The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-12
CURRENT LITERARY GOSSIP.

/ There are some delightfully."- interesting
/ short stories in the December number Of
| the scent Owl
/ The ST. Louis Mirror devotes consider
/ able space In the issue Of December 2
| to the turning down. of David Benaet.
| Hill by Tammany.
| The December number of the Kinder
| garsen Review contains interesting mat
| ter for the little ones. home and mother.
| relative to the Christmas tide.
| The Ladies' Home Journal win publish
| In its next issue John Philip Sousas lat
/ est march, ''The Lady of the White
! House." dedicated to Mrs. William Nc
| kinney.
| Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, daughter of
! Nathaniel Hawthorne, contributes to the
! January issue of the National Magazine
/ an illustrated article on her unique work
| in the New York slums among the sick.
| In the Illustrated American for De-
| cemher {, Speaker Reed expresses him
| self as only partially In sympathy with
| the imperialistic spirit which seems surg
| ing to another manifestation in our race.
| The Arena for December is just out.
| and the contents are as varied as usual
| Henry 4. Foster has written Poor Far
| ly Ricn' People" and John Clark Rid
| path contributes shall the United States
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| The Universal Brotherhood appears
| with a new and highly artistic design for
/ Its cover. The number offers its readers
| rare collection OF fascinating and inter-
| children's department. The other depart
| ments are ably sustained.
| The New Time continues its attack on
| Carroll d. Wright's labor statistics in
| the December number of that wideawake
| reform magazine. No one who pretends
| to keep abreast of the thought of the day
| should be without this magazine.
| There is curious little study of the
! outcast aborigine in the Argonaut OF
(, December Is. 1t is emitted .Squaw Char
| ley" and details the abasement, punish
| ment and death that came to a young
| buck who transgressed the tribal laws.
| A New Hampshire magazine. called the
| Granite Monthly, is a periodical that any
| state should feel proud of. In the No
| yember issue there Is a most excellent
/ article on Charles Marseilles, Of Exeter.
| Cuts of some prominent people of recent
| and present years are found IN this mar
| rative.
For the first time in many years, The
| Critic appeared In new form on Novem-
| Der Il. straw-colored cover with the til
| tie in red. signalizing the fact that this
| was the first of the holiday numbers
| which have come to be looked for every
| year as a guide for buyers of holiday
| books for young and old.
! DR.. Bernardos Night and Day for No
| vember repeats the story that so many
| public charities have had to tell, namely.
| that owing doubtless to the many funds
| now making their drafts upon the benev
| olent. receipts have seriously fallen off,
| and that there Is urgent need of immedi-
| ate help to maintain the efficiency of the
| work.
| Col W. L. Visscher, formerly Of this
| part Of Washington. but now of Chicago.
| has an article entitled Christmas In Old
| Time Kentucky in the Christmas num-
| Der of Carriers Monthly. For a 10-cent
| magazine Carriers contains an excellent
| variety OF weil-written and interesting
| articles. The Christmas issue will easily
| satisfy the most fastidious.
| The Mark Hopkins Institute of Art is
i the subject of a pleasing article In the
| Christmas number of the Overland
Monthly. The article on the gold fields
of Alaska is entitled ''Stampedes on the
| klondike" and Is written by Joaquin
| Miller. The magazine holds its own with
| any OF the others in the Chr stmas issue.
being a credit to the publishers.
| Looking over the prospectus of Me-
| Clure's magazine for next year, it Is read
! lily seen that many things that will make
| Some literary treats are promised. Among
| the contents and the subjects are some OF
the following: "reminiscences of Charles
| A. DANA "Edison's Latest Achieve
| ments." Rudyard's Kipling's stories and
| poems. and short stories by great authors.
! Harper g. Brothers published on Deem
Der the following books: THE wooing
| OF Malkatoon: Commodus.' by Lew Wal
lace; Lin Mclean" by Owen Wister: "A
Year From a Reporters Note Book" by
Richard Harding Davis: "A Legend Of
| Camelot," by George Du Maurier: new
| edition of 1.-THE Tinted Venus" by F.
| Anstey, illustrated by Bernard Partridge
II has for many years been the custom
| OF the outlook Ia publish at about this
time of the year Il special book number
| devoted largely to the holiday books and
10 articles Of special interest TO it's read
| ers. This year the book number con-
tains. besides its usual full and diserim-
| mating reviews OF holiday books. several
| articles relating TO book-making book
binding. and book illustration.
The December issue Of the New England
! comes in an attractive holiday cover and
is full Of interesting material. in Per
| s0nal Giimrses OF Our New England
| Poets Mr.. Charles Aker relates in a
delightful manner many anecdotes OF his
| personal intercourse with Lowell. Long
! fellow, Emerson and Holmes. Another
! important and interesting article Is that
| on Organs and Organ Building"
| With the December number Of the In
| ternatonal Magazine, volume three OF
| tha; unique periodical is completed Who
| ever recalls its successive numbers must
| realize that while most commendable
| from The start. IL has improved in some
way or a0othe" every month since. Today
| the International has an assured and
! settled tone and makeup thar are sell
| dom attained by 80 young a magazine.
| From cover 20 cover IL Is credit TO lis
| publishers and to Chicago
SELF Culture has FOR it's subtitle the
| designation, "A Magazine Of Knowledge =
| ard that in a very wide and practical
| Sense Il Is. since thcTs Il hardly A DEPART
| uaent OF learning literary. scientific. aria
| tic. Industrial or Philosophical which f.
| fails from ttue - time 20 deal With In a
thoroughly popular and interesting man
| ner During me year isSs some of the
| best cf contributors viii write for this
| really brilliant periodical. The December
| Number has j0st been issued.
! Under the heading Of "A Brief History
/ cf Our Late War With Spain - IN the De-
| cefnoer Cosmopolitan. the following in
! tNrestyg problems are brought forth.
! What woul3 you 40 II war should he ae-
! c2are1 tomorrow with Eurovesr mower.
! how would you change Xaur home life:
! ccw would Il affect your business CON-
i Htrflsus ara business and what changes
| would K make in financial. city state.
/ ana national anairss
TIE holiday number az tina ,~hauts,.-
| guam cSsmeS aut in gala dress exovss-
Rely harmonious In there and coloring.
( The design, especially MADE for fhtx tssu.
represents he boy Jesus IN 4afs =,
! lilies. round walch. as border ara
/ grouoe4 fair %SNhlerne % -ssra- evs. -