Literary Notes

Borne time ago Wide Awake arran-cc wilh Ellzabeth Stuart Phelp, for all tli younjf folks' Christmas gtories slie shoulc write. 'J'he lirst of Míe number is to ap pear In the coming Christnms issue, nncl is cntitled "A Pretty Scarecrow." "How to Convert Tenemrnt Ronwa into Homes tor Workin; People,'1 s shovvn iti tli.it popular story, The Ful] Stature of a Man: "Tin-re isa proportion of the wnrking class that gladly hai) any chance of owninr i home; tliey are (lisaHcctcd now, biu give thom an interest In the property of the country, and you change tlieir radicalism to eoiiserviUisin. Muite these j)eopl( propeity holders as tast as yon can. Tlie moment a mun owns a few fect of ffrouml, even with ;i ihanty on it, yon make a conservative of hini; and if hp has ever owned a bit of a red 11 ig, his wifo will put it into the are if he doesn't." Tbe popnlarily of standiiiir lainps has prompted the Decorator and Parnlsherto give them a full page of original designs in its November number, to;ether with a descriptive article. PaTlor furniture In all its hitest Itytes it well written up, and therc are sever.il designs for parlor cibinets, over-mantels, etc. "Indoor gardenInj;" for the winter conveys many usefnl liints to ladies, and a review of the novelties in upholstering is equally valuable. Somethinjr new In wall paper is shown, :i puire of stencils, stained lass and a practical paper on prainlng are all woith stndyiiiir, :ih well in llii'ir ailvicc as in tlieir llustrations. I ron work, Cliurch decoration, fumishins; of c.Ay house, wlth a liandsome full page Illaatratlon, a vnriety of borders and panels for nrtists or carvers, are amon: the other ittractlons, together wlth an cutiré repubÜoHlion of the "Materlaux et Documenta d Architecture," by RagiwiMt, ¦ work nnloabla to arobltecti and designen, and wliicli lito be given bareaf ter 6ch month u :i pari ut ili'; Decorator and Purnlsher, :t() and 33 Baat Fourteenlli Street, tCew York City.