The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-15
JANUARY MAGAZINES

ull Ol Interest,", variety anu COlOI Is
the February number of Scribners
Magazine. celebrating it's twenty-fifth
anniversary this year. representations
of three Of its famous contributors
! ornamenting it's opening pages-Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson, George Meredith
and J. NJ. Barrie.
A periodical engaged in the exploit
tation of art in it's various phases, its
initial number "Abbey's Last Mural
Paintings'-those intended for the
Capitol building of Pennsylvania-will
interest all lovers of the art of that
| brilliant. distinguished and lamented
! painter. the profuse illustrations CIV
ing some idea of the scope of Abbey's
work. the most appealing being re-
production of THE Hours" fascinat.
| ing in conception.
A poem THE Exile" by John War
rem Harper. possesses melancholy
understandable to those who are ban
ished to some far away spot for their
'healths sake"-a poem which makes
you want to cry-an effect unusual
with the general run of poetic cryptic
grams published in the magazines.
THE Woman at the Cross Roads"
by Alice Duer Miller, a story of a COM
mon experience in verse. holds the at
tention, as does THE American Speak
ing Voice." for quite another reason.
| Always Arst in color illustration,
those for The Passing of the Kings"
in this number of the magazine make
an effective color interlude. and the
study of Josef Israels" in 1.-THE Field
| of Art" continues that departments in
terest.
Other articles are Labor Exchan-
ges in Germany" 1.-The Sheep of the
Desert" written and illustrated by
Kermit Roosevelt. "Half-Told Tales"
by Henry Van Dyke. the continuation
of serial by A. E. W. Mason, and a
short story or two.
! The Craftsman" for January has
the usual varied table of contents trea-
! ting of art in different phases, sociolo-
, gical subjects. book reviews and edi-
torial comment. Some of the most in.
teresting articles this month are "Mau-
rice Maeterlinck and his Gifted Wife"
'Folk-Music of America" The Irish
Players in America" and Modern
Country Homes in England Plans for
houses also make the number attrac-
| tive.
The weekly issue of The American
/ Art News" under date of January 9Th,
has on its front page a reproduction
OF the painting of George AIDE by Rob-
ert w. Grafton. with a short reference
to the picture on page three
THE American Art News" is the
only art newspaper in the world and is
! invaluable to those interested in art
happenings on two continents. 1t has
! weekly dispatches from all the princi-
pal art centers of Europe and this
country and contains much concerning
the personality and movements of ar
lists and their confreres.
Some of the interesting things to
read in the January Outing" are The
Quest of the Newfoundland" What 1t
Costs to Run An Automobile" Learn
ing to Sail an Ieeboat." "Domesticat-
| ing Deer and Elk" Football in 1911"
Heroes of the Outdoors" and a varie-
lty of other matter of the character
treated of in the best magazine of its
class in this country.
Socialism: Just where II stands to-
day" by Charles Edward Russell. illus
| trated with photographs. is the leading
number in January ''Hampton's.-
Short stories and an article called
"Hallucinations and the World Be
yond. with the usual things of current
interest and ..Hsralds Of Peace" which