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THE CHRISTMAS MAGAZINES.


The Atlantic Monthly.
This longtime favorite magazine
closed the year with an especially
strong and attractive number. In the
lengthy list Of contributions are noted
the following titles: 1.-THE Ideals Of
America" Woodrow Wilson; 'All
Sorts OF Paper" Thomas Bailey AL
drich; 1.-THE Atlantic Fisheries Ques-
tion," p. T. McGrath; "Whar My
Chris'mus?" Beirne Lay; "Lockhart's
Life of Scott" H. ID. Sedgwick. Jr.;
Chinese Dislike Of Christianity.
Francis III. Nichols: Some Impressions
of Porto Rico and Her Schools c.
HanfOrd Henderson; "The Trade Union
and the Superior Workman" Ambrose
p Winston: "Ballade of Poor Souls,
Michael Monahan; THE Court Bible"
Alexander Black; 1.-The Unconscious
PlagiarIst," Fanny Kemble Johnson;
"A Letter from Brazil" George Cham
berlain: IAN Unpublished Author"
Edward Thomas; AN Artist In Hair"
Mary Argyle Taylor; and "The Elder
Dumas" George b. Ives.
The National Magazine.
A handsome cover, fine illustrations
and readable table of contents make
the Christmas number of the National
Magazine a most inviting one. Joe
Mitchell Chapple's entertaining depart
ment, Affairs at Washington" opens
the number 1t deals this month more
especially with the recent Grand Army
Encampment. The first chapter of
the Love Affairs of James CARING
ton. Jr., by Carrie Hunt Latta. is a de-
cidedly amusing one, and the reader
awaits with keenest interest the re-
naming two. Other stories noticed in
this entertaining number are: In the
Corduroy Country" Eva Hampton
Prather: "A Skirmish in the Dark
James Raymond Perry: When Nancy
Hart Quilted Down." Grace MACEDONIAN
Cooke; LAS Seen by the Typewriter
Girl" Winifred /. Mallon: The Mys-
terry of Billy Smejkal.' Thomas w.
Steep; and His Christmas Boots"
Bennett Chapple. Some of the articles
are: Booker Washington Among His
West Virginia Neighbours" Byrd Pril-
hermann: anc "St. Louis Much Ma
ligned Metropolis Edmund S. HOch.
Success.
A beautiful and appropriate cover
| adOrns the Christmas number of Sue
cess. The table of contents merits at
tention. embracing as it does many
| features of marked interest and value.
Among the good things given are:
1.-Two Kinds of Special Students"
Henry Van Dyke: warnings Which
America May Draw from Europe"
James Bryce: -Four Young Women
from California" Lillian Whiting:
Chemistry in Modern Business"
Howard c. Parmelee; How to Get the
Best Out of Books Richard LIE Gall
lienne: "A Gift from the Gar Will
liam Ordway Partridge: "A Journey Of
Fifty Years to Presidency" If You
Can't Go To College Jefferson Il.
Fletcher: THE Club Entertainer"
E;lene Foster: Wealth in Spare Mo-
mcnts," William Mathews; ITO the
Manner Born" Henry Mason; Calling
and Invitations" Comtesse de Mon
taigu; and "B. Carter" Samuel Mer-
win.
| The Era
rounds out the year with a splendid
number. Fiction. special articles.
poems. and the always readable book
| departments make up the interesting
l cOnteHtS. w ihtci, L.
de Matthewman; 1.-The Conquest of
Widow Magill." William J. Hampton;
| THE Casting Vote" Caroline Ticknor;:
"A Republic and Its Revolutions" ]. ].
Diaz Barcenas: "A Christmas Tom and
jerry" Homer NJ. Price: "A Honey
Moon Rhapsody" Dora Read Goodale:
"A Royal Welcome" Albert Payson
Terhune: What Anarchy Is-A View
/ nd Wi
Was General Grant of Scotch De-
scent ." John p. Lamberton; THE Mat
rimonial Rosebush,'' S. Russell
Bridges: 1.-The Bellies of Manila"
Minna Irving: and Marie Antoinette,"
! Henry Francis: are among the attrac-
tive contributions to this issue.
| Tho Cosmopolitan.
The Christmas Cosmopolitan spreads
| before it's readers Il delightful menu.
| including special articles stories and
miscellaneous features of interest.
Training Wild Animals Hjalmar
Hjorth Boyesen. I'd THE Streets of
Paris" Adolphe Cohn; THE Best
Tricks of Famous Magicians." Ruth
Everett: Lovers on AN Island Barry
Pain: What Mother Can Do For
Her Daughter" Lavinia Hart: Cap
tains of Industry" Twentieth Century
Christmas story Walter Juan Davis:
Cora Urquhart Potter" Emma b.
| Kaufman: "Hearne's Romance, Ju-
liam Hawthorne: THE Beginnings of
| the Mind and Language" Herbert
| George Wills: THE Comstock and Its
Great Bonanza" Samuel f. Moffett;
and "Barlasch of the Guard" Henry
Seton Merriman. are some of the lead
ing contributions. The several depart
ments admirably supplement the regu-
lar contributions.
The North American Review.
Seventeen contributions make up the
brilliant last of-the-year number of
the North American Review. To speak
of these contributions in detail would
require much space. but the following
partial list of the articles given, will
give the reader an idea of the intellect
/ ual treat awaiting him: President
Roosevelt's First Year" as viewed by
"a Progressive Republican" and
| "JefferSonian Democrat" What Shall