Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-12-19
BOOK LORE.
What Is to Be Found In Some
January Magazines.


What Is to Be Found In Some
January Magazines.
The interest awakened in graphology
BY john Rexford's recent book " What
Handwriting Indicates &C. P. Put
mans Sons), is reflected in the an
nouncement that Town Topics will
publish in its Holiday number a dozen
or more delineations of character, BY
Mr.. Rexford, from specimens Of the
handwriting OF prominent society
women OF the United States
Serenely declining TO join the IAN
vii chorus of the leading I0-cent
monthlies, the National of Boston
grows richer every month in geniality,
IN human interest and in literary
quality. ChaTles Warren Stoddard,
Holman Z. Day, Elliott Flower, Dial
las Lore Sharp, Frank Gunsaulus,
1one Noguchi, Frank Putnam, Ethel
Armes, Cora A. Matson- Dolson. Edwin
Webster Sanborn, ChristObelle van
Asmus Bunting and thirty Others in
story, song and essay unite to make
the Christmas, 1904, National the
best In the history of the magazine.
The Christmas National" contains
the Nationals Prospectus for 1905.
Three ix-part serials are announced
as among the features of the Nationals
next year The Comedy of Masks, -
society story by Anna Mcclure
Sholl; The Witch-Cro and Barney
Bylow. modern fairy tale for boys,
by James Ball Naylor, and Michael
Ryan, Capitalist, story of the labor
union. by +. f. ID. Albery. of Colum-
bus. o.
The contents page of the January
Smart Set" is the first indication OF
the excellence which is to mark the
magazine for 1905. The ssSmart Set
was long since conceded the title of
the magazine OF cleverness, and its
plans for the coming year already en-
bra 5e list Of new contributions whose
names stand for the very best in the
fiction and verse of the day. With
George Barr McCutcheon, Frances
Aymar Mathews, William r. LEIGHTON,
Emery Pottle, Rupert Hughes, Ed
ward Boltwood and Herbert ID. Ward
standing out from among twenty seven
other names, most of which are wide
ly known, and especially familiar to
Smart Set" readers, the January
number promises we'll for the coming
year. The novelette,, 1.-THE Coming
of the King" by Frances Aymar
Mathews, is a most delicate mingling
of light humor and touching pathos
The scenes are laid mostly in Provence,
and the story concerns a charming
American girl whose life weaves it
self into that of an ancient French
family who, in their secluded corner
of the world, have all thier lives
waited Loyalty and unquestionably for
the day when the heir of the House OF
Bourbon should return to his own and
sit upon the throne of France.
The December Arena" is a superb
number, strong, varied and interest
ing, with several art features which
Will be delight TO the readers. Ii
appears in a new and striking cover.
and contains four FULL page illustra-
tions, giving the portraits of Secretary
Tregear, Joaquin Miller, Prof. Edwin
Maxey and b. o. Flower. There is
also a ull-page original drawing by
Dan Beard, some half tone pictures of
Joaquin Miller, and a number of re-
productions of the best current car
toons Perhaps the papers that will
attract the most attention are "How
New Zealand is Solving the Problem
of Popular Government, by the Hon.
Edward Tregear, Secretary of Labor
for New Zealand This is the open
ing paper in 1.-The Arena's'' series of
International contributions on progress
sive democratic movements in foreign
lands by eminent statesmen, econo-
mists and educators. 'sInhuman Treat
ment of Prisoners in Massachusetts, =
by DR.. G. W Calvin, physician in chief
Of the Boston Emergency Hospital, is
a startling arraignment supported by
numerous affidavits by former officials
and prisoners