Show k RECENT PUBLICATIONS Women of the tho Is till the title of n a little book contaIning n a series ot of stories R and diameter character Rk sketches thes ot of women prominent In the sacred history Th The author Is Professor Willard Done for tor years ears the popular principal of the Saints coll e In this ell city and the tho nU thor of the story that appeared in inthe the Christmas number of the N News S The theme of the little volume Is fascinating It Is III bandied wIth II a view of correcting the false ImpressIon that the tho Bible d dog 8 not give due clue prominence to the character and influence of the gentler sex eX amid we think Prof Done hRs has well In hIs sketches ot of Sarah anti Leah Leab and Hachol Miriam Deborah daughter Delilah NaomI NaomIRuth NaomiRuth Ruth and Orpah Hannah and nali and ami a 11 number of other women ot of the tho Old and New Testaments lie he shows plainly plaIn the tender regard of the In inspired authors for tor the vIrtues or of women omen of their acknowledgment as well ns as womanly influence for tor or for evil the affairs ot of the Church anti the upon world Prof Done has evidently given Iven much thought and study stud to thIs subject and In hIs hi Women of the Bible Dible the reader Is given the benefit ot of his research re research search It Is a little book that can be recommend ad to the tho youth of ZIon par particularly Ir It would bo be a handsome and valuable Christmas present to frIends ofa of a 0 tIt literary t turn rn of mind The number of harpers Bazar lion n a very handsome cover and for frontispIece a charming drawing by Sarah S 5 Stilwell Bringing home the Christmas Tree Much of at Its con content contents tents tent Is devoted to suggestive of the tho season such as an New Yorks Christmas A Carol words and music Christmas GIfts etc There Is Il a poem by Edwin Markham The Tue Song ot of the tho Shepherds Holiday FashIons from ParIs Ianis ChrIstmas D Decoration anti and rens ens nol Roles 8 ns as Played by Women by Sarah It Is nn an excellent Dros Bros New York Harpers Week for Dec ii 11 has hns for cover picture n a portrait ot of Mark TwaIn nn anti op on Its first page pase II a reproduction of ofa ofa a photo photograph of the Attune Club DIn DInner nor ner given in honor bonor of the distinguished There Is also n a humorous do de description by William Dean ofa of ofa a surprise party tendered b by the characters ot of Mark Twain to the tho nu nuth th l The oV event nt is 19 by W A There are a 11 number of other superb Bros New York The January number of f Pearsons Is IR IRIn In all probability time the first ma magazine to appear with the date datu of 1901 Imprinted on It Aid As a 11 harbinger of the twentieth century It starts out with sith a 11 poem by W J 1 Lampton on the new century Thon Therm comes an Interesting article by George on time the Question Where Does the tho Twentieth Century on Earth Will First Welcome Its Dawn The end of the tIO nineteenth century hM has witnessed some Bome remarkable feats eats In Arctic and exploration and this tact fact gIves u a special timeliness to the new series rles of short stories by In thIs lila number under the tho title In time the Arctic The first stor story is 19 called The rho Cold Water Prophet Why the tho Indian Paints Faints lifts His Face Is tim tho title lita of nn an Illustrated at ar article tide b by Theodore Theodoro Dreiser and the same author contributes n a short story entitled en entitled titled When lien the tho Old Century was New Pearson Pearsons hM has already pub published published a a 1 of articles under the title ot of flU Mysteries This isnow Is Isnow now contInued the lie first of the tho stew new series serlee being n a number of revelations In with the crime of Joanna or of Naples who was wall accused of the mur murder der or of her own husband anti and tried by Pope VI The different methods of defending oneself wIth a walkIng stick om 01 when attached mini r unequal are nrc descrIbed anti illustrated ly ky I 1 Jn An illustrated of time the ot of an account oL of how the gay sov I emInent is the Inroads or of drifting sand on some parts of the coast Ly by vast plantations ot of certaIn grasses nn an article on the secret house ot of correction where the unruly unruh sons of the richest and noblest families ot of France ar am kert In solitary confine confinement merit ment and n a large number ot of other features ard short stories complete the tho number New |