkelsteiD, y
which is also copiously illustrated.
There is fiction by Henry Seton Merri
man, Mary Hartwell Catherwood, Oc-
tave Thanet, Clara Maynard Parker,
Frederic Remington, Margaret Sutton
Briscoe. F. A. Mitchell and John G.
Ochitree. This is strong array Tor
one number of magazine. Nor have
we mentioned all of its attractions
which include poems and the regular de-
par ments.