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Horned Alexander" is even more surpris-
ing than the beginning. The number is
particularly good one. The Century Com
pany Union Square, New York.
The special features of the December
number of the Review of Reviews for De-
cember are excellent. Among them are
the following: A sketch of the life and
work of the late Col. Warning, by Albert
Shaw; an article on the Empress Dowager
of China and her relation 20 recent events
in the Celestial empire by William Eleroy
Curtis; sketches of the late Empress of
Austria and the late Queen of Denmark,
by Alexander Hegedius, Jr., and Grace
Isabel Colbron, respectively; two articles
on the French painter Tissot and his Sc
ries of paintings of the life of Christ, illus
trated by reproduction of the paintings; a
survey of World Politics Through a Rus
sian Atmosphere" by w. T. Stead; and
paper by Lieut.. Parker, of the Thirteenth
Infantry, u. s. A, dealing with the army
supply departments and the need of gen.
eral staff The editorial department of
THE Progress of the World" summarizes
the results of the elections and the work
of the peace commission at Paris, and the
books of the season are reviewed in an
elaborate illustrated article by H. w. La
nier. Review of Reviews Company, 10 AS
tor Place. New York city.
The December North American Review
is emphatically a number devoted to an
authoritative consideration of some of the
most vital topics of the day. Its opening
pages present an effective and important
symposium on 1.-The Reorganization of the
Naval Personnel" contributed to by the
Hon. Francis H. Wilson, formerly member
of the naval committee of the House of
Representatives; the Hon. Theodore Roose-
welt, late assistant secretary of the navy;
| Commodore John w. Philip, U. s. NJ;
| Commodore George w. Melville, engineer
| in-chief u. S. N, and the Hon. George
| Edmund Foss, chairman of the sub-com~
| mittee on personnel of the House naval
committee Dr. Alvah H. Doty, health Of
fcer of the port of New York, writes In
| terestingly of 1.-THE Scientific Prevention
| of yellow Fever, and Max o. Rel furnish
| es the first installment of an article on
Studies in CheerfuIness." Cory Nj. Stad-
den treats of the --latest Aspects of the
| Nicaragua Canal Project" while the Hon
| Thomas L. James president of the Lin
| coin National Bank, New York, discusses
| the question DO National Bank Examirl-
ers Examiner" The foregoing are only a
few of the good things of the number.
North American Review, No. 2a, Fifth
avenue, New York city.
The Christmas December) number of
| Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly maya
zine is a holiday literary treat. 1t IS
! flied from cover to cover with timely and
entertaining facts and fiction, emoellished
| with fine illustrations. The leading ar
ticle is well written-story of the ro-
| nance and tragedy of Schvenbrun. 1t is
a narrative of the love of the Emperor and
| the late Empress of Austria and the tragic
death of the latter az the hands of an
anarchist assassin. Mrs. Leslie herself
contributes an article on Cuban By
Cones" a historical and romantic sketch
of charming interest The magazine, as
a whole is a compliment to the energy and
taste of Mrs Leslie, who has resumed ac-
tive control of her publishing house. The
colored cover design. by W. Granville
smith will be admired for its richness
and artistic merit. Price 10 cents per
COPY. Frank Leslie Publishing House
1n-143 Fifth avenue, New York city.
The New York Ledger has now become
a monthly magazine, under the title OF
the Ledger Monthly. While the form OF
the publication has been changed and its
typography greatly improved, the literary
| standard remains the same; that is to say
the Ledger Monthly stands at the head
of family story papers, just as the weekly
Ledger stood at the head of it's class FOR
more than fifty years. The current mum.
Der of the Ledger Monthly December j:
especially rich in choice Illustrations anC
timely special articles, in addition to it:
regular quota OF high class fiction. One
well written and profusely illustrated ar
ticle will be especially appreciated Il
deals with Christmas gifts, telling how e
buy them or, If one prefers, how TO MAKE
them Price 50 cents a year; cents
2 copy. Robert Bonner's Sons. corner wiz
IIams and Spruce streets, New York city
The holiday number of the Woman
r Home Companion is a Christmas gift II
= itself. with it's wealth of short and Ions
J stories appropriate to the season from
| Francis Lynde, Robert c. v Meyers Opi
Read, Julia Truitt Bishop. Mary F. Leon
ard. Hester Caldwell Oakley, Harric
Prescott Spofford and William O. stod
n | dard. An Illustrated page entitle "a Christ
mas Song Symposium" presents five beau
tiful poems of the Christmas-tide. Ed
= ward A.Steiner. in relating the facts of In
z downfall and death of the Prince Of Aus
tra, tells a story stranger than ever i'm
4 agined in fiction. ASIDE from its man
I; literary features, the journal is a deligh
y to the eve in artistic makeup and In tn
. beautiful cover page. by J. c. Leyendacl<
!, er. IMPLYING the Magis visit to the Christ
u child. Published by Mast, Crowell 4
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