The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-03

Wootfen; and Dr. ]. NJ. Tanner gives a
clear and intensely interesting article
on The Situation in South Africa"
OF special value TO officers of the NJ 1.
A are three sermons to missionaries by
Presidents Lorenzo Snow and Joseph
+. Smith and Apostle Francis NJ. Ly-
man. Our Work" department is full
of important hints for association
workers To- students Of church BIZ
ography the articles of John Jaques on
The Life and Labors of Sidney
Rigdon' will awaken many memories.
| The cover of the December Century
is suggestive of the approaching Christ
mas season, the central figure of the
design, by Henry HUT, being a kneel
ing angel. with outspread wings. Five
tints. OF yellow and red are harmoni-
ously blended in the printing. the let
tering being in black. The brief OPEN
ing poem, The Old Master" is decor
| ated by Edward Edwards, and illus
trated by Louis Loeb in frontispiece
as seasonable as the cover, and, like
the cover, printed in tints. The color
printing Is not confined to the two ex-
amples mentioned. ''The Christmas
Dancers" a poem embodying a Saxon
legend. is accompanied by several full
page pictures by Mr.. HUT. The holi-
day spirit breathes as we'll in Jacob A.
Riis' story of New York's East Side,
The Kid Hangs up His. Stocking, DR..
Weir Mitchells poem, king Christmas
and Master New Year." the reproduc-
ton of Alden Weir's "A Christmas
Tree" in the American Artists Series.
and Thomas A. Janvier's "A Provencal
Christmas Postscript" being further
legendary lore of Provence. derived at
first hand from the poets and peasants
among whom the author has passed
several recent years. Conspicuous are
features of the number are Coles en-
craving of Sir Thomas Lawrence's
Lord Derby. and full page reproduc-
ton of the bust OF Frenchs equestrian
statue of Washington. The literary
side is especially good, making the
number one of the most notable maya
zine productions of the year.
With it's drawings by such artists as
Howard Pyle. Frank du Mond. and c.
X. Linson. and its reproductions OF
some of these in color, and it's beautiful
seasonable cover, McClure's Magazine
for December is a very notable artistic
achievement. But ii is no less notable
from the strictly literary standpoint. In
the introduction and prologue of DIR.
John Watson's ("Ian Maclaren's'o
Life of the Master" there is more
than satisfactory 5opening of what
promises 10 be a unique and valuable
feature throughout the year. DIR. Wat
son frankly announces that he does not
expect those who follow his work will
be much the wiser regarding mere sites
and dates, but he does let himself hope
that they will have clearer vision of
the august Figure who invites the judg-
ment of each mans conscience, who
lays his hand on each mans heart.
Alleyne ireland opens the December
Atlantic with 'Briton and Boer in South
Africa" Hamilton W. Mabie con-
tributes a brilliant and searching re-
view of Edgar A. Poe's Place in Ameri- |
can Literature" Jacob A. Riis. con- !
cludes his tenement series with Reform !
by Humane Touch. In "A Philistine |
View" Professor T. r. Lounsbury dis |
cusses the success OF Br9wning's "A /,
Blot in the 'Scutcheon" as an acting |
play Under the curiosity-provokingI
title of Wanted. a Chair of Tent Max
ing" Alfred Brown, Layman. discusses
the causes of the. modern decline of the |
ministry.