Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-11-08
LITERARY NOTES.

The Thanksgiving number OF The Ladies'
home journal is replete with good fiction
ana interesting and novel features. 1t opens
appropriately with an article which tells
-Wherethe Presidents Turkey Comes From"
Then there are delightful stories by Hezekiah
Butterworth and Laura Spencer Porter, and
new love story called "Christine," by Fred.
erick NJ. Smith. Cleveland MofIett has an in.
teresting story about Ira d. Sankey, the great
evangelist, and Edith King Swain recounts
tne famous ascents she has made in various
parts of the world. Will Bradley's orr yinel
designs for house begin with the breakfast
room, ana Wilson Eyre, Jr., presents plans
Tor country.house and n garden. Mr. Box
gives much good advice to young married
couples In his editorial. Another most timely
feature is "Why Should a Young Man support
the Chu1ch?" by the Rev. Francis E. Clark
Many homemade Christmas gifts are shown,
ana the first of "The Journals amusing PuZ.
lzes' appear. The regular departments are
exceptionally good ard the illustrations fine.
The second article by President Roosevelt,
with the Cougar Hounds" appears in the
November Scrlbner's Magazine, and describes
number of encounters with the cougars and
contains great deal of matter that is distinct
ly valuable to the naturalist and the student
of animal life. There is revelation of an at
tractive side OF the writer's character in his
appreciation of the part the dogs played in
all his hunting, and the ready response they
showed to his personal interest in them. The
Illustrations are from photographs by Philip
B. Ste wart,
Joseph NJ. Rogers's story, "with His Back
to the Wall" \McCure's for November), is
right in line with the municipal elections. 1t
tells OF the fight made by Martin Dooner, q
leader in the Stun district of n great city,
against n reform candidate who opposed his
reelection to the board of aldermen. Dooner
was fearless campaigner, and his answer
/ I nv hn nfn,ff ton Of
Hundred Best Citizens are as humorous and
pointed as anything of the kind ever written.
1t is particularly good story.
ASwe come tOwcrd the Christmas holidays,
larger space in the'magazines is given to fic'
ton. The Cosmopolitan includes n tragic
story of the Mexican foot hills by Thomas A.
Janvier Il very clever society story by Caro-
Ign Wells one of the Olds French Romances
by Richard lie Gallienne, an unusually inter
asting Indian narrative by II. 7. George, and
weird story by s. K. Crockett.
The threatened disappearance of many
kinds of game from the United States and the
| needed legislation for the protection and pre-
servation of birds and animals IN our states
and territories are the topics discussed by
Mr.. John S. Wise in the Review of Reviews
for November. The article is full of sugges-
tons to Legislators and officials as well as 10
sportsmcn and other private citizens.
The Boston Sunday Journal is giving free
now with ach issue, artistic "oll printings"
In colors of pictures by world-famed artists
of today. These are absolute reproductions
of these paintings, bringing out the colors as
they appear in the originals. The process Of
| reproducing accurately colored pictures is in
present excellence one of the greatest gifts
of the new century. The Boston Sunday
Journal is the first paper in New England to
make available to the many lovers of art
these absolute reproductions.