New-York tribune., 1905-11-29
Pictures, Prose and Poetry IN the
Christmas Magazines.

s.b IN q holiday dress, but the December mag
lives es always, wear a thoroughly festal air.
'-~A,. declares itself inside and out IN the nu-
.orous Christmas stories and poems, in the Illus
.-st,ons and in the cover. The Christmas covers
s.t. vasr are mostly simpler than they were
- season, and, on the whole, we hope that
h. more conservative policy may be continued.
4r.ytsinlv we do not see how elaboration could
s-.nrova upon such cover es 1.-THE Century
a. this month II is a rather formal affair,
18th q Della Robbia plaque for It's main feature.
.r5 except for the typography, the scheme is one
- h,,e. white and gold-which is TO to say that 1t
= IN the most refined taste. There is only one
=. NJ pictures in color INSIDE, to go with Alfred
nomett's Christmas Hymn but several Of the
,u,s+-stions are printed IN tint Besides the
-,,s1 quota OF short stories the instalment of
-r-s Wards novel and the opening chapters OF
r, Frederick Trevor Hilrs history Of Lincoln,
"a lawyer" there is delightful Intimate
So of the Pelican" by Frank NJ. Chapman.
,Tnstrated with some amazing photographs; ana
u cronkowsd continues his survey of the great
-slsces Of Paris with an interesting paper on
.ba Hotel de Crillon. This is the palace on the
rasos de Ia Concorde whose owners count among
.sa,- ancestors the Crillon who was the friend Of
--,-5 ouatre and to whom the King uttered,
.f..r one Of his battles, the famous words; go
neng yourself brave Crillon; we have conquered
and you were not with usr'
escr,bner's" too appears IN modest garo. its
nsusl cover having for special adornnent noth-
INC more than a pictorial medallion, designed
sisav IN russet tones, With e greenish blue
background by Blendon Campbell. Fiction is
,.-rsIv 70 the sore IN this number. The chief
-oxa compositions outside that field are good
-.,ar On Holbein by Kenyon Cox, with illustra-
.,ors from the masters portraits and other
,.,nt,ngs. and a suggestive literary study by
bender Matthews Mrs. Burnett has the place
"a honor with a capital story. '"The Dawn Of a
ro-r,orrow." which is to be concluded in jan
nary. From 1.-The SwarTning Of the White Bees"
nosm by Dr. Henry Van Dyke printed with
6soors+ions by Mr.. Leyendecker. we take these
lines:
vybo can tell the hiding of tbs white bees nest?
Vho can trace the guiding Of their swift homo
Far would be his riding On lifetime guest; ,..
Long before it ended would his beard grow white
xyer in the coming Of the rose red sg spring, }si,
s6sTi YOU hear the humIning of the white bees
Murmur T DER the meadow. ere the night bells call.
wait uatf the fairness of the last flower dies:
wait until the winter and the nrst colo Storm H.,
Thea beneath the baroness Of the VIDE gray sizes
see the merry millions of the white bees sWarrnl
wr Richard Harding Davis's "Scribner" story,
pTbs spy," is one of the cIeverest things he has
written in a long time. It is good as portrait
Of q tvpe, and it has a decidedly well invented
climax.
There is no exceptional decoration on the ouS-
side Of the Christmas ''Harper''-the title Of tie
magazine is simply printed in red and gold on
q white panel, set in a background Of solid red
but there e some ambitious color work in two
groups OF Illustrations. The first Of these con-
ests Of four brilliant drawings by Mr.. Howard
Pyle made to go with an almost equally vivid
paper of his own,--"'The. Fate Of Treasure
Town." in the good old pirate days. His frontis-
piece, q gorgeous full length OF orawny
creature in red cloak, well bears out the title'
fThe Buccaneer Was a Picturesque Fellow"
and the other drawings as effective. There Is
some particularly good color in 'An Attack on
Galleon." Very charming. too, are the colored
pictures drawn by Elizabeth Shipper Green for
'The Dreamer" a group Of verses by Josephine
Pre=ton Peabody. Mark Twain follows his
adams Diary with some extracts from Ewes
Diary" Here is specimen of its humor;
Stars are good. toe. I wish gould get some to
you'd be g surprised to nd how far of they are for
they DO not look it When they first showed. last
4 didn't reach, which astouished me; then tried
was because I am ieft-handed and cannot throw
good Even when aimed at the one wasn't after
close shots for~I saw the black blot of the clod
sa night into the midst OF the gGI6eq & clusters
If could have held out a little longer maybe
50 cried littIe. which & was natural rail- SUPPOSE
Si one ss 1J my gfarfg9 for ece ON the Extreme rim
OF the circle where the stars were close to the
would be better anyway, because could gather
them enderly then, and not break them But IT
vas farther than I thought, and at last l had to
give It up: I was 50 tired couldn't drag my feet
mother step; and besides, they were sore and hurt
couldn't get back home; It was too far and
su--s--- 7 or7H tiger
sb s5 tbe e breaIb i6 vas sweet and pleasant be-
cause thew i've on Strawberries had never seen
tiger before: put knew them ~ n +i a MINUS & "
would make a lovely gown
Tbs light Christmas fare in this number Is
varied with sufficiently serious material-an es-
Say by President Cleveland on 'The Integ-
rity Of American Character" one by Professor
Lounsbury on THE Linguistic Authority of
Great Writers" and some further pages in Mr..
H. ". Nevinson's grim account of 'The Slave
Trade Of To-day
'The Atlantic faithful to it's ancient tradi-
ton digpenses with pictures and the cover
that # uses throughout the year; but it recog-
aizes the mood Of the moment. opening with
Characteristic contribution by Mr.. Edward s.
Martin whose light touch makes Of his Riches:
4 Christmas Essay" altogether cheering
thirg. There are one or two good anecdotes in
The sketch OF Sir Henry Irving by Mr.. Talcott
Williams He asked the actor where he hit upon
the beautiful light which he used In the Brocken
scene Of Faust" "Once," Irving replied, taking
up little plate, 'T saw in gallery landscape
by Durer the size Of this plate. mountainside
In early morn in this same gray-blue light 1t
gave me the light wanted for the Brocken."
The Atlantic" prints some excellent short
Stories this month. notably "a Daughter Of the
Rich" by william John Hopkins, and Flowers
OF Paradise" by Alice Brown.