Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-11
THE CHRISTMAS MAGAZINES.


1.-The River" Ruth McEmery Stuart
''The Church Home.' "A Home of Hun
dred Daughters Mabel Craft Deering
"Homelike Rooms "A More Rationa
Life for Women" Helen West Cooke, M
D.; 1.-The Higher Life" Ella Morris kret'
SEMINAR; Hospital or Home" Clara l.
Came; and Beauty in Little Things,
Florence Dawson. There is also note
worthy group of Christmas Thoughts b!
leading writer's. The Household depart
ments are most helpful and interesting
and discuss: discoveries by our Ob-
servers and Experiments. +" "A Little Cook
Book for Little Girl" "Plum Pudding
knowledge" Elspeth Macdonald, Sim
pie CONNECTIONS" Katherine a. French;
How to Serve Ducks" Eliza r. Parker;
"Pies in General and a Few in Particu-
lar" Anne Warner; and Menus for De-
cemher.''
The Christmas Harper's Magazine is a
magnificent number notable artists and
authors having united their efforts in
making it literary and artistic success,
Among the noteworthy contributions
stands forth "A Dogs Tale" by Mark
Twain, with illustrations in color by w.
T. Smedley. Another interesting contri-
hutton, richly illustrated with reproduce
lions in color by Howard Pyle, is ''Pierc
idal-Troubadour," by olivia Howard
Dunbar. Guy Wetmore CarryIs enter
tanning article on 1.-The Playground of
Paris is also profusely Illustrated. j.
C. Thomson discusses "Tennyson's Sup
pressed Poems" John r. Spear writes of
the Beginning of the American Navy
Thomas r. Lounsbury gives an instruc-
tive paper on rs English Becoming Cor
rupt?" Two Illustrated features of inter-
est are THE Lords of the Sahara" W. J.
Harding King, and 1.-The University of ST
Petersburg Charles +. Thwing, Ii. D.
Hut it is in the matter of fiction that this
number is pre-eminent. The second in
stallment of Mary Johnson's serial, Sir
Martinez is given, and there are short
stories by the following well known
writer's: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. Mar
garet Deland, Alice Brown. Robert w.
Chambers, Elizabeth G. Jordan, Edith
Wharton and William ]. Long.
Everybody's Magazine continues to
show marked improvement, and the
Christmas number is one of which editor
and publishers may justly feel proud
The table of contents is varied and in
terestng, and includes special illustrated
features, and an abundance of choice fic
tion. Chief in the lengthy list Of good
things are noted: "A Painter of Bible
Scenes" Christian Brinton: BOSS Cor
gett,'' Booth Harrington; THE Sphinx
Apple" o. Henry; "A Hero of the Lakes, )"
Theodore Waters: The Worlds Babies"
"A Spoiled Child" Juliet Wilbor Tomp-
kins; "Afoot at the Horse Show" Emery
Fottle THE Star of Bethlehem" Gar
rett p. Serviss; Concord, the Historic,
Alfred Henry Lewis; THE Players,
The Honorable Roderick's Wash" Kath-
crime Holland Brown; when Slav Meets
Jap" Q. X. Davis; "Chief Bunsocllis,
Frederick Walworth; Their First Real
Christmas" Elizabeth G. Bissell; Little
Stories of Real Life and with the
Procession" Many charming poems are
also given, and the various departments
add their quota of entertaining reading.
An attractive holiday cover adorns
the December number of The Red
Book. This number presents as pic
ture supplement, study entitled 1.-THE
Dying Year." There is also a series of
beautiful Photographic art portraits.
Lovers of fiction will enjoy the enter
tanning feast furnished in this number.
The stories ~ in number, are decidedly
clever, and include: 1.-THE Man Who
Died." Mary Stuart Boyd; "A Precious
Rogue" Everard Jack Appleton; 1.-THE
Hypocrite," Algernon Boyesen: THE
Promised Land" Clinton Dangerfield'
"On the Way Over" Elizabeth Phipps
Train: "Bartlett's Expense Account,
Paul R. Wright; "Quarantined by Re-
quest" Una Hudson; "An Arrested Be-
Jessie r. Odlin; and THE
Finger Man. Lucia Chamberlain.
Although but eight months before the
public. this magazine has made many
friends, and in the New Year, now al
most here, it is safe to predict for 1t a
generous measure of success.
The Christmas Leslie's from it's ap-
rropriate front cover to the last page,
is brimful of entertaining and inter-
esting features. Among the contribu-
lions having Christmas flavor are
what Do the Shepherds Think
Blanche Elizabeth Wade; christmas
Memories" Margaret Ship; "a Few
Real Boys" Judge Henry A. Shute;
THE Wild Beasts Christmas Dinner.
and "A Christmas Cantata,' Paul l..
McKenrick. Other delightful features
of this pleasing number include: The
Story of Rose Fortune" "A Disciple OF
Prince Florizel,' Harrison Rhodes
LAS Conducted by Minerva Edward
Mumford; The Property Man, Camp
bell &. Casad; "Benjamin's Mess,
Eden Philpots; Admiration from ia
pan," Yone Noguchi; IA Politicians
Daughter" Esther Waggaman NELL,
THE Metropolitan Verdict" James l..
Ford; and 1.-The Degradation OF wall
Street" The several departments, al
ways interesting, We're never more so
than in the present number, and most
acceptably round out an attractive ia
bic of contents.
Pearson's holiday number presents
most readable table of contents, ana
nearly all of the contributions are at
rractively illustrated. Abby G. Baker