Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-02

The artistic features OF the De-
cember Woman's Home Companion are
striking. They include fulhpags
painting of the Madonna by Louise
Cox, delightful full-page child paint
ing in colors by Jessie Wilcox smith,
two pages of profusely illustrated hum
orous verse by James Whitcomb Riley
and an amusing story in pictures
| Their Christmas Visit Home"
There is Christmassy fiction in this
issue by Myra Kelly, Zona Gale, HUI
bert Footner and John ID. Barry. There
is a serial by Katherine Holland Brown,
and a detective story by Anna Kath-
crime Green, which proves once more
this writer's genius for novel and in
tricate plots.
The glamour that surrounds all
queens is particularly strong about the
| supposedly romantic Queen of Italy.
| That glamour fades away before the
trenchant pen of Kellogg Durland, who
calls her the most unpopular queen of
Europe.
Lyman Abbott has a Christmas talk
and there are more of Edward Everett
Hale's delightful "reminiscences.
The Popular Science Monthly for De-
cember contains the following articles:
THE Planet Venus" by DR.. Percival
Lowell; "The Argument for Organic
Evolution before the origin of Spe-
cies,'" by Professor Arthur o. Love-
joy; "An Arraignment of the Theories
of Mimicry and Warning Colors," by
Abbott II. Thayer; "What Pragmatism
Is. as l Understand It." by Thomas
| Mitchell Schakelford; Immigration
and the Future American Race" by
DR.. Albert Alleman; Environment and
Productive Scholarship" by DR.. w. j.
Humphreys; Medieval Creation
Aftrfl he ID u,
! THE Medical School and the College,: /:
''Kakichi Mitsukuri, 1S59-19O9'; The
Spruce Tree House of the Mesa Verde
National Park"
Judged by an attractive cover and It's
carefully written articles The Book
| keeper for December takes rank
among the best magazines published.
The cover is in itself a work of art
and appropriate to the Christmas sea-
son. The contents of the magazine
are presented in the usual order of a
discussion editorially on current topics,
a selection Of general articles on a
variety of business subjects by careful
writer's and an abundance of technical
matter which is of especial interest to
the bookkeeper and accountant.
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This Wide World for December pro-
vides an amount of interesting and in
! structiYe geographical Information
which is remarkable. Central Africa,
India, South Dakota, Australia, Cali
| fornia, Matabeleland, South Africa,
New Mexico and many other places all
provide stories of adventure, accounts
Of strange customs and exciting events.
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The Strand magazine for December
contains the opening chapters of a
new detective story by A. e. w. Ma
son entitled "The Murder at the Villa
Rose Fiction is also supplied by A.
Conan Doyle, L. Phillips Oppenheim,
Richard Marsh and others. The arti-
| cles include an interesting account of
Sir w. S. Gilbert's pet lemurs, illus
trated with unique photographs, and
some Personal "Reminiscences" re-
lated by the chief of the famous de-
tective force at Scotland Yard. Other
articles of interest are THE Power of
! Beauty Men as Stage Heroines,"
THE Best Puzzles With Coins" and
Modern Inventions in Ancient Times"
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The world is still thinking of the
pathetic death OF Naphtail Herr I'm
Der, the Hebrew poet, who died in New
| York some weeks ago. Imber is por-
trayed in ZangwilPs great novel,, 1.-THE
! Ghetto" He was the author of the
National Hymn of Zion, which is
known today all over the world and
chanted wherever Jews are congre-
gated IT was for this noble poem that
Hebrew compatriot contracted to
give Imber a grave. The incident is
very tenderly and nobly portrayed in
verse by the California poet, John S.
McGroarty, in the current December
number of the West Coast Magazine,
published in Los Angeles by the Graf
ton Publishing company. The poem
] 10 haaf4tifit11,r TO- ,r{,r
inal drawing by Langdon Smith. Mr.
McGroarty also contributes to this
number a vivid descriptive article en-
! titled From the Top of Rubidoux," in
connection with which there are a
number of half-tone engravings.
! There are also several other fine fea-
lures in the December West Coast,
among which are a Christmas story by
Elford Eddy interesting fiction by
Capt. a. E. Lynch, June Curtis
| Phelps, Royal Reuben Rosamond and
Jessie Folsom Myers. Willard Hun
tington Wright contributes the fourth
of his sensational articles on "Art."
There is a striking article on Mexico
| by Arthur R. Hinton, literary chat from
Prof James Main Dixon and several
fine poems by new western poets.
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The December number Of Suburban
Life marks what, for that magazine,
is ulSI1nCIly q new departure Dy tna
introduction of fiction, in the form OF
two tales, with holiday flavor, by the
well known writer's, Mabel Osgood
Wright the author of Letters from a
Commuters Wife," "Poppea of the
Postoffice." etc, and Helen r. Martin,
the creator Of "Tillie, a Mennonite
Maid" other Christmas features are
"All of the Best Hollies," by Parker
Thayer Barnes; christmas in Subur-
ban Mexico" by Ada b. Talbot; "Song
Birds as Christmas Gifts" by Thomas
+. NIcGrew; unique Substitutes for
the Christmas Tree" by Estelle Caven-
der; Holiday Games for Young and
Old" New Ways to Distribute Christ
mas Gifts" and what to Do This
Christmas"
The December Worlds Work treats
editorially the following topics: 1.-THE
Presidents Plan of Action" "Notes
Made on the Journey with Mr.. Taft"
1.-THE Water Powers-Action Now or
Trouble Later" "Mr. Cranes Dis
missal." Dropping the Open Door,"
1.-THE Enfeebled Supreme Court" "Dr
Cooks Difficult Position" After Mr.
Hartman" Hints of Good Industrial
Leadership" 1.-THE United States Bank
Again." Comfort in Old Age by Gov
ernment Help" "a Good Result of
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