Literary Notes

Littell'8 Living Age announces a large nurnber of attractions for the coming year. $8 per year. Littell & Co., Boston, Mass. The December Harper's. The Christmas (December) number of Harper's Magazine will contain six complete stories, all but one of which ure llustrated. Two are by representative New England writers, two by representative southern writere, one by a leadingEnelish writer, and one by the artist-author, F. D. Millet. A "Shakespeare Revival" ia a new thine off the stage. "Merry Wiyes of Windsor" will be the first of Shakespeare's comedies illustrated by Edwin A. Abbey, and commented upon by Andrew Lang. This doublé interpretation of the play will be enacled in the December number. One of the eleven íllustraiions will form the frontispiece. The Rev. Henry VanDyke has written a paper on "The Flightinto Egypt," with illustrations from the paintines of Murillo, Giotto, W. Holman Hunt, Pierre Lagarde, and Altdorfer. Rev. H. R. Haweip, M. A., will discuss the use and progress of the oratorio as a significant factor in the evolution of music and the drama. The article is entitled, "Oratorio and Drama: A New Departure." "Modern Russian Art," by Theodore Child, with its elabórate illustrations of the best and most ty.picai work of contemporary Russian painters and sculptors, will be a brilliant feature of this number. Caran d'Ache, the great Freneh, and George Du Maurier, the great English humorist of the pencil, will both be represented in the Christmas Harper's. George William Curtís will preach a Christmas sermón on "Fraternity" from the Easy Chair. Harper & Bros., New York. Tbe Popolar Nclrnce tlontlily for De. cember, 188. Industrial science and politica] science, zoology, geology, physiology, and scientific history, receive attention in the December "Popular Science Monthly." Dr. Charles C. Abbott writes about '"The Descendants of Palseolithic Man in America." Prof. C. Hauford Henderson contributes an article on "Glass-Making." Grant Allen's "Plain Words on the Woman Question" presents some considerations which every earnest well-wisher of woman and of the whole race will be glad to see stated. "New Phases in the Chinese Problem" are set forth by Willard B. Farwell. One phase of the tariff question is sharply drawn by George M. Wallace, under the title "Government Aid tolnjustice." Colonel Garrick Mallery concludes his comparison of "Israelite and Indian." There is a sensible and practical article on "Mental and Physical Training of Children," by Jessie O. Waller. In "The Struggle of Sea and Land," Dr. Vinzenz Helber describes the cutting away and building out of the sea-shore in present and past times. A brief history of "The Royal Society of England," is contribued by Dr. Wm. C. Cahall. Sir MorellMackenzie's description ol "Speech and Song" is concluded. A "Sketch and portrait are given by Dr. Robert Koch. In the "Editor's Table" a strong plea is made Tor "Every-day Science." New York, D. Appleton & Co. Fifty cents a number $5 a year. The Forum for December contains among other things a number of interesting papers on social and industrial subjects. Among them are: Ex-minister Phelps' article on Divorce; by Bishop McQuaid of Rochester, the Catholic argument against the public school system entitled, "Religious Teachings in Schools;" and the "Farmer's Defensivo Movement" by Wm.H.Peffer of Kansas. "The Possibilities of Electricity" are discussed by Park Benjamin, while Prof. H. A. Scomp of Emcry College, Ga., asks, "Can the Race Problem be Solved?" Wm. M. F. Round, under "Immigration and Crime," gathers some valuable statistics showing the relation of one to the other. Forum Pub. Co. 253 Fifth-ave., New York,