Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-22
THE CHRISTMAS MAGAZINES.

| The December number Of the North
American Review is particularly
strong and interesting number. Henry
James contributes New York and the
Hudson: A Spring Impression" DR..
Isidore Singer interestingly describes
the Condition of the Jews in the Past
and Present" Alice Meynell writes
Icharmingly of THE English Women
Humorists." w. ID. Howells continues
| his entertaining comments on English
IIdiosyucra Sizes The significance of
"The Indian Tour of the Prince of
Wales" is explained by Theodore
Morrison. In "A Democrat in the
Philppnes," Senator Newlands records
his impressions during his recent trip
i in the far East. Many equally i'm
portant articles on topics of general
| interest. and Il review of World
Politics" make up the balance of this
excellent number.
| The Outing Magazine observes the
| Christmas season with an especially
attractive issue. Six full color plates
form Il striking feature. The articles
breath the spirit of outdoor life and
include among many, the following:
AN Old Fashioned Country Dance"
Ralph d. Paine; "Traveling in Arkan
sas," Clifton Johnson; Toward the
Blue Mountain Edwina Stanton Bab-
cock; Fish Life Under the Ice" Clar-
ence Deming; and How Nestlings are
Fed" William Lowell Finley. There is
much choice fiction by well known
writer's, and the various departments
give a generous amount of readible
matter.
The Garden Magazine for December
| is a special achievement number.
In it the subscribers themselves tell
| of their success in solving knOtty
problems, or in getting remarkable re-
suits from humble beginnings. To
enumerate these articles in full would
require too much space, but the follow
| ing brief list will give the reader an
idea of the great value and helpfulness
of this number: "a Garden in a 6x6
Backyard" "Heresy in Squash Culture"
f'Record Breaking Hedges of Annu-
ais "Rhubarb for Table all Summer"
and "a Late Garden Made from q Ref
use Heap The articles are profusely
illustrated. Two seasOnable articles
are "HOuse Plants for Christmas Pres
cnts," and Garden Books for Christ
mas Presents.
The Christmas number of Country
Life in America is one of the most
beautiful holiday magazines ever pub
lished. 1t is full of Christmas feeling
in text and Illustrations. The pages
are crowded with numerous illustra-
tons III color and black. the
black, the full page ones being espe-
cially striking. Among the seasonable
contributions are noted: 1.-The Child's
Best Christmas Present" Old "English
Christmas Carols" 'An Old-Time
New England Christmas Home
Grown Flowers for Christmas"
"A Christmas Vigil" and "Boyhood's
Country ChristnHs.'' Thomas Nc
Adam writes interestingly on PLANT
ing for Winter Comfort and
Beauty" Sixteen pages of the maga-
zine are devoted to winter Sports
Old and New" illustrated by 81 illus
trations.
One of the most pleasing cover de-
signs of the month adOrns the holiday
number Of Everybody's Magazine
This is a most attractive number with
its many special features. holiday fic-
ton. poems and departments. In
SOLDIERS of the Common Good"
Charles Edward Russell writes of the
brave and thoughtful men who strive
unseltiShly to promote the welfare of
mankind. An article of peculiar inter-
est is that Of Ibn Jubayr Ali who
tells of the famous annual AIoslem pill
Srimage to Mecca. a contribution de-
cidedly out of the ordinary is "The Au-
photography OF an Old Maid" 1t is an
anonymous confession of singular
made to make this number exception
ally strong in fiction and many popular
writer's of the day contribute to it.
among them being Rex +. Beach. o.
Henry. Booth Harrington and Eleanor
HOyt Brainerd.
The December McClure's as BELTS
holiday number. is filled with good
strong fiction. Jack London, in Love
of Life gives a narrowing tale of hui
man endurance. Herminie Templeton
contributes an Irish Folk tale. "The
Ashes of Old Wishes" Annie O'Hagan
has capital story. "The CourtShip of
the Boss" Jean Webster gives "a
Parable for Husbands and Adeline
Knapp aud May McHenrv are repre-
scented by clever stories. William