Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-01-06
LITERARY NOTES.

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Mr.. Stephen Bonsal will contrt AA s SsS
to McClure's for January some st0ka1 W
gathered in the field on the days sss
battle. striking personal incidentsi i
the battle of Caney and San Juan. .
the same number, Mr.. Hamlin M RS
land wilt contribute true story NS
Rising Wolf, the s.Ghost Dancer. IN
A. Conan Doyle and +. Frsnkfo 6
Moore are represented in Ainsls NJ
New Year Number BY short stortss
and Richard Hovey contributes
splendid ballad called The Croees
roads" Besides, there is the usyelS
varied assortment of articles, stories Nh
ETC., all copiously lllnstraf "a. ss
Harper's Magazine for January "A y as u
especially valuable for q long list
articles of contemporary intereaf s
Lieutenant S. A. Staunton opens tsa| NM
number with an account of the n &
Campaign Of 1898 in the WeEt Indls
illustrated by Carlton y. Chapman NIB
An article by II. w. Wilson treats CtaRJI
the NAVAL Lessons OF the War, W.T. ssil
Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart ntribuss9
an interesting historical account ae
"Brother Johnathan's Colonies.
One Of the leading features of tht
January Cosmopolitan is an artlel9
telling how Mr.. Platt organized ans
conducted the campaign for the elepa
ton of Roosevelt. It's by gently
man who was actively engaged ~ FttA
republican headquarters during ne
campaign, and who gives vivid pifsfi
| ture of the perfection to which POLY
! zeal organization has been carried ~
New York state by the most astute .c1 III
managers The wary old senator who rs
has been lifetime in politics and the Ia
Youngest political aspirant will alike N
find food for reflection in Mr.. Blythe's fA
article. E
Miss Cecilia Beaux, easily frsHSl
among American women artists, and
one of the strongest portrait painters AZ
of the day. has made a striking shead2Rfgsl
of Admiral Sampson, from life. whictaS5
appears as the frontispiece of the JanIaS*S
uary number of the Century. This 4zg@s'
apropos nf the second instalment SSHss
Lieut. Hobsons ''Merrimac'' papS 2
in which the sinking of the collier,
directed by the admiral. is wildly kssss
modestly described by the hand I'll
did it. ssss3
1t is said that the original Of sscd S5
Rebecca in ''Ivanhoe, as referred A
by Mrs. Howe in the January Altar &
was Rebecca Crate. of PhilndelH NM
founder Of the Foster Jewish Hon
that city, whose portrait was rece
unveiled in that institution. S
never saw her. but is said to u M
heard much Of her from Washing @5
Irving. who is believed to have Z
NAMED lifelong bachelor from %ss
for her and devotion to her memoir
"a Great American Sculptor ID A
title of an article in the Amerid
Monthly Review Of Reviews for ss3s
uary, in which Miss Laura Cru
Dennis describes the work and car
of that rising young genius.
George Grey Barnard. The articl
especially for the Review. ES1
w. L. Taylor's page illustrator III
Longfellow's Village Blacksn
printed in the January Ladies' IN 4
journal, doubtless represents
highest attainment of the illustrate |.
art. The old smithy that the poetH
in mind when he wrote the famd VI
poem, and the smith--''a mighty ln
was he"-that he chose as the type
his craft, are reproduced in this n
ture. Mr. Taylor. in gatller
material for his series of sillustratid .
of 1.-The People of Longfellow,''s PHI
lowed the poets footsteps throu SSsS
New England and made study of NSs
scenes and personages of his I'D Sss1
known works. AS Il result, he is I'm. SSS.
senting in the Journal a. series N
illustrations that are Hnequaled. a
Perhaps the most welcome fess ~
of Harper's Bazaar for the pp
month will be the opening char
. new serial by $. r. Crockett, Ell
exit Kennedy" delightful sty
the.authors usual style. Amonl8 a,s
features are short stories by Ann r1
P. Soaring and Maud II. OH.
Harper's Weekly for 1899 anno{ Sg
new serial by H. G. Wells, emit
"When the Sleeper Wakes . ts1s1
Harpers Round Table for Janul a,x.sS s
presents an interesting variety Of vi
ton. Forward. March!' the story II
young Rough Rider, by Kirk Nh
roe, will be continued. The leadi1E
short story is entitled chilly 81 M II
terry B." by Colgate Baker OthGN
short stories are: IAN Early Ere
Trader" by Reginald Gourlay; sGSi
tain Simpsons Queer Cargo, . by GeorRAsA
E. Walsh; and ''The Nerve Of Foley.es
by E. Fl. Spearman.
st. Nicholas starts out upon henety r
year with drums beating and coIoy I'M
flying, though it is wholly innocent
references to the war. Its nearest.S8 j
proach to the subject is the openiR (s
article. "Three Little Spanish Print 5
esses," by Isabel McDougall, with thru
full-page reproductions Of pBintin1S ~
by the greatest Of. Spanish Sportfs( m ~
painters, Velasqnez.S It is . far ss
from these grave little Spanish lsdts
buried long ago, to Mark TwAi1
Pets. :" ''the prettiest mousers that a.
basked in an atmosphere Of fame. III
A Crest ON Stationery Is the ssiIs q
# Thing. ssl
Quite the ''smartest" thing to65 \
your paper stamped with your cost
arms or crest. If you have no coa1
| arms or crest the correct thing fS1 q
ply to have your house number, in 4
English type, directly across the Il
of the sheet of paper about one III ~
from the top. On the envelope TIL "A
should be no stamping Of any kind M
From sour Girls" in Demorest,ssM l
azine for January. & !! y
During the year ended September