The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-30

} attention Is written by Israel Zangwil
 upon the long, cherished design of tn,
 Jews to redeem and repeople the Hol. Land Another paper of importance i'
 contributed by BaIlington Booth, ant
 entitled 'The Personal Appeal of tht
 Volunteers" As for stories, the num-
 Der is full of them.
 The Christmas number of the Wo.
 mans Home Companion opens with 2
 poem of the season by Clinton Scollard
 It Is furnished With a decorative illus
 tration by H. l.. V. Parkhurst The
 feature articles include an illustrated
 interview with Madame Lillian Nor
 dica, the famous opera singer, Uncle
 Sam's Coin- Factory" Curious Mar
 rlages Customs Women in War" In
 fiction there is Christmas story,
 Lady Marys Adventure" by John OK
 enford, "The Singleton Syndicate by
 Caroline A. Mason and the opening
 chapters of Charles McIlvaine's thrill
 ing serial 'The Reincarnation of Cap
 tain John Radnor. In the departments special pains have been taken to get matter relative to the season Sugges-
 tions about simple and quickly made gifts for men and women abound. and Mrs. Larned tells how to give Christ mas dinner. Published by The Crowell t& Kirkpatrick company, Springfield, O.; one dollar a year; ten cents a copy; sample copy free.
 The December number of Country Life in America" for December 1901, published by Doubleday. Page & Co.,, l New York, emphasizes the unique char acter of this large magazine with beau tiful illustrations Besides the flowers and gardens, this month, there is much about the world out of doors in Decem- Der, including special Christmas cover of unusual design, and large photo- graph, over three feet long, of the big tree forest of California, put in as a supplement An Outlook on Winter" by l.. H. Bailey. is the leading article, being a rhapsody on the charm of snowy landscapes and frozen brooks; while "Snowdrift" is a poem by Joel Benton, and Christmas Greens an in- structive article about the trees and | foliage of mountain and swamp that | contribute to the brilllance of the holi- | day season. The story of the Cater pillars Winter Home" is told with a series of photographs showing the spin ming of the cocoon.
 Among the other leading features are ''The Chesterbrook Stock Farm by Francis Nelson Barksdale, which tells how A, J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania railroad, raises blooded horses, cattle and sheep on his famous bue-glass estate in eastern Pennsyl 1f t14 iNp and the Millionaire" which is the title of the two large photographic studies of geraniums and orchids. Henry Troth's superb series of photograps, entitled Harvesting which won the first prize in the recent Country Life photograph competition, are presented; and A. Radclyffe Dugmore contributes two wonderful photographs of live fish amid all the beauty of their natural sur roundings "A Plea for Gay Little Gardens" offers suggestions that will add color and cheer to the home. "On the Making of the Herbaceous Borders" is an appreciative discussion of the out door horticultural display at the Pan American Exposition; while plant growing in garden. field and green house is treated in many practical as- poets with numerous illustra tions, and Storing and Keeping Fruits and Vege tables is q long and comprehensive ar ticle by John Craig, well known au- thority The Lesson of the Abandoned Farms" is the subject of MT. Bailey's editorial, and he draws some interesting conclusions concerning the profits and successes of rural living. In short, this -fs ,l,o i1n k for the work and pleasure of the out door world. and certainly deserves the immediate and splendid success the publishers claim for it.
 Contents for December of "The Era i, published by Henry T. Coates & Co.,. | publishers, are as follows:
 "The Blackbird's Song poem. by | John Ernest McCann, illustration by T. [ H, Wilkinson.
 "Brigauds of Macedonia" illustrated, by John Langdon Heaton. !
 Tn Unexplored Alaska II.--Native Life, illustrated, by William c. Hender- son.
 Strangers" poem, by John T. Tabb.
 "who Is the Owner?" poem, Bliss Carmen
 ItedI GeISOllS anu I ioICb III II iSbiCiii John G. Whittier" illustrated, by Will jam S. Walsh.
 Miss Pattys Christmas Offering story, illustrated by Jeanette H. Walworth.
 "Completed Proverbs' by L. De V. 
 "The weWstcotes," novel, chapters v-vIII, (continued) by "Q,' A. T. Quill Ter Couch.
 East or West" by Aloysius Coll.
 "Napoleon's Criticism of Virgil" by J. P. Lamberton.
 'In the Market Place." (Quatrain), by Curtis Hall.
 Perhaps" by Sam s. stinson, illus ation by c. V. Dwiggins.
 "A Venture in Ancestry" story, by Francis Dana. A
 "The First Music" poem, Francis Nathan.
 "New Books. Illustrated Natices).
 For the Young People, Illustrated  "Ye Lang Syndicate, (Cartoon), arawn by Clare Victor Dwiggins.
 Wit and Wisdom From New Books" "The Observer by William s. 1f l