The December Magazines

Among the other good tilinga in. Scribner, are : Notes on Keutucky and Tennessee, the final regular installment in the Great South Series, by Mr. King. A descriptiou of the Mammoth Cavo forras a large part of this article, and thore are several tresh illustrationa of this wonderful place. The other articles illustrated, either hy means of pictures or diagrama, are : -The Transit of Venus,- The Jfrobabilitiea of Bivers,- The Silver Age,- and Rambles in Maderia. In fiotion we have the continuation of Jules Vurne's Mysterious Island, with illustrations ; and of Saxe Holm's curious story, My Tourmaline ; alro Jeannette, by miss Woolson, and in a Trumpet, a Thanksgiviiik' story by Miss Hopkins. MrStedman gives us another of his essays on The Victorian Poets, this time grappling with that tough subject, Hobert Browning himself. There are poems by Celia Thaxter and others. In " Topics of the T"ime" Dr. Holland writes about The Groat South Senes oí rapers, unrauamiy and Color, Invostments for iucome, Nature and Literature. The Doctor says tliat Edward King traveled in all twenty-five thousand miles in gathering the m ateríais for hia papers. In the department of Etohings there is an amusing account of The Devil in Literature. Dr. Holland'a new novel, The Story of Sevenoaks will begin in the January number. f4 a year, postage paidScribner & Co., New York. Scribner and the Aitous for $5 25. - The Atlantic (closing the XXXIV. volume)) has Poetry by Longfellow (Cadenabria), PaulH. Hayne, Hirm Bich, and others. In Fiction and Narrativo : A Foregone Conclusión, by W. D. Howells, concluded ; About a Barrel of Lard, by Ajax T. Lamon ; A Eebel's Recollectious, by Geo. Cary Eggleston. On Nature and the Supernatural : Contrast between Euglish Scenery and Our Own, by E. S. Nadal ; Old Trees, by J. S. Barry ; Martha's Vineyard, by N. S. Shaler ; and, Some Rosults from my Spiritual Studies, by Kobert Dale Owen. Edward Atkinson has a paper on The Bighteousness of Money-Making ; Henry S. Macintosh, one on Water-Color Painting ; Edgar Fawcett, a paper on Mr. Aldrich's Poetry ; and besides these, Criticisms on The Drama, New Books and Music, with papers on Education. A fine bill of fare is giveu out for the New Year. f 4 a year, postage free. H. O. Houghton & Co., Boston. The Atlantic and the Aeous for $5 25. - The Eclectic has a fine steel portrait of President Eliot, of Harvard, with a biographical sketch by the editor. The papers sele.cted with great judgment and skill from leading foreigu periodicals, include: English Vers de Societe; Joseph Priestley, by Prof. Huxley; Contrasts of Ancient and Modern History, by Prof. F. W. Newman ; Mr. Disraeli's Novéis, by Leslie Stephens ; The Sun a Bubble, by Richard A. Proctor ; The Future of Easteru Asia, by Sir Rutherford Alcock ; Far from the Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy, chaps. 43 to 47 ; About Master Betty, etc, with well filled minor departments. The number completes the volume. $5 a year. E. R. Pelton & Co., New York City. - St. Nicholas is a capital number, both in illustrations and text. Among the papers are ; The Garden of the Gods, by Eliza Greatorex, the illustratiens of which we can vouch for as being as " natural as life ; " Tchumpkin, by CA' Stephens, concluded ; The Chickadees, by Harvey Wildeo; Our Dogs, by S. S. Colt, with twelve illustrations by A. H. Thayer ; A Little Girl8 Story, by Abby Morton Diaz; Mabel's Troubles, by Benjamin E. Wolf; The Commache's Trail, by Samuel W. Cozzens; Holoday Harbor, by S. B. C. Samuels, and numerous others of equal interest. The programme for the year gives assurance that St. Nicholas will continue to be the favorito of all the boys and girls. 13 a year, postage paid. Soeibnee & Co., New York, With the Abgus, f 4.50.