Show the holiday contributor the holiday number of the popular contributor is before us and presents a splendid table of contents the second number of youngs history of the nauvoo legion leads the list lilt and is an extremely interesting and well veil written article A visit to newstead abbey 11 from the ble able yea poll of B H roberts Is an attractive narrative of a recent brief sojourn at the home of ef byron aboard an oriental steamer 11 describes scribes scenes scene and incidents in the ur tar ex ast aLland and is if written in the happiest vela of humor by elder J M tanner apostle moses thatcher continues his splendid commentary on the wr of confucius under the heading of ZU canese anese classics classical and a selected article describes monticello the borne aad home life of thomas jefferson A drop of water by prof jas E R talmage to is the scientific paper of the number undrea nn drea a story of real life the title of the prize christmas story it is a charming charm tas story full fall of na tares a tures loveliest lessons taught in the forest by her untutored child children raa and told in the choicest language of its gifted author mrs augusta J crech brech eron to whom again the contributor souvenir medal and prize of twenty live dollars is awarded A christmas poem by charles W stayner carries off of the prize of 10 and the elegantly bound volumes of the poets scott byron and moore the frontispiece of the holiday number la Is a reproduction of an old oil painting sting by majors of general brigham w young being a full length it taken in his military uniform t will be regarded with great interest as a reminiscence of the period when t taken aken in the early days of utah the contributor Is a model magazine of home literature of the best beat quality and displays a great deal of enterprise in developing taste for a high class of reading matter and in encouraging enc g I 1 local literary talent the medal given this year far surpasses any of its predecessors re decess ors it was made by mr J i K cushing cashing and is of solid 90 gold id about the size sice of a silver ddll dollar Lr and is suspended from a gold I 1 afa pan on which Is engraved eui grave d the name of the successful competitor at the top is represented ghers lamp and a scroll 1 below contains tai the motto of the contributor in latin gloriatei gloria dei the inscription on the face of the medal which is beautifully engraved Is as follows the contributor prize christmas story 1887 11 |