Literary Notes

Oorrenrt Top , ., remarkable ssfol year with a notable ínuiiber. TJie magazine tor December presante aa artfcle trom Prol. Henry Dmaamomid oí Glasgow, Scotlamd, iuo.n ''Tlio 'J'ln-ce Tliings Tliat Make Ltfe," aa ;i leader. Then iollnws moet int eres l in z and even n ■nsational, disciissi j:i .is of the famoue Parllameat oí BéUgtona, ly the gi'amt.s o;' all Mie dttfareot deuomitona .-uní p religioug belief. Jir. joiin iiriii-.v Barrowg, Joeepto Ook, Rt. licv. jam .1. Keane, ]r. II. W. Tliimias, Dr. George Dana Boardmaia, Dr. Lymao Abbott, and ftvo otfliers jiiji in ,hr gympoBiam. As kxag as ome calis the Parllament a nUUBtev picrr o; i:it ,-i,;iir inLCciuiii y and umihrr cuiisi'lri-s ft Hie greategt ïnis-i' ilMl'.V IlluVi'llH'llt OÍ ! he i-rul Ul'.V, -urll 11 be fulj o!' 11tensít. a phjoibogTwvare of eacU coatributnr i. .-: ei i ure wkich wffl be Ulivrin.t.eiK A -liaraet er Sketch of ■liica.ii.n-s Mun!e.rc(I Mavnr, Cárter H. llariUciin, it-li a iiill pege ]ilioto■ravure and au article by Uil noted riminal lawye:-. A. 8, Tnnlr, pon thO murder, wïfl alome be worth the oost of tJne miagazhve. Mr. Ttude bearo ttoe dist tact loo ' haring never lust a caso. He will ba Livr:i a h:il botae poctcelf in t-Ms number. Tb ■ .-u-e atoo lialí a dozen otlier art ■ ! upan live up toclutc tópica euaá tv o srtwrlea ol absorblng interest In Currt'iit. Tapice tot Deoelmtber. Huw bo inajiy ;iluaMc arücles by llif best w ritonh t u-u storlea and 1 6 pflioto .uravin-cs caá be furalshed tor bhfl Mn,-iii parlce, 1 Oc-, ta a queary. mnnbcr eau be ha ;l foc lOo hou'rvi'r. b ml thie 12 ir.nnii year, all : i i - 1 1 wDj ie equially gtxd, can lr. !i:nl .- .00 ia advanri'. Current Tópica. 1025 Masoalc Temple, UI. Blue :i añ v ' "pens wil h ', i. liiimUniu ■ ;i ii il artistic colored showlng tin' ol:l Liberty Bell in a ('liri-l nns rmili of holly. "How Dine' Epli' Bougtil Heself" i .ui excellent durtetnuas Btory in clioice dialect, iiy Geo. P. Northrop. "Untan Jaeik's" serial, "Wltfii Farragail on the Hart ion!."1 s accompaaied thla tawnth liy iijiir gplendld Ulustratlons, iy Xanttoe sniith. deacrlptlve oí the at New Orteaas. Tliis serial la firowing more interest ing each montJi. and Mr. Smith's special skill in nuval tecbnlque eives unuaual value lo ]i pictii'res. (m-h. Horatlo C. Kiiiíí continued hls ''Eecodlectlons of War Ilmet." The Patrlotic V.nitirs Department te vary stron, giving a blograpbleal slcetch of Mr. George "W. ('ïiiids, and a most eaptlvatlng illTietraieil paper on 'The Old Iiberty Bell and Ite Home,"' besidee a numlKT of korter articles of a patrlotlc ciüiraetiM'. Thls magazine lias HOW conipleted the íir-t year oí lts eiMenee, and enters its BeCO&d year well o-stablishecl in the hearta of oiur patrlotic citizons In all scctio'ii. ;I'atriotic American ('o., l'liiladelpliia.