Show LITERATURE ATLANTIC MONTHLY I The December Atlantic contain the oloaingfohaptera of Mr Hqwellsi and Mr Jamess stories which for months bay been snob notable feat urea of this magazine An article of peculiar interest just now in view of the trial of Gntiteaa is that upon British State Assassins and Defenis of Insanity by James W Clarke Mies Harriet W Preaton one of the most delightful American esaayigti contributes a charming article entitled en-titled At Canterbury Mr Richard L Dugdale continues his papers on Social Science with one en the Origin Ori-gin of Crime in Societyi not a very pleasant subject but one which good citizens may very profitably consider Socialists in a German University by Willard Brown is a paper that will be red with no little interest giving valuable information in regard to the prevalence and diffusion of so cialst sentiments in the seats of German Ger-man culture Mrs Kate Gannett Wells writes an interesting and instructing in-structing article on Caste in American Ameri-can Society One of the Atlantics excellent abort stories is HeatErs Dower by S A L E M Other interesting articles are upon Shakespeare Shake-speare and Berlioz by Theodore Child upon The Habitant of Lower Canada by Edward Farrer and a poem by Edith M Thomas The number conhinl the usual excellent reviews and the Contributors Club ie of more than ordinary interest one little essay on Old Peter showing the skilful touch and the simplicity which characterizes Miss Jewetts New England sketches The Atlantic promises for next year serial stories by Thomas Hardy author of Far from the Madding Crowd The Returm of the Native perhaps the first of living novelists by Mr Bishopthe author of Detmold Mr Lathrop author of II A Study of Haw thornE and by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps The other departments of the Atlanticessays short stories poetry and articles on timely topics will be of the high otder as heretofore hereto-fore and though the magazine does not offer its readers the special attrac tion of illustrations its literary con tent are so excellent and eo varied that it commends itself to the hearty favor of all who like and can appreciate appreci-ate the beet literature Houghton Mifflin Co Boston NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW The North American Review for I December is in all respects a good number The writers without exception excep-tion are men eminently competent for the tasks assigned to them wliile of the subjects discussed there is not one which does not possess a living interest Indeed were one called upon to enumerate the contents that are today exercising mens minds those treated of in this number of the Review would certainly occur to him among the first The most important and most opportune of all the articles is one by the Hon John A Kasson entitled The Monroe Doctrine in 1881 in this statemanlike paper or pronunciamento as it might not inaptly be called and is certain to be regarded by foreign publicists pub-licists the obligation of the United States government to effectually assert its supremacy throughout the Western West-ern Hemisphere ia demonstrated both by the arguments of authority and precedent and upon the grounds of reason Then follows a discussion of the Death Penalty conduoed by the Rev Dr Chesver Judge Samuel Hand and Wendell Phillips The policy of Mr Gladstones Government Govern-ment toward Ireland is atrenously defended de-fended b I Mr H 0 ArnoldForster eon of tue Chief Secretary for Ireland This paper is confessedly an appeal to the judgment and the sympathy of Americans in the struggle now going on across the Atlantic and is a graceful grace-ful practical admission that British statesmen are not indifferent to the enlightened public opinion of the United States Four physicians and I surgeons of the first rank namely Drs W A Hammond John Ash burst Jr J Marion Sims and John T Hodgen review the history oi President Garfields case Finally the Hon David A Wells treats of Reform and Federal Taxation New York D Appleton Co THE IDEAL Mr L O Emerson has just issued two new music books They are in many respects companion books and have been compiled for choirs and singing classes respectively The Herald of Praise is the name of the Church music book while Tie Ideal is the title of the new book for the singing class The rnly difference between them is that TJie Ideal is considerably smaller and more convenient I con-venient to handle and contains those portions oi stIle contents of The Her aid of Prate more particularly fitted for use in singing classes The ability abil-ity of the author of The Ideal is unquestioned un-questioned and when we consider hid wonderfully large and varied ex experience with musical societies and conventions and his success as a teacher and composer we need not fear for the fate of this new book There is as usual a practical singing sing-ing school course together with hymn tune anthems and spiritual songs of the best quality recreative pieces of a secular nature for prac tice and a choice collection of miscellaneous mis-cellaneous music for sooialgatherings and concert singing The musio is new interesting and entertaining and has been selected from the best and most reliable sources and will be sure to fill a very acceptable place In the work of the singing school for I some time to come Teachers should not fail to send for specimen copy at once Boston Oliver Ditson Co FRANK LESLIES POPULAR MONTHLY There are even more than the usual attractive features in the December De-cember number of this very popular magazine and prominent among them are the opening chapters of Gerald Garltons great serial novel Leonie Empress of the Air Richard B Kimball LLD has an article The Beige of Yorktown the Surrender and its Centennial with thirteen admirable illustrations II Bear HuntingAn Adventure in the High Knob Region My Peregrinations Peregrina-tions in Prague by N Robinson Robin-son Samuel Johnson by Leslie Stephen Mohammedan Holy War by Frederic Daniel and Electricity the Queen of Our Century Cen-tury by A V Abbot are finely illustrated il-lustrated articles and will greatly interest in-terest the reader Oscanyan baa an illustrated article on Osman Pasha of Plevna there tare short stories by M T Caldor Marguerite F Aymar S Annie Froet and others several wellwritten sketches and poems by popular writers and a very abundant miscellany embracing a large variety of subjects and replete with entertainment enter-tainment and useful information There are in addition to the illustrations illustra-tions of articles stories etc several from the pictures of celebrated artists ar-tists and a colored plate frontispiece leA Distracting Model from the painting of Hans Dahl Frank Leslie publisher 53 55 and 57 Park Place New York |