Show pmL1TERTfflu LITERATURE Frank Leslie Popular Monthly For January 1SSG has articles and illustrations ill-ustrations by a host of persons eminent emin-ent in literature and art and covers a wide range of subjects It is essentially the Popular one of our monthlies suiting suit-ing i the tastes ot the many Christian Reid the favorite American novelist contributes a short story A Matchmaking Match-making Scheme Brander Matthews the standard dramatic authority writes of the Kembles Etta W Pierce too wellknown to need praise begins avery a-very attractive serial entitled Daughters Daught-ers of Cain laying the scenes in cultured Boston and the cattle ranges of the West Henry R Dorr of a family of writers tells of Bermuda1 tempting readers to visit storm veCed Bermoothes Miss LieU HigginV a favorite with American readers riLS The Upper len Thousand inEng i land Noel Ruthven tells the story of Opera in New York Vernon Lee gives Tuscan Notes WVE McCann MrsSarah K Bolton and LV Craw ford supply stories and sketches Pub ished l by Mrs Frank Leslie 53 55 and 57 Park Place New York City Magazine American History The New Years number of the Jpja zinc American Ili toy sas interesting to the society or business man asitis to the teacher and student its contents are fresh varied and informing The leading article on JPaul Revere bv jlr Gojs is one of the best penpor traits of the heroic Messenger of the Revolutiol1J < ever presented to the reading read-ing Public while jfs t quafab and filing illustration bring the scenes of thai stirring period into singnlarneariiess A Tribute to Thomas A Hfendricks1 by Hon James W Gerard is accompanied accom-panied by a fine portrait of gut late lamented VicePresident The follows General W F Smiths Operations Before Fort Donelson which is the clearest chapter of military history that has yet appealed in connection with this subject The portrait of General C F Smith add his AdjutantGeneraland some illustrative maps together with the original report of General C F smith on the Capture of Fort D nelson render this contribution notable impor tant The Transfer of the Army of the Potomac from BurnsiIe to Hooker by Major William Howard Mills is alsd a paper of striking interest tb all Americans Ameri-cans The origin of Slaveryln Ameri ca is ably discussed by General John A Logan whose portrait exquisitely engraved on steel forms the frontispiece frontis-piece to the Magazine This number however is by no means given up to the Civil War Studies Washingtons First Campaign by T J Chapman 31 Prindess or Pretender by Charles jjiumry and The New Years Holiday its Origin and Observances by the Editor are delightful reading The Hon Horatio King contributes a por tion of the humorous poem entitled The BladensburK Races and in Reprints Re-prints are to be found two letters written in 1781which we advise every body to read Theminor Departments Original Documents Notes Queries Replies Societies and Book Notices are if possible more highly entertain ing than usual Published at 30 Lafayette Place New York City Popular Science Monthly The Popular Science 3Ionthly for January Janu-ary opens with M Pasteurs communication communi-cation to the Drench Academy of Sciences announcing his discovery and successful application of Inoculation against Hydrophobia In The Origin Ori-gin of Primitive Money Mr Horatio Hale an accomplished student of aboriginal ab-original history and customs describes wampum and its uses and tra es the existence of similar currencies in other parts of the world and even in the most ancient times in China In Progress in TornadoPrediction Mr William A Eddy shows that some thing real has been accomplished in that direction and that it is now pas sible to render cases where a tornado I may overtake a settled neighborhood unawares of rare occurrence In Communal t I I Com-munal Societies Mr > Charles Morris compares the social organizations of ccmmunal animals1 < Deajers bees ants etcTwilh the primitive social organizations or-ganizations of men In The Flower or > the Leat and The Study of the Relations of Things Dr MaryPut hamJ obi and MikEliza A You mans discuss from their respective points of Tiewostensibly how the study of botany should be begun but really undamentaT < pfincTples of primary in trucfion Hi George PKunz has an nteresting piper beautifully illus trated on the Agatized and Jasper ized Wbodof Arizona a remarkable phenomenon distinguishing a whole park Other papers of interest are Professor Flowers The Varieties of the Human Species Gran Allens Fish Out of Water Herbert Spencers social science study of Nonconform itythe Rev Henry Kendalls starting start-ing speculation on Nalural Heirship Or all the World Akin Dr William Odlings Science in its Useful Applica ions in which the author animad erts upon the modern cant about the snperiorityof pure science and on the deathatthere is something derogatory in making science practically profit able Dr Ellis Physiology of the Feet and a review of Bancrofts History of the Pacific States which is now in its eighteenth volume The biographical sketch accompanied by the usual portaits is of Frank Buck laqd one oi the most interesting char ciers in tIter history pf science The edItor rejorcfrMrrer The Decline of the Ghost ewYo fIsJD Apnleton Company |