104. Good Literature. 



This novel and unique Calendar is sent free to all new sub- 

 scribers to The Companion who send $1-75 for a year's subscrip- 

 tion and request it at the time they subscribe. 



The most beautiful frontispiece ever produced in an American 

 magazine, appears in the January number of the Cosmopolitan. 

 It is a reproduction in colors of FrancoiseFlameng's famous pic- 

 ture " The Cake Seller," and can scarcely be distinguished from 

 the imported photogravure which is exhibited in the dealers' win- 

 dows, at the price ot $7 a copy. It is one ol the most charming ol 

 subjects, and is well worth framing and preservation. The Cos- 

 mopolitan has become noted of late for its frontispieces and this 

 very much excels its previous efforts. 



The first installment of the selections from Talleyrand's long- 

 expected Memoirs is the mcst striking feature of the January 

 Century. A sketch of Talleyrand by Minister Whitelaw Reid 

 prefaces this installment. The opening pages tell of Talleyrand's 

 neglected childhood, and his entry into Parisian society. They 

 also give his views of La Fayette, and the effect of the American 

 on the French Revolution; some account of the beginnings of 

 the latter; a very contemptuous opinion of the Duke of Orleans; 

 a sketch of the author's stay in England and the United States, 

 and a highly interesting conversation between himself and Alex- 

 ander Hamilton on Free Trade and Protection. 



Outing for January is a superb Holiday number, seasonable in 

 matter and elegant in illustration. 'The Mystery of a Christmas 

 Hunt' is a story pervaded by such sportsmanlike spirit and do- 

 mestic felicity as to lend a charm to the well-drawn pictures that 

 follow in rapid succession from the first page to the last. No 

 better Christmas story has appeared in any magazine for years. 

 ' Lost in the Rockies, ' a midwinter adventure, stirringly and 

 powerfully told, follows, and ' Honeymooning Under Difficulties,' 

 a true story of the snow-swept plains of Manitoba, completes a 

 trilogy of fact and fiction hard to beat; and just now, when 

 cross-country running is a pastime supported with all the enthu- 

 siasm of its devotees, ' The Last Paper Chase, ' by Wm. Earle 

 Baldwin, enriches the incidents of the field with the interest of a 

 most excellent bit of social fiction . 



In the January St. Nicholas — the second of the Holiday num- 

 bers of this magazine — Charles Dudley Warner calls up the 

 thousands of its readers to hear ' A Talk About Reading,' which 

 is delivered with all the earnestness of a true humorist when talk- 

 ing of graver matters. The Pratt Institute, Brooklyn's Great 

 Industrial School,' is fully described by a well-informed writer, 

 and explained by the artistic illustrations of Mr. Wiles, and the 

 young people will marvel at this wonderful school wherein are 

 taught all things teachable, from high art to dusting a room. 



