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THE DECEMBER MAGAZINES.

| The NattOnaI sportsman VI DeCtIIIDe
| brings q breath OF outdoor lii
! especially pleasant this wintry season
The illustrations. this month. are ex
ccptionally good and add materially t
the readers enjoyment Of this number
All forms of ont door activity are dis
| cussed. and reviewed and the nurpbe
| IS one that all who enjoy life In th
omen will read with pleasure ant
, interest.
The last number of The Writer a
hand contains several instructive
articles, together with much timely in
formation relative to the authors o.
TODAY. Probably the most interesting
cont ribution is Edward BrOderick'.
clever article ION Maturity" It is vel
worth several readings. Ernest X
Holmes tells How not to Make
Novels" and II. A. Schiller writes OF
"The Passing of the Italic." The young
writer will find this mazazine an In.
valuable assistant.
The Household Ledger observes the
holiday season by issuing number
brimful of Christmas cheer. The cover
design is beautiful and above all APP
propriate, something which cannot be
said OF many of the designs which
adorn the Christmas magazines. Here
is a partial list Of the many entertain
ing features given: The Joust.
Ernest Jerrold: "A Christmas Idyl,"
Eben f. Rexford: "A Web OF the
Fates," Charles Michael Williams: "a
Personal Remembrance" Ruth Hall:
"Jac!1 and His Wonderful Ship"
Seumas MacManus; "Marooned Aboard
Wreck on Christmas Eve" Alice T.
L. Parsons; "A Kris kringle Cake
Emma Cleveland Wood: and Aunt
Maria's Christmas Gifts" A number of
selections Of sheet music form an at
tractive feature.
The December Review of Reviews Is
bright with Christmas red and green.
The table Of contents presents a
lengthy list of notable articles, and the
news and editorial departments cover
the events Of the day in an interesting
manner. The majority Of contributions
are Illustrated by half-tones. The spe-
cial features are most timely and inter-
esting, and are as follows Speaker
Cannon: A Character Sketch" m.
Bunau-variila Engineer and Diplo-
mat" Henry Hale; Fine Arts at the
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg," Ernest
Knaufft; THE Portrait Exhibition at
New York. Frank Fowler; Progress
Among the Moros." Cephas c. Bate
man: philippine Trade and Industry
on View" William P. Wilson; Mr..
Morley's Gladstone w. T. Stead;
Some Things a Boy of Seventeen
Should Have Had an Opportunity to
Read" H. l.. Elenendorf and 'Parsi-
fal in New York." Lawrence Reamer.
McClure's for December is an attrac-
tive holiday number filled with enter
tanning and instructive features just
the kind of a number that readers will
enjoy. To speak Of each contribution
in detail would require much space, but
the following list will give the reader
an appreciation Of the value and inter-
est of this number; THE Song of the
Saw Mill" Florence Wilkinson; Com
ing on the Coast" Colin Mckay; 'The
History of the Standard Oil Company"
Ida M. Tarbell; 1.-The Power and the
Glory" Emery Pottle; "Pimienta Pan
cakes" o. Henry; "One Hundred Mas
terpieces of Painting" John LaFarge;
"On the Trail of a Serpent" Sidney c.
Kendall; "a Christmas Chime" Mar
garet Cameron; "A Celestial Garment"
Mary Talbot Campbell The Lone
Fighter" Roy Stannard Baker; ION
the Heart and the Evidence" Ralph
Tennal; THE Dressing-Room Re
ception." Clara Morris; "Ellie's Fur
Helen r, Martin. and When
Went Home" Ethel Bow
man Ronald.
Helen Milecete. who will be renem-
bered as the author of that very clever
story. THE Detached Pirate" con-
tributes to the December Lippincotts
a complete novel. entitled The Fasci- |
mating of Mr.. Savage" 1t is bright |
and entertaining, and will undoubtedly |
be welcomed with pleasure by the |
readers of this always entertaining |
In addition to the complete |
novel, there are eight short stories by |
Mrs. A. l.. Wister. Guy Wetmore |
Carryl Jerome Case Bull, Elizabeth |
Knight Tompkins, Clinton Dangerfeld, |
Alfred Sutro. Mary and Resale Daw-
son. and Tryntje Dubois. the whole |
making a most generous instalfment of |
the best fiction. George Moore con-
tinues his delightful series Of "Avow- |
ais" which are arousing SO much dis |
cussion. All in ALL Lippincott's closes |
the year with an exceedingly attractive |
The Christmas number Of the Cos |
mopolitan is decidedly attractive
both in text and pictures. The |
illustrated articles this month, include: |
British Social Life" Lady Henry |
Somerset: THE Wonders of New |
York." John Brisben Walker; Winter |
Sports" Mrs. Aubrey LIE Blond; |
Home Made Windmills Of the Prairie |
States Philip Eastman; and Zion:
The Capital of a Jewish Nation" The !
fiction comprises a group Of short |
stories by we'll known writer's. as fol- |
lows: Diamonds" Maarten Martens;
"A Christmas Surrender" Ralph Henry |
Barnour: "Apgar, the Attorney Who |
William Hamilton Os- |
borne; "Expiation," Edith Wharton;
and "A Christmas Courtship." Tom |
Mason. Poems and the several read |
able departments round out this note
worthy number,