The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-03
M.x..ine Notes.

Magaxine Notes.
 The Advance of Birmingham ls growing better with each numper; bids fair to become what has tons class maeazine in the South. of the South, for the South. Nor is ene least sectional in it's scope. Tn re cent offer for prizes two stories VII. ming prizes were by authors oL uns far North, one of Maine. the other oi Massachusetts.
 TheT Thanksgiving number opens with story of that festai oay Dy Henry Morton Payne. There are contributions by Grey J. Thurman, "T G." "The Girl in Brown. Frank Willis Barnett, Mrs. Lula Jud- son Moody, there IS also a nome nom yTii, 1u partment conducted by Mrs. Sam VIII John. lent number is the second installment of the Southern Novel by new writer of the South, Miss Annie Reese Locke. Miss Locke Is very young "rsr. ~ but her accomplishments in her chos- en field are already enviable. She has written many short stories for the inc most exacting and discriminating neriodicals of both North and South. = Her work has a lightness of joyous ness of touch that gives 1t peculiar charm. Her characters are truly ioV- ing heart warming people. The young author is already well known H ner native State. Alabama, by her brilliant and conscientious work in the clups or her town and for valuable work done and papers written for the State req ovation of Clubs. Her facile pen has won her reputation and several prizes ofYered for theses on different subjects of interest to our advanced club wo- men.
 This novel which The Advance has been so fortunate as to secure. ne Flower of the Fort" is her first novel It won success at once, ana n us progress through the pages or the magazine 1t will doubtless win many admirers eager to see the romance III the whole, as we learn. 1t Will appear with the imprint of a well known New York firm as soon as completed III Ane Advance. The story is laid in the early days of Alabama's history, when Bienvine dreamed his brave dreams and did ms bold deeds on our Southern coast.
 The romance is full of gentlemen soldiers, ready. with sword for any au- venture. There is a delightful neroine' newly arrived from Paris. Eiise oe pesuvoir. just enough of mystery sur rounds her to pique the readers curl ositv Her school friend Mere An pelyie. has just brought over group of maids of fair France for brave so,- diers to woo. The wooing IS prompI the maids are net slow 70 se uron hangs more romance. So there IS nc lack of wedding bells. But needless to tell more of the plot unwlnoMs l- self with rare charm and quickenlhs interest. Readers do not want rars treat spoiled by too much teiIlns, o, each enjoy to the full the series o' nIeasurabIe surprises for himself. IL is matter of congratulation tna'
 yonnr woman of. Alabama IS wltn her pen doing for our State what MI 2 Mary Johnston has done TOT WIFE sihia letting through the dusky pages ol oul past the light of genus snu aSa clear insight into brave days oi oiu'
 McCIures Magazine fer Decemper.
 ono function of the up-to-date mag. azine is to reflect the moving spirit o' inc time, and this Is the striking lh,he about the December Mcclure 5, AS '.. fIts a holiday number, 1t is niied WI, goods strong fiction, there IS JacF Iondon story ore of his best. ana sl' other short stories; but first Tn III, nortance are the contributions or WIT liam Allen White, Ray Stannard DanS sIS,, and the Rev. Charles ID. Wiillams n ~ liam Allen White who, as Juage o n,,hItc Ynen has become almost the na tional oracle, cool. incisive, unerrlng E fxes the ulace of Folk in nationai al Tairs. He tells of his great accom- nlishments in Missouri, measures tn' man, and finally shows that he IS no big enough yet for Presidentiai ''n
 "Railroad Rebates Is Ray Stannar' Roker's second paper on the Railroa' Question, He explains what repite' gre how they are paid, who pays then and how they effect industry; illustrat ing the whole process by specinc III stances, little human stories plckeo .s from railroad men and shippers tn n.iners ana the sufferers by the sys tenn. Y,eou |. narrowing tale of human endurance nittinE against nature and against eaci other a starving man ana slarv'h wolf Biumenschein has illustrated r,onderFuIlv.' in color. In contrast ' this tale of primitive strength is uel ,cste fanciful Irish folk tale full Q tbe ntmble wit of the race Tn whlc Herminie Templeton introduces aeaI Darby OGill, and the King or tn Fairies. Then there is the "Courtsni af the Ross" the history of rinester an amusing and true story .eThe Deepwater Debate" wholeson little tale of the settlements and tn Iove-making of an old home town an stories by Jean Webster and Adeiin Knapp. .., sketch of Charles Evans Hughes wh has been lifting the lid from Insuranc in New York and critical estimate Christianity in practice. 'The Fin; Test of Christianity by the Re Charles D. Williams.
 Tales for December.
 Nothing could be more thorough typical of the younger school or Hu' sian novelists than Nikolai Teleshov "cshildren." a translation of which
 nuhiished as the complete novel in u December Tales. While it has all u wonderful graphic power Of the old' Russian writers, such as IoistoI al M Sostoievski. it has not their diffusenes TO BEAUTIFY
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