Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-22
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

Harpers' Weekly for December Is
opens with an illustrated story by
Thomas A. Janvier entitled 1.-THE HOLD
up" This is followed by an illustrated
story IN verse, Her Jewels and Her
Pets. "A Sprightly Heroine is an
other illustrated story by VIII n. Har-
ben There are some full-page Illus
tratlons and some other features APP
propriate tor the season. The story of
THE Evolution of a Vast Industry Is
continued Harper & Brothers, New
York
The December number of National
Magazine opens with a statement by
Mayor Edward Il. Dunno, OF Chicago,
concerning the street railway deadlock
In that city. He calls attention to the
fact that the voters In the spring cleo
tion expressed their preference for
municipal ownership, but that the will
Of the people has met many obstacles
that at present seem insurmountable,
He Is nevertheless confident of the
future. Affairs at Washington" are
as usually interestingly discussed by
Joe Mitchell Chapple Frank Put
nam gives brief statement of the
November elections The number Is
well filled with verse, fiction and es-
says, and the departments are well
supplied with interesting reading mat
ter,--9H Dorchester Avenue, Boston.
The December number OF the Arena
has a great many interesting features.
Among them f. a portrait Of Count
Tolsto Ia his prime. Uncle Sam !
Romance with Science and the Soil,
Is the title of II paper by Frank NroO4
man; George NJ. Miller discusses the
Economics of Moses Edward w.
Bemis presents a characterization OF
Mayor Johnson, one Of the strongest
leaders IN municipal progress in Ameri-
ca. There Is further portrait Of John
l.. Demar, clever cartoonlst, and some
OF the products OF his art The number
has several little stories ana many
other features of great interest-Broad
Street, Trenton, n, j,
The December number of Office Ap-
planes, a monthly magazine devoted
10 the interests OF makers and users of
modern office devices, has some very
practical suggestions and excellent H.
Illustrations for :. the benefit OF
the class OF readers for which that
magazine is specially intended. a spe-
Clal supplement goes with this number,
In which The Knocker' Is defined as
an offspring OF failure and envy. The
public is advised not to listen TO him,
but ia hit him I'm the place where his
brains ought to be.--Republic Building,
Chicago.
The National Geographic Magazine
for December opens with very inter-
esting article on THE Parsees OF In
dia, by William Thomas Fee, u. s.
consul general at Bombay. China and
the United States is the subject dis-
cussed by the Chinese minister to this
country Space Is also given to pa
per on the Panama canal by Theodore
T. Shonts, chairman OF the Isthmian
commission. Russia In Recent Lit
erature," Is the subject OF General A..
W. Greedy chief Signal Officer OF the
United States.-Hubbard Memorial
Hall, Washington d, c,
The January number Of Parsons
Magazine Is I'm every respect a most
excellent publication. The cover de-
sign Is suggestive of "a typical January
day The opening story is entitled The
Scar and Is a page from "A detectives
diary II Is beautifully illustrated. The
Power Of the Press IL another very
strong illustrated article. by David i.
Barry. other features are For the
Sake OF Nickel q story, EDWIN
Biorkman. George Harris. Suburban.
lte" by Charles Battell LOOMS, "a
Sailor OF Fortune. by Albert Blgeow
Paine; shark Hunting" Weutherhy
Chcsney; THE Senorlta and the Great
Goat syndicate" by Henry NJ Hyde:
and The National Ravages of Alec.
hol," 10y Rene Bache. These are only a
few OF the many good features on the
list OF contents.-2-2o Aston Place, New
York.