Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-07
December Magazines

The fiction in the Christmas Putnsm's
consists of the final instalment Of Alice
Duer Miller's novelette,, LESS than KIM
the opening pages Of Shattered Idylls,r a
tWo-part international romance by Antonio
Fogazzaro; The Shadow OF the Trees" a
serious love story; Her Wolly Lamb" by
Edward Salisbury Field; and two humor-
Gus short stories In which the element
Of love is introduced only incidentally II
at all" Lily" by Jeanette L. Glider, and
another of Jane Clifford's stories Of Mrs.
Jared Dove. called Yours in Confidence"
Burton ]. Hendrick has an interesting
article on 'Srhe Superannuated Man in
the Christmas number of McClure's Maya
zine. DIR. Henry Smith williams contrib
utes a paper dealing with alcohol as a
chief cause of crime, insanity and pauper-
ism; Samuel Hopkins Adams shows how
Copenhagen has solved the pure milk prob
lem and General Kuropatkin tells why
Japan defeated Russia. The number con-
tains two Lincoln articles. An attractive
feature Is a paper by John La Fargo in his
series on "One Hundred Masterpieces of
Painting" There is an unusually interest
ing list of short stories: "Th Mistletoe
Bough,' by Lucy Pratt; o the Gulls'
Road" by Villa Sibert Gather: "Simon,
the Gentle" by e. F.. Storms; 1.-THE Clos
ing of the Ranks" by Margaret Wilson:
Beast" by Adeline Knapp. and "The
Countess of Overland Halt" by L. H
Blckford.
The December st. Nicholas is a number
of many Christmas stories and poems and
pictures-"The Yule Tide Lights "A Stop
over Christmas by Claire H. Quincy;
How Christmas Was Saved" A Christ
mas play by Catharine Markham; Santa
Claus Note Book by Lillian Z. Miner;
"santa's Surprise Party" by Gladys Hyatt
Sinclair. and for frontisplece a full page
reproduction Of Julie c. Pratt's drawing
of "a Christmas Feast of Olden Time"
The beginning of Mr.. Francis Hodgson
Burnett's new Queen Silver-Belr' fairy
story; THE Spring Cleaning with It's
many jolly pictures by Harrison Cady,
would make a Christmas number of any
issue of a magazine. Other happy begin
nings are the first of DR.. John c. schapp's
Doctor Daddiman" stories for the very
little folk, and the opening chapters OF
Mary Constance Dubois new serial, The
Lass of the Silver Sword"
Beginning with the October number The
Crafts department was transferred from
the columns of Keramic Studio TO those
of Palette and Bench. The Keramic
Studio is hereafter to be devoted entirely
to ceramic instruction.
The Christmas Pacific Monthly, while
unusually strong in fiction, has several
exceedingly interesting general articles
ranging in subject, from Alaska TO the
. South Seas. The Beauties or New Yea.
land, Illustrated from numerous magnifi
cent photographs, will surprise and charm
a host OF readers. Grace Hortense Tower
contributes a charming article on Chilt
Life in Hawaii. II. A. Cody writes mos
Interestingly OF The Alasaka-Yukon over
land Mail. Past and Present, full of thrill
ling incident and graphic description. Ii
Illustrated from pictures along that famous
trail. There is an important article OF
The Life Struggle of the Columbia Rive
glance at a problem of really national in
terest. Fauga-Sa VS.. Page, is a fascinat
ing account OF a South-Sea cricket match
by. Lewis II. Freeman. There are tales b!
several hitherto unknown writer's, as wei
as contributions from Western autA)ri
of note. An essay feature OF the magazln,
is a smile-provoking discussion Of Mino
Poverty, by Lionel J~osaphare. the cleve
Western litterateur.