The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-11
IN THE FIELD OF LITERATURE

] turo, by weaving into story aud song and
drama the dreams and myths and traditions
| OF the Ccitlc race Is Miss Nora Hopper. Tho
December number OF the North American Re
view contains some heauiifulr Illustrations OF
, her verse We quote the opening stanfn Of
\ The Facry Fool;' &b
III I'm tho Facry fool Dalua--
Az me. tho Facry fool
| HON do know what tho rushos say
Signing and ehuddering all the day
over thcir shndcwy poole
/ How do know what tho North wind cries
iicrdlns his nochs Of snow
The menace that Hes Ia the hunters eyes
How do | know
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| "A Man Of Ambition by Julien Cation Of
! Hubbard CITY. Texas, Ia q story OF action
The most prominent hsure is oarnaok, who
I tells tho story. lie la q brave soldier Of for
tune, sometimes rather INSCRIPTIONS, but
wl,h human passions. human, n,otivss md hu-
man weaknesses He has hecn brought M W
the atmosphere Of army Ne from his earliest
boyhood and. sthoush s,il young he has
seen service In many clmes nnd under many
Tags For the most part the scene OF the
story Is IN rcru. in and about the cities of
Mo',sndo and Areoq'po' where The career
followed In his efforts to overthrow the
government md mako himself emperor az
Peru. and assert the nsecndnncy of his conn-
try over all South America. The actna
throughout il swift. everchausiug and evar-
INCREASING IN ite Intensity, ana the nartative
never hass IN interest + Tcnnyson Nicely.
publisher. New York. Chicago and London
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In Poetry and Fiction" of the fourth quar-
terly number OF roet-Lorc is tale Of King
constans an old French Romance done Ia
English ny William Morrlsi "a Dream oi a
Tourney, Limitations, sleep. group Of
{ h X Heron IlmnN. "A
story nv Paul Buurfct. and Lincoln Lo1ui.
tnr, a poem on the Filipino situation, by
Edsar Fawcett In N'Schnol OF Literature
is study programme OF Rrownings folks
poems by Charlotte Porter and Helen A.
Clarke Among other contributions arc i.n-
cre,us. ths Poet and Tennyson's poem,
Grave OF Edsar Allan roc. ny Jennie Bard
Dnsdale poet-Lore Co, Boston, Mass
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In "A Debtor 10 Pleasure" which is the
feature Of the current issue OF Tales from
Town Topics Louise Winter tells tho story
OF vouns girl who makes hero OF
hlasc man OF the world OF twice hor years,
marrics him and Is eventually disllusoned
In addition TO this novelette,. the number, a.
usual contains sprehtiy collection Of short
stories verses, hurlesGues aud wn,lclsms.
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Tho December Bookman has appeared In It's
holiday cover. together with much intorma-
Z ilcn or interest TO ttudtrS az CHRISTMAS t'He.
Including list Of new books for bows ana
firls Harry Thurstop Peck r5ytows "A Con-
Gdont Tomorrow. by Brandcr Matthew'S IN
First Books Of Same English Authors Kip
luEs work IS discussed "ioM An Editor
Tests story" ny Francis pellNmy. New
York IN Fiction. by Arthur bartlett Maui
rice. Contemporary German Literature ny
( J Y. Gear; Some Footnotee 10 Nyraao by
/ raul Wilstach and Drama ot the Month
are among the contents,
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/ Readers who remember MIR Hamilton ".
Mabie's delightful article on The BACKGROUND
/ of Wcrdsworth's Poetry" printed 80 The out
| look some time ago, will be pleased to know
/ that he has IN December magazine number
/ OF that journal somewhat similar paper on
! "Mtimar and Goethe" Ii Is partly aptonnS
OF the recent Goe:ne anniversary, nad dixie
/ the Wordsworth articiel Il Is beautifully H.
Illustrated with photographs not before re-
/ produced The Outlook company. New York
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There is much in December outing which
| appeals to college men and all who are in
torestcd in amateur sport. There are ten
pages Of football matter alone. comprising
dnies. scores and concise description OF MI
the important games PLAYED IN the East.
Middle West and South, nney illustrated. 1t
( Is IN the handiest form for reference, and Is
10 be found nowhere else.
\ mueh-debated question is whether or not
our universities are not producing more
graduates than the various professions eau
employ This VIII be discussed 10 three art-
clos to he issued by the Youth $ Companion.
one from the point OF view OF the applied
sciences, by President Henry Norton OF the
stevens Institute Of Technology; one from
the point OF view OF lawyer. Nv Prof Isaac
Franklin Russell Of the New York university
law school, and another on the question IA.
its general aspects by President j II. Angel
OF the University OF Michigan
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There is holiday air about the December
issue OF Table Talk and such healthml,
happy and helpful ore that such articles as
Miss Cornelia c Bodfords "Christmas Din
ners," and her economical directions for serv-
Ing the new menus for December. are valn-
able to the housokeeper who is In search OF
new and attractive dishes for her choicest din
ner or the year The table decorations given
ara helpful In her management Of the feast
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Little Leather Brooches aud Other South
ern Rhymes. by Francis p, whitman, is a
novel collection Of Southern tolR songs, street
cries aud plantation ditues, illustrated with
quaint drawings which run through the text
and are printed In c0iors Tho songs are we'll
well selected and many Of tholu are char
9cteristicaily humorous. ]. Y. TaNlor & Co.
New York,
There are two dialect stories in the Chris,
mas International, each 4 gem IN It's way
"Ther Christmas GIN" by Charles f. wei
les. is a clever aketch OF " ts;evn mining 'ife
brightly and amusingly written whit Miss
noshy told IN negro dialect Ia quaint aud
picturesque and inhultcly pathetic. The au-
thor, Mark l.. ne Note, is a fascinating
story teller and this Ia one OF his hest Of
forts,
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The October number OF the University Rec
ord Austin, concludes volume l. and con
tains addresses delivered by President Nm.
l.. prather and Prof r. l.. Bats, an article
on the hiolsgical outlook IN Texas. by mr.
" Nj Wheeler, recently elected professor OF
biology interesting notes concerning the work
OF the university and a complete directory Of
the faculty, officers and students IN all de.
partments.
The Confederate veteran, Nashville has
been issued for the month OF November. The
leading features ot the number are articies on
the unvciling OF the Confederate monument .,
Shelbyyille. Tenn, October II. and school
Histories OF the South
Among the contributions to the December
number Of States Duty, St Louis. Mo. are
the following; Some Defects OF Sheet Asphalt
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