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SCRIBNER'S. 



Baffles, the hero of E. W. Hornung's 

 -stories of the "Amateur Cracksman," will 

 appear in the January number of &crib- 

 ner's with a most remarkable adventure in 

 crime. It has been suggested that Sher- 

 lock Holmes is the only man who could 

 catch Raffles. Conan Doyle, the creator 

 of Sherlock Holmes, is brother-in-law to 

 Mr. Hornung. Other articles are: "Rodin" 

 will be the subject of a critical article by 

 W. C. Brownell. Henry Norman "Rus- 

 sia of Today." "Scappa" is a society 

 which has done good work in England by 

 devoting itself to the prevention of dis- 

 figuring, advertisements, particularly in 

 landscapes. The work is spreading to 

 this county, and it will be fully described 

 in the January Scribner's by Arthur Reed 

 Kimball. Thomas F. Millard will con- 

 tribute a critical comparison of the merits 

 and defects of the various armies in the 

 field in China. 



THE DELINEATOR. 



In the December Delineator are two 

 Christmas stories by well known authors. 

 -One a negro story by Paul Laurence Dun- 

 bar, the colored protege of William Dean 

 Howels, entitled "One Christmas at 

 Shiloh." It tells of the home-coming of a 

 reformed negro, and is very touching. The 

 other by Beulah Marie Dix, who has dated 

 her story in Colonial times and entitles it 

 "In the Reign of Peggy." Kemble illus- 

 trates Dunbar's story with some of his fa- 

 mous negro faces, and F. M. Arnold illus- 

 trates the Colonial story. This famous old 

 magazine, which for 27 years has occupied 

 a unique position in the American literary 

 world makes a great' departure with the 

 January number, just out, by printing a 

 prospectus of what will appear in the 

 twelve issues for 1901. With the Delin- 

 eator in the house half a million women 



know that they have the very latest news 

 at hand, set forth in such a way that by 

 her own needle each woman can keep up 

 to date positively and inexpensively. The 

 science of housekeeping, the care of chil- 

 dren in sickness and in health, the art of 

 living and of living well, a life progressive 

 in a home beautiful all of these things 

 the Delineator is acknowledged to be the 

 best exponent in the world. 



LADIES' HOME JOURNAL. 

 The Christmas Ladies' Home Journal 

 offers a superabundance of literary and 

 artistic features in attractive form. Among 

 its nearly twoscore contributors are Mrs. 

 Lew Wallace, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 

 Charles Major, William Perine, Clifford 

 Howard and Elizabeth Lincoln Gould, 

 while A. B. Frost, W. L. Taylor, Reginald 

 B. Birch, Henry Hunt, George Gibbs and 

 as many other illustrators supply its pic- 

 torial features. Apart from the articles 

 having special holiday timeliness of inter- 

 est, the notable features of the Christmas 

 Journal include The Innkeeper's Daughter, 

 Who Dissolved a President's Cabinet, 

 What May Happen in the Next Hundred 

 Years, Jerusalem as We See it Today, 

 Two Women's Gifts of Twenty-five Mil- 

 lions, The "Little Men" Play, a dramati- 

 zation of Louisa M. Alcott's delightful 

 story; Where Children See Saint Nick, 

 The Fourteenth Man, Two Christmas 

 Days at Rock Farm, and The Successors 

 of Mary the First, The Story of a Young 

 Man, and The Blue River Bear Stories, 

 which are continued. Edward Bok has a 

 thoughtful article on Christmas celebra- 

 tion, and there are various articles on 

 women's wear, Christmas presents arid edi- 

 bles, while various other practical, helpful 

 themes are ably presented. By the Curtis 

 Publishing Company, Philadelphia. One 

 dollar the year; ten cents a copy. 



