The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-26
SOME DECEMBER MAGAZINES.

The Christmas number of Scribner's
Magazine is delightful. Before turn
ing to the contents one will dwell on
the cover, which is q beautiful thing
The frontisDiece is The Slide" from
the PickWick Papers. 1t is a splendid
representation OF Mr. Pickwick in
what may be termed one of his most
famous acts. The number starts out
with a christmas Loss" by Henry
Van Dyke, with pictures by Corwin
Knapp Linson. 1t is a Christmas story
of the fourth century. Rudy and Kip
ling have q poem entitled 1.-The Feet of
the Young Men The Posing of vi
vette' by J. Russell Taylor, illustrated
by A B. Wenzen in colors, is a
dialogue in verse between an artist
aad his model. The article of the
Christmas number is Sir Edward
Poynter, p. r. A by Cosmos Monk
| house. 1t tells the story of the life
and work of the great painter, and is
fully and beautifully Illustrated with
specimens of his work There are
several excellent short stories by such
we'll known writer's as Joel Chandler
Harris, Robert Ferrick and Sarah
Barnwen Elliott. The number is in
teresting throughout.
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
Price % cents.
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly is a
Christmas number and has a special
Christmas cover. 1t opens with a
Christmas story, "Old Applejoy' S
Ghost" by Frank r. Stockton. II is
d pleasant story, betting the season
of which it tells. Other articles ap-
propriate to the season are THE
Music of Christmas Time by Hunter
McCulloch, and What Christmas
H. A
+. Sangster. A. Oakley Halls Andrew
Jackson" with numerous illustrations,
is continued. There is a fac-simile of
Jackson's commission as Encouragement,
given by Governor Archibald Roane of
Tennessee. Famous Ranches of the
San Gabriel Valley, fully illustrated,
is a very interesting article. The most
serious article in the number is THE
Baptists," by General T. j. Morgan,
corresponding secretary of the Ameri-
can Baptist Home Mission society 1t
is the first of series entitled THE
Religious Denominat lions of American
History, Progress and Methods of the
Various Churches 1t is very fully IL
| Illustrated. Other articles are IAN Old
Castilian Palace" by Rowland Thrill
more, illustrated, and Native Life in
and Around Calcutta" by Theodore
Human Simmons. 1t is illustrated.
Frank Leslie's Publishing House, 40
"A Bond street, New York. Price, %
cents.
The Living Age for November 90
opens with chapter iv of Rene Bazin's
With All Her Heart" specially trans
lated for the Age from the Revue des
Deux Mondes. 1t is an exceedingly in
teresting novel and we'll worth the
reading. The Novels of George Mere
dith" is an appreciative and critical
study Of the works OF one of the most
/ accomplished writer's of the dav The
article is called forth by the fact that
/ Nessrs. Constance are issuing a new
and complete edition of Meredith's
novels, one that is beautiful in every
respect. A delightful article is "A
New Criticism of Poetry" The writer
is inclined to favor the view of a writer
in q recent American review as ex-
pressed in an article entitled "A Com
petitive Examination of Poets. -
"Calabrian Sketches will be found q
pleasant and instructive sketch Edith
Sellers DIR. Won Miguel, The Kaiser 5
Man :" is study of the Prussian min