Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-30


Gle treats OF Life In Persia" 'Eng-
lands Free Hand on the Nile" is the
ute OF a well written paper on the
soudan conquest. "rhe Bath Comedy"
Is continued. and Artistic American
Furniture" Is Interestingly exhibited In
descriptions and pictures. New York.
| Cassells National Library for Jan.
lfth, contains Shakespeare play King
! Lear with an explanatory. Introduction
| by Professor Morley, the editor OF the
Lbrary.-Cassell g. Co.. New York.
The January Woman's Home Com
panion contains many articles Of liter
! airy value, chief among which Is a dis
cussion Of THE Revival OF Art and
/ Beauty" by Dr. Newell Dwight Hills
Carina Campbell EaglesAeld, under the
| Title Balanced Men, makes a plea for
a more symmetrical manhood in this
day Of specialization. John Kendrlck
Bangs continuing the "Idlot-at- Home"
| papers inycighs against certain absurd
New Years customs. The curious OBJ
| servances Of New Years in the Orient
and Germany are described by Belle NJ.
Brain and Bessie Burnside An inter-
esting article by Walden Fawcett tells
Of the narcissus culture. the chief in
dustry OF the Sicily Islands. 4 lengthy
article on Dining Rooms OF Yester-
day and Today by John Gllmer Speed.
Introduces some attractive photographs
OF dining rooms Of eminent people. Ed
ward A Steiner contributes personal
rtc Elections u The h me lie OF S rauss.
The Crowell & Kirkpatrick Co.,
Springfield, Ohio.
The current number OF the Choir
Journal has an instructive article on
the Training Of Choirmasters. Its
musical contents are an anthem, 1.-THE
God Of Abraham" by VIM. II. Pontlus;
and a response" Incline Thine Ear"
by Franz Halz. The Choir Journal Is
a sem-monthly published in the in
terest OF choir muslc.-Coumbus Ave,
Boston, Mass.
Miss r. J.. Banks contributes to the
holiday number Of the culver a graphic
description of q remarkable community
In New York which Is a veritable re-
public Of boys and girls; after descrlb-
ing the movement. the author states
That eventually:-Th republic was es-
tablished, a president and congress
elected, police force appointed. and
judges and lawyers We're chosen, all
from among the boys themselves. 1t
was essentially mostly summer re-
public, although those who wished 10
remain could do so for the winter. Ii
would take too much space to describe
IN detail just how everything was got
into working order, but within a week
there was on the George farm a COM
munty which Is, In the opinion OF
many wise students Of social and
political economy. the most remarkable
community Of modern times.
The Youths Companion for this week
is the holiday number and the popular
journal appears with handsome !
cover and list OF contents that place |
II amongst the notable holiday issues !
of the many serials Of the country. The |
leading story is a most interesting |
Christmas tale entitled 1.-THE Merriest |
Christmas in New York" ard half |
dozen other short stories make up the |
fiction Of the number. There is a poem |
by the English Poet Laureate Alfred /
Austin, entitled "The Dance at Treves," |
and one on the children's page by Caro-
Ign Wells, the author Of "Twas the
Night Before Christmas" and another
sweet Christmas lyric entitled Little |
Babes of Bethlehem" by Mary Bynon
Reeves Gregory is the title OF
short but vivid and thrilling story that
tells how bright college lad who had
spent his time in wild living, was
brought to deaths door, there to realize
what he had lost, and might still lose
through carelessness. The number
throughout is a notable one.
seasonable winter article entitled
The Ice King In the Great Lakes Is
the first Of the illustrated papers in the
January number Of The Self Culture
Magazine. Among the illustrated papers
the reader win find delightful articles
on Sidney lanler, the Southern Singer,
and His Songs" and on "Carlsbrooke
castle with its story OF the last days
81 Charles / (the 25Oth anniversary OF
whose execution falls on the S0th of
January; a scholarly argument on the
subject Of the discipleship Of Demos
themes, with a full-length portrait from
he painting by Lecomte du Nouy.
other papers OF interest are those on
New Years Day and Its Customs"
'Carbonic Acid Cas-" Colonial Life I'm
Virginia" "The Real John End. ott:"
What One Man Accomplished in Spare
Moments" 'Tennyson's Two Sea
Poems" and Some Of Shakespeare's
Women" The departments contain, as
Usual all manner of good things
Akron, Ohio.
The New Lippincott for January be-
Rms the year with a complete novel.
allied The Bread Line" by Albert j
3lgelow Paine. This Is a tale Of fun
md love In New York's bohemia. The ]
nagazne has, as usual, many articles
N timely topics, but It has seen tit to Z
Prostitute its pages with some fiction
n Mormon Life" but the ugly clum-
iness Of the story lily becomes a reput-
BILE magazine. O
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