Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1910-12-02

ing and straightforward account oil
their attempt To climb Mount Mcktn-
ley last summer. While they failed TO
reach the summit their narrative Is
valuable contribution To the literature
OF discovery and record OF pluck ana
daring decidedly worth reading. In
..Triumphs of Medicine Arthur Is.
Reeve gives the first popular account
of DIR. Ehrlichis remarkable discovery
of the specific for blood poisoning
known as ss606n The article also de-
scribes the latest advances of medicine
in the treatment of typhoid and can
Ger. What might be called the Inside
story of the Portuguese revolution Is
told by +. Cunlifie Owen in "Will
King Manuel Return in which Is re-
lated Eng glands strange part In the
royal overthrow. The third instalmenl
of 1.-The Life Story off. L. Morgan by
Cart Hovey, describes the first Morgan
syndicate and the rescue of Vanderbilt.
Gardner TeaIl writes on 1.-The Christ.
mas Story in Modern Art and Rich
ard Mightman contributes an essay oil
much beauty in "Child and Woman
and Child. There are a number oil
good stories by Justus Miles Forman,
Harrison Rhodes, Meth Boyce and
others, and AS usual the magazine Is
profusely Illustrated.
nELINEAToR FOR DECEMBER.
The Delineator for December is one
OF the most beautiful OF the holiday
magazines. The Christmas spirit is
suggested in picture and story. There
are illustrations in color that mark the
highest artistic attainment The front
ispiece by Sigismund de lvanowski,
and the full page, 'sThe Night before
Christmas" by Mary Ellen Sigsbee,
are remarkable examples of the best
that the art of painter and printer can
offer.
In "Conversaionen Erman ]. Ridg-
way strikes the keynote OF right living
with a bit of philosophy suggested To
an out-of door Christian who hears
strain of church music.
The Christmas stories are OF rare
quality: Nv hal Happened in The
Night by James Hopper is delight
ful fantasy, @Chfisimas tor One, 10y
Parker IL Fillmore, will touch the
heart, aud Madame Jey-in-ltie, 10y
+ " auda petrunkeVi,ch viii reveal
character whom everybody Will vel
come a a holiday guest The tnief'
seen, MafX stewart Cuttings tasei-
mating serial, reaches happy ending
i Among the articles of tae month Is
/ stniidTenas Christmas Afoand Inc
Morbid by c, hrs>on Taylor, des-
cfiplian OF holiday celebrations IN
many lands. Charles t'raaels Read,
/ NJ. u. tells how Christmas is pascal
/ in "fhese Terrible Asxlum>:a Geleit
BurgeSs gives advice on "How 10 See a
I PLAY. aud MABEL Potter Dagselt con
i tributes character sketch, "A Father
10 kortv. The fourth OF Anne For
I Syth : experiences when "SeVen Times
a servant is most Illuminating.
WHAT'S iS MccIuRE's.
The leading article in the December
NeGla il the second instaIiment 81
Masters OF Capital ia AmeTicas by
George Kobe Turner and john Needy.
THIS i The unparalleled story OF The
aggregation of ]. J.. Hiii's empire rail
road and Of his alliance with Morgan.
The third instalnent OF Goid@ia
smiths "Reminiscences deals with
three great English Peel,
Disraeli and Gladstone. There Is an
article on Professor Enrich and his
work, written ny Marguerite Marks,
telling of The researches of This greatest
living investigator, Including his dis
eoyery of ssoue, = the drug which is
supposed 10 be cure Tor one of the
most terrible of human diseases. The
third instalment of the "Working
Girls Budgets by Edith Wyatt and
Sue Ainslie Clark, deals with the Ques.
ton OF unskiiied and seasonal factory
workers. and gives the stories Of indi-
vidusl workers In "rhe Trial and
Death OF Ferrer's William Archer con-
eiudes his ARTICLES ON the Ferrer case.
giving = mastery analysis Vt the evil
dence brought ~ ainst kerrer, and de-
scrihing his trial and execution.
The fiction In the Decemoer number
is unusually ssrcag.
THE cHRIsrNAs LfrPINcorr's-
Nest Of the important magazines get
out especially line Christma - namoers,
and Lippincott's b no exception TO the
rule. The complete novel for Dccem
Der Is There Wss oace Quesa,n Nv
Edith Roptusou, author Of "A Mock
Cxiiph and His WIFE," II b . brisk