Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-12-14

caucus committee on reform OF the cur
renoy explains the nature CT the iegis-
latiop which is to be recommended to |
the House of Representatives by the
committee.
With the December number Harper's |
Magazine begins its Tooth volume, and |
enters upon the last six months of its |
50th year. Half century ago HaIper's |
Magazine, as the announcement OF the
four Harper Brothers reads, was prot
lected and commenced in the belize
that it might be made the means o.
bringing within the reach of the great
mass Of the American people an inf
mepse amount of useful and entertain
ing reading matter, to which, on ac-
count of the great number and expense
of the books and periodicals in which
it originally appears, they have hitherto
bad no access. - Tho original plan of
the publishers then was to make the
new periodical simply literary digest,
and for tie first six months its pages
were filled entirely with matter re-
! printed from English magazines and
from current books. The success of the
magazine so surpassed the expectations
Of the publishers, that at the begin
ming OF the second volume they felt
themselves in position to institute a
new feature. During the second year,
in each number appeared at least one
original OF ticle. This innovation proved
SO acceptable to the magazines readers
| that 1t was continued and developed,
and in q few years the periodical con-
| sisted entirely of original matter. Half
| n century makes vast difference both
] in magazines and the tastes they supply
"a difference which could only be un-
derstood by o comparison of the first
number of Harper's with the elaborate
Christmas number which has Just been
received, and which, as has been said
opens the Tooth volume. This Christ
mas number, -the-way, ought to be
one thing, that is Mark Twain's short
story. 1.-The Man that Corrupted Had
leyburg." The majority of readers will
probably consider this the best tale
Mark Twain has ever written; in any
case, whoever fails to read 1.-The Man
that Corrupted Badleyburg' will have
missed one Of the things that make life
worth living.
The Living Age is good magazine,
and especially interesting in literary
way. 1t is published every Saturday
and includes the world best literature
from weighty articles to light literary
and social essays. The periodicals of
Great Britain and the continent are
drawn upon. In each issue, appear
a short story and an instalment of q
serial story, and once a north, a SUP
plement gives readings from new books,
and list OF books of the month.
A few articles are mentioned below :
1.-THE Art of Dining" is discussed in
the number for October 14th "The
Delirium of Dress and 1.-THE Philip
pines and Their Future in that for
October 2lst; "The Decline OF the
Latin Race October 2sth; 1.-THE
Country Parson of 1799-1s99," and
"The Philosophy Of Slang, November
4th; "But is God Silent?'' Carlyle
as Historian and 1.-THE Military
Position in the Philippines, Noyem-
her 18th 1.-The Future of the Great
Armies, . 1.-THE Flight of the Jungle
Folk Literature in Captivity,
November 18th: Great Britain and
South Africa "The Floor of the
Sea- November 25th.
The number for December I'd in
cludes, in addition to readings from
new books, the following headings:
lands Future" by Karl Blind, Fort
, nightly Review; 1.-THE Silence Of God, !"
by r. Anderson, Contemporary Review |;
, "Hanpy Worm, y says the Eagle, Thou
CanstCreer, "by Frederick Langbridge |;
1.-THE Perishing Land. V. The Begin
ming of Autumn Work." by Rene
Bazin, Revue Des Deux Mondes; Far
; OH by Evan Keane, Speaker; "A
Glance at Nigeria" by Harold Bind
loss, Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly
Review; "Sweet Simplicity" by R.
Ramsay, Temple Bar 1.-THE Sailor
Man." by Moira O'Neill, Blackwood's
Magazine; !" IntellectualA ttachments, {"
by Rene Doumic, Revue Des Deux I;
{ 1.-THE Nearest Village to the North
! Pole,' by Arthur Montefiore Brice,
Macmillan's Magazine; "Some Ten
denotes of Contemporary Fiction, :"
i Spectator "In Natures Wild Garden, y
Saturday Review; sold English
/ Poetry" by jaime Williams.
"The Mystery of Beauty is the title
, Of an article in the December number
, of the Cosmopolitan. Edgar Saltus.
the author, has taken great care in the
] preparation, the result being novel
and decidedlyAinteresting contribution
to this valuable magazine. Charles A.
Towne goes info details concerning the
, plans for the Paris Woild's Fair. Other
| articles include Great Engineering
Proiects,'' by Walter G. Hamm 1.-THE
} Crime Of the Brigadier," by A. Conan
Doyle; ''The Woman Question, by
: Olive Schreiner; My Struggle to Sue
coed, by Olga Nethersole; 1.-THE Ma
} tion's Monument, by Rene Baohe
1.-The Cot and the Rill, y by Frank r.
, Stock ton; 1.-THE Child Brought Up at
Home, y by Flora 2. Briggs; |" Madame
de Mersy," by Maarten Martens
MADAME BIavatsky, High Priestess
) of Isis" by Henry Ridgely Evans: IA
J Prize Offer to the Universities of the
! United States,' "Some Examples OF
5 Recent Art &c. Jean Ross Irvine
, Strangest Thing The illustrations
throughout are fine.
, Some fine illustrations from the scene
{ OF the war in the Philippines appear
) IN the December number of the Loco
: motive Firemen's Magazine. There arc
. also views from the scene of the con-
. fiict In South Africa, the gold regions
3 OF Alaska and an interesting collection
, of locomotives of various types and in
! different conditions. including the one
. wrecked at Exeter, Pa, on the 18th OF
! last May But the pictures 40 not by
: any means overshadow the reading
5 matter, which has been selected with q
view to entertaining and enlightening
! cosmopolitan community. While the
3 magazine is published in the interest
D of lncomotiye' firemen in Darticular and