The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-30
December Naga5ines.

COUNTRY LIFE IN AMERICA Tor
December Il is large Christmas annual
with beautiful cover and hundred
superb illustrations. and gcoloreG supple
ments besides. The spirit of jolllty OF
t.iez season pervades the bulky number OF
winter sports, unusual house parties.
Christmas homes and many things OF
winter at her best Rudyard hipllll :;
deifying the man who, in winter, brings
the seds Of phiox and hollyhocks into the
snowbound country where kipiins once
lived. Eleanor Hoyt has written a story
her adorable Nancy. Fre-etninent. now
ever is the profusion Of elaborate pic
lures and the articles that have to. do
with hockey, skeeing and tobogganing,
snowshoeing. ice yachting on country
lakes, fishing through the ice. skating,
skate-sailing and the pursuits that car
ry one into the deep woods Among 9th
Illustrations, THE Sierra Club in Camp
details the delightful plan of Califorinans
who seek the wiidness OF snowcapped
mountains one month OF every summer.
Altogether. the elaborate ma ke-up be-
speaks the grand success of this new sort
Of ma gazine, the growing love Of real
sport in America and the movement OF
the new world back to the garden ana
outdoor life OF the old.
The Christmas number of Current Lit
erature Is one of exceptional merit In
its breadth of interest. its scope OF MAJ
terial and its beauty OF illu IS , It
there are two beautiful studies of child
life. both articles beautifully illustrated
in coors. OF unique beauty and charm
Remington for which Owen Wister has
written some original verses. "A study
of three great American painters
ness. Fargo and Whistler-with ex-
ampies of their work will also be found
-. on ESnaria1 valtlH
attaches to an elaborate. copiously illus
trated treatise showing the art OF max
ing beautiful cities and suggesting plans
toward its wider accomplishment in
America.
The. Christmas number Of SCR1BNER,S
MAGAZINE has been always made not
able by the richness and beauty OF Its
1iment and exquisite workmanship of
its stories. The issue of this December
number sustains anu adds to that repu-
tation. 1t contains eight short stories,
most of them illustrated. and special
articles and poems. among them beau
tiful unpublished poem by Robert Louis
Stevenson. written in 1872 when he was
a young man. The poem shows the charm
OF his career. The color printing Tin
wulch sCRIBNER's led the way years
before it appeared in any other maya
zine) is especially beautiful-in this mum,
Z. !
Is in gold and nine colors, a charming
bright design typical OF the holiday sea-
son. The most delicate piece of color
printing yet attempted by this ma gazine
is found in the Illustrations by Jessie
Wilcox Smith, which tell their own
story without text Of "a Mothers Days.
The two most striking articles Of the
weil-varied contents of THE WORLDS
Eliot's. Of Harvard. . article on The
Needs of American Public Education"
and Frank w. Vanderip's Note of
Warning on the financial situation. The
illustrated features this month Include
handsome series of reproductions of
George Grey Bernards sculpture printed
in brown toned ink accompanying an
by Alexander Blair Thaw. Other Inter
esting illustrated articles are Forrest
Crssey's story Of the development of
the Travelling Postoffice. a complete de-
scription by Chalmers Roberts, of the
work on the famous Nile Dam. and the
inner history OF the growth, Of Mormon
Cooperation by Gen Miller. Interviews
profit sharing and Christmas gifts to
employees are reported by Fullerton
Waldo. N1inna c. Smith tells about the
new Observation-Disclosures engineering.
There is a striking article by the late
Frank Norris concerning Our Neglected
Epic-the Epic. OF the West
a very drsmatis story Of nodern life
entitled The UNEQUAL Yoke" SIS by Meth
Boyce. The plot offthe story Is founded
m the marriage OF an American heir
tsss to an italian naarouia.twith 1lne.Ra
y ,