Literary Notes

Fur the tirst time in many yearfi the Dsoeuaber mimbcr of 77it Century will havea distinctively Christmas flavor. J' Hustrations will include a great number of full-page engravingp, among Ihem six of Nativity siibjectB. The frontisjjiece is a Holy Family by the young American artiet, Frank Vincent Du Mond.- -Century Co., New York, New Yoik. Harper'e Bazar for 1892. Illustrated. Hurjiei's Bazar 6 a journal for the home. It gives the lateet information witli regard to Fashions, and its numeroub IDustrations, Paris designa, an d (iftttern-sheet eupplements are indispensable alike to the home dress-maker and the professional mochete. N expense is spared to make its artistic at. tractiveness of the highest order. lts bright storics, amusing comedie?, and thoughtful essays satisfy all taste., and it? last page íb famous as a budget of wit and humor. In its weekly issaes yerytbiog is inc!ded which is of interest to women. The seríala for 1892 will be written by Walter Besant knd Williun Black. Mis. Oliphant will become a contribqtor. Marión Harlatid'e Timely Talks, " Day In and Day Out," are intended for matrons,and Helen Marshall North will especially addrese girle. T. W. Higginson, in "Womeu and Men," will please a cultivated audience. Harper'g Periodicals, per year: Harper's Bazar $4.00, HarperN Magazine $4.00, Harper's Weekly $4.00, Harper'B Young Feople $2.00. 'Jfefree to all subscribers in the "■Hanada, and Mexico. United "■ aun i „-nth. The Volumes of f.he Bh liítttKF the first Nunaber for Jaauary of each year. When no tiaie ie mentioned, Bubscriptions will begin with the number current at the time r{ receipt of order. Bound Volumes of Harper'B Bazar for three years back, in neat cloth bindlDg, will be ent by mail, postage paid, or by exprees, free of expense (provided the freight does not exceed one dollar per volume), for $7.00 per volume, ploth Cases for each volume, suitable for binding, will besent by mail, post - paid, on receipt of $1.00 eacb. Remittances should be made by Poatoffice Money Order or Draft, to avoid chance of loss. NewspaperB are not to copy this advertisement without the exprese order of Harper & Brothers. Address, Harper & Brothers, New York. Aiwaye at the front. We have received a copy of the handsomely illustrated prospectus for 1892 issued by the Detroit Free Pret!. The achievements ofthis famoue paper in the past have been great, but if ite promises for the future are to be fulfilled- and there certa) nly e no reason to expect the contrary- the Detroit Free Prets wil] in 1892 be, as its publiehers confidently claim, the most entertaining and instructive paper published, giving additional pleasures to its thousands of old subecribere and fresh enjr.yment to the many thousandnew ones that its merite deserve. lts list of contributors for 1892 ineludes many of the most famous namen in Ameiican literary and public iife, and most of the articles to be published are of unusual importance and interest, presenting a splendid array of raluable features in addition to the inimitable work dons by its own staff of bright and famous writere. The Weekly Detroit Free Prets ie not o&ly the brightest humorous and literary paper publiehed, but itgives alsoan incomparable news service. Ko event or incident worth chronicling escapes its attention. Important matters aro lways treated in the fullest marnier, while the ordinary news of the day ie condeneed in order that nothing mav he omitted for want of space. lts state newB service is especially complete and ▼aluable, while its general and foreign newe columns are not surpassed in excellence by any paper in the land. 8omething lege tban a year ago tbe Free Preêt began the pub'ication of a ■emi-weekly edition, issued on Tuesdays and Fridays. We understand that the publisbers are somewhat eurprised by the BucceBB of their new venture, althougb there is no reason why they êhould be, for it is just such a project as is bound to eucceed when backed by the resource and skill of tbe Free Pret establishment. This Bemi-weekly edition filis the place of a daily newepaper better thanany other medium, and at a merely nominal cost. lts two weekly numbers make eixteen pages, containing all the bright features of the literary edition of the Frte Pret, and, in addition, the most complete news service known outside of the metropolitan dailies. The pubiiBhers of the Fret Preet will mail copies of the paper and prospectus to all applicante.