Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-12-18
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SIeTuIS magazine.
BRUSH AND PENCIL-''A Thing of
Beauty is a Joy Forever" and this may
be truly said of the Christmas number
of Brush and Pencil This number is es-
pecially fine, being timely in its text and
rich in it's illustrations. Its sixty-four
pages are embellished with upward of
seventy half-tone reproductions of choice
works of art. The Pittsburg Art Ex-
hibition" is the subject of the initial
article, and is from the pen of Mr.. Austin
E. Rowland. Frederick w. Morton dis
cusses in an able manner the American
Art Exhibition at Chicago" Fine Arts
versus Arts and Crafts is the subject
of a handsome article by L. G. Phillips.
The publishers are making this magazine
the leading art journal in this country,
and it is well deserving of that reputa-
ton.
OUTING.-The Christmas number of
Outing is a splendid production, both in
point of literary merit and artistic illus
trations. The very titles, Bob White
the Story of a Quail" by Charles H.
Morton; "On the Trail of the Wild Tur-
key" by Edwin Sandys, and The Old
Time Prairie Chicken Hunt" by Emer-
son Hough, are sufficient to indicate their
specialties. Foreign shooting is repre-
scented by Stag and Wolf Hunting in
France" by Vance Thompson; "Chamois
Driving" by w. A. Baillie-Grohman, and
Dom Paul, a Mighty Hunter" by How
ard Hillegas. Then there are The Out
look for Fox Hunting in America" by
David IN
Island" by Leonidas Hubbard, Jr., and
Modern Golf Clubs and Modern Meth
ods," by Horace Hutchinson. Its fiction
is a powerful romance of Cape Nome, by
Jack London, entitled Where the Trail
Forks" Other notable contributions are
Vacant Hours in Wharf.-The Sporting
Instinct of the Britisher,' by Guy H.
scull; THE Polo of the Ancents," a peep
into the remote past; The Evolution of
the Kentucky Reel" by DR.. James H.
Henshall; THE Woodcocks Safeguard"
THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW
The following excellent table of contents
is found in The North American Review
for December This number is one of SUI
perior excellence: Modern Government,
by Honore de Belzac; The Election of
1900, by w J. Bryan; Future of the An
glo-SaXon Race, by Lord Charles Beres-
ford; Christianity al the Grave of the
Nineteenth Century, by Frederic Harri-
son; The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, by
Mark B. Dunnell; Native Troops for Our
Colonial Possessions, by Major L. L. Sea
man; jubilee of the Printing Press, by
Charles whitley; Memories of Max Null
Ter, by MOncure D. Conway; The Sub
marine Boat and Its Future. by John P.
Holland; Progress of the American Won
an, by Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Madame
Bernhardts Hamlet" by Elizabeth Rob
ms; The Great Religions of the World
". BrahmanSm, by Sir A. c. Lyall X.
c. B.; The New Historical Romances, by
William Dean Howells; Christmas Carols,
by Nora Hopper.
FRANK LESLIE'S POPULAR MAGA-
ZINE Christmas is the season for good
stories and Frank Lesl!e's Popular
Monthly for December makes the most
of its opportunities. The number con-
tains six complete stories. all of them
good. Mrs. Sarah Winter Kellogg's
touching story, The Black Prince and
the Little Captain" are peculiarly appro-
pirate to the season. In striking contrast
are two unusual stories Sam Weeks" is
one and the name of the other is The
Scout" There are Christmas articles and
Christmas poems. as well as Christmas
stories. Among them must be mentioned
an entertaining article on Jerusalem in
1900" by Cleveland Mofsett, and dia-
lect song by Frank L. Stanton. in a me-
ter that goes jingling through the head
for DAYS at a time
AINSLEE'S MAGAZINE-There Is
distinctive holiday flavor about Ainslee's
for December. Not only do We find real
Christmas stories in When Santa Claus
Went Wooing," by Joe Lincoln and The
Rag Doll" by Eugene Wood, but the
contents in general suggest the season.
The Great Interrogation" by Jack Lon
don, is a powerful love story Of life in
Alaska. The Men That Make Our
Laws" by L. A. Coolidge. contains pen
etchings of the noteworthy men in Con-
gress and an intimate study of both
branches of the government as a body
Sir William Van Horne" by H. H. Lew
is. is the romantic story Of an Illinois
farm boy. Zanzibar" by Allen Sangree.
is a graphic picture Of the region in which
bitterly.
GTNTON'S MAGAZINE-Th following
is the interesting table of contents in
the December number Of Gunton's Mag
azine: Consequences of Railway Prosper
ity,, by H. T. Newcomb; Integrity Of
Newspaper Discussion. by the Editor;
The Root of Evil in Japan: A Reply. by
S. Yamaguchi, NJ. A; Review of the
Month; New York's Moral and Political
Duty; The National Election; a New
Lease of Prosperity; How the Working
men Voted; Meaning of the Administra-
ton Triumph; Foreign Opinions on the
Election; Virtuous Crokerism.; General
MacArthur's Philippine Report; The Chi
nese Problem; Political Isolation the
Bane of the South; The Truck-store sys-
tenn; Cuba's Constitutional Convention.
REVIEW OF REVIEWSThe Decem-
Der Review Of RariaWs Ii uuusualIv rich