The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-26

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ten,o Of hduA one 81 TIRE r.ost Famous
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1iyo VIEW Of the Lake Ercr3. \ onr AZ h,s
yUv,sc ria Worlds Fair pictures. The
Mana NAM lily Art ompany. publishers, vi
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Ihe openirg article in the December
Atlantic Is by Paul Leicester Ford. author
q The Hon. Fetcr Stirling ana .-rhc
story OF an Untoid Love. and who now
occupies prcminent pos ,tion amonr
American story writer's. He d, s,usses tn,
,Ameiican Historical Novel" having bees,
sifns elf for many years a raipstakif,e stn.
cens or orr history as well as A story
wrNer, ana Is especially well equipped for
trcai,nr this subject. He makes mn in
'trcsn.iE statement Of the porliors OF
Aiierioan History that orr novelists have
svccrss'uily Illustrated, and intimatss Ia
wat extent oeir history lends Itself Ia
such treatment. A ren,t bic PAPER fran
.ns zen q Henry G.. Chapman is cntstled
i'eia'eu Feudalism In America"
The opening article Ia Sunbeans Cor Do
ceniber Is on Hawaii, "rhe Paradise OF
the Pacific" by Or. Henry l.iddell. IN
some Gesos OF Sacred Art" Adele do
boura'nville discorrses in pleasing and
instructive manner upon artists. ancient
anu modern. and gives some reproductions
o. famous pictures. Emeiiie g. Cromme-
~ Affords us glimpse into the ntivatr
i'ie oi ono OF the greatest poets of the
nns'eern century In her sketch OF Tepny-
s,n. The second inst,lment Of '.ncn-
s smaw , n,smlng's Quest" by Bcrtram Nlit-
e, osaen, and This Fortunes OF Hannah
MILES,. by Louise r.. Baker, Will be en-
1oyed by levers Of fiction.
Good fiction and abundant and novel IL
lustrn'inns are the features OF the Christ
mas number of scribner's Magazine The
cover is an odd and effective design IN
color by Maxfsld Parrish, young phdla-
deinhla artist who has shown wonderful
skill in decorative pictures. Henry Van
dyke, In "a Christmas Loss" tells a tale
OF Antioch. 100 Years ago. IL Is full OF
reEsions feeling. The illustrations are by
Gorwin Knapp Lirson. who went to the
East for Scribiiers last year In ..'rhe
Feet OF the Young Men," Rudyard Kipling
has put Into stirring verse the hunger OF
Young men for The wilderness when the
old spr.ng- fret comes DER YOU, and the
Ked Gods call 'or you.' joel Chandler
Harris. through Uncle Priinus, tells n
story of days long before the war. II has
70 do with the gambling spirit which held
Kun OF Luck" i. c, Yohn illustrates IT..
The Christmas Ladies' Home Journal
opens with page of pictures OF beautiful
children, selected from thousands OF por-
Gratis. There are two admirable short
stories. christmas at The Hollyhocks.' "
and christmas at the Tfimbles'' A
feature that will arouse widespread inter
crest IL the first letters of series giving
The Inner Experiences of Cabinet
Members Wife" They present an INSIDE
view OF Washington political and sccia.
life. us has never before been done In any
magazine. The letters will occasion much
surprise. A reading of tho first Install
ment makes obvious the reason for w9th.
holding the writer's name Every reader
OF fiction will be delighted to find the
opening. chapter OF Hamlltt Garands new
serial, THE Doctor" Mary II. wilkins
carries her readers into her favofite realm,
New England, Il; one of her sketches
THE Christmas Sing in Our Village" and
Lillian Bell, i'm her second letter from
London, sums up her studies OF English
men and women at shcrt range in keel
and brilliant eplgrain.
LIN lJtNtltlnSh ltuhIESI Oh NrOtty y Aldkd
zine presents very orig .ral and interest
ing melarge of art and literary work. II
Is prcfusely illustrated ard is printed II
a sof. Photographic black which bring.
out the pictures with striking effect TIL,
frortispece consists of seven pages. eacl
a reproduction of a great artists paintii,
Of 1.-The Madonna aud Child These pic
lures are valuable In this issue begin.
the series OF "Triumphs OF Amateur Pho
Biography" the opening subject being tn,
work of Alfred NJ, Stieglitz, with spect
mems OF the finest photographs. perhaps
that have ever been made.
The Sewanee Review for November con
ta.ns a finely critical paper by Professo
II. W. Wells on THE Novels of Chateau
BRAND" Our Lords vernacular' is b,
William Hatfield Hazard. Charles ]
Writing Among the Greeks Is full of In
terest. The Pastor letters are admirnbl.
described by Q. w, Turner, and william
Blake is the subject OF a sympathetic
essay by W. N. Guthrie. This pubhca
ton the only o,ts Of the kind IN N
best In literature aud current thought
The Monthly Bulletin OF the Bureau O
American Republics makes It's appearance
this month In enlarged and improved form
the contents being even more satisfactor
| than ever before, one Of the leading ar
| ticies is on the financial situation IN Brs
I'll. Joseph p. Smith, director of the hu
i reau, contributes the fifth In mis- series G
| articles on trade relations On America.
The December number OF the PociSe
Magazine contains the following shol
| stories: THE Way OF the Transgressor,
by Howard Fielding; '.Christnas Jane,
| by Frank r. Stockton; THE Kingdom Q
| Bcairgoricau. "by Max Pernberton; Chris
mas at Riversedge," by Harriet Presco
| Stofford.
| '.Babyland' and Little Men and w
mem for November are full of brsgf
| stories. poems and pictures. 'Babylart
is especially appropriate for the little tot
| whAle Little Men and Women will inte
1 est and instruct the older set.
RECENT INVENTIONS.
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