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THE CURRENT MAGAZINES.

The leading story in The Red Book
Magazine for January is singularly
human and appealing tale by Haml1n
Garland told in the manner that long
since established Mr. Garland n the
front rank of Americas really great
fiction writer's It's title is "A Short
Line Romance" A second story turn
ing upon an International marriage is
rThe wreath powerful specimen of
dramatic writing by Gouverneur Nor
ris. whose stories, within the past few
years have won him well deserved
popularity. A melodrama of Broad
way is Horace Hazeltine's story; The
Episode of the Princes Pearls and
THE Price of Memory by Mrs.
Jacques Futrelle will go straight to
the heart of all young married
couples. A story of unusual power
and self-sacrifice is THE Higher
Duty by L A. r. Wylie, and fisher
men will be attracted by James ].
CAROLS tale IAN understudy to
Tantalus.'
Everybody's January number is the
Christmas edition, and the holiday
spirit takes precedence throughout the
publication, with fun as the dominant
note. A good adventure story. La
Bella Mercedes. by William Bulfin, is
followed by The Street Musicians,
by Anna Alice Chaplin. as gentle and
satisfying purely Christmas story
as one could hope to read. Bessie K.
Hoover's Flickenger family, in Re
lected Uplift.. makes one laugh and
almost cry, and is delicious with the
quality which has made that Michigan
author famous. sThe Way of Bust
ness" is one of Joseph c. Lincoln's
merry New England yarns. with
laugh all through. Continuing the
fun, comes Lloyd Osborne with THE
Great Five Cent Case serio-comic
love story The articles include The
Blind Revolutionist,s by Ernest
Poole. Not the least notable feature
is an illustrated poem. Christ Cru
cified.'' by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The salient article of the January
Century is easily Mr.. Walter Camps
chatty discussion of Personality in
Football" Also on an important ques-
ton of current interest, is the Study
of the new plan of Chicago" with re-
marks on city-planning in general, by
Charles w. Eliot. president of Har-
ward University, which is given added
vividness by reproductions of draw
| ings by Jules Guerin, maps, diagrams
and plans. John Kimberly Mumford's
authoritative article on THE Passing
/ of the Antique Rug is notable for its
illustrations, four printed in color
from original water-color drawings, as
we'll as for its interest. and this NUM-
Der, too, brings the first OF three novel
sketches of travel by Harry A. Franck
I There are two notable names OF
writers of fiction in the January Cen
ry-May Sinclair and Edith Whar
ton. Miss SincIair's THE Creators, q
Comedy novel of London life. will
run through the magazine year. Mrs
Wharton's psychic story After
ward which is made the leading
feature Of the number, is altogether
different from anything she has done
, hitherto. There is in it more than /:
J touch of the charm of Kipling'n "Al
Habitation Enforced in the Ameri
can couples finding of an Englisl
: country home and their joy therein
? and there's more than touch of ur
3 canny mystery in the working out O
. the plot; and the story has strong an
: timely ethical bearings. In Cole
i French Masters" series of wood eI
+ cravings, Delaunay's "Ophelian is e,
quisitely reproduced.