Show LITERARY NOTES the christmas ladies home journal tells how the german emperor with the empress and the royal family spend christmas day with their child ren the article is written arten by mr Ns na gel von brawe an of the court who w ho was permitted d to be present at the celebration last christmas in order to write this article the pictures ures were made on the spot and approved by b the emperor the adventures of francois the new novel by dr S weir S air mitchell au thor of hugh wynne pree free quaker will begin in the january century it is a story of the french revolution its iti hero a foundling and adventurer the tha tale is one of adventure throughout but all of it portrayed with ith dr mitchells keen characterization and wit Ilu dyard kippings Kip lings first just so sto story ry W which aich will appear in the christmas number of st nicholas is illustrated by oliver herford it is the first of a series of fantastic stories about animals |