Show tilteratenr and Illustrator Howard Pyle says that literature and art are sisters the one expressing the words the sentiment the vague impression im-pression the other giving the hard and fast outlines the cold substantial materialization of a face that in the verbal expression was but an impression impres-sion There is nothing to learn about the art of writing from his standpoint stand-point however the less a man knows of literary art the better stories he can write and in reality the person with an intention beats the scholar every time What would W D Howells say to such a comparison It deems inconsistent to call the two sisters when the one is graded so low and the other requires the study of years to acquire the technical skill of drawing If Howard Pyles version was correct there would certainly bp but little sisterly affection between the two arts Houghton Mifflin Co Issue a more elaborate holiday bulletin than ever before It fills forty large octavo pages twenty of which are given to descriptions of the new books The Autocrat Deep Haven Hanging of the Crane and other illustrated gift books The remaining pages are devoted to classified lists of books of travel essay fiction history biography biog-raphy etc selected from the catalogue cata-logue of the house Home and Country presents a very attractive holiday number Among the prominent articles are How I Found My New Home by Carmen Sylva Moose Hunting in Maine by George E Coward Journey from A to Iz zard Development of Metropolitan Journalism and Journalists by Samuel Jaros Blue and Gray for December opens with a handsome and artistic colored frontispiece showing the old liberty bell in a Christmas wreath of holly How Unc Eph Bought Herself Her-self Is an excellent Christmas story in choice dialect by George P Northrop North-rop With Farragut on the Hartford Hart-ford is splendidly illustrated by Xanthus Smith and very interesting The Old Liberty Bell and its Home is a captivating illustrated article The Colorado Magazine lately published pub-lished at Denver has been absorbed by the New England Magazine It is reported the owners of the signature sig-nature of Clara Bell which for several sev-eral years has been attached to syndicated syndi-cated gossip letters of varying Interest have sold it for 6000 Whats in a name In this case would not apply to the rose by any other etc |